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Zambia

Products:
1. Paprika
2. Birds' eye chili
3. Manketi
4. Moringa
5. Lemongrass
6. Mushrooms
7. Specialty vegetables

Projects:
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development - Natural Proudts (PFID-NP)

2. IITA-Irrigation Support Project

3. Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA)

Partners:
1. Sun International Hotel
2. University of Zambia (UNZA)
3. Total Land Care (TLC)
4. Nanga Irrigation
5. Msekera Research Station
6. Chitedze Research Station

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. USAID-Southern Africa
 
South Africa

Products:
1. Rooibos Tea
2. Honeybush Tea
3. Specialty Vegetables and Herbs
4. Small Fruits
5. Mushrooms

Projects: 
1. IITA Natural Products Project
2. IITA Horticulture Network 
3. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
4. Limpopo Agribusiness Project 
5. Tshwaraganang Hydroponics
6. Doringbaai Greenhouse Project
7. Moroletsoa Mentorship and Technology Transfer Project
8. Haarlem Honeybush Tea Project
9. Oudtshoorn Hydroponics Project
1.. Eden Community Project
11. ALO/IITA Germplasm Projects

Partners:
1. University of Stellenbosch
2. IITA
3. Total Land Care

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. USAID-Southern Africa
3. National Development Authority
4. Department of Economic Development and Tourism
5. Department of Agriculture and Land Reform
6. Limpopo Agribusiness Development Authority
 
Senegal

Products:
1. Hibiscus (Bissap)
2. Kinkeliba (Healing Tree)
 
Porjects: 
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
2. ASNAPP-Association Education Sante (AES) Hibiscus Project

Partners:
1. Association Education Sante (AES)

Promoters:
1. Government of Senegal
2. USAID
 
Rwanda

Products:
1. Geranium
2. Lemongrass
3. Eucalyptus
4. Rosemary
5. Manketti
 
Projects:
1. Ikirezi Natural Products
2. Ikirezi Plantlets Project
3. Essential Oils Project
 
Partners:
1. World Relief

Promoters:
1. African Development Foundation
2. Ministere de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage (MINAGRI)
3. USAID/Global Development Alliance (GDA)
 
Ghana
Products:
1. Griffonia
2. Voacanga
3. Grains of Paradise (GOP)
4. Xylopia
5. Mondia
6. Lippia

Projects:
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
2. Botanical Product Standards Development
3. Capacity Building Program for Botanical Products Association 
4. Enterprise Information System and Business Development Project
5. Alternative Livelihood for Forest-Fringe Communities
6. National Educational Campaign for Sustainable Practices in the Botanical Industry
7. Natural Products for Rural Livelihood Improvement 
 
Partners:
1.Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE)
2. Ghana Standards Board
3. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4. University of Ghana
5. Rural Development and Youth Association (RUDEYA)

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE)
3. Export Development and Investment Fund (EDIF)
4. Forestry Commission
5. Support Program for Enterprise Empowerment and Development (SPEED)
6. InterChurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO-Netherlands)
 

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Tshwaraganang hydroponics: from zero to hero in greenhouse production
Written by Hanson Arthur   
Friday, 26 February 2010 10:41
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The Tshwaraganang hydroponics project has turned the corner of yet another significant milestone in its quest to create sustainable prosperity for its shareholders. Having achieved almost its entire business plan targets, it came as no surprise when in February 2010, the project recorded a cumulative sales income of R 1 million.
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International trade standards developed for Griffonia and Voacanga
Written by Hanson Arthur   
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 08:19

ASNAPP (Ghana) and the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) have jointly developed international trade standards for Voacanga africana and Griffonia simplicifolia, the two leading medicinal plants of export value in Ghana.
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One million dollars of income, and still counting...
Written by Hanson Arthur   
Monday, 12 October 2009 08:57

Farmers benefiting from the ASNAPP vegetable production project in the Livingstone area of Zambia have made their first US $1 million income since the project started in 2006. The project involves several vulnerable community members, including orphans and widows and the those receiving palliative care.  
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Ikirezi: grassroots approach to building an essential oil industry
Written by Hanson Arthur   
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:18

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Women geranium growers
An ASNAPP-supported project that was piloted in 2003 has spawned a community-based essential oil industry in Rwanda. Ikirezi Natural Plant Products Company resulted from a joint project involving several public and private agencies, donor organizations and the NGO community in Rwanda. This community-driven company soon grew to become the implementer of a new project, Development of the Essential Oil Industry in Rwanda for Economic Growth and Diversification, which was initiated in 2006 following the successful implementation of the Pilot Project.
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Vision

To expand economic opportunities for rural communities by using world class science, technologies, partnerships and business approaches to develop and enhance Africa’s competitive advantage in the Natural Plant Products industry.

Mission
To help create and develop successful African agribusinesses in the natural products sector, providing income, employment & development, through environmentally and socially conscious practices to produce high quality natural products for local, regional and overseas markets

Services (The Six Pillars of ASNAPP)

  • Market Development
  • Enterprise Development
  • Quality Control / Assurance
  • Applied Research and Technology Transfer 
  • Capacity Building
  • Policy Advocacy

Countries of Operations

  • Ghana
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • US – Rutgers University
  • Zambia

Satellite Countries

  • Angola
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique