Sheladia Associates, Inc.

Five-year project serving as a catalyst to stimulate and galvanize Guinea’s private sector to invest in agricultural marketing and export. Project is the flagship of USAID/Guinea’s economic growth strategy in Guinea. Benefits will include increased investment, employment and income for agricultural producers, traders and agribusiness operators. Project includes: financing of agricultural marketing, agribusiness development activities and improved financial intermediation for agricultural marketing enterprises, training for private sector, policy studies, technical assistance and commodities.

Long- and short-term technical assistance to:

• Increase the capacity of agricultural marketers and exporters to participate in domestic, regional and overseas markets
• Establish a demand-driven, service-oriented, non-profit, democratic and transparent Agricultural Marketing Foundation
• Establish market information to report on demand for Guinea’s agricultural products in domestic, regional and overseas markets; prices; quality requirement and importing country regulations
• Establish an Agricultural Marketing Loan Guarantee Fund that will facilitate the development of agribusinesses and/or agricultural marketing and export ventures
• Strengthen public-private sector interaction and dialogue pertaining to Guinea’s agribusiness sector
• Implement a system of assessing the project’s impact on the level of agribusiness, agro-industrial and agricultural marketing and export activities in Guinea.