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Promoting investment by small rural entrepreneurs in climate-resilient value chains

Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)

Joint Action with EU-INTPA: Business Support Facility for Resilient Agricultural Value Chains

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  • Client

    German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

  • Co-financier

    EU-INTPA under the Samoa Agreement with the OACPS from March 2023 to the end of February 2027

  • Country

    Africa NA (BMZ funds) ACP countries (EU funds), Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa

  • Runtime

    2020 to 2027

  • Products and expertise

    Rural development and agriculture

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Context

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) dominate agriculture in the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP countries). MSMEs therefore feed the majority of the urban population and supply valuable raw materials for local and international industry. Women play a decisive role in this area, but have only limited access to land, technological inputs, loans, information, training or labour rights.

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Agriculture is also severely affected by climate change. This means it is important to adapt agricultural practices and improve climate protection and resilience.

Objective

The broad impact of private and public agricultural support measures and institutions for MSMEs has improved. This enables those responsible along agricultural value chains (VCs) to invest in climate-resilient practices and VCs.

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Approach

1. The project scales successful training approaches and instruments, especially for climate-resilient agricultural entrepreneurship. To achieve this, it is expanding the Agribusiness e-Academy’s online training offer and providing advice on the training approaches. It also uses blended learning, a mixture of face-to-face and online learning formats, and has founded an association for master trainers and trainers.

2. As part of a competitive Matching Grant Fund, the project promotes ideas that improve the cocoa, maize and livestock value chains. The fund promotes excellence, ownership and competitiveness. It also mobilises additional funds for the implementation of the partnerships.

3. The project supports South-South exchange and cooperation: events such as expert talks, exchange formats and conferences assist in sharing experiences and best practices. The project also promotes regional and nationwide public-private dialogue in order to overcome challenges in value chains.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union Directorate-General for International Partnerships (EU INTPA) are co-financing the project as part of the Samoa Agreement with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).


Last update: April 2024

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