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Evaluation of CASA-TAF’s Inclusive Aggregator Model in Ghana
Client: Commercial Agriculture for crop off-taking. This forms part of a
Smallholders and Agribusinesses (CASA) five-year program focused on changing
by TechnoServe on their Technical how investors perceive and invest in
Assistance Facility (TAF) agribusinesses operating in supply chains
Team: Arnold Bediako; Ernest Adu Owusu with smallholder producers.
Status: Ongoing
PDA’s role in the project is to conduct an
About the Project: CASA-TAF is evaluation (comprising baseline, midline,
working with an agriculture technology and endline evaluations) over a period of
service provider, Farmerline, to support two years for this aggregator project in
agribusinesses in Ghana. The goal of the the maize, soya, and cashew value chains
project is to develop a network of small in the Northern, Upper West, Bono, Bono
and medium aggregators in the soybean, East, and Ahafo regions. PDA is currently in
maize, and cashew value chains that can the inception phase of the project.
provide end-to-end services, including
input provision, advisory services, and
