Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture (FSCA)
GTFS/GAM/025/ITA
 

 
OVERALL OBJECTIVE:
Reducing rural poverty and household food insecurity on a sustainable basis.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE:
The project aims at increasing on a sustainable basis productivity, marketed output and incomes of project beneficiary farmer-based organizations and small-scale agro-processors in order to improve their livelihoods and food security.

PROJECT AREA:
North Bank Region and Central River Region for field activities and the whole country for training and information activities.

COMPONENTS:

• Strengthening farmer support services and farmer groups to equip them with relevant capacity building skills;
• Support to value addition and marketing, which will build the skills of farmers and agroprocessors in market oriented production, value addition methods, business development and management and input-output linkages;
• Project coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and subregional cooperation.

BENEFICIARIES:
The project targets small-holders especially women farmers and processors in existing farmer-based organizations who are engaged in production, processing and/or marketing of agricultural products.