Quantified outcomes from two decades of women-led cooperative enterprise in Tanzania's coastal cashew belt.
Registered cooperative members across Mkuranga and Rufiji Districts receiving direct support, training, and fair-price purchasing for their cashew harvest.
Of all partner farmers, 68% are women — a figure that reflects our founding commitment and our active recruitment of women into cooperative membership and leadership.
Estimated household dependants whose food security, education costs, and healthcare access are directly supported by income earned through the Korosho Group value chain.
Cumulative export volume of premium W180–W450 kernels to international markets, generating hard-currency income that flows back directly into the cooperative network.
Individuals who have completed training in good agricultural practices, post-harvest handling, financial literacy, and cooperative governance — transforming knowledge into livelihood.
Operating across five coastal districts, with extension services, buying stations, and cooperative governance structures rooted in the communities we serve.
How every investment — in land, in training, in processing, in market access — translates into lasting change for farming families.
Women smallholders join the cooperative network, gaining formal membership, land documentation support, and access to inputs.
GAP training, post-harvest handling, financial literacy, and cooperative governance modules delivered to every member.
Raw nuts move into our facility — grading, shelling, drying, and packing to international food safety standards at W180–W450 specification.
Certified consignments reach buyers in Europe, Asia and the Americas, generating hard-currency export revenue at premium prices.
Revenue reinvested: fair prices to farmers, cooperative dividends, school fees, healthcare, and infrastructure for 21,000+ beneficiaries.
Korosho Group's operations are structured to generate measurable outcomes across seven UN SDGs — creating a multi-layered impact case for development finance institutions, ESG investors, and philanthropic funders.
Direct income transfer to 4,200+ farming families through fair-price purchasing. Cooperative dividends provide supplemental income that lifts household spending above subsistence level.
Stable cashew income funds household food expenditure. Agroforestry integration diversifies farm output, reducing food insecurity during cashew off-seasons.
Women constitute 68% of our farmer network and hold the majority of cooperative leadership positions. Constitutionally protected women's governance — not a programme, a structure.
Formal employment at our processing facility. Cooperative membership providing stable income, skills development, and dignified economic participation for rural women.
Zero-waste processing protocols, responsible chemical use on farms, and packaging standards that meet EU import requirements. Traceability from farm to port for every shipment.
Climate-smart agricultural practices: agroforestry integration, drought-resilient cashew varieties, soil health management, and reduced synthetic input protocols across the farmer network.
Active partnerships with international development agencies, export promotion bodies, research institutions, and private sector buyers — creating multi-stakeholder coalitions around shared goals.
The women of Korosho Group did not wait to be included in an agricultural value chain. They built one. From the founding cooperative structures to the current governance board, women hold decision-making authority at every level of the organisation.
This is not a gender programme sitting alongside business operations. It is the business model. Women's economic agency is the engine — and every financial return, every export consignment, every trained farmer is evidence that it works.
"We did not need someone to give us a seat at the table. We built the table. We built the chairs. We grew the cashews that paid for the room."
Whether you represent a development bank, an ESG-focused foundation, a bilateral donor, or a private company with impact mandates — there is a structured entry point for you.
Concessional loans, guarantees, or equity investment in processing capacity expansion, cold chain infrastructure, or cooperative working capital facilities.
Targeted grants for farmer training, gender programming, climate-smart agriculture adoption, and cooperative governance strengthening across our network.
Expertise in quality management, export market development, digital traceability, cooperative governance, and gender-responsive business practices.
Corporate sourcing partnerships with ESG commitments, fair-trade premium arrangements, and off-take agreements that deliver social impact alongside commercial returns.
