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Africa
Benin
Benin
Benin
Benin
Rice fi eld
Paddy rice processing
Processing rice
Off-season market gardening provides additional income,
especially for women
Access to services, inputs and markets
for rice producers and for their
professional national federation
Summary and objectives
To improve the productivity and competitiveness
of the rice food chain and enhance its professional
added value through reinforcing the CCR-B qualifi
cations in supplying services to its members and
in promoting concerted and long-lasting economic
initiatives.
Target groups
6 rice producers’ regional unions which federate
village organisations; and CCR-B’s management,
technical team, permanent secretariat and staff.
Final beneficiaries
40 000 farmers.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 214 396
Grant awarded
€ 1 042 316
Partners
Conseil de Concertation des Riziculteurs du Bénin
(CCR-B), Entreprises, Territoires et Développement
(ETD).
Improvements to rice cultivation
in the Ouémé Valley
Summary and objectives
Greater food security and reduced poverty in Benin’s
Ouémé region through increased rice cultivation,
benefi ting local producers and communities in the
Ouémé Valley.
Target groups
Around 2 300 rice growers belonging to 90 local
organisations of the Consultative Council of Rice
Growers of Benin in the Ouémé region, as well as the
organisations’ managers and technicians.
Final beneficiaries
Some 11 500 family members of rice producers from
the Ouémé region and the regional population as
a whole.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 211 903
Grant awarded
€ 1 090 712
Partners
Ricerca e Cooperazione, Conseil de Concertation
des Riziculteurs du Bénin (CCR-B).
Support programme for food security
in the departments of Atacora and
Donga (PASA/AD)
Summary and objectives
Improve production and productivity of rice, maize
and vegetable farming and improve rice processing.
Improve the value of subsistence production,
and strengthen investment in and the sustainability
measures for food security in the region.
Target groups
Farmer organisations.
Final beneficiaries
Farmers (male/female). Producers and other actors
in the rice, maize and vegetable sectors.
Total estimated cost
€ 4 800 000
Grant awarded
€ 2 399 584
Partners
Regional extension service (CeRPA), district
administration.
Food Facility through irrigation
works
Summary and objectives
Develop irrigation potential, improve the diversity,
productivity and profi tability of irrigated crops, reduce
post-harvest losses and develop rural organisations
in the Mono-Couffo and Atacora-Donga areas.
Target groups
36 producer groups in 12 villages (1 150 members,
including 460 women) and six agricultural
organisations.
Final beneficiaries
400 members of professional agricultural organisations
and the populations of all 12 target villages.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 410 805
Grant awarded
€ 1 269 724
Partners
Regional Producers Union (URP), Regional Council
of Rice Farmers (CRR), Regional Union of Rice
Producers of Atacora-Donga (URP-R), Regional
Council of Market Gardeners (CRM), Network of
Market Gardeners of Donga (REMAD).
Projects funded by the EU
Centre International de
Développement et de Recherche
(CIDR), France
cidr@cidr.org
www.cidr.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-519
CISV – Comunità Impegno
Servizio Volontariato, Italy
progetti@cisvto.org
www.cisvto.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-146
GTZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Technische Zusammenarbeit,
Germany
info@gtz.de
www.gtz.de
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-615
PROTOS, Belgium
info@protosh2o.org
www.protos.be
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-805
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