📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P171613
Region: Africa west
The project addresses significant challenges to developing agri-food value chains within Cote d’Ivoire, including: (i) poor organization of smallholder farmers and support institutions; (ii) low productivity due to limited access to improved technologies, and modern inputs; (iii) weak access to markets due to inadequate post-harvest, transport, and market infrastructure; and (Iv) limited processing capacity and value-added activities. The project’s approach reflects three core principles. The first principle is to target value chains with high growth potential in an integrated way (from farm to fork). The second principle is to concentrate investments in high-potential areas within the project zone to address binding constraints, achieve greater economies ofscale, and eventually crowd-in economic activities. Considering the key role women and youth play in all segments of the value chains, the third principle ensures that the project addresses gender gaps. Towards this end, the project will be designed in accordance with the "Agropole" approach as defined by the PNIA 2016-2025, with a clear focus on increasing market demand as a main driving force for the development of the selected value chains. The demand of the selected consumption centers at domestic andregional level will drive the nature (which crop) and quality (fresh, processed) of the food to be produced within the production areas best able to supply this demand. •The three main urban consumption centersproposed under the project are: the greaterAbidjan; San Pedro/Sassandra and Daloa/Gagnoa (a fourth center that may potentially be selected under the project would be Bouake). Other major consumption centers such as Yamoussoukro and Korhogo are already supported by on-going or proposed projects financed by other donors (i.e.; AfDB);•The priority food value chainsto be supported under the project include: cassava, plantain, vegetables and aquaculture. These value chains have been selected based on: (i) Existing market demand, based on the presence of competing producers, competitive advantages (i.e.; market distance)10, and existing or planned distribution channels (i.e; end-consumer markets, industry); (ii) High growth potential, demonstrated by positive growth trends of the value chains, scope for expanding productionand/or scope for value addition through processing or product improvement, and sufficient technological and managerial level of enterprises in the sector; (iii) Potential for poverty reduction, indicated by the share of poor people employed in the value chains as compared to the economy at large, covering locations where poor people live, low entry barriers for small-scale and poor entrepreneurs, and production using services, raw material, and skills that are available locally. Value chains were also selected based on
