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Call for projects Promotion of family farming in West Africa

The Promotion de l'agriculture familiale en Afrique de l'Ouest (Pafao) program provides financial support for local and farmer-led initiatives in West Africa designed to meet the growing demand of domestic markets in a sustainable way, and to ensure a better distribution of added value. These initiatives meet two challenges:

  • strengthen and/or maintain the availability of local quality products from sustainable family farming in rural and urban consumer markets
  • develop sustainable farming practices/sustainable food systems.

 

BENEFICIARIES

This call is reserved for projects carried out in partnership by at least two organizations, one West African and the other European(EU member countries required).

This partnership must be formalized and pre-existing to the project for which the grant is requested. Other organizations may be involved as "other partners".

 

The project owner must :

  • be anon-profit legal entity based in West Africa or Europe (EU), such as: farmers' organizations (FOs), West African NGOs, support NGOs active in West Africa or Europe (European Union - EU). Cooperatives are also eligible.
  • have been registered for more than one year;
  • have previously carried out actions in the agricultural and food sectors.

The partner must :

  • be a non-profit legal entity, such as: farmers' organizations (FOs), West African NGOs, support NGOs active in West Africa or Europe (EU), research and/or training organizations. Cooperatives are also eligible as main partners. Local authorities can be main partners, provided that their role is decisive and explained in the grant application;
  • be linked to the applicant by a formal partnership that pre-exists the project for which the grant is requested;
  • have participated in defining and implementing the project. Their role and added value should be made explicit. The West African partners of European organizations play a key role in the design and implementation of the proposed project.

 

PROJECTS

The 2024 call for projects targets initiatives that contribute to :

  • improving people's resilience to crises by supporting sustainable local food chains;
  • compete with imported products.

In this sense, the initiatives will have to answer this priority question: How can we boost consumption of local products from sustainable family farming while ensuring a fair income for farmers and other players in the supply chain?

 

AMOUNT

  • Maximum 70% of the project budget ;
  • Grant amounts from 10,000 to 18,000 euros for short projects (minimum one year), a maximum of 36,000 euros for a 24-month project and a maximum of 60,000 euros for a 36-month project.

 

DEADLINES

  • The deadline for receipt of the application by email is fixed to Monday May 13, 2024 .

 

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