Supporting the production, processing and marketing of commodities can strengthen the competitiveness of West African countries. Guinea has chosen to prioritize the pineapple sector to strengthen its presence in niche markets while improving its position in traditional regional and international markets.
Through the pineapple revival project, UNIDO and its partners plan to (i) facilitate the aggregation of small and medium-sized producers around professional organizations with strong managerial capacity; (ii) strengthen the weak links in the value chain, i.e. aspects
related to irrigation, access to inputs, agricultural practices, processing and packaging; and finally (iii)strengthen the umbrella organization of the sector, the Federation of Lower Guinean Fruit Growers (FEPAF-BG) to embed transformation efforts in a sustainable perspective oriented towards viable economic models and centred on the players from the private sector.

In the first quarter of 2020, UNIDO organized a consultation workshop in Kindia to discuss strategic choices and synergies to be considered with other initiatives supporting the pineapple sector. To better coordinate support for the revival of the sector,
WACOMP-Guinea commissioned a series of studies to identify areas of intervention in the Kindia and Forécariah regions. The studies identified eight areas of intervention, including (i) production, processing and marketing of Guinea pineapple, (ii) access to land and water, (iii) production and availability of quality waste, (iv) strengthening of professional organizations, (v) financing of entrepreneurs (vi) availing quality packaging at competitive prices (vii) implementation of aggregation plots and (viii) diagnostics on strategies and action plans for production and availability of inputs.