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Combined expertise. Better-managed projects.
We support companies and institutions in managing risk, compliance, skills development and the performance of their operations.
Explore this area Firm founded
2015
Years of senior management experience
20+
Complementary areas of expertise
5
They trusted us with their assignments
- World Bank
- GIZ
- IFDC
- 2SCALE
- Cotton, Cashew and Shea Council
- PDC2V
And also: TARA Groupe Agro-Industrie · CAPI · Grain d’Avenir · ZAKEF SCOOPS · BBC & Partners · CBATP · Univers DYA · ANATRANS SA · Cajou des Savanes · Away4Africa
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- Have a cargo or containers inspectedMaritime, port & stock inspection
- Have a stock monitored through to deliveryMaritime, port & stock inspection
- Implement ISO 9001 or a HACCP approachQuality, compliance & sustainability
- Prepare EUDR traceability or a carbon footprintQuality, compliance & sustainability
- Commission a study, a diagnostic or a business planStudies, consulting & project management
- Train your staff or your producersProfessional training
- Structure a value chain or support cooperativesAgriculture & value chains
Multi-sector expertise. One standard.
Our consulting, inspection and training work answers the challenges of companies, institutions, logistics operations and value chains.
Informing decisions and structuring projects.
Studies, consulting & project management
- Diagnostics, mapping and sector studies
- Business plans
- Drafting of manuals and specifications
Better managing risks and requirements.
Quality, compliance & sustainability
- Quality controls, audits and procedures
- Support for ISO 9001 management and HACCP approaches
- Food safety and pest management
Securing the tracking of products and flows.
Maritime, port & stock inspection
- Cargo and container inspection
- Supervision of loading, weighing and sampling
- Loading and discharge supervision
Strengthening skills at every level.
Professional training
- Management, leadership and governance
- Entrepreneurship, business and cooperative management
- Quality, food safety and sector techniques
Strengthening stakeholders and organising value chains.
Agriculture & value chains
- Producer support, farmer field schools and demonstrations
- Cooperative support, contracting and sourcing
- Development of the rice, cassava, market gardening, cashew, coffee and cocoa, and poultry value chains
Institutional film
Scham’s Consulting in 2 minutes
Our five areas of expertise, our approach and our key projects, told in pictures.
- French and English subtitles
- Synthetic voice, in French
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Behind every decision, there is the field. Since 2015, Scham’s Consulting has supported companies, cooperatives, institutions and development organisations, across Côte d’Ivoire and beyond. Under the leadership of Aboubakar Traoré, Chief Executive Officer, engineer and quality specialist, Scham’s Consulting brings together a team with complementary profiles, driven by rigour, integrity and responsibility. Five complementary fields, one standard. In the fields, we support farmers and cooperatives, from the nursery to the traceability markets demand. At the port, we supervise loading and discharge, carry out draft surveys, inspect cargoes and monitor stocks. We control quality, audit procedures and have your products tested by accredited partner laboratories. To inform your decisions, we carry out diagnostics, studies and monitoring and evaluation, alongside the stakeholders involved. And because results must last, we train teams, from management to field techniques. Our approach has three steps: frame, deliver, report. With rigour, confidentiality and deadlines met, and one dedicated contact, from first meeting to final report. Founded in 2015, Scham’s Consulting draws on more than twenty years of senior management experience and five complementary fields. Among our key projects: the national catalogue of plant varieties for PDC2V; structuring the rice value chain with IFDC and 2SCALE; training community promoters for GIZ; export phytosanitary procedures for the Cotton and Cashew Council. They trust us: the World Bank, GIZ, IFDC, 2SCALE, the Cotton and Cashew Council, and many others. From field to port, at every step, we stand by your side. Scham’s Consulting. Combined expertise, better-managed projects.
A tailored assignment, from need to findings.
Study, audit, training, inspection or support: scope, experts, schedule and budget are defined with your teams.
Frame
Clarify the need, the context, the risks, the stakeholders and the expected results.
Deliver
Bring in the right profiles and carry out the study, inspection, training or support.
Report
Document findings and achievements, present recommendations and agree on next steps.
Deliverables built for action
- Diagnostic, study report or inspection report
- Action plan, procedures and monitoring tools
- Training materials and skills transfer
- Debrief and operational recommendations
Documented missions, in the field.
Assignments in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, each one confirmed: quality management, stock monitoring, studies and capacity building.
16 missions
Nov. 2024 – July 2026 · Yamoussoukro
Stock monitoring, milling follow-up and delivery
TARA Groupe Agro-Industrie
Supervision of receipts and weighing, visual quality and damage checks, stacking, milling, bagging and deliveries; storage standards and shrinkage determination.
- Maritime, port & stock inspection
June – Dec. 2023; Jan. – Dec. 2025 · Daloa
Stock and milling monitoring and supervision
CAPI
For the Complexe Agro-Pastoral et Industriel: paddy receipt, weighing and damage, milling and bagging, deliveries and storage standards. Two separate missions confirmed.
