The Block Farm Model: Confronting the Challenge of Supply Chain Management in Africa
A major challenge facing industrial agribusiness development within the African context is the inability of SMEs to establish inclusive and sustainable mechanisms for consistent sourcing of raw materials in the…
Since 2018, IDH Cassava Program has transformed the industrial cassava sector in Nigeria as a prototype for Africa through market transformation and improvement in business practices, helping industrial processing factories…
Report: From Zero to Hero – Transforming the HQCF Sector in Nigeria
Due to favorable government policies and incentives, in the last two decades, Nigeria entrepreneurs invested heavily in the High-Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) sector of the cassava value chain but the…
Yieldwise: Hear from Oladolem Nasir, cassava farmer
Oladolem Nasir is the chairperson of the Psaltry Outgrowers’ Association, made up of 3,000 farmers who produce cassava for processing at Psaltry International.
YieldWise: Repairing Fractured Systems for Farmers
IDH partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation’s YieldWise Initiative, which seeks to reduce post-harvest loss by at least 50% in various food value chains in Africa and to increase the incomes…
Smallholder inclusion in Cassava supply chain in Nigeria
As part of the IDH Cassava program with support from Rockefeller Foundation, we worked with cassava production company Psaltry International to establish a sustainable and inclusive supply chain through an…