PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO URBAN MARKETS FOR FAMILY FARMING IN TOGO AND BENIN (2007 – 2010)

PROSOL PROJECT
February 8, 2017
SUPPORT PROJECT FOR THE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF BENIN RICE FARMERS (CCR-B) TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS (2010-2012)
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PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO URBAN MARKETS FOR FAMILY FARMING IN TOGO AND BENIN (2007 – 2010)

PROJECT 2: PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO URBAN MARKETS FOR FAMILY FARMING IN TOGO AND BENIN (2007 – 2010)

Project Manager: CIDR (Centre International de Développement et de Recherche / International Center for Development and Research)

Role of ETD: project management

Amount: € 1,494,980, or 980,643 million CFA

Partners: Institutional (CIDR and AIDR), Financial (EU, EED, AFD, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fondation de France, SCAC Lomé), Technical (ICAT, ITRA, CCR-B, MAPTO) Associates (FUCEC, WAGES, FECECAV)

Resources involved: 14 technical staff, 4 support staff

Activities carried out on the two previous programs

Strengthening the technical, organizational and financial capacities of farmers: farmers characterization, development of lowlands, contracting, provision of inputs (seeds, fertilizers, herbicidal), provision of production equipment and post-harvest materials (boots, tarpaulins , threshers, bags, rocker, etc.), training in technical production routes, training and support for the control post-harvest activities and group sales.

Establishment and support of 20 rice and soy processing and marketing companies and two commercial enterprises

Establishment of an investment fund to finance equipment and working capital requirements of ESOPs at start-up

Professionalization and improvement of the operational efficiency of ETD staff in the integration of small farmers into the market

References: Isabelle HOYAUX, Executive Director of CIDR, isabelle.hoyaux@cidr.org; Laurent Grolleau, EAFM Department Director at CIDR, France – laurent.grolleau@cidr.org

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