Improve the local consumption of processed maize in Burkina Faso

About the partnership

Burkina Faso

Staple Crops

Status:

Stopped

FAGRI´s inclusive business idea is to (1) make high-yielding, bio-fortified maize seeds (high in protein, vitamin A) available and accessible to smallholder farmers; (2) promote and capacitate on improved agricultural practices, a.o. through the establishment of demonstration plots (3) Improve (contractual) arrangements around the sourcing of maize from smallholder farmers 4) improve the marketing of the different processed maize products of FAGRI, developed under the brand name YENNENGA, towards lower-income markets

About the business champion

FAGRI (Faso Agriculture et Intrants) or Faso Agriculture and Inputs is a limited company created in 2011 with the purpose of marketing inputs for maize farming and be involved in the aggregation and processing of maize. With a processing unit of 50 tons per day, the products are developed in packages of 1kg, 2kg, 10kg, 25kg and 50kg for the local and regional market

Key interventions

Facilitate access to finance for smallholder farmers

Develop new maize-based products to expand FAGRI's product portfolio towards low-income consumers

Improve productivity of maize farmers and professionalize their production

30,000 (including 15,000 women, 12,000 youth) smallholder farmers involved

350 micro-small and medium enterprises involved (of which 175 for women)

500 producer organizations involved

€ 381,679 private sector co-investment

40,000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

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E-mail Moussa Dionou

Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor

	Moussa Dionou
	mdionou@2scale.org

Project partners

UPPA/Houet, UPPA/Boucle du Mouhoun, UPPA/Comoé

Different farmer producer organizations to be engaged to expand the sourcing base for FAGRI

INERA, IITA and CIMMYT

Different (international) research institute that work on development and distribution of new and more efficient varieties of maize

Association of Wholesalers and Distributors of Agricultural Inputs (AGRODIA)

Facilitates access to agricultural inputs through the joint buying of inputs by producers

Coris Bank, BOA, YUP-Burkina, Yeleen Insurance

Different financial institutions to facilitates access to finance for farmers with tailor made financial products