A Value Chain Analysis of the Cashew Sector - AGOA Export Toolkit

A Value Chain Analysis of the Cashew Sector - AGOA Export Toolkit A Value Chain Analysis of the Cashew Sector - AGOA Export Toolkit

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44 Appendix IV: Comprehensive Illustration of the Cashew Value Chain and Marketing in Ghana Specifi c Inputs Production Processing Provide seeds, equipment, agro chemicals, Packaging materials Specifi c Input providers Plant, grow harvest Small scale producers Large scale producers District Co-operatives, District Cashew Farmers Unions Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Universities, Crop Research Institute, Savanna Research Institute, Soil Research, (Research Activities) Purchase RCN, Sorting, Cracking, Peeling, Drying, Grading, Packaging Processing Centres, Packaging Cooperatives Trade/Commerce Quality Sorting, Transport, Qualty Control, Trade/ Export Transport Companies Distr. Agric. Dev. Units/NGO, Technoserve, TPCEE, ADRA, R&C (Extension Services) AfDB Projects- Cashew Development Project, Afram Plains Agric. Dev. Project Financial Institutions - National Investment Bank, AgDB, EDF, Rural Banks (Provide Grants) GTZ - African Cashew initiative Dept. of Feeder Roads, Electricity of Ghana, Water Companies (provision of infrastructure) Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ghana Export Promotion Council, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (Promot Exports) Metropolitan, Municapal & District Assembles, national / Regional House of Chiefs (Provide infrastructure and Access to land) Ghana Standard Board, SGS, COCOBOD - Quality Control Division ( Regulatory Bodies, set standard of inspect) Development Partners - USAD, AfDB, GTZ (Fund, Advice, rural capacities) Government Ministries (MoFA, MOTI, Regional Coordinating Councils) (Formulate policies and coordinate) Processing Trade/Quality Processing Trade Consumption Exporters Quality Control Transport, Quality Control Service Provicders, Brokering, Business linkages Roasting, Packaging, Selling Export Market Retailers Consumers Consumers Micro Value Chain Operators MESO Service Providers MACRO (enabling Environment)

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Appendix IV: Comprehensive Illustration<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cashew</strong> <strong>Value</strong> <strong>Chain</strong> and Marketing in Ghana<br />

Specifi c Inputs Production Processing<br />

Provide seeds,<br />

equipment, agro<br />

chemicals,<br />

Packaging materials<br />

Specifi c<br />

Input<br />

providers<br />

Plant, grow<br />

harvest<br />

Small<br />

scale<br />

producers<br />

Large scale<br />

producers<br />

District Co-operatives, District <strong>Cashew</strong> Farmers Unions<br />

Cocoa Research Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Ghana, Universities, Crop<br />

Research Institute, Savanna<br />

Research Institute, Soil<br />

Research, (Research Activities)<br />

Purchase RCN,<br />

Sorting,<br />

Cracking,<br />

Peeling, Drying,<br />

Grading,<br />

Packaging<br />

Processing<br />

Centres,<br />

Packaging<br />

Cooperatives<br />

Trade/Commerce<br />

Quality<br />

Sorting,<br />

Transport,<br />

Qualty Control,<br />

Trade/<br />

<strong>Export</strong><br />

Transport<br />

Companies<br />

Distr. Agric. Dev. Units/NGO, Technoserve, TPCEE,<br />

ADRA, R&C (Extension Services)<br />

AfDB Projects- <strong>Cashew</strong> Development Project,<br />

Afram Plains Agric. Dev. Project<br />

Financial Institutions - National Investment<br />

Bank, AgDB, EDF, Rural Banks (Provide Grants)<br />

GTZ - African <strong>Cashew</strong> initiative<br />

Dept. <strong>of</strong> Feeder Roads, Electricity <strong>of</strong> Ghana, Water Companies (provision <strong>of</strong> infrastructure)<br />

Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce and Industry, Ghana <strong>Export</strong> Promotion Council, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (Promot <strong>Export</strong>s)<br />

Metropolitan, Municapal & District Assembles, national / Regional House <strong>of</strong> Chiefs (Provide infrastructure and Access to land)<br />

Ghana Standard Board, SGS, COCOBOD - Quality Control Division ( Regulatory Bodies, set standard <strong>of</strong> inspect)<br />

Development Partners - USAD, AfDB, GTZ (Fund, Advice, rural capacities)<br />

Government Ministries (MoFA, MOTI, Regional Coordinating Councils) (Formulate policies and coordinate)<br />

Processing Trade/Quality Processing Trade Consumption<br />

<strong>Export</strong>ers<br />

Quality<br />

Control<br />

Transport,<br />

Quality<br />

Control<br />

Service Provicders,<br />

Brokering,<br />

Business linkages<br />

Roasting,<br />

Packaging,<br />

Selling<br />

<strong>Export</strong><br />

Market<br />

Retailers<br />

Consumers<br />

Consumers<br />

Micro<br />

<strong>Value</strong> <strong>Chain</strong><br />

Operators<br />

MESO<br />

Service<br />

Providers<br />

MACRO<br />

(enabling<br />

Environment)

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