ASNAPP
Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African Plant Products — reducing poverty and hunger through the sustainable production and marketing of Africa's indigenous plant products.
Harnessing Africa's Natural Plant Wealth
Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African Plant Products (ASNAPP) is an International NGO established in 1999 with the aim to reduce poverty and hunger in rural communities in Africa through sustainable production, harvesting and marketing of African indigenous plant products.
ASNAPP's mandates include networking institutional capacities; linking African indigenous plant knowledge to scientific research and technology transfer, quality control and quality assurance, product development, enterprise development and markets.
ASNAPP is registered as an NGO and not-for-profit organisation in Ghana, South Africa and Zambia, with operations in Senegal, Rwanda and the U.S.A., and satellite projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Liberia.
rural poverty in Africa
Mission
To help create and develop successful African agribusinesses in the natural products sector, providing income, employment and development through environmentally and socially conscious sustainable production of high quality, healthful natural products for local, regional and overseas markets.
Vision
To expand economic opportunities for rural communities by using world-class science, technologies, partnerships and business approaches to develop and enhance Africa's competitive advantage in the Natural Plant Products industry.
Our Model & Approach
ASNAPP adopts a market-driven, science-based commercialisation approach that translates market requirements — through research and quality assurance — into products and secured orders. ASNAPP provides services and interventions along the supply chain from production to market.
It collaborates with in-country NGOs, research and academic institutions, private and public sector organisations and farmer-groups in rural communities, adopting a participatory and multi-sectorial approach to natural products development towards economic upliftment of the rural farmer.
Science-Based
World-class research drives every product and intervention.
Multi-Sectorial
Participatory partnerships with communities, NGOs and institutions.
Market-Driven
Secured market orders guide production and quality assurance.
Our Services
Policy Advocacy
Advocating for enabling policy environments for natural plant products in Africa.
Internship Matching
Connecting students and graduates to agribusiness internship opportunities.
Research & Development
Science-based R&D translating natural plant knowledge into marketable products.
Capacity Building
Training farmers, cooperatives and enterprises on production and quality standards.
Enterprise Development
Supporting agribusinesses in the natural products sector to grow and formalise.
Quality Control & QA
Ensuring products meet international quality and safety standards for market access.
Agribusiness Incubation
Incubating start-ups and rural enterprises in the natural plant products value chain.
Market Intelligence
Developing market intelligence and creating new market opportunities for natural products.
Countries of Operation
Registered Offices
Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia.
Active Operations
Senegal, Rwanda, and the U.S.A., with satellite projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Liberia.
Partner with ASNAPP
Work with us to develop Africa's natural plant products sector and lift rural communities out of poverty.