Reducing post-harvest losses and improving smallholders’ income from cassava
Type de pratique Reduce
Nom de la pratique Reducing post-harvest losses and improving smallholders’ income from cassava
Nom de l’acteur principal Local produceurs & FAO
Type d’acteur(s) Cultivateurs
Pays Cameroon
Etape de mise en œuvre Exploitation, Stockage, Transport
Année de mise en œuvre 2012
Opérations déjà accomplies/en cours 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.
Résultats et impacts These mechanisms have resulted in improved
quality control, fewer product rejections by
wholesalers, and increased income for both producers
and buyers