Capacity building
Enterprise development
Fruits and vegetables
Mali: Chili Pepper Project, Achmea Foundation, 400,000 EUR, 2025-2028
Donor: Achmea Foundation
Goal
To strengthen the technical capacity of farmers, organize and train farmers to meet agro-processor market demand, and improve farmers’ financial capacity.
What we do
Currently, farmers grow chili peppers on small plots, especially during the rainy season. Chili peppers become scarce during the dry season due to the lack of irrigation facilities, explaining the shortage of chili peppers for processing units during certain periods of the year. This project aims to extend the production of chili peppers around the year by means of (solar) irrigation. The project will be implemented by 20 cooperatives and associations of women and men farmers in the Sikasso and Bougouni regions in southern Mali. A total of 3,000 farmers will be directly involved in the project for the production and marketing of chili peppers.
Project Updates
- The activities planned for the first half of the year (July to December 2025) have been
completed, including:- A chili pepper market study and value chain analysis was conducted.
- 623 chili pepper farmers were trained in GAP, representing a completion rate of 156% compared to the target of 400 farmers.
- 21.6 hectares of chili peppers were cultivated, representing a completion rate of 108% compared to the target of 20 hectares.
- Five solar dryers were purchased and provided to cooperatives.
- Five solar pumps were purchased and provided to cooperatives.
