Development and scale-up of the oil market supply chain The case of Allanblackia oil in Tanzania and Ghana Fidelis Rutatina and Cyril Kattah

PRESENTATION Structure and Key features of the Allanblackia Supply Chain Chains and Benefits to the Farmer Supply Chain Similarities and Differences across Countries Impact of the Supply Chain Scaling up of the Supply Chain Wild Harvesting, Domestication and a Balanced Supply Chain Key Issues and Gaps

Structure of AB supply chain Farmers/Collectors Collection centres/focal person Buyers/transporters Oil processors Export Oil refinery Buyer of oil

Collectors/farmers Transporters/buyers Oil milling Transport to port Crude oil storageOil refining/Buyer of oil Transport FROF storage and blending AB SUPPLY CHAIN Collection centre/focal person Shipping

Key features of AB supply chain Buyer as Key driver of initial SC Development Large scale targeted Investment in SC Devt and Components Cost build up monitored and adjusted to ensure equity and Fairness to Stakeholders SC designed to Promote Sustainability and be Socially Responsible Partners contributing significantly to Development of Business at Various Levels

Chains and the Farmer (Benefits) Potential of contributing to wealth creation Looking for more than 10 times current figures by Farmers organised for tapping business opportunity Education given on entrepreneurship and business development Conserved indigenous trees (AB)

Key Components and Functions in Various Countries GhanaTanzania Village level operations Collection, storage/ Buying 200 communities of 1 Focal Person (FP) and 10 – 15 collectors each. (2500 collectors) FP equipped with Cash, Weighing Scale, sacks, Signboard, own storage space 54 collection centres with farmers appointed& project trained clerk, 6000 farmers, all centres equipped with sign boards, scales, sack, hired stores Buying and TransportBuying by Project Team from FP Dedicated and 3 rd Party Transport Buying through trained clerks and transport by third party AB seed crushingThird Party facility located close to Unilever site. Technical and capacity competence Done by third party. Building capacity to meet standards. Community Mobilisation Support of Partner NGO’s Dedicated Project Team Traditional Authorities – Village Chief Support of partner NGO`s Dedicated project team. Involved local government structure Public EducationFliers, Posters, Community Film shows, Village meetings and Training Village Campaigns by NGO’s Fliers, Posters, Village meeting and training, Village campaigns by NGO, Annual participatory evaluation Coordination of SC Operations Dedicated Unilever Project Team Training with Technoserve (NGO) Dedicated Unilever team. Partners filling gaps Integration in Domestication/Other efforts FORIG/ICRAF leading research ITSC supporting efforts Village nurseries ANR/TFCG/ICRAF and Farmers playing key role. TAFORI managing challenges

Impact of Supply Chains – What we want to achieve Safety, Health and Quality Improved Supply of AB Volumes Non-degradation of Environment Improved incomes of Stakeholders Development of Local Business and Self- Sustaining Supply Chain –Income to the Rural Farmer Cost-effective Business proposition

Scaling up the AB Market Chain

Wild Harvesting, Domestication and a Balanced Supply For Tanzania, AB seeds volume supply far below the current demand of 6000 tones of seeds per year. –AB cultivation/domestication strategy to address this gap. –To get 6000tones in 2015,must plant 100,000 female trees in `07&08 by serious 4000 farmers given 6years fruiting age.

Wild Harvesting, Domestication and a Balanced Supply Communities Visited Communities Bought From Total Tonnage

The need for Domestication Rapid multiplication of supply source (trees) Better control of and access to resources (seeds) Monitoring of harvest and implementing best practice More accurate projections of potential harvests – Business Development Increased and focused farmer activity in Supply Chain

Strategies and Best Practice in Up-scaling Expansion and equipping of current Supply Chain Operation. –Wild Harvesting to Planting Maintain Interest of Current stakeholders Development of AB cultivation strategy Research on Vegetative propagation Field extension work with Farmer groups Farmer-owned plots and integrated agro-forestry Monitoring and evaluation Funding and resource mobilisation

Key Issues and Gaps - Ghana Market chain vis a vis research chain Research Coordination – UNI, FORIG/ICRAF, FORIG/IUCN, ITSC –Knowledge Sharing –Resource Pooling Integrated approach with all stakeholders –Time-Based Action Plan Stakeholder resources and funding Difficult terrain and expansive area for wild harvesting Accessibility to dedicated land resource for Planting Scale-up Roll-out and time factor – Farmer Interest Scale of Operation- short to medium term

Key issues for Tanzania Busy stakeholders Stakeholder resources and funding Accessibility to reserved land Volume development/Domestication –How may trees will be planted each year up to 2015 –Duration to harvest realization Payment system Bring former AB areas back in to production Crushing capability Transport- Infrastructure/weather Undiscovered AB potential areas.