South Sudan Agribusiness Development Program SSADP Overview presentation
South Sudan Agribusiness Development Program (SSADP) Overview (presentation Farmers Union meeting 28/3/3013) 28/3/2013 1
SSADP • Duration 4 years starting middle February 2013 with a decision to continue after 2 years • Financed by Royal Netherlands Embassy • Implemented by Mott Mac. Donald 28/3/2013 2
Targets private sector in agri-business (AB) through 3 components 1. Establishing and operating a guarantee fund 2. Establishing Business Service Providers who will provide business support to AB 3. Facilitating and financing AB expertise 28/3/2013 3
Guarantee fund • Provide partial guarantees to bank(s) for loans in AB • Banks are responsible for approval and for ensuring repayment of loan by their clients and will lose when client is defaulting • Loans (initially) $ 10. 000 -100. , 000 28/3/2013 4
Business Service Provision • SSADP will train BSP (Consultants) • Consultants will be contracted by SSADP to train entrepreneurs • Business training will be modular and targeted at different stages of business formation and management. • Business coaching and assistance will be provided to entrepreneurs in such areas as: record keeping, marketing, warehousing, business planning including equity formation, HRD, procurement, and assistance with loan applications 28/3/2013 5
Agri business component • Facilitation and financing of AB experts • Identifying potential beneficiary AB SMEs • Selection through BSP with monitoring from SSADP • Training of banks in agri-business 28/3/2013 6
Target group: private sector • Agri businesses (suppliers, agro dealers, producers, processors, traders) • Whole agricultural sector • SMEs • Viable • > 5 employees • Equatorian states initially 28/3/2013 7
Preliminary identification • See spreadsheet 28/3/2013 8
Process of identification and selection of (potential) clients (PC) • • Identifying and approaching entry points Collecting names and contact data Completing identification sheet by PC Preliminary selection by AB team Completion of specific questionnaires by BSS Further selection by BSS Monitoring by AB and BS team followed by Business Training and providing AB expertise 28/3/2013 9
What do we desire? Names and contact data of potential • AB clients • BSP i. e free lance consultants 28/3/2013 10
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