| Project Detail |
Self Help Africa (SHA) proposes to mobilize different designs and approaches developed and improved as a result of the many SHA experiences, particularly in West Africa. The proposed action aims to contribute to the improvement of womens living conditions in cashew nut production areas in the Cascades and Hauts Bassins regions by strengthening the economic empowerment of 2790 households operating in the cashew nut sector.
The objectives of the action are:
- O1: Increasing the productivity of cashew nut plantations
- O2: Improving womens access to the business assets needed to process Cashew fruits
Expected results
Through its complementary actions, the project will achieve the following results:
1. Increase the capacities and knowledge of female cashew nut growers to benefit economically, ecologically and nutritionally from sustainable, intensified and diversified production of cashew nut orchards;
2. Increase the capacities and knowledge in post-harvest management, value chain development and market access;
3. Increase the capacities and knowledge of women producers and processors in enterprise development and strengthen the capacities of cooperatives and processing units.
4. Create conditions favorable to the social and economic development of women in the cashew nut sector.
Target group / Beneficiaries
SHA proposes to target 2790 women as direct beneficiaries, in particular cashew nut producers and processors in Comoé, Houet and Kénédougou, who are organized in 5 cashew nut producers cooperatives, and formal and informal groups of craft processors, as well as non-land-owning women working alongside their husbands in the targeted communes.
Activities
Capacity building and knowledge of women tree owners on cashew nut production;
Diversification of agro-ecological production in orchards for women tree owners and cashew nut producers wives;
Promotion of climate-sensitive agro-ecological techniques for women orchard owners;
Increase and improvement of raw nut storage capacity;
Strengthening technical capacities in the processing of cashew nuts and apples;
Improving market access;
Improvement of womens trade and entrepreneurship capacities, organizational development and financial management;
Awareness-raising on gender issues. |
