The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF), has issued a Call for Proposals from companies, boards, agencies or commissions capable of providing food storage for the West African Regional Food Security Reserve. The European Union is supporting the West African Food Security Storage Support Project financially.
The objective is to select groups with storage capacities and equipment, as well as proven professional experience and expertise, in order to ensure the reception, storage and conservation of the physical stock consigned to them on a contractual basis.
The first stock to be put together in 2016 is 15,000 tonnes of cereals and 1,350 tonnes of fortified flour. This stock will be increased to 30,000 tonnes at the beginning of 2017.
The first stock will be distributed in four areas:
- Northern Nigeria/Niger/Northern Benin (Eastern sub-area)
- Southern Mali/Southern Burkina Faso/Northern Ghana/Northern Côte d’Ivoire, Northern Togo (Central sub-area)
- Senegal, Gambia, (Western Atlantic sub-area)
- Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone (Atlantic Gulf sub-area)
Go to ARAA’s website for more info. Proposals are due by April 4.