44 Appendix IV: Comprehensive Illustration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cashew</strong> <strong>Value</strong> <strong>Chain</strong> 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 <strong>Cashew</strong> Farmers Unions Cocoa Research Institute <strong>of</strong> 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/ <strong>Export</strong> Transport Companies Distr. Agric. Dev. Units/NGO, Technoserve, TPCEE, ADRA, R&C (Extension Services) AfDB Projects- <strong>Cashew</strong> Development Project, Afram Plains Agric. Dev. Project Financial Institutions - National Investment Bank, AgDB, EDF, Rural Banks (Provide Grants) GTZ - African <strong>Cashew</strong> initiative Dept. <strong>of</strong> Feeder Roads, Electricity <strong>of</strong> Ghana, Water Companies (provision <strong>of</strong> infrastructure) Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce and Industry, Ghana <strong>Export</strong> Promotion Council, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (Promot <strong>Export</strong>s) Metropolitan, Municapal & District Assembles, national / Regional House <strong>of</strong> Chiefs (Provide infrastructure and Access to land) Ghana Standard Board, SGS, COCOBOD - Quality Control Division ( Regulatory Bodies, set standard <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>Export</strong>ers Quality Control Transport, Quality Control Service Provicders, Brokering, Business linkages Roasting, Packaging, Selling <strong>Export</strong> Market Retailers Consumers Consumers Micro <strong>Value</strong> <strong>Chain</strong> Operators MESO Service Providers MACRO (enabling Environment)
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