Sector/Crop: Single crop

Platform explicitly focuses on one defined crops.

African Cashew Alliance (ACA)

Crop: Cashew
Geographic scope: Africa
Active Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Benin and Guinea Bissau.
Initiated in 2006

Better Cotton Initiative

Crop: Cotton

Geographic scope: Global

Active Countries: Brazil, India, Mali, Pakistan, China, Mozambique, Tajikistan, Turkey, Senegal, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameron, Burkina Faso, Australia, USA (expected to expand to South Africa).

Initiated in 2005

Bonsucro

Crop: Sugarcane
Geographic scope: Global
Initiated in 2011

Competitive Cashew Initiative- ComCachew

Crop: Cashew
Geographic scope: Africa
Active Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Benin and Guinea Bissau.
Initiated in 2006

Cotton made in Africa (CmiA)

Crop: Cotton
Geographic scope: Sub-Saharan Africa
Active Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Initiated in 2005

Global Coffee Platform

Crop: Coffee
Geographic scope: Global
Active Countries: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Malawi, Rwanda, Laos, El Salvador, Mexico, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Isle of Man, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Burundi, Tanzania, Madagascar, South Africa, China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, USA, Colombia, Brazil, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, Ivory Coast

Initiated in 2006

Global Shea Alliance (GSA)

Crop: Shea
Geographic scope: Global
Active Countries: The GSA has members from over 31 countries but is currently implementing projects in 7 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo)
Initiated in 2011