Preamble
Preamble This report was produced by a working group led by Inter-réseaux Développement Rural and comprising IRAM, CIRAD and Ambre Conseil/CERFRANCE. It is the culmination of several joint expert assessments by those three institutions on agricultural advisory services in Morocco1, Tunisia, Cameroon, Niger and Ivory Coast, among other countries. A number of stakeholders involved in agricultural advisory services also contributed to this report with case studies and proofreading: AFDI, FERT, AVSF, CORADE (Burkina Faso), Afrique Verte Burkina Faso. The full report includes a main text of about forty pages with references to eleven case studies, which are presented in the appendices. Those case studies draw on the experiences of several stakeholders in the field who are involved in agricultural advisory services: Cap Malagasy and Réseau SOA in Madagascar; the ACEFA programme in Cameroon; centres for management and rural economy in Senegal; FNGN, FEPAB, CAGEF, UGCPA, UNPCB and CPF in Burkina Faso; FUPRO in Benin; CNOP-G and FPFD in Guinea, milk-collection centres in Kollo and Hamdallaye in Niger; private advisory-services entities in Peru and Ivory Coast; and AVSF in Togo. Two cross-disciplinary case studies are also presented on the contribution of farmers’ organisations (FOs) to developing public policies for advisory services (AFDI) and on the emergence of new information and communication technology (NICT) in advisory schemes (CIRAD). Figure 1: List of case studies2
Country SubSaharan Africa Niger
Ivory Coast
Promoted by Agricultural profession Agricultural profession / Private sector Private sector / Agricultural profession
Burkina Faso
Agricultural profession
Cameroon
State
Burkina Faso
Agricultural profession Agricultural profession / Private sector
Madagascar
Case study Role of FOs in advisory schemes
Multi-actor advisory-scheme model, promoted by a local value chain with a focus on one key stakeholder: a peasant-farmer milk-collection centre offering multiple services Advisory schemes linked to cocoa certification in Ivory Coast
Peasant-farmer schemes offering advisory services for family farms (conseil à l’exploitation familiale) in Burkina Faso: evolution, features and challenges Advisory-scheme model for overhauling extension services at country level: the ACEFA programme Boosting sales for agricultural products: when producers get involved in agricultural advisory services via phone Agricultural advisory scheme in Madagascar: Cap Malagasy
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This report mainly addresses the revival of agricultural advisory services in sub-Saharan Africa, but several observations and proposals may apply to other regions and countries in the South. Likewise, analyses of public policies and situations relating to agricultural advisory services in Morocco, Tunisia and Peru may be useful for decision-makers in sub-Saharan Africa. 2 These case studies are available in French at https://www.inter-reseaux.org/ressource/fiches-de-capitalisation-leconseil-agricole/?lang=fr. English version will be available in 2022.
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