Support for the Structuring of a Profitable Fair and Sustainable Family Agriculture

The goal of this project is to increase income and improve food security (i.e. access to a sufficient quantity of good-quality food) for 165 000 small-scale farmers in the rural regions of Benin. In order to meet that goal the project seeks to improve the farms’ production and profitability. The project also supports the creation of an environment that fosters investment and innovation and the establishment of more inclusive practices that will help women become more empowered and help family farms adapt to the effects of climate change. Project activities include: (1) providing training technical support and funding for farm improvement projects; (2) training trainers and coaches from farming organizations so that they are better able to fulfil their role; and (3) providing training and support for community leaders farming organizations and the government in order to develop and implement structural improvements for family farms. The project supports the Benin Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries (MAEP) the Plate-forme nationale des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles du Bénin (PNOPPA) the Groupement des exploitants agricoles du Bénin (GEA) and the Fédération des Unions de producteurs du Bénin (FUPRO).

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) created an environment that fosters investment innovation and clean inclusive economic growth for women in rural areas; and (2) increased sustainable production and profitability of the farming operations particularly those run by women as well as in the operations’ resilience to climate change.