October 14, 2008

New Project Won—West Africa: Farmer-to-Farmer Program

ACDI/VOCA has won a $7.24 million, 5-year USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer (FtF) program in West Africa. ACDI/VOCA will field highly qualified volunteers to support international agricultural development activities with an emphasis on improving private agricultural operations in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria along with partners Land O'Lakes and Winrock International. Activities may relate to all aspects of agricultural production and post-harvest activities, such as processing, marketing, credit and input supply, as well as improved agribusiness management, environmental conservation and improved policy and regulatory regimes.

The West Africa FtF program’s primary goal is to generate rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth through short-term technical assistance in the agricultural sector. A secondary goal will be to increase the American public's understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the United States and U.S. development programs.

ACDI/VOCA has been a leading implementer of FtF since the program’s inception. Through this and other programs over the years, we have placed expert volunteers in over 120 emerging market and developing countries. For more information on ACDI/VOCA’s current FtF projects, see our Project Profiles section here.