- Published by
- Sahel Consulting
A practical guide for designing and managing successful, scalable cassava outgrower schemes in Nigeria, drawing on lessons from the BASICS-II project. It walks through the full production cycle — from farmer selection and model choice through to harvest, payment, and continuous improvement.
A key contribution is its typology of outgrower engagement models, including two hybridised approaches that involve tripartite agreements between processors, farmer groups, and third parties such as financial institutions or NGOs. These shared-responsibility structures reduce financial burden on individual parties and limit side-selling risk.
Additional guidance covers staggered planting, flexible market-linked pricing, farm insurance, monitoring, and performance evaluation.
A template MoU covering party obligations, quality requirements, dispute management, and environmental compliance is included as an annex.
Useful for market systems practitioners, agribusiness developers, NGOs, and donors working on agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa.