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Written by Prince Essah, Cooperative advisor Ghana
Akyemansa (Fine Flavor) Co-operative Cocoa Farming and Marketing Society Limited is a dynamic Registered cocoa co-operative in Ghana owned by its producer members, created with the primary aim of optimum wealth creation for its members.
A journey towards sustainable potato seed production
Written by James Sablerolles (Programme Coordinator FFT & Acting Now) and Benoit Mutabazi (Acting Now Lead Rwanda)
The Seed Potato Fund (SPF), a Farmer Organisation supported by Agriterra since 2018, has the goal of becoming a leader in the seed potato business in Rwanda, covering all aspects of the value chain. Rwanda is the largest producer of Irish potatoes in the East African Community, which is an important Food & Nutrition Security (FNS) crop. Due to the significance of potatoes for FNS in Rwanda, the critical role SPF and its partners can play in the potato-seed value chain for food security and the degree of trust and experience built over the last years, Agriterra will be continuing its collaboration with SPF through the FNS focused Acting Now programme, running from 2023 to 2025.
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Strategic plan to expand the abaca fiber business
Written by Guido Guerra, Team Lead Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Learning department
San Isidro Upland Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (SIUFMULCO) is a primary cooperative established in 1989 located in the island of Mindanao (Philippines). San Isidro cooperative is engaged in the trading of abaca fiber produced by its members as well as sourced from other local cooperatives. The cooperative purchases abaca fiber from farmers in three buying stations and then transfers it to a centralized warehouse where the fiber is sorted, cleaned and packed (baled). Then, the cooperative sells the fiber to local exporting traders.
Impact of the Technical Assistance Facility
For several years the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) has provided advisory services to SME’s, financial institutions (FI’s) and cooperatives worldwide. This page links to seven impact stories displaying the wide variety of support and possibilities TAF has to offer. The provided advisory and technical services have led to cooperative development, farmer transformation, strengthened business performances and increased incomes.
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Professionalising farmers’ access to finance
Written by Guido Guerra, Team Lead Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Learning department
Kasaali Farmers Cooperative Society (Kasaali) is a Ugandan primary cooperative founded in 2013 that bulks, processes and exports coffee green beans produced by more than 1,000 farmer members.
Horizon-broadening experiences
For many years, the Vereniging Agrarische Bedrijfsadviseurs (Association of Agricultural Business Advisers) has enjoyed a successful partnership with Agriterra. To this end, we regularly advertise challenging Agripool vacancies to their members for consultancy assignments and providing training sessions. For such projects, experts travel to different countries. Among others, this is done to assess cooperatives - a task that not only brings satisfaction, but also broadens your horizons. Jan van Beekhuizen and Jan Kamphof, VAB members who recently experienced it for themselves, highly recommend it.
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Establishing farmer service centres in Ghana
Blog by Frederick Abalo, Cooperative Advisor Ghana
From April 17th to 21st, team Ghana had an advisory service together with Agripool Expert Tim Servatius to assist 3 clients (Offinso Fine Flavour Cocoa Cooperative and Marketing Limited, Asetenapa Cocoa Cooperative and Wassa East Cocoa Cooperative Farmers and Marketing Union Limited) in developing commercial business plans for the establishment of farmer service centres.
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