Mali cereal value chain mid-term performance evaluation : final report
2019EnglishEvaluated project title: Cereals value chain (CVC) Agricultural developmentCODE: 688; Mali West Africa South Of Sahara
Metadata
- Contract/Code
- AID-688-TO-16-00006 | AID-688-I-15-00006 | AID-688-C-13-00002 | AID-688-TO-15-00001
- Institution
- 10380 - ACDI/VOCA 8575 USAID. Mission to Mali
- Keywords
- Agricultural markets | Cereals | Demand | Millet | Rice | Sorghum | Value chains AA30 Top/Economics/Economic administration/Value chains (262.5) | Top/Agriculture/Agricultural products/Plant products/Crops/Cereal crops/Rice (154.0) | Top/Agriculture/Agricultural products/Plant products/Plant source foods/Cereals (96.0)
- ID
- PA00TVTD
- File size
- 1319 KB
- Source
- Open PDF
The Cereals Value Chain project is USAID/Mali?s flagship Feed the Future project in support of essential
staple crops in the rice, millet and sorghum value chains. USAID/Mali?s primary focus on cereals and
livestock value chains, and on improving the enabling environments in which these value chains operate,
has contributed to Feed the Future?s goal of sustainably reducing global poverty and hunger.
The mid-term performance evaluation of the Cereals Value Chain project took place after three years of
field implementation that began on October 17, 2013. The five-year award will end on October 16,
2018. The objective of the evaluation is to show what has been working well and the challenges that lie
ahead in the second half of project implementation.
The evaluation team?s major findings are as follows:
? Sustainable local market linkages and buyer-producer relationships exist.
? The quality of millet has improved compared to previous years.
? The locally processed grain products market is saturated and there is a lack of demand for
processed products.
? Women processors find national and regional market contacts and knowledge at agricultural
fairs and fora.
? Some producer organizations are defaulting on sales contracts with buyers.