capacity building of local entrepreneurs to improve the distribution of pics bags in west and...
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Capacity Building of Local Entrepreneurs to Improve the Distribution of PICS Bags
in West and Central Africa
PICS Lessons Learned WorkshopApril 11, 2012
D. Baributsa, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, T. Abdoulaye, M. Shehu, C. Lontchi, S. Issaka, P. Batana,
E. Korankye and O. Anyebe
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Purdue University
Farmers Farmers Organisations Cereal banks Cowpea
vendors
Supply bags-
Supply chain Supply chain Supply bags-
Supply chain Supply chain
Create demand- AwarenessAwareness
BuildingBuilding
Create demand- AwarenessAwareness
BuildingBuilding
Distributors
Semi-wholesalers Semi-wholesalers
Manufacturers
Vendors Vendors VendorsVendors
Making Cowpea Storage Technology Available to Farmers
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Supply Chain Development
PICS bag retailers
PICS bag manufacturers
PICS bag vendors
However, farmers have complained about the availability of PICS bags in rural communities.
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Capacity Building Activities
- PICS bags is a new product- awareness building is required for manufacturers, distributors, vendors, etc.
- Help manufacturers meet PICS bag specifications- quality control
- Provide feedback to manufacturers from end-users: farmers, and other users to address issues (sealing, missing bags, etc.)
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- Facilitate negotiations among supply chain members-order, payments, etc.
- Help distributors promote, and expand retail distribution networks
- Train distributor and vendors to facilitate collaboration and build trust.
Capacity Building Activities
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Key Constraints to Adoption
Its possible to have large adoptions/quick impact in rural communities in less than 2 years
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Producteurs se plaignent de la distance aux points de ventes des sacs PICS
Adoption des sacs PICS
Information sur le Marche Niger et Burkina Niger DT Niger MZT Burkina
Distance ou les sacs sont vendus 5.8 12.5 9
Distance au Marché 5.4 8.1 7
% des marches ou les sacs sont vendus 30 25 40
Proportion du niebe stocke avec sacs PICS-2009 38% 7% 30%
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Trainings serve as platform for:-identifying and discussing supply chain issues-recruiting new vendors -Teach them how to use PICS bags.
Trainings three components:-Presentation of the project-Supply Chain- Discussion- led by distributor
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• Sixty percent of the trainees were PICS bag vendors while the rest were entrepreneurs interested in the PICS bag business.
• PICS bag vendors were recruited by:distributors (55.6%), project through consultants,
radio messages, etc. (20.6%), colleagues and friends
(11.1%)demand by farmers (12.7%).
Background of Vendors
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Sales Strategies used by vendors
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Of course many vendors say they know how to use PICS
bags43% attended demonstration
61% stored cowpea.
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Challenges and strategies to increase bags sales
- Quality include defective and missing bags- Availability- access and timely
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Exercise with vendors on cost-benefit analysis of cowpea storage showed that PICS bags used twice were a cheaper and low risk alternative to insecticides.
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Trainings helped vendors understand: Project learn how vendors do their business Vendors learn how to properly use PICS bags Approach to market development of PICS bags Market seasonality of PICS bags Strategies to increase sales (roaming vendors) Develop collaboration and trust among supply
chain members (distributors, manufacturers,…) Address several challenges- margins, quality,
transportations, etc.
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