This partnership goal is to increase the availability of safe and nutritious maize based products for consumers in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Blends of maize and other nutrient dense crops such as soya or groundnut will be developed and marketed to reach low income consumers in both countries. Furthermore, the value chain of KEDAN offer employment opportunities for women and youth inclusion in the production, marketing and distribution of maize based products. There are equally abundant opportunities for the participation of the youth and women in the production of maize as raw materials for KEDAN to produce its maize grits, flour and maize bran for.
Maize for Markets: Strengthening approaches to the Ghana & Burkina market
Country
About the partnership
Ghana
Staple Crops
About the business champion
KEDAN was incorporated on August 2014. It is located in the upper west region of Ghana and engaged in the production of maize grits, flour and maize bran. Guinness Ghana limited is the main off-taker of their grits. While over 90% of the flour is sold in in a cross border trade between Ghana and Burkina. The maize bran is off-taken by poultry and other animal feed producers.
Key interventions
Cluster Formation
BoP Marketing
Productivity and Yield Enhancement
Get in touch
Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the partnership facilitator.
E-mail Jalil Zakaria
Partnership Facilitator
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Jalil Zakaria |
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jzakaria@2scale.org |
Project partners
Guinness Ghana Limited
Main off-takers of maize grits from KEDAN for the production of non-alcoholic drinks for the Ghanaian market.
Fidelity Bank Ghana, Agriculture Development Bank and Sisisal Cooperative Credit Union
Provides capital to farmers for the production of maize and to KEDAN for buying maize for the production of grits and flour.
Aggregators
Collect and supply maize to KEDAN. Also provide financing to farmers for the production of maize.
Faso Delice
The main buyer of maize flour from KEDAN for distribution in Burkina Faso.
Farmer groups
Produce and sell maize to KEDAN