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    Construction of Commercial Infrastructure in Benin under Communal Project Management
    (2019-02) IFDC
    This publication is the result of the project Communal Approach to the Agricultural Market in Benin (ACMA) financed by the Embassy of the Netherlands and implemented by a consortium of five institutions - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC - Lead Partner), the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), CARE International, Sahel Capital Partners Advisory Ltd, and Benin Consulting Group International (BeCG). It has been developed (from november 2013 to 31 december 2017) in three Nigerian border departments with high agricultural potential - Oueme, Plateau and Zou through seven value chains (VC) initially: palm oil, maize, gari, chilli and fish, then peanuts and soya. The overall objective of the ACMA programme is “the improvement of food security and the increase of agricultural incomes of the direct actors”.
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    Palm Oil Warrantage - An Inclusive Financing and Collective Marketing Tool for Improving Actors’ Incomes
    (2019-02) IFDC
    This material summarizes a study conducted by the ACMA program 2013 on the supply of agricultural products, specifically focusing on the production and marketing of palm oil in the Ouémé and Plateau departments of Benin. The study highlights the organizational structure of actors involved in the oil palm sector, including Village Groups of Oil Palm Producers (GVPPH), Communal Union of Oil Palm Producers (UCPPH), and Regional Union of Oil Palm Producers (URPPH), aimed at overcoming challenges related to fertilizer supply, improved plant material, and market competition. The study reveals that despite the commercial opportunities offered by Nigeria, the marketing of palm oil from Benin remains underutilized. The lack of a well-structured organization for product and by-product marketing and informal trade relations leads to fragmented offers and weak bargaining power for individual producers, processors, and traders. The study identifies limited access to credit as the main constraint for palm oil marketing, citing issues related to accessing finance through Decentralized Financial Systems (SFDs), lack of information, the reluctance of SFDs to finance agricultural activities, and a lack of tangible guarantees. To address these challenges, the ACMA program facilitated the implementation of warrantage, which provides easier access to working capital credits and improves production capacity for excluded actors. The program adopted a do-it-yourself approach, empowering direct actors to independently organize and conduct warrantage operations. The study highlights the positive impacts of warrantage on market participation, income improvement, and product quality. The warrantage implementation process involved multiple actors, including producers/processors, traders, ALIDé (a financial institution), former Communal Agricultural Development Sectors (ex-SCDA), and supporting NGOs. Local committees and communal warrantage committees were established to manage the warrantage operations. The study emphasizes the role of the ACMA program in providing prerequisites, raising awareness, facilitating interrelationships between actors and ALIDé, capacity building, and supporting sales market prospecting.