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Potato – Mali Yiriden and URCEP – Mali

Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Staple Crops
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Fresh Produce
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Industry
  • Animal Production Related
  • Staple Crops
  • Soy and Oil Seeds
  • Fresh Produce

About the partnership

In Mali, Sikasso is the major center for Irish potato farming. Two main bottlenecks hamper the value chain: access to credit for production and commercialization, and post-harvest management/ storage. Insufficient coordination among actors also contributes to important losses during the peak season, and to the dearth of potato off-season. The goal of the partnership is to level the commercialization cycles and thus increase the competitiveness of Malian potato suppliers in Mali and the region.

Achievements
Strengthen local networks and improve coordination
Facilitate access to improved seed potato and other specific inputs
Facilitate access to finance (for production, aggregation and marketing)
Build capacity in good agricultural practices and promote innovations
Improve post-harvest management/storage
Strengthen marketing strategies and reduce barriers of cross-border transactions
Targets
Involve 5,000 smallholder farmers (2,000 women) and 15 small and medium sized-enterprises (5 women-headed), and supply 10,000 tons of potato by 2017..
Market Segments:
Ware Irish potato for retailers in Mali and wholesalers in the region (Ouagadougou, Accra, Lomé, Abidjan, Kumasi).
Project partners
SICA (PO); USCPPS (PO)
La Sikassoise, Inter Agro, GIE Zignasso, Cikela Jigi (potato seed and other input suppliers)
Kafo Jiginew, BNDA, BCI, Sôrôyiriwaso
Finance
IER
Research
individual traders
WAAPP
Development project
GIZ
Development partner
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