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Official opening ceremony of ACA’s 17th Annual Conference and Exhibition
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; Meeting to identify a group of women for a credit evaluation loan in the village of Toro Alasan in the North Bank region.
SFL Gambia takes the lead in the new fiscal year.
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A job well done deserves recognition, as CEO Mustafa Omar and Chairman of the Board Mr Earl Brinton Patrick Jr. have understood.
Like every year, SHELTER SEGABI staff receive awards in recognition of all their hard work.
Participants at the ACA 2023 Conference took a tour of the demonstration plot in which LIFFT-Cashew is collaborating with ISRA as part of the program to improve production by introducing new varieties at the ISTA/UPPF-Sangalkam center.
Shelter For Life didn't leave its partners in the lurch at this 17th Conference and Exhibition.
They were massively represented by SCPL from Senegal, ARREY from Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia.
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A parallel presentation on techniques and research to improve and increase production in the SEGABI area.
Mamadou Ndiaye was in the spotlight, as was Augusto Mango, president of the Guinea Bissau cooperatives.
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We were also honored by the presence of another major player at this 17th conference.
Here is Mr Earl Brinton Patrick Jr., Chairman of the Board of Shelter For Life, visiting the stand of the partners supported by USDA .
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In the absence of effective formalization, creative financing alternatives are needed. Using creative and unconventional financing mechanisms, SFL has been able to provide blended financing to farmers, processors and traders.
Official opening ceremony of ACA's 17th Annual Conference and Exhibition .
Shelter For Life is massively represented along with its partner SEGABI.
The first day has just ended at the Palm Beach Resort and Spa.
Right in the final bend of the 17th annual Conference AND EXHIBITION.
Shelter For Life, in collaboration with the Senegal Institut of research (ISRA) and the USDA-funded LIFFT-Cajou project, will be receiving participants in this event for a field visit. Its From Sept 18 to 21
LIFFT-Cashew
This is a 6-year program (2017-2023) funded by USDA and implemented by Shelter for Life International to enhance the production and trade of cashews in local and international markets.
The LIFFT-Cashew project works around four objectives which are:
Increase RCN quality
Production: High yields and high quality of RCN in trees
Production of organic RCN
Organic certification: Production of organic RCN
Post-harvest Farming
Maintain high quality of RCN after harvesting
Post-production handling
Improve post-production handling, and strengthen farm management.
Our Components
On-Farm Practices
Training on good agricultural practices was provided to 20,946 cashew producers through pre-selected cooperative members as trainers/facilitators, who attended thematic train-the-trainer modules on pruning, thinning, nut separation, drying, storage, organic standards, and new plantation establishment techniques. A total of 721 trainers were trained. 32 nurseries were established by the support of the project in three countries and in total 98.000 seedlings were produced and sold to cashew producers. In total 46.815 hectares of cashew plantations were improved by application of good agricultural practices. 3.027 producers were certified for organic production.
Market Access
24 cooperative societies were established or strengthened by providing series of training and daily coaching on business management, access to finance, sales, and market relations. Massive sensitization of cooperatives was supported, reaching at least 25,278 cashew producers. This resulted 145 commercial contracts signed between cooperatives and buyers, on supply of RCN. In total 122.397 MT of cashew nuts were sold collectively amounting $105.912.210 in value of sales.
Access to Finance
The Project is working with financial institutions to increase access to microcredits and loans to cashew producers and processors. Two (2) financial institutions (microfinance) provided loans in amount of $917,897 and fifty-three (53) individual buyers and trading companies provided to producers and cooperatives pre-financing in amount of $64.487.593. The project Cashew fund disbursed to nine (9) processing facilities loans in amount of $740.000 for purchase of raw cashew nuts (RCN) during the season, that leveraged $4.641.041 private investment into the cashew sector. 1.777 individuals (incl. 463 women) were trained about entrepreneurship, financial management, loans.
Infrastructure
Construction and rehabilitation of rural roads to facilitate the flow of cashew nuts. combines both heavy machinery and manual labor to create employment opportunities. To date 136,24 KM of feeder roads constructed and 4,640 jobs created. In total 15.564 m3 of storage were rehabilitated and constructed which allowed farmers to maintain quality and organize collective sales.
