Komnut Limited With a production of 10 million tons, Sudan is one of the largest producers of peanuts in the world. However, due to traditional farming techniques, bad storage and handling facilities and the lack of testing on aflatoxin and other pests, the sector is not able to certify its products resulting in only a very limited export and great health hazards for the local population.The project is to establish a modern processing facility and to support farmers in their production capacity and methods in order to be able to certify the product.The production facility will be in Khartoum State and will offer employment for 167 persons. The applicant is the Egyptian company Green Valley for Food Processing Ltd. The local partner is Krikab Foods Ltd.A joint venture will be established.The projects aim is to re-vive the Sudanese peanut industry and to control the complete production chain in order to be able to produce a certified product that could be exported.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project partners will address the following subjects:•	Risk1: Human rights.•	Risk 2: Corruption.•	Risk 3: Land use and property rights.•	Risk 4: Market disruption.•	Risk 5: Freedom of being member of a union.•	Risk 6: Forced labour and human trafficking.•	Risk 7: Child Labour.•	Risk 8: Labour conditions.•	Risk 9: Health and Safety.•	Risk 10: Wage and remuneration.•	Risk 11: Biodiversity & deforestation.•	Risk 12: Water use and water availability.•	Risk 13: Climate and energy.•	Risk 14: Environment and waste.•	Risk 15: CSR labels, supply chain and guidelines.As the partners will have security to safeguard the factory the partners will include their policy on use of fire arms and violence in the CSR policy. The partners will not give out any information on staff which can be used against them.The partners will use untrained staff for our production process; The partners will make sure that they understand the CSR policy of the joint venture.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe joint venture will employ 167 full-time staff in year 3.For basic jobs 3 times the minimum wage of 50 USD will be paid and medical insurance will be provided.Labour contracts will include the opportunity to improve his/her position by education, training and good job performance. Staff benefits will be laid down in the HMR Policy.Fair prices to the farmers will be paid and assistance given in technical expertise, seeds and agricultural machinery.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe partners intend to set up a production facility; a peanut transformation centre including the latest technology in peanut blanching to solve any problems with aflatoxin (and other pests) in peanuts.The innovation can be summarized as follows:1. Traceability: the joint venture will make sure of the reporting of the farmers to be placed in its computerized traceability system "Muddy boots".2. Technical expertise and machinery: the joint venture will provide all the needed technical expertise to the farmers including seeds varieties, fertilization programs and Water management systems in order to increase their yields.3. Aflatoxin management system: the joint venture will have an instant aflatoxin analysis device to operate full aflatoxin management throughout the year.4. Reintroduction of the Sudanese origin of the peanut to the world: through the help of Green Valley the joint venture will apply the latest agriculture standards such as EuroGAP, will certify some organic farms and get ISO 22000 for the de-shelling line.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThe outgrowers will be able to produce export quality peanuts and will have a guaranteed market for their product.Impact on local customers or consumersLocal consumers and farmers will be made aware of aflatoxin in the current peanuts traded in Sudan. This will lead to better consumer safety.•	Impact on the sectorThe local production and sales of Sudanese peanuts will be very beneficial to the local industry:- They will receive better quality product.- They will be able to buy an Aflatoxin free product. So improved safety.The project will bring new industrial local innovation for the domestic and regional peanut sector.Once this project is well established and the world market has been familiarized with the Sudanese Peanut it the revive the peanut industry in Sudan which has been diminished to almost nothing.Local companies can use aflatoxin free quality peanuts to create new products (peanut sauces, peanut cookies etc.) and snacks for the local or regional market.The project will introduce new standards of certification (ISO 22000, ISO 17025 and Global GAP).•	EnvironmentThe production process of producing exportable peanuts is very clean. No harmful substances are used and the waste consists mainly of peanut shells. They will be collected & sold and used as animal feed as source of protein. The project will promote organic environmentally friendly farming practice, not only for the environment but also for the affordability for the small scale farmers.•	Position of womenThe project aims to employ 30% of women in both management as in the production process. This project has positive impact on women labour participation; 30% of the staff are women and 40% of the farmers are also women. Women also have important roles in that they also support the working of land as “farmers” consist largely of an entire family that cultivates a plot of land.•	Impact on food safetyThe project will have direct impact on public health and contribute to revive the peanut sector of Sudan. To establish a peanut processing plant with a capacity of 11,000 tons per annum.