Senegal - Agricultural Value Chain Support Project, IFAD Impact Assessment Surveys 2017

The Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAFA) was designed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Senegal’s groundnut basin. The main intervention, implemented through producer organizations, consisted of a comprehensive package of agricultural inputs, machinery, technical advice, and commercialization contracts with market operators. The project targeted vulnerable smallholder farmers, women, and underemployed youths.The project is articulated around five components: (1) agricultural diversification and access to local market (2) development and structuring of regional value chains, (3) national coordination, knowledge management and project management, (4) climate change adaptation, and (5) support services for rural finance. The project was innovative in that, in addition to providing support to farmers through producer organisations (POs), there was an emphasis on improving concertation and collaboration around key value chains.For more information, please click on the following link https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/-/publication/impact-assessment-agricultural-value-chains-support-project-pafa- .