2SCALE: The largest incubator for inclusive agribusiness in Africa
Burkina Faso,Ethiopia,Ghana,Kenya,Mali,Niger,
ongoing
2SCALE offers a range of support services to private partners – companies and farmer groups – enabling them to produce, transform and supply quality food products for local, national and regional end-user markets, including Base of the Pyramid consumers.
2SCALE offers a range of support services to private partners – companies and farmer groups – enabling them to produce, transform and supply quality food products for local, national and regional end-user markets, including Base of the Pyramid consumers.
2SCALE is winding up its second phase. The project is implemented by IFDC, BoPInc and SNV. The programme is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As an incubator program, 2SCALE manages a portfolio of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for inclusive business in agri-food sectors and industries, aiming to increase the inclusion of smallhodler farmers, women, and youth across businesses. 2SCALE offers a range of support services to its business champions (SMEs and farmer groups) and partners, enabling them to produce, transform and supply quality food products. These products go to local and regional markets, including to base of the pyramid consumers.
How the programme works
2SCALE focuses on establishing agribusiness clusters built around business champions. Champions are either entrepreneurial producer organizations or local SMEs that trade or process the produce of farmers. By providing support to these clusters, as well as to Business Champions and (M)SMEs downstream the value chain, 2SCALE is developing products and markets for local consumer markets, preferably for low income consumers.
2SCALE - phase II has the following targets:
Scale over 72 public-private partnerships
Improve access to nutritious food for at least 1,500,000 BoP consumers.
Improve the livelihoods of 1,000,000 smallholder farmers (50% women, 40% youth)
500,000 hectares utilizing eco-efficient agricultural practices.
25,000 new non-farming jobs (at least 50% women, 40% youth)
700 SME drive inclusive business in targeted industries.
Develop new business of 15,000 MSMEs and farmer producer organizations (50%women, 20% youth)
The program is active in 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and South Sudan. SNV does not operate in Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, and South Sudan.
