
Beanz Meanz Development: value addition by cooking and packing nutritious beans
- S1E5
- 29:10
- September 21st 2016
From a GDP perspective, any business that “adds value” to a supply chain is a good thing. Traditionally countries like Rwanda have been just growing agricultural produce, with other companies/ countries undertaking investment and reaping the benefits of manufacturing of a higher value product.
FarmFresh is different in that regard. I visited Christian Heremans at their “pilot factory” (a converted house) to see how his company are taking raw beans, and turning them into well packaged cooked beans for consumption in and out of Rwanda.
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