UNIDO 6th QRM PPT - ZEAT-BEAD

Enhanced Local Value Addition and Strengthening Value Chains

Progress/Achievements as on April 2016. 6th QRM.Selected Areas / Bomas & Commodities for Intervention.Equipment and Machinery being procured.Training of Farmers in Post Harvest Handling and Storage.Agriculture Processing Centre (APC) Technical Specifications.Ramkishore Prasad Singh. UNIDO, 2016.Enhanced local value addition and strengthening of value chains. February 2015 to January 2017. Overall objective:  Contribute to improved food security and income among rural communities. Specific objective: Strengthen value chains, enhance value addition and develop and implement strategies for the upgrading of value chains and the capacity building of relevant actors to scale up technological and entrepreneurial practices. Target group(s) New and existing producer groups and Farmer Field Schools in the four States of Greater Bahr-el-Ghazal. Final beneficiaries Farmers, micro-scale entrepreneurs, rural communities and Government institutions. Namal Samarakoon (Project Manager). Ram Kishore Prasad Singh (Chief Technical Advisor). Charu Chandra (Project Technical Officer), Daniel Ruben (Project Coordinator).