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Cassava as an industrial commodity - improving access to knowledge on approaches and options for expanding markets for cassava
Start Date: 15/01/2005
End Date: 15/01/2006
R Number: R8432
DFID Programme: Crop Post Harvest
Funding Department: Central Research Department
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Managing Institute: Natural Resources International Limited (NRIL)
Lead Institutes: Food Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana; Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
Collaborating Institutes: Afrimart Global Enterprise; Amasa Agro-Processing Company Limited; Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana; Feed and Flour Ghana Limited (FFGL); Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG); Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, National Board for Small Scale Industries (Ghana); Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Sunyani, Ghana
Regions: Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa
Countries: Ghana, Zambia
Objectives:
New knowledge is generated and promoted into how national innovation systems can be mobilised to sustain uptake and adoption of CPH knowledge for the benefit of the poor.
Background:
Research in Ghana has shown that conversion of cassava into products for the food, plywood, paperboard, textile and pharmaceutical industries contributes significantly to rural livelihoods. Innovative public-private sector partnerships were used to establish a market chain from producer to end-user, and an institutional framework to support market development and manage uptake of knowledge. This project supports integration of these concepts into the national system so as to ensure sustainable support for market development, and to influence institutional thinking on future agro-industrial initiatives. In addition, these concepts will be introduced in Zambia where cassava is considered a national priority.Intended Outputs:
Sustainable environment for business development created using an innovation partnerships approach to incorporate project outcomes into the national system (Ghana).Concepts and approaches for development of agribusinesses involving innovation partnerships and knowledge management systems introduced to key stakeholders in Zambia.
Effective management of the project coalition ensured leading to timely delivery of all project outputs.
Progress and Impact:
Data on available funding opportunities in banking and non-banking financial institutions in Ghana has been collected. Information on eligibility criteria and the time it takes to access these funds has been collected as well. Data has also been collected on 20 wheat flour distributors in seven Districts in the Brong Ahafo Region. Modalities for the establishment of ABDeG is about 40% complete whilst the COPRoM management system is about 60% complete. Data collection on the potential end-users of cassava flour in plywood manufacture in three industrial cities is almost completed. Data collection, the ABDeG modalities and the COPRoM system are estimated to be completed by the end of April 2005.Total Cost to DFID:
£181,694
Aries Code: 112685
MIS Number: 781648003