Support to farmers' organizations for a valorization of agricultural value chains
GTFS/SEN/060/ITA
 

 
OVERALL OBJECTIVE:
Conributing to poverty reduction in three rural communities.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE:
Supporting agricultural producers' associations for improving agricultural value chains.

PROJECT AREA:
Wack Ngouna, Toubacouta and Léona rural communities.

The project has three sub-projects:

1. Diversification and intensification of agricultural production in the rural community of Wack Ngouna

COMPONENTS:

• Capacity building of the farmer-based organizations in the management of the agricultural networks and their roles at the level of the local committee for consultation of the farmers’ organizations and the rural Council;
• Intensification and diversification of productions through better access to resources and production means;
• Value increase of food and horticultural production and of the income of vulnerable target groups through the establishment of a polyvalent conditioning center, transformation and market access.

• Technical and organizational capacity building of fishermen and women dealing with fish;
• Processing better value addition of fishing products through processing and better access to fishing tools;
• Improvement of conservation systems, storage and commercialization of processed products.

• Capacity building of processors and their associations in terms of marketing and decision making;
• Improvement of storage, conservation, commercialization and cooling conditions of the produce through the construction of storage facilities and a cooling center;
• Coordination of the sub-project to complement other activities developed in the community.

BENEFICIARIES:
Associations of market garden producers.