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
Main goal: Competitiveness
Increasing the competitiveness of a specific crop, using in the global market.
Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI)
Crop: Rice
Geographic scope: Sub-Saharan Africa
Active Countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Initiated in 2013 (until 2017)
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
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