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What do we do?

New potato storage business models are needed where the owners of the potatoes have direct control over the storage conditions. This enables them to add value to the produce and extend the marketing season of the potatoes. The economic and financial viability of the new models needs to be assessed.

The following activities are therefore implemented during the project period:

• A feasibility study is performed on new potato storage business models where:
  – A potato trader sells potatoes from its own storage on the domestic and export market;
  – A potato trader sells potatoes from its own storage on the domestic markets.
  In these business models, the owner of the produce also owns the potato storage and has therefore direct control over the storage conditions.
  

• The operational and economic performance of the new business models are monitored and evaluated during the project period.

• The results of the economic and operational performance are disseminated to relevant stakeholders. This will stimulate a transition from the traditional business model to the newly effectively demonstrated business models.

The feasibility study is conducted by Advance Consulting with local support from Deltadesh and technical inputs from Verbruggen and Allround.