Presented by Clifford Amoah Adagenera, ORGIIS–Ghana at Colands Stakeholders Workshop in Ghana, 12-13 April 2022

1. Colands project Stakeholder
Consultation workshop
NTFPs value chain development as an entry point to sustainable
landscape management: experience and perspectives from a CSO
and CBO
Presentation by: Clifford Amoah Adagenera (ORGIIS –Ghana)
12th April 2022
GHANASS HOTEL, BOLGA

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE:
 INTRODUCTION
 ORGIIS STRATEGIC PLAN
 BENEFICIARY PROFILE
 VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS
 ORGIIS APPROACH(COOPERATIVE AND UNIONS MODEL)
 ORGIIS ROLE IN VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT
 VALUE CHAINS AND PROGRESS
 BAOBAB VALUE CHAIN
 SHEA VALUE CHAIN
 SESAME VALUE
 Challenges
 Recommendation

3. Introduction
Name: Organistion for Indigenous Initiatives and
Sustainability Ghana (ORGIIS Ghana)
Registration: 2011, Charity Registration No. G-36342.
Operational regions: Northern, Upper East,Upper
West,North-East, Savannah
Working in 3 CREMAS: Builkawe, Builsa yenning and SKGK

5. 89%
11% Sex
F
M
Sex Mem.
F 11034
M 1328
Total 12362

6. 3345
3213
2573
1370
1027
515
273
41
5
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
35-44
25-34
45-54
55-64
15-24
65-74
75-84
85-94
5-14
Beneficiaries by Age

7. 424 groups

8. Some Barriers to NTFP Value Chain Development
 Lack of smallholders capacity to produce the VOLUME to meet
market demand
 Low quality or different qualities are presented
 Lack of credibility due to unorganized nature of smallholders
 Lack of standards: Are the products save for International
markets?
 Documentation challenges
 Capacity of cooperatives to negotiate price
 Lack of financial resources/high interest of funding

9. APPROACH: COOPERATIVE UNION MOUDLE
 Group Enterprise Management and Entrepreneurial skills.
 Group Dynamics, leadership and governance.
 Business plan development.
 Strengthening of VSLA Market linkages.
 Conduct training in NTFP’s quality training.

10. 258024
894290
1838883
3982925 4108125
4498182
12658115,9
0
2000000
4000000
6000000
8000000
10000000
12000000
14000000
Total
Sum of 2014
Sum of 2015
Sum of 2016
Sum of 2017
Sum of 2018
Sum of 2019
Sum of 2020
Introduction of VSLA for financing value chain activities :
Yearly Share-out of VSLA in Ghana Cedis

11. OUR ROLE IN THE COMMODITY VALUE
CHAINs
 Establishing partnerships with private sector actors for sustainable employments (ORGIIS Team and
Beneficiaries)
 Coordination of Smallholder Farmers and NTFP collection
 Coordinates with farmer-based organizations (FBOs) so that buyers do not have to transact directly
with smallholder farmers
 Value added services
 Traceability and Quality Control

12. Achievements for the
individual value chains

13. Baobab Value Chain production trends
11
19 19
23
36
76
130
38,9
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Tons
production year
Baobab Value Chain

14. Investment(GHS) in baobab Value Chain
150 249,00
225 093,00
220 000,00
220 000,00
248 445,00
719 675,00
1 070 190,00
495 000,00
- 200 000,00 400 000,00 600 000,00 800 000,00 1 000 000,00 1 200 000,00
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

15. Shea Value Chain (Kennel)
68
34
0 0
327,24
340
425
200
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
TONS
Shea karnel Value Chain

16. Sesame Value Chain
1610
2383
4196
460 643
1156
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018
Production Performance over the years
Farmers Volume(MT)

17. Factors contributing to successful NTFP value
chain development and landscape
management
 When communities find value in NTFP they tend to protect the environment
from destruction
 Organic and fair wild Certification
 Benefit sharing mechanisms
 Establishment of conservation funds
 Commitment to protecting the landscape
 Sustained investment and market linkages
 Introduction of VSLAs as financing mechanism


18. BAOBAB PROCESSING

19. BAOBAB PRODUCT AND VALUE ADDITION TRAINING

20. TREE PLANTING ACTIVITIES IN PICTURES

21. Challenges
 Inadequate warehousing support for women groups participating
in the commodity value chains
 Lack of Trust in PPP Arrangement
 Difficulty in accessing sustainable markets for shea butter
Processing cooperatives
 Drying up donor funding for low middle income countries the by
affecting scope of interventions
 High capital requirement for machinery slows ORGIIS ability to
convert baobab seed into Oil for cosmetic industry

22. “Shea trees
cut into
timber logs
for sale
(Destructive
practices and the
non-regulation of
productive
resources)
Challenges

23. “Shea trees
cut for
charcoal for
sale
Challenges

24. Shea trees
cut to give
space for
farming
Challenges

25. Recommendations
 Continuous capacity building of cooperatives for improved quality and
quantity
 Strengthening of CREMAs for landscape monitoring activities
 Provision of warehousing to cooperatives
 Addressing transportation challenges of cooperatives(tricycles)
 Establishment and enforcement of byelaws led assemblies and chiefs
 Market linkages and facilitation


26. THANK U

27. ORGIIS PARTNERS