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Enriching rice value chains in Mali

Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Fresh Produce
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Staple Crops
Country
  • Burkina Faso
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan
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Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Fresh Produce
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Staple Crops


Country
  • Burkina Faso
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan

About the partnership

Mali
Staple Crops
Status:
Active

The goal of this partnership is to increase the productivity of rice farmers that are part of Siguida Yeelen, with the purpose of increasing average yield of rice per hectare of its members from 1.2 tons / ha to 2.40 tons / ha , to have an annual production of 30,000 tons of paddy rice suitable for industrial husking by 2023, of which 70% will be sold to industrial rice husking units (GDCM, GMM) and to the women parboilers of Konodimini. To improve the availability of quality (parboiled) rice to BoP consumers and to strengthen their economic positions, 2SCALE will also work with the women parboilers to improve processing practices, and strengthen their marketing capacity towards low income consumers.  

About the business champion
The Union of Cereal Producers "Siguida Yeelen" was created in 2018. After its creation , the union immediately launched these flagship services: (i) supplying its members with inputs through group orders and (ii) pooling the products of its members in the marketplace. It consists of sixteen (16) producer cooperatives, including two women led, covering 31 villages, and is based in Konodimini, Segou region. It is run by a 15-member Board of Directors and a 5-member Supervisory Board.
Key interventions
Strengthen eco-efficient production practices with rice farmers
Support the access to modern equipment for producers and parboilers
Support women farmer's access to land
Broker access to finance & support the mobilization of savings
Introducing improved processing and marketing practices with the women parboilers cooperatives
Fostering market linkages between actors in the value chain
Support the development of the organizational and institutional capacities of Siguida Yeelen
7,000 smallholder farmers involved
31 micro-small and medium enterprises involved
producer organizations involved
private sector co-investment
50,000 consumers with better access to nutritious food
Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor.

E-mail Youssouf Traore
Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor
Youssouf Traore
ytraore@2scale.org
Project partners
Guina agricole / TOGUNA
Company that will supply inputs to farmers
GMM (Grand Moulin du Mali) & GDCM (Grand Distributeur céréalier du Mali)
Industrial processing and marketing companies for husked rice, off-takers of produce of Siguida Yeelen
Women parboilers (Wassa, Djiguiya and Jèkabaara co-operatives)
Processing cooperative of paddy rice to parboiled rice
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