Revolutionizing the cassava sector in Burkina Faso

About the partnership

Burkina Faso

Staple Crops

The cassava value chain has high potential in Burkina Faso, but the segments are still fragmented. This partnership aims to fill in the gaps and structure it. Business champion Nanalim wants to produce dehydrated attiéké at a large scale, and increase the direct sales of the product to low-income consumers (BoP) markets. The company will also develop a decentralized distribution model that will create jobs for youth and women. To have access to good quality raw material, local small-scale cassava processors will be actively engaged to sustain a steady supply of semi-processed cassava to Nanalim.

About the business champion

Nanalim is a locally registered company that processes semi-processed cassava into fresh and dehydrated attiéké, a local staple consumed widely, and is marketed under the brand name Nanatieke. The ambition of its owner, Sabine Nana, is to improve the organization of the attiéké value chain for a better inclusion of smallholder farmers and women processors of local cassava in order to limit the import of semi-processed cassava from neighbouring countries.

Key interventions

Facilitate access to finance for cassava farmers and processors

Improve the marketing of Nanatieke products towards low-income consumers

Improving the productivity of quality cassava through farmers' capacity building

Develop alternative distribution models to reach BoP markets with Nanatieke products

2105 smallholder farmers involved

150 micro-small and medium enterprises involved

8 producer organizations involved

€ 458.000 private sector co-investment

15.000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

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

E-mail Alexandra Line Kabore

Partnership Facilitator

	Alexandra Line Kabore
	akabore@2scale.org

Project partners

UNTMB (National union of cassava processors of Burkina)

Supports in improving the organization of small scale processors (mostly women) to better supply semi-processed cassava to Nanalim

National Union of Cassava Producers

Organization that will group together the regional unions that are already part of the partnership. It will ensure the production of a suitable variety of cassava for processing.

DGPER (General Directorate for the Promotion of Rural Economy)

Government institution that works to promote agricultural activities and local agricultural products.

INERA (Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research) of Burkina

Government institution for research and extension of new varieties and improved production techniques. It will support the popularization of cassava varieties.

Coris-Bank International

Financial institution, which supports the business champion and the other actors of the value chain