Community Production Unit

Turning local harvests
into products with purpose

CDC’s production unit is a small-scale space where local crops are prepared, processed, and developed into value-added food products while supporting training, livelihoods, and community enterprise.

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Food products made at the CDC community production unit

Community members working at the CDC production unit

What happens here

A shared space for learning, processing,
and livelihood support

The production unit connects farming, training, and community enterprise. It helps people learn practical skills while turning local crops into useful, marketable products.

Processing local crops

Local crops, especially yams and traditional food ingredients, are cleaned, prepared, and processed into value-added products.

Building practical skills

Community members learn food preparation, simple processing, packaging, and small enterprise skills through hands-on sessions.

Supporting local income

By adding value to farm produce, the unit helps families and producer groups create products that can support sustainable livelihoods.

The process

From harvest to product, step by step

Harvest

Crops are grown through community farming, model farm learning, and local agricultural knowledge.

Prepare

Fresh produce is cleaned, sorted, and prepared carefully before processing begins.

Process

Yams and other local ingredients are turned into value-added foods using small-scale processing methods.

Finished products are shared through CDC channels, community networks, and the Poshana Mandapaya sales outlet.

From Farm to Food

Where community effort becomes
something people can use

The production unit is more than a work space. It is where farming knowledge, women’s skills, traditional foods, and local enterprise come together to create products that carry both value and meaning.