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Selective forest clearing for plantation lay-out
Tree Crops
Building on its experience in
operating integrated agro-industrial complexes for production of commodity crops
(tea, sugar, oil palm and fibre crops), HVA International was established as a
consultancy in 1959. Since then, HVA International has provided technical
assistance as well as management services for a wide range of projects
associated with primary production, processing and marketing of commodity tree
crops, such as tea, coffee, coconut, rubber and oil palm. An overview of
activities in this field is presented below.
Setting up and managing full
service contract grower schemes
Using its experience with the nucleus estate model
with out-growers, HVA International has successfully provided technical
assistance for establishing efficient produce purchasing organisations,
implementing quality control and payment systems and for setting up farmer
services to provide inputs and extension services.
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Mambilla Tea Integrated
Development Programme (1993-1998, financed by the EU)
Integrated tea project, including support to tea out-growers associations
in the field of extension services, supply of planting material and execution
of land development works. |
Establishment and rehabilitation
of plantations
HVA International has recently
implemented major assignments in rehabilitation and expansion of commercial
commodity tree crop estates. A major assignment in this field has been the
following project:
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Mambilla Tea Integrated
Development Programme (1993-1998, financed by the EU)
Integrated tea project, including rehabilitation and expansion of a 450ha
tea plantation and installation of an overhead irrigation system. |
Processing and marketing of
commodity tree crops
Developing profitable production of
commodity tree crops requires a chain approach covering the entire production
and chain as in the following assignments:
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Five year strategy for the
development of the smallholder tea sector, Kenya (2003, financed by IFC)
Preparation of a strategy for development of
smallholder tea production in relation to planned expansion of tea processing
capacity in the Gucha District and market developments. |
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Wush Wush II Tea Project,
Ethiopia (1997-2000, financed by the African
Development Bank)
Technical assistance and training in the field of tea marketing and
product development, tea factory engineering and tea making. |
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Coffee Production and
marketing Project, Tanzania (1988-1994, financed by the EU)
In the framework of technical assistance to the Coffee Management
Unit, operational support and engineering assistance was provided to three
coffee curing facilities and for coffee marketing. |
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Long term requirements of
rubber and oil palm processing, Indonesia (1993, financed by the World Bank)
Formulation of a strategy for expansion and
rehabilitation of palm oil and rubber processing facilities, with a view to
rapidly increasing production and taking into account market developments and
quality requirements. |
Studies
associated with restructuring of sub-sectors and privatisation of enterprises
Based on
its expertise in primary production,
purchasing and processing of various tree commodity crops, HVA
International is often asked to participate in studies related to restructuring
specific sub-sectors and/or a (group of) enterprises. Typical assignments in
this field are:
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Rationalisation of factory
capacity, Sri Lanka (2000, financed by the Asian Development Bank)
Review of current capacity, capacity utilisation and distribution of tea
factories that process green leaf produced by smallholders and prepare a
rationalisation plan for an optimum distribution of processing capacity in
relation to tea production areas. |
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Privatisation study for tea
estates in Rwanda (1999, financed by the African Development Bank)
Further to the feasibility study for the Nshili-Kivu tea factory feasibility
study and a tea sector study, a study was conducted for privatisation of tea
estates, including development of a privatisation strategy, assessment of
estates and preparation of bidding documents. |
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Privatisation of oil palm, tea
and cocoa enterprises, Indonesia (1999, privately financed)
Agronomic, technical and technological assessment of oil palm, tea and cocoa
estates in Sumatra (28 factories, over 100,000 ha of plantation), on behalf of
a private investor. |
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Oil Palm Production
Co-operatives, Benin (1992-1993 and 1996-1997, financed by the World Bank)
Further to an agricultural and socio-economic evaluation of options to
privatise smallholder oil palm co-operatives (1992-1993), technical assistance
and training was provided to the co-operatives to take over the exploitation
of oil palm plantations. |
Project
evaluation and review
Using its experience in both
large scale commercial production and smallholder schemes and knowledge of
project cycle management methodology, HVA International has reviewed and
evaluated several tree crop projects funded by major donor organisations, for
example:
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Review of oil palm projects
financed by the EU in Ghana and Nigeria (1993)
Evaluation of EU support to oil palm projects, covering
existing plantations, out-grower schemes, on-going establishment of new
plantations, palm oil processing, rural development, training and research. |
Tree Crops
For More Information Contact:
HVA International
Paasheuvelweg 28, 1105 BJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P.O. Box 12204, 1100 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-3116000
FAX: +31-20-6969599
Email: office@hvainternational.nl
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