We provide a wide range of advisory services and conduct in-dept market research on key agricultural value chains leveraging our deep industry knowledge. Some of our short-term engagements include:
Strengthening the Enabling Environment for FoodFortification inNigeria
Retrospective Evaluation of Scaling Associated with the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP)
Stakeholder Engagement for Sight and Life’s Phytase Launch in
Nigeria
Early Generation Seed Systems in Nigeria and Ghana
Systems Analysis & Integrated Design (SAID) for Digital Farmers Services in Nigeria
Legumes and Immunization Study
Food Mapping Project commissioned by Palladium for the West African Food Markets (WAFM)
Consumer Insight Study
“Working on dairy development in Nigeria has been fulfilling, as it allows me to support dairy farmers and unlock opportunities within the subsector, which has been neglected for a long time.”
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US
“The E-Learning portal is wonderful. After I attended a training organized by Sahel, we started a fortnightly training and I encouraged other staff link up with the portal of the federal Ministry of Agriculture. It is a personal training portal whereby you can easily login and get updated from one subject to another or from one case to another – Training Participant, Oyo State”
We conducted extensive desk research and engaged key stakeholders in the food fortification landscape including government agencies, developmental organizations, international non-profit organizations, food processor associations and the private sector to conduct an in-depth analysis of food fortification in Nigeria. We provided recommendations for stakeholders in the sector, including the public and private sector actors, to improve adherence to mandatory food fortification.
We are assessing the extent of private sector scaling of effective herbicides tested during the implementation of the cassava weed management project and examining and examining how the collaboration between the project and the private sector influenced companies’ decisions to register and deploy herbicides.
We are engaging with regulatory authorities, NGOs, health, and industry stakeholders to sensitize them to Phytase-based foods and chart a way forward for Nigeria’s fortification guidelines to include Phytase-based foods. The organization seeks support from us in coordinating and facilitating these engagements.
We led the USAID funded Early Generation Seed (EGS) systems study in Nigeria in partnership with Context Global Network. Sahel conducted an end-to-end analysis of seed systems of four key crops including maize, soybean, rice, and yam in Nigeria to identify constraints limiting the production of EGS in an economically viable and sustainable manner. The analysis covered the dominant seed systems, current EGS systems and potential demand and cost of EGS production in Nigeria. Sahel provided recommendations on how to create incentives for greater government and private investments in the seed sector.
We conducted the SAID analysis for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The scope of the analysis included a mapping of climate-smart solutions in the landscape for Digital Farmers Services (DFS) and the involvement of women with the goal of developing a roadmap for an integrated DFS for Nigeria to inform subsequent investments in the digitization of the agriculture landscape.
We conducted a feasibility study which explored the potential for providing hybrid/improved cowpea seeds and/or PICs Bags, as well as orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) for women engaged in their cultivation as an incentive to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated while stimulating the agro-dealer input market.
We conducted a food mapping study in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger and Nigeria focused on five value chains – rice, maize, cassava, sorghum and millet, providing information on the formal and informal trade trends, food reserves, policies, food security and crisis responses. The team also developed high-level recommendations for mini initiatives that WAFM could introduce to ease trade barriers and enhance food security.
We are providing an understanding of the overarching question; What are the needs of Shell Foundation’s customers living in Nigeria, and what are the key economic drivers to impact their net incomes and contribute to achieving a Living Income through clean energy adoption.