Reviving of the groundnut sector to offer opportunities to rural women and youth

About the partnership

Niger

Soy and Oil Seeds

The business idea is to revive the groundnut sector through the inclusion of rural women and youth, and increase productivity and quality of produce. One of the interventions to realize this will be to set up a financial mechanism between farmers and business champion AINOMA, that will allow farmers to pay inputs through microfinance institutions to produce and sell to AINOMA. The increased production and sales of quality groundnuts with minimal levels of aflatoxin will contribute to strengthening the position of groundnut farming communities.

About the business champion

AINOMA is a production, trading and distribution company of improved and hybrid seeds. Managed by Nasser Aichatou Salifou and located in the department of Say, the seed company produces improved varieties of cereal and vegetables seeds. AINOMA has a network of more than 3,500 multipliers including 3,220 women with a very high rate of youth in the regions of Niamey, Tillabéry, Dosso, Tahoua and Maradi. With an annual production average of one thousand (1,000) tons of seeds, AINOMA is one of the largest suppliers of improved seeds in Niger. As an additional business activity, and at the core of this partnership, AINOMA aspires to supply groundnuts to one of the largest food processing companies in Niger, Société de Transformation d'Alimentaire (STA).

Key interventions

Support groundnut farmers improve production practices with particular focus on women

Organize groundnut farmer to collectively supply larger off-takers like STA

Proactively broker for the inclusion of women and youth in the groundnut value chain

Provide relevant inputs for groundnut farmers and organize financing related to it

14,700 (5,200 youth & 7,500 women) smallholder farmers involved

200 micro-small and medium enterprises involved

70 Producer organizations involved

€762.245 private sector co-investment

50,000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

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E-mail Adiza Mamane Laminou

Partnership Facilitator

	Adiza Mamane Laminou
	alaminou@2scale.org

Project partners

65 groups of groundnuts producers

in Dosso, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua and Tillabéry

Agri-input dealers

As suppliers of quality inputs

ICRISAT

As a research partner contributing to provision of quality seeds and extension services

Societe de Transformation Alimentaire

Food processing company, being one of the largest offtakers of groundnut in Niger

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)

Variety of MFIs involved such as Casef Mourna-Capital Finance, Tanadi, Mecref, ASUSU, Yarda, Amana Aloumma MECA involving them to arrange financing for groundnut farmers