A Women-Owned Shea Butter Company: from a Social Model to a Competitive Market Model
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2012
This case study describes the transformation of a woman-based producers organization in Burkina Faso into a private company devoted to the processing of shea nuts. This business has proven to be profitable and bring about economic and social benefits to its members and their families.
Pays: Burkina Faso
Produits: Shea nut
Thèmes: Gender equity, Associations of value chain actors, Farm/firm-level upgrading, Governance (linkage) upgrading, Achieving impact at scale, Business model
Auteur (personne): Lassina Konaté
Éditeur: SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Type: Case illustration
Format: Document