MOBIOM - Support Mission to the Mouvement Biologique Malien
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Main goals
Transfer to MOBIOM's technical team the necessary skills to supervise production and organize the marketing of the cashew produced by its members in order to improve their income and increase the financial autonomy of the MOBIOM
Specific objectives
Train trainers on the strategic issues of the cashew nut sector in Mali, namely: the level of production, processing and information for marketing
Beneficiaries
MOBIOM members and cashew growers
Results
R1. Train the MOBIOM technical team on the knowledge of the cashew market and marketing chain
R2. Train the MOBIOM technical team on the method of calculation of the quality of the cashew nut used by the main economic actors of the sector
R3. Train the technical team to disseminate best practices of cultivation, harvesting and storage to cashew producers and cooperatives
R4. Provide technical advice for the determination of a development strategy for MOBIOM activities in the cashew sector
Activities
A1. Training modules on the international market of cashew and prices of cashew and their evolution, then on the value chain in the cashew nut sector in Mali
A2. Preparation of an action plan for the MOBIOM. Work on the sales pitch, the logistics organization and the estimated budget of cashew activities of the MOBIOM
A3. Field meeting with supervisors and MOBIOM advisors. Visit an experimental plot, explanations and discussions about good practices of planting, growing and harvesting cashew nuts
A4. Presentation of the process of industrial processing of the cashew nut, presentation of the criteria taken into account to determine the quality of the cashew nut and the method of calculation, theoretical training exercises
A5. Practical exercise for calculating the quality of lots of cashew nuts from different provenances
A6. Meeting with the two national coordinators of the project "Cashew Marketing and Processing in the Region of Sikasso" (CTRAS): Ms Kongo Baba from the Ministry of Agriculture of Mali and Ms Ana Saez Garcia from the Spanish public company Tragsa. Discussions on the implementation of the CTRAS project and the cashew sector in the sub-region. Request from the two coordinators of a collaboration for the visit in Côte d'Ivoire of structures involved in the marketing and processing of cashew nuts
A7. Discussions with the MOBIOM management team on the follow-up to be given to this mission: contacts with buyers, collection schedule, logistics. Making contact with Moussa Beddiyouh, private sector project manager at AFD Mali, to study the opportunities to support French cooperation
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Pierre Ricau
Holder of a Master Degree in "Agricultural Development and Economic Policies" from the Institute of Development Studies (IEDES), Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and AgroParisTech. He brings his expertise in agricultural market analysis (especially cashew, sesame, shea, cocoa, hevea, corn, rice and onion), development of agro-food sectors, training engineering and consultancy on public agricultural/agro-industrial policies
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Julien Gonnet
Holder of a Professional Master II in Sustainable Development from the University of Geneva and a Master I in Geography from the University of Jean Moulin, he brings his expertise in project and studies building and management on agricultural markets, the use of ICT within the agriculture sector, the implementation of certification (organic, fair...) and engineering training
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