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South Sudan Agribusiness Development Program (SSADP). Overview (presentation Farmers Union meeting 28/3/3013). SSADP. Duration 4 years starting middle February 2013 with a decision to continue after 2 years Financed by Royal Netherlands Embassy Implemented by Mott MacDonald.
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South Sudan Agribusiness Development Program (SSADP) Overview (presentation Farmers Union meeting 28/3/3013)
SSADP • Duration 4 years starting middle February 2013 with a decision to continue after 2 years • Financed by Royal Netherlands Embassy • Implemented by Mott MacDonald
Targets private sector in agri-business (AB) through 3 components Establishing and operating a guarantee fund Establishing Business Service Providers who will provide business support to AB Facilitating and financing AB expertise
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
Business Service Provision • SSADP will train BSP (Consultants) • Consultants will be contractedby 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
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
Target group: private sector • Agri businesses (suppliers, agro dealers, producers, processors, traders) • Whole agricultural sector • SMEs • Viable • > 5 employees • Equatorian states initially
Preliminary identification • See spreadsheet
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
What do we desire? Names and contact data of potential AB clients BSP i.e free lance consultants