We work for your impact
Upon demand, we advise partners – development programs, national or regional organisations and companies – in more than 25 African countries and via our expert network in 4 Asian countries on more than 40 value chains.
Farmer Business School (FBS)
Surveys and evaluations show that Farmer Business School (FBS) graduates
- adopt GAP,
- diversify their production,
- increase their income and living conditions,
- enter producer organisations,
- discover their entrepreneurial spirit and improve their farm management,
- profit from improved financial inclusion,
- benefit from bulk sales and purchases and improved competitiveness in the market,
- and especially female graduates are empowered and could improve their positions in societies.
FBS graduates qualified for agricultural loans
FBS graduates paying school fees
FBS graduates keeping records, doing financial statements, planning
FBS graduates using additional income to improve nutrition of their families *
* The impacts are based on the outreach of the SSAB programme which amounts to 480,000 trained smallholders. Source: Impact Study of SSAB-CFLP Programme 2018.
>1,600,000 Smallholders trained in FBS
Women share in FBS graduates
FBSInnova, the digital Farmer Business School, is already available in 8 countries for 22 production systems and in 5 languages.
Cooperative Business School (CBS)
Cooperative Business School (CBS) is effective! Impacts reported by trained cooperatives and advised programmes comprise:
- groups sales more than doubled due to higher quality produce and better prices negotiated,
- engagement in off-taking agreements,
- members receive better inputs at lower prices from bulk purchases,
- members have easier access to loans from banks,
- more and more formalized producer organisations & members benefit from improved cooperative management and diversification of activities.
>8,200 Managers trained in CBS
>780 Cooperatives trained in CBS
Women shares in CBS graduates
Processor Business School (PBS)
By adopting simple tools of economics and planning, Processor Business School (PBS) graduates
- improve the competitiveness of their products,
- work more efficiently,
- increase product quality and packaging,
- engage in new off-taking agreements,
- profit from networking with other processors,
- can access loans from banks,
- increase their net income and investments.
>64,000 Small scale processors trained in PBS
Women share in PBS graduates