- Maritime, port & stock inspection
February – September 2024 · Guiglo
Monitoring of receipts, stocks and deliveries
Grain d’Avenir
Monitoring of paddy and milled rice: recording, weighing, damage, stacking, milling ratio, bagging, deliveries, storage standards and shrinkage tracking.
- Maritime, port & stock inspection
February – June 2020 · Adiaké
Feasibility study for weighbridges
ZAKEF SCOOPS
Study for weighbridges to weigh trucks carrying palm fruit bunches.
- Studies, consulting & project management
- Maritime, port & stock inspection
Dec. 2021 – March 2023 · Ouagadougou
Quality management system coaching
BBC & Partners
ISO 9001 training, support with standards and regulatory requirements, preparation for the seven quality management principles.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
Feb. 2019 – March 2021 · San Pedro
Quality support in construction
CBATP
ISO 9001 training and support with quality management system requirements, as part of a certification approach.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
- Professional training
2019–2021; March 2023 – June 2024 · Abidjan
Food safety risk control and assessment
Univers DYA
Quality support for a ginger production unit, then food safety risk assessment as part of a HACCP approach. Final reports approved by the client.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
22–23 January 2019 · Bobo-Dioulasso
Pest management audit and training
ANATRANS SA
Staff training and pest control management audit at the cashew kernel production plant.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
- Professional training
March – December 2022 · Abidjan, San Pedro, Bouaké
Export plant health diagnostic and procedures
Conseil du Coton et de l’Anacarde
Diagnostic report, manuals for selecting applicators and for inspecting and treating raw cashew nuts, fumigation cost assessment.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
- Studies, consulting & project management
July – August 2016 · Bouaké
Food safety and plant health audit
Cajou des Savanes
Audit of pest management in cashew kernel production; review of the control system and records.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
2025 · Côte d’Ivoire
National catalogue of plant species and varieties
PDC2V · World Bank
Baseline review, variety sheets, printed and digital catalogue, web and mobile access. SCHAM’S LTD and GLOBUX TECHNOLOGY consortium, led by Scham’s.
- Studies, consulting & project management
June – November 2024 · Côte d’Ivoire
Strategic study on cashew batching
Away4Africa pour le CCA
With Away4Africa for the Cotton and Cashew Council: report, recommendations and implementation plan for a batching pilot.
- Studies, consulting & project management
July – Sept. 2017; Feb. – May 2019 · Taï
Community promoter training and trainer capacity building
GIZ / PROFIAB
2017: training of 163 community promoters in farming practices. 2019: capacity building for local trainers and support to rice producers.
- Professional training
- Agriculture & value chains
April – May 2018 · San Pedro, Grand-Béréby
Association management and accounting
GIZ / CAZ
Capacity building for the SOGB women’s group: association management and accounting, then support with market gardening practices.
- Professional training
Missions between 2017 and 2023 · Côte d’Ivoire
Structuring, inclusion and operational monitoring
IFDC / 2SCALE
Mapping and contracting in the rice value chain, governance, inclusion of young people and women; poultry partnership, financial education and savings group support.
- Agriculture & value chains
- Professional training
Since February 2025 · Côte d’Ivoire
Compliance monitoring and spot checks
Conseil du Coton, de l’Anacarde et du Karité
Monitoring of quality controls on raw cashew stocks in export warehouses; management of unannounced spot checks.
- Quality, compliance & sustainability
The consulting and support assignments described here do not constitute a statement that clients have obtained certification.
Copies of supporting documents and detailed sheets available on request.
Rigorous, tailored mobilisation.
Engineers, agronomists, economists, auditors and trainers, brought in as each assignment requires.
Confidentiality
Your data, sites and results stay yours.
On-time delivery
A schedule agreed with your teams and kept through to the debrief.
Technical rigour
Documented methods and verifiable findings.
Accredited laboratories
A network of partner laboratories accredited to ISO/IEC 17025.
A dedicated contact
One person follows your assignment, from framing to debrief.
Who we work with
- Companies and industry
- Port and logistics operators
- Public institutions
- Development organisations
Company profile · 2026 edition
Scham’s at a glance, in twelve pages.
Our five areas of expertise, our approach and our reference assignments, to keep at hand or share with your teams.
PDF · 12 pages · 2.9 MB · English
Our ambition: to turn your challenges into practical solutions and your projects into drivers of sustainable development.
Welcome to Scham’s Consulting. Advice is only worth giving when it informs decisions and leads to concrete action.
Aboubakar TRAORE, Chief Executive Officer
Engineer and quality specialist
Read the CEO’s messageNext step
Let’s talk about your challenges.
A scoping meeting to present our expertise, listen to your priorities and define a first assignment.
A scoping meeting
- 01Present our expertise
- 02Listen to your priorities
- 03Define a first assignment
Confidentiality, deadlines met and technical rigour. One dedicated contact.