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Rice – PO – 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

Rice consumption is on the rise in West Africa. Parboiled rice, though not yet well-known by many consumers, is also more and more demanded, thanks to its nutritional benefits (e.g. micronutrient content) and cooking advantages (quick and becomes thick).The partnership between the rice farmer cooperatives and 2SCALE aims at strengthening local networks and coordination to improve the clusters’ competitiveness.

Achievements
Strengthen local networks and improve coordination
Empower women parboilers, through improved access to paddy rice and parboiling equipment, and marketing & negotiation skills
Facilitate access to quality agro-inputs for rice farmers
Strengthen marketing strategies
Targets:
The partnership will support 5,000 farmers (2,000 women) to improve rice production/ productivity, and involve 15 SMEs (8 female-headed) to develop local processing and marketing of rice. The target of POs is to supply 2,000 tons of parboiled rice by 2017.
Market Segments:
Parboiled rice for open markets locally and in Conakry (Guinea).
Project partners
MPC, Toguna (input suppliers)
ODRS (parastatal/extension services)
public extension services
Kafo Jiginew (finance)
traders
WAAP (development program, subsidizing processing equipment)
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