MOVE - Market Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS region improves income and employment prospects in the ECOWAS region along market-oriented and resilient value chains (rice and cashew).
Our MOVE umbrella
With global and regional demand constantly rising, cashew and rice production and processing offer important potential for training, employment, and wealth creation. This can be achieved through private sector development, can help to mitigate climate change, and bring economic empowerment to women and youth. Under the umbrella of MOVE your can find CARI - Competitive African Rice Initiative, EU Reach - Resilience against Climate change and ComCashew - Competitive Cashew Initiative.
CARI
Competitive African Rice Initiative
The Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) was launched in 2013. We, at CARI, support small-scale climate-friendly rice production, and advocate for cooperation on equal terms, between our target groups and the private sector.
REACH
Resilience Against Climate Change
The REACH Project on adaptation and mitigation to climate change for the local population in North West Ghana has been developed to contribute to the development of rural communities and stable land management in the face of climate change, by promoting climate resilient practices.
ComCashew
Competitive Cashew Initiative
ComCashew constitutes a new era of multi-stakeholder partnership aiming to achieve a sustainable poverty reduction in the project countries Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone, by enhancing the competitiveness of African cashew smallholders, processors and other actors in the value chain.
Our approach
Increasing the value creation of processing in the ECOWAS region through strengthened private sector engagement.
Improve the economic and environmental sustainability of agricultural systems using good agricultural practices (GAP) and Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) for climate-resilient, resource-conserving agriculture and carbon sequestration.
Increasing local consumption of rice and cashew products through marketing initiatives and by-products.
Disseminating good practices in promoting inclusive business models by integrating gender transformative approaches (GTA) and information technology (IT) capabilities.
Strengthening public-private cooperation in policymaking to reduce regional trade barriers and to support social transformation, like ECOWAS Rice Observatory (ERO), the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC), African Cashew Alliance (ACA).
News
Impact
Remodeling Ghana’s Rice Sector through the Matching Grant Fund
With MGF support, Batbak Services has evolved into a fully integrated rice sector enterprise, establishing a processing mill and
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From Parboiling Pots to Prosperity: The Matching Grant Fund Powering Women-Led Growth in the Rice Value Chain.
Capacity building was a central pillar of MGF-supported intervention. Through targeted training in good parboiling and post-harvest handling practices, Hajia memuna reached 9,603 beneficiaries, comprising both
Impact
Developing Profitable Farmer Services (DPFS) Training in Ghana
While RMBT addresses core business management, governance, and financial readiness, DPFS places specific emphasis on
Read more … Developing Profitable Farmer Services (DPFS) Training in Ghana
Impact
Building Finance-Ready Rice Enterprises: Highlights from the Finance Essentials Training for Northern Mills
In 2025, the Northern mills completed the Finance Essentials module, gaining hands-on experience with ...
Impact
The Market-Ready Rice Brands: Insights from the Practical Marketing for Rice Mills Training in Ghana
About 40 rice millers — including youth and women-led enterprises — participated, each committed to
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Building Better Rice Businesses: Insights from the Business of Rice Milling Training in Ghana
In 2025, the BRM module was successfully delivered to both the ...
Upcoming Events
Downloads
Success Stories (EU)
- CashewNuss.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- Cashew Technical Training.pdf (4.2 MiB)
- e-MOVE.pdf (1.3 MiB)
- Farmer Business School.pdf (1.4 MiB)
- Master Training Programme.pdf (2.0 MiB)
- Matching Grand Fund South_Grown & Fenapab.pdf (3.4 MiB)
- Matching Grant Fund.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- Matching Grant Fund ETG & URCPA.pdf (3.3 MiB)
- Matching Grant Fund Tolaro.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- Matching Grant Fund URCPA-BA.pdf (1.5 MiB)
- Nigeria Cashew Extensionist Webinar_Series.pdf (1.4 MiB)
Success Stories (BMZ)
- Cashew Apple Training..pdf (2.1 MiB)
- Composting_final.pdf (1.3 MiB)
- Conservation Agriculture_final.pdf (772.2 KiB)
- FBO.pdf (656.0 KiB)
- GMBS+ ..pdf (6.1 MiB)
- Policy story..pdf (1.6 MiB)
- RiceAdvice Lite_final.pdf (623.2 KiB)
- Rice Farmers Final..pdf (1.5 MiB)
- RMBT _BDS.pdf (698.8 KiB)
- SRP.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- Success NPD.pdf (1.4 MiB)
Together with our donors and political partners we achieve a sustainable cashew & rice production
