SSNUP impact investors provide their agribusiness partners in developing countries with technical assistance to comply with this new regulation. They shared their experience at an online workshop on 29 June 2024.
The project helped three cooperatives in Ghana, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire to renew and obtain sustainability certifications, implement a new digital management system and perform polygon mapping of the farmers’ plots.
The SSNUP programme will now collaborate with Clarmondial (Switzerland), Goodwell Investments (Netherlands), HEKS-EPER (Switzerland), Sinergi (Burkina Faso) and Zira Capital (Mali) and co-fund the selected projects.
The SSNUP programme’s latest annual report highlights a record 34 projects approved in 2023 for 122 beneficiary organisations, bringing the total to 75 projects for 183 organisations by year-end.
Cajou Espoir, a cashew nut processor in Togo, achieved BRC certification by improving its processes and equipment, thereby ensuring food safety and quality, and enhancing local value chains to meet international market standards.
