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At Cato Foods, we are committed to fighting malnutrition and hidden hunger by transforming locally grown staple crops such as cassava, maize, and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes into safe, nutritious, and accessible food products. Our range of products is suitable for people of all ages starting from 6 months through adulthood.
We cultivate climate resilient, improved varieties of cassava through structured farm operations and strong out grower partnerships. By applying improved agronomic and climate resilience practices with close field supervision, we ensure consistent raw material supply while increasing farmer productivity and income.
Are you in the food industry or looking to launch your own food product line? We offer contract processing and packaging services, helping you bring your brand to life with ease and expertise.
We specialize in processing and packaging high-quality, nutrient-rich food products under strict safety and hygiene standards. Contract Manufacturing & Packaging. Are you in the food industry or looking to launch your own food product line? We offer contract processing and packaging services, helping you bring your brand to life with ease and expertise.
Our premium products meet international standards and are well-suited for African stores and diaspora communities across the globe. As your trusted partner, we ensure quality you can proudly export.
Planning an event or outreach? We offer custom-branded food products that serve as perfect souvenirs for weddings, corporate events, community outreach, gift hampers, and more.
We invest in people. Through hands-on training and practical support, we equip women, youth, and smallholder farmers with the skills needed to thrive across the agricultural value chain from production to processing and agribusiness. building sustainable livelihoods alongside sustainable food systems.
At Cato Foods, our deep connection with the communities we serve has been a cornerstone of our growth and impact. Over the years, we’ve designed and implemented innovative, climate-smart solutions that directly support smallholder farmers within our farm clusters empowering them to grow, thrive, and lead sustainable livelihoods.
Through our impact-driven approach, we’ve grown our farmer network from just 50 farmers cultivating 50 acres to over 2,000 farmers cultivating more than 800 hectares in just seven years.
Our capacity-building programs focus intentionally on people at the base of the pyramid, including women and youth. So far, we have trained and empowered over 15,000 smallholder farmers, especially in the value chains of biofortified crops, with an emphasis on cassava. These efforts have not only enhanced productivity but also promoted the consumption and utilization of nutritious crops supporting better health and incomes in rural communities.
We’re proud that our smallholder support model has become Nigeria’s leading biofortified farmer program, reaching over 100 rural communities in Osun State.
In 2023, we secured a public-private partnership valued at $700,000 with IFDC through the 2SCALE program, directly impacting more than 3,000 farmers.
2025, our commitment has deepened with new partnerships:
BATNF (British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation) is supporting 100 smallholder farmers,
IDH is supporting 1,000 young women farmers across our clusters.
With our continued technical interventions and agronomic support, farmers’ average productivity is projected to increase from 8 tons per hectare to 22 tons per hectare a transformative leap in output and livelihood.
At Cato Foods, our staffing policy is intentionally designed to tackle the pressing issues of youth and women unemployment. Across our operations, we proudly engage 65% women and 80% youth, creating meaningful opportunities that empower and uplift individuals and communities.
We believe deeply in the principles of gender equality and youth inclusion, not just as ideals, but as drivers of real impact. Today, our efforts have led to the creation of over 150 direct and indirect jobs for women and young people across our agricultural and food value chains.
Our commitment to women goes beyond employment we also recognize that women’s nutrition is foundational to household food and nutrition security. That’s why we partner with primary healthcare centers to train women on how to prepare nutritious meals using biofortified crops such as cassava and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes.
To strengthen knowledge-sharing at the grassroots level, we’ve trained over 200 women extension officers on biofortified crops and nutrition. These women serve as community ambassadors disseminating vital information, promoting healthy feeding practices, and helping households make better food choices.
At Cato Foods, we’re not just building a business we’re building a movement for inclusive growth and better nutrition, powered by women and youth.
We provide capacity building, business development, and technology support to farmers, Food Processors, cooperatives, and individual entrepreneurs across the cassava, maize, and orange-fleshed sweet potato value chains,. Our goal is simple yet powerful to empower women and youth, enhance productivity, and create sustainable employment opportunities that improve livelihoods and strengthen communities.
I’m super conscious of what goes on our dinner table. Since switching to Cato Foods, my kids are actually excited about their diet. It’s convenient, reliable, and I love knowing everything is non-GMO and safe.
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