PROJECT 6: INNOVATIVE ACCESS DEVICES TO URBAN MARKETS FOR EFFICIENT AND COMMERCIAL FAMILY FARMING (2011-2013)

Location: the five regions of Togo and Benin

Cost: € 1,296,422 or 850,397,116 CFA francs or USD,,,,,

Beneficiaries: 15 000 farm households and their organizations

Project manager: ETD

Funding: EED, AFD, GETM

Partners: Institutional (APRM, CIDR and AIDR), Technical (ICAT, ITRA, CCR-B, MAPTO) Associates (FUCEC, WAGES, DEKAWOWO, URCLEC, FECECAM, PAPME, PADME)

Resources involved: 17 technical staff, 4 support staff

References: Nicolas BEROFF, Former President of CIDR, nicolas.beroff@cidr.org – Tel. : +33 3 44 42 71 40; Laurent Grolleau, EAFM Department Director at CIDR, France – laurent.grolleau@cidr.org – Tel. : +33 3 44 42 71 40

Expected effects:
– 24,000 agricultural farmers have sustainable access to markets through 36 agri-food companies including a meat slaughtering and marketing unit;
– Agricultural farmers have diversified their farm income.
– Their agricultural production increases by 15% per year.
– The concerns of actors in agricultural sectors are taken into account in the definition of agricultural public policies.