Diversifying market opportunities for onion farmers

About the partnership

Nigeria

Fresh Produce

Status:

Active

The partnership between Tays Food Limited and 2SCALE has the ambition to improve onion productivity while reducing post-harvest losses in Sokoto State. It focuses on improving production and storage management practices to prepare smallholder farmers, traders, and extension agents to meet the market demand of providing quality onion bulbs for different market segments. It will also contribute to improving the nutrition of BoP consumers as quality onion powder and flakes processed by women-led micro-enterprises will be available in the local market

About the business champion

Tays Food Limited (TFL) is a private company active in the trade, handling and storage of onions. TFL envisions to become one of the major players in Nigeria’s onion value chain sub-sector through setting up of a high class (700 Metric tons) storage and processing facility for white onion powder production for local and international markets.

Key interventions

Improve onion productivity at farm level by promoting use of hybrid seeds, good agricultural practices, etc

Facilitate access to market for fresh onion through setting up improved onion storage and drying facilities

Promote women entrepreneurship through small scale onion powder processing for BoP consumers

Promote better inclusion of onion smallholder farmers in Tays Food’s supply chain

Promote good harvesting and storage techniques at smallholder farmer level

Facilitating access to finance especially for smallholder farmers and (M)SMEs

Promote formal contractual arrangements between value chain actors

5,000 smallholder farmers involved.

250 micro-small and medium enterprises involved

250 producer organizations involved

€ 2,151,708 private sector co-investment.

7,000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the partnership facilitator.

E-mail Emmanuel Akinwekomi

Partnership Facilitator

	Emmanuel Akinwekomi
	eakinwekomi@2scale.org

Project partners

Unilever Nigeria Plc

Is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a.o. foods and food ingredients. Is a potential market (off taker) for white onion powder

Bejo Zaden B.V.

Is a Dutch vegetable seed company. Will supply onion seeds varieties and provide basic training & coaching

AACE Foods

Is a Nigerian company active in processing, packaging and distribution of food products. Will play a role in processing dry white onion.

SPAR

SPAR super/hypermarkets in Nigeria, operated by Artee Group, will potentially serve as off-taker of fresh onion

Sotraco-Niger

Is an onion processing and marketing company, interested in off-taking onion for processing in its new processing plant in Niamey, Niger.

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