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
ComCashew
Driving Policy, Partnership, and Progress in Global Cashew Trade at the World Cashew Conference 2026
The 2026 World Cashew Conference (WCC), organised by Eventell Global Advisory from January 30 to February 1, 2026, convened over 600 actors from across the global cashew value chain. Under the theme “Navigating the New Normal in Global Cashew Trade Flow,” the conference brought together producers, processors, exporters, buyers, major logistics and shipping companies, government representatives, and development partners from over 40 countries, providing a platform for collaboration, innovation, and meaningful partnerships that continue to shape the future of the cashew industry.
ComCashew
Invest.EastAfrica! Business and Investment Forum concludes with concrete partnerships and strong MOVE–ComCashew engagement
The high-level forum brought together over 350 representatives of German companies and a delegation of 60 East African businesses across a three-day programme of panel discussions, targeted B2B meetings and
ComCashew
University Tour in Bouaké to Promote e-MOVE Online Courses on the Cashew Value Chain
As part of the promotion of online courses developed by MOVE-ComCashew in the cashew value chain, a university tour was organised from December 1 to 4, 2025, in three higher education institutions in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire.
The overall objective of this initiative was to promote, among students and teaching staff, the learning opportunities offered by the two projects, to strengthen collaboration with universities, and to encourage the adoption of e-MOVE modules.
Read more … University Tour in Bouaké to Promote e-MOVE Online Courses on the Cashew Value Chain
ComCashew
GIZ/MOVE-ComCashew and GIZ/ABF Launch University Tour to Promote Digital Learning in Agricultural Value Chains
As part of efforts to expand access to high-quality agricultural training, the GIZ Market-Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE-ComCashew) and Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF) projects organized a university tour from November 17 to 21, 2025, across four major higher education institutions in Côte d'Ivoire. The initiative aimed to promote the online learning modules developed for the cashew, cocoa, maize, and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats) value chains.
Impact
Strengthening Rice Quality Standards: MOVE-CARI Trains Processors on Paddy Grading in Côte d’Ivoire
By improving knowledge of quality standards and best practices, the initiative seeks to ...
Impact
High-quality paddy rice on the menu at rice mills in the Hauts-Bassins region
A simplified digital tool was provided to rice mills to enable them to continuously assess the ...
Read more … High-quality paddy rice on the menu at rice mills in the Hauts-Bassins region
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
