Strengthening vegetable value chain in Nigeria

About the partnership

Nigeria

Fresh Produce

Status:

Stopped

The Evergreen-2SCALE partnership aims to support vegetable smallholder vegetable farmers by connecting them to farmer academies for sustainable vegetable supply to SPAR superstores. Through some selected aggregators, SHFs will have access to sustainable high end vegetable markets, an opportunity to improve their income. Evergreen aims to formalize vegetable supply contracts with selected aggregators and lead farms to build a robust supply chain network with SHFs to supply its superstores with selected fresh vegetables, starting with onion, tomato, cabbage, garden egg, okra, watermelon, cucumber, peppers, and potatoes.

About the Business champion

Evergreen, a subsidiary of Artee group, is a company whose business objective involves producing, purchasing, and supplying Artee supermarket chain, SPAR with fresh vegetables. In Nigeria, SPAR operate their own stores which offer a wide range of product categories namely; Grocery, Bakery, Wine & Spirits, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Fruits & Vegetables. SPAR through the sister company Evergreen began investment to establish Farmer Academies and Agri-Service Parks in several locations in Nigeria with the vision of transforming the vegetable sub-sector, providing access to structured market for smallholder farmers.

Key interventions

Facilitate linkages between Evergreen and other value chain networks

Support vegetable quality improvement among core value chain actors

Improving farm level vegetable productivity

Upgrading post-harvest management practices to reduce losses by 35%

Strengthen the competitiveness and inclusion of women and youths

Reaching BoP consumers with healthy and nutritious vegetables

Organize awareness campaign to build understanding of nutritious vegetable and dangers of pesticide contamination in rural and peri-urban areas