Project

With support from the Agency of Italian Cooperation and Support (AICS), and under the leadership of COSPE, SAT has been implementing the Seeds for the Future (SEFF) project in Chiredzi, Masvingo and Mwenezi districts (2022 to 2025). Under this project, SAT has established a paprika processing plant under the PapriAfrika (Pvt) Limited banner, and with additional support from Christian Aid and the Bubye Valley Conservancy (BVC), a sesame value addition centre under the SesAfrika (Pvt) Limited banner at Rutenga’s Industrial Park in Mwenezi district. Both PapriAfrika and SesAfrika have growers’ cooperatives in Mwenezi district as shareholders. The paprika processing plant has to date produced 40 MT of milled paprika for the local market, while 245 MT of sesame seeds were aggregated and cleaned at the sesame value addition centre between May and August 2024. At least 212 MT of the cleaned sesame was exported to Mozambique and Japan.