• Regional Programme to Support Agricultural Professional and Farmers’ Organisations (PRAOP), phase 3

    • DuréeFebruary 2022 - December 2026
    • Pays MembresBurkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde , Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinée Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Guinée
    • Liens externes du projet
    • Partenaires FinanciersSwiss Development Cooperation (CFA 5,910,000,000), ECOWAS Commission (CFA 1,407,246,600) and beneficiaries (CFA 331,404,600)
    • Partenaire TechniquesSDC
    • BudgetCFA 7 648 651 200
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The regional initiative to promote local dairy value chains in West Africa, launched by ECOWAS in 2016, provides an opportunity for structured action aimed at improving the situation and protecting the local dairy market. The vision of this strategy is: “A West Africa that emerges

sectors and agri-food value chains, to: (i) reduce underemployment and unemployment among the working-age population; and (ii) minimise rural exodus and uncontrolled migration.” One of the main expected outcomes of this strategy by 2030 is that at least 30 per cent of young people entering the labour market each year will be integrated into the agroforestry, pastoral and fisheries sectors and agri-food value chains.

The third phase of the Regional Programme to Support Farmers’ Organisations (PRAOP 3) forms part of the combined implementation of the two priority investment programmes developed to operationalise the regional strategies described above: the Regional Initiative to Promote Local Milk Value Chains and the Employability of Young People in the Agro-Silvo-Pastoral and Fisheries Sectors. It aims to contribute to a substantial increase in investment in local dairy value chains in order to boost job creation opportunities for unemployed or underemployed young people, with a view to slowing rural exodus and uncontrolled emigration in West Africa.

The programme is financed through contributions from the Swiss Development Cooperation (CFA 5,910,000,000), the ECOWAS Commission (CFA 1,407,246,600) and beneficiaries (CFA 331,404,600).

This phase will build on initiatives and experiences that have achieved some success in countries across the subregion. To meet these objectives, the programme is divided into three components :

  • Promoting technical and economic models to enhance young people’s employability within agro-silvo-pastoral and fisheries (ASPH) value chains, and promoting local milk;
  • Creating an enabling environment for the development of local milk value chains;
  • Strengthening ECOWAP’s operational and strategic management capacities.

To help reduce rural depopulation and the uncontrolled emigration of young people by facilitating their integration into the agro-silvo-pastoral and fisheries sectors and agri-food value chains in West Africa and Chad.

Specific Objectives

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To reduce underemployment and unemployment among the working-age population.
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To minimise rural depopulation and uncontrolled migration.

The project will be implemented through the following entities:

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The RAAF, the technical arm of ECOWAS/DADR, will act as the coordinating body for the programme’s implementation and will establish a small programme management unit. Support for Member States, socio-professional organisations and the private sector will be delivered through a competitive funding mechanism. The RAAF will issue calls for project proposals and will be responsible for the technical and administrative appraisal of applications.
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Through calls for proposals, funds will be available to all stakeholders in the agricultural sector who submit sound proposals addressing the challenges of youth employment in the local dairy sector.
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The project will also contribute to country-level initiatives, drawing on successful regional experiences for the benefit of all ECOWAS countries. Stakeholders will also benefit from regional market protection activities, training opportunities, information and access to scientific and technical knowledge, particularly young people seeking employment in local dairy supply chains.

Result 1

  • Opportunities for decent, well-paid jobs for young people (both men and women) in the local dairy sector have increased through pilot projects.

Result 2

  • The technical and economic performance of local milk value chains has improved through increased dairy productivity and output in livestock farming systems, higher volumes of milk collected and processed, and better market access for local dairy products.

Result 3

  • Conditions for developing successful local milk value chains that create jobs for young people have improved.

Résultat 4

  • Funding for the OPR’s youth employability programmes has increased.

Résultat 5

  • Technical and economic models have been developed to enhance young people’s employability within the local milk value chain.

Résultat 6

  • Young people’s ability to integrate into the technical and economic models of local milk value chains has been strengthened.

Résultat 7

  • ECOWAS/DADR’s organisational capacities have been strengthened in strategic leadership, resource mobilisation and project implementation
  • Young men and women aged between 18 and 35 from the ECOWAS region and Chad.
  • Indirect beneficiaries include consumers, governments, input distributors, service providers and others.
  • The ECOWAS Commission more specifically the Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development (DADR) and its implementing agency,
  • The Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) is also a beneficiary.
Publications

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PRAOP Project Sheet No.1
 
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