Reducing post-harvest losses and improving smallholders’ income from cassava
Tipo de pratica Reduce
Nombre la actividad profesional Reducing post-harvest losses and improving smallholders’ income from cassava
Nombre del agente principal Local produceurs & FAO
Tipo de agente(s) Agricultores
Ubicación Cameroon
Etapa de la puesta en práctica Finca, Almacenamiento, Transporte
Año de puesta en práctica 2012
Actividades realizadas o en vías de realización An effort to improve competitiveness of the cassava chain
in Cameroon identified the fragmentation of smallholder
supplies sent to the market as one of the bottlenecks that
needed to be addressed. The quality varied from produce
to producer, so wholesalers did not have a homogenous
stock, and often the collecting points were not easily
reachable. With support and capacity building from FAO,
the producers organized and established quality control
and logistics mechanisms and, as a result, wholesalers
now use public transport to pick-up graded produce and
make payments at agreed stops along the Akonolinga-
Yaoundé highway.
Resultados y repercusiones These mechanisms have resulted in improved
quality control, fewer product rejections by
wholesalers, and increased income for both producers
and buyers