N2-Africa Project: Scaling out and Sustainability through Public Private
Partnerships (PPPs)
Edward Baars
N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop27-28 February 2014
The project will put a major emphasis on:
1) Institutionalizing N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise;
2) Fostering long-term sustainability of: seed, inoculant, and fertilizer supply chains; access to profitable legume markets; knowledge transfer.
Theory of Change• Challenges:
– Lack of effective (profitable, predictable) legume input supply, imperfections in the output market chains.
• Activities:– Establish Public Private Partnerships (PPPs);– Establish inoculant production facilitates;– Facilitate agro-dealer investment in target areas.
• Achievements:– Improved farmer access to seed systems, inoculants and legume fertilizers;– Improved linkage of farmers to local and international legume markets;– Efficient post harvest practices, technologies, value added products &
enterprises benefitting women.
• Leads to– Women and men farmers regularly using inputs within sustainable
rotations;– Increased and stable income from crop sales.
Main Activities
1) Identify and approach key actors in the private sector;
2) Facilitate the development of PPP agreements that drive the market strategies;
3) Convene review meetings to update strategies & workplans based on developing market dynamics;
Specific Activities
1) Analyze the current state of input production & marketing;• Pre-feasibility analysis
2) Identify existing partnerships and initiatives in the agricultural input and output sector;
3) Identify business opportunities and partnerships with farmers, traders, input dealers, processors, exporters, financial institutions etc. interested in quality legume input and outputs marketing;
4) Establish relationships with prospective private sector partners and stakeholders (public sector) that lead to PPP agreements;
5) Identify opportunities for fund raising (i.e. Donors, AECF) and assist in applying for grants for business development;
Cluster Partners Uganda
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Commodity:VC Actor:
Sesame Sorghum Soya Bean
Processor & Contract Buyer
Finance
Inputs• Seed
• Fertilizer & CPP
Equipment
Various BoP processors and blenders
Ledlet, ADVANTA
Export Trading, Capital Reef UNO/Hakkan, SHARES! and Bruce Robertson , Ruby Trading
Naseco and NARO Naseco and NARO
Various BoP processors and blenders
Cluster Partners Kenya
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Commodity:VC Actor:
Irish Potatoes Rice Sorghum Spices (ABEC and Paprika)
Processor & Contract Buyer
Farmer Group
Finance
Inputs• Seed
• Fertilizer & CPP
Equipment
Midlands Ltd.,VegPro Group
EastAfricanMaltingsLimited
Capwell Ltd.
Mugombe Multipurpose Cooperative Society
Midlands Ltd. Baobab Ltd & MIAD
Various Various Various
Leldet Ltd. Livatty Netherlands
Export TradingLtd.
Nyanza Engineering and Hardware