In 2021, we worked with a potato chip producer. We helped the entity better understand its supply chain, assess the business case of investing in its supply chain partners, particularly women, and identify and design entry points for interventions with mutual value for the company and communities.

As part of the study, we unbundled:

•Opportunities for engaging women in the client’s value chain

•Characteristics of potato suppliers - roles of men vs. women in producing and supplying potato

•Agricultural challenges faced by potato farmers including climate-induced vulnerabilities

•Role, barriers, and opportunities faced by women on the farm

We led consultations with different supply/ value chain actors such as the government, agri-input companies, development organizations, farmers, and laborers at the farm level.