Benin
Despite steady economic growth, Benin’s economy remains under-developed and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade, due in large part to rapid population growth. TechnoServe is working to expand economic opportunities for Benin’s rural poor by assisting cashew farmers and processors to improve their techniques and link them with lucrative markets.
Technoserve/Benin
Bureau de la GTZ
08 BP 1132 Tri postal
Cotonou, Benin
Tel: +229 21 310395
TechnoServe/Benin Contact:
Established: 2009
Practices: Building Businesses and Industries
Sectors: Agriculture & Agribusiness
Building Businesses and Industries
Agriculture & Agribusiness › Cashew
TechnoServe is an implementing partner in a project led by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) to improve the lives of 150,000 small-scale cashew farmers in West and Southern Africa. The project aims to improve the quality of raw cashew nut cultivation, increase farmer productivity, improve links between smallholder farmers and the marketplace, increase African processing capacity, and promote a sustainable global market for African cashews. TechnoServe’s role in this project will be similar to our ongoing programs in the cashew sector in other countries—working with farmers and processors to improve the quality of their cashews in order to fetch higher prices on a global market and to promote job creation in rural areas.
Key supporter: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"One lesson I have learned from institutions like TechnoServe is that with concentrated effort...coupled with knowledge, finance and committed people on the ground, you will successfully advance rural economic development."
BASIL MRAMBA
Former Minister of Finance, Tanzania