India award AID624-A-16-000-10 · 2018–2022 · Global Shea Alliance

(USAID West Africa Regional): USAID will work with the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) and other industry partners to develop the West African shea industry through its Sustainable Shea Initiative. The initiative focuses on building partnerships with private companies to fund rehabilitation of warehouses for aggregating shea nuts and strengthening women's groups with business skills. .FY 2022 funded activities will include:.Collaborate with private sector actors through a matching grant facility to rehabilitate warehouses for women shea collectors and processor groups. .Provide training for women shea collectors and processors to increase their business performance..Promote the sustainability of shea through parkland management training and pilot conservation projects..Provide capacity support to the GSA to achieve its self-reliance goals that were set-up in its recently approved five-year strategy..USAID will build the capacity of national associations to leverage public and private sector resources to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of each country's shea industry. The activity will result in increased income for women, as the industry is dominated by women, by selling

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-AID-624-A-16-00010 (2016). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.