About ProFound

About Us The global system of supply and demand for food, health and cosmetic products is coming under increasing pressure from the impacts of climate change, population increase with a growing demand from limited resources, and changing diets and trends. Consumers are more and more aware of these changing circumstances and hence seek reassurance from companies that they are managing their supply chains in a transparent and sustainable way. Our goal is to disrupt and transform local, regional and international food and ingredient supply chains into transparent, equitable and sustainable market systems. Aim is to not only [Read more]

2022-01-13T03:06:26+00:00January 12th, 2022|
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ProFound – Advisers in Development

  Access to Markets for Agro-Biodiverse & Natural Ingredient Entrepreneurs MARKET READINESS WEBINAR SERIES Getting started with international trade & Understanding the export market. discover program       Our mission is to contribute to: “Local income generation and sustainable sourcing by linking agro-biodiverse and natural ingredients producers to the market”       “We aim for local development that lasts, adding value for buyers and producers, on the basis of sustaining local biodiversity”   Sustainability is at the heart [Read more]

2023-05-23T11:58:19+00:00June 21st, 2021|
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Linking Ethiopian Gums and Resins to international markets

  For the last ten months, ProFound’s experts together with a local Ethiopian team have been working on establishing sustainable Gums and Resins supply chains in Ethiopia and linking them to international markets. As the project is coming to an end we want to share with you some of our main achievements and learnings. Strengthening Drought Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lowlands of Ethiopia (SDR-ASAL) Ethiopia's rural areas face enormous environmental and socio-economic challenges that put the livelihoods of small farmers and pastoralists at risk (Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, 2017). These environmental pressures have become evident through the [Read more]

2021-06-10T09:35:51+00:00May 11th, 2021|
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Project update: Market entry expert for value chain work on black cardamom

Our work as a market entry expert for the project “Improving the incomes and nutrition outcomes of rural poor in Northern Kayin State” has come to an end. Workshop in Thandaunggyi township Scope of the project This project not only aimed to improve the nutritional status and WASH conditions of these farmers but also focused on improving their incomes. With the objective of improving the farmer's incomes, the project supported them to “step-up” and improve their position in agricultural value chains. ProFound´s role was to provide support as a market entry expert. We focused on black cardamom, and [Read more]

2020-10-28T07:36:06+00:00October 28th, 2020|
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Nobel Peace Prize for the World Food Programme and the World Food Day – Let’s celebrate our #FoodHeroes!

With this short article, ProFound celebrates World Food Day. We reflect on the relevance of our work in the context of the World Food Programme´s Nobel Peace Prize. World Food Programme´s Nobel Peace Prize © Nobel Media. Ill. Niklas Elmehed. Last Friday, the World Food Program (WFP) received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its ¨efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict¨. We at ProFound applaud this recognition; it [Read more]

2020-10-22T15:33:37+00:00October 16th, 2020|
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Clients

ProFound's clients ProFound provides professional support to organisations and programmes dealing with sustainable development and trade promotion in developing countries. Our clients range from governmental institutions, NGOs and foundations to Business Support Organisations and private businesses.   BioTrade Initiative The UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative promotes sustainable BioTrade in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity through a unique portfolio of regional and country programmes.  ProFound has been involved with UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative since its launch. ProFound was implicated in the development of tools and systems, design and implementation of country [Read more]

2020-10-16T14:27:52+00:00July 3rd, 2020|
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