GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Albania
LATIN AMERICA: Brazil
MEDITERRANEAN BASIN: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon
SUBSAHARIAN AFRICA : Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

 

FIELDS OF INTERVENTION

Financing for agriculture
Creation and development of agricultural savings and credit systems

Supplying of farming inputs and commercialisation of agricultural produce
Creation and development of groups and agricultural cooperatives

Organisation of produce lines (commodity chains)
Creation of markets, regulations and quality policies

Professional representation for producers and services for farmers
- Representation and negotiation with and before authorities and other players in the economical
and social environment,
- Training and counselling for farmers in the technical and legal fields,
- Technical, commercial and general information for farmers.





EXAMPLES OF ONGOING ACTIONS

Central and Eastern Europe

Albania: support for the development of agricultural economy in mountainous areas

Albania: setting up of strategic plan for the sustainable development of Voskopoje town

Belarus: rehabilitation and economical development of rural zones contaminated by the Chernobyl accident

Latin America

Brazil / Minas Gerais: support to agricultural organisations in the quality process

Brazil / Parana: support to UNILEITE for the professionalisation of dairy family farms
 

Mediterranean Basin

Morocco: cooperative and valorisation of quality wheat

Mediterranean Basin: animation of Mediterranean Large Scale Cultivation Network and reinforcement of capacities of base groups for the promotion of conservation agriculture
 

Subsaharian Africa

Tanzania: rural markets, an innovating initiative to improve the marketing conditions of agricultural produces

Tanzania: USAWA, a network of credit and savings cooperative banks in Kilimanjaro region

Burkina Faso: reinforcement of the role of Sanmatenga producers in the niebe sector

Democratic republic of the Congo: local development and professional training in the North of Kivu
 

Indian Ocean

Madagascar: support to a expanding federative movement (FIFATA)

Madagascar: basic training in agriculture

Madagascar: the CEFFEL (Center for Experimentation and Education in Fruits and Vegetables) to accompany the organisation of the fruits and vegetables line

Madagascar: development of the dairy line with the support to ROVA (Union of dairy cooperatives of Vakinankaratra)