Cassava Enterprise Development Programme (CEDP)

Client: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Shell, Nigeria

Area: Nigeria

Timeline: January 2005 – April 2005

Details: In response to a special Nigerian presidential initiative, OneWorld, as a sub contractor to Technoserve and under the auspices of CEDP, completed a pre-feasibility study, impact analysis and stakeholder engagement process aimed at commercialising the Nigerian cassava industry.

The two-month project, which culminated in a report and presentation to the client and Nigerian Government, entailed the following:

  • International analysis and benchmarking of the cassava industry
  • Analysis and Status Quo of the cassava industry in Nigeria
  • Interviews with cassava growers
  • Market analysis
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Opportunity assessment of cassava commercialisation
  • Analysis of agricultural development and transition
  • Analysis on social impact and the formation of a development plan. (Whilst Nigerial is the worlds largest cassava producer, yields are low with more than 95% of production on a subsistence basis; hence the main focus of this study was on the socio-economic impact of cassava commercialisation
  • Financing structures
  • Design of a community participation structure