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Implemented from 2015 in Benin, the Food Production Support and Resilience Building Project in the Departments of Alibori, Borgou and Collines ( PAPVIRE-ABC ) has made it possible to improve significant farm yields.
The project, funded to the tune of US $ 24 million by the Global Program for Agriculture and Food Security (“GAFSP”) via the African Development Bank, has set itself the objective of improving security. food and nutrition and reduce the poverty of the populations of Benin. It has notably made it possible to increase agricultural productivity on more than 24,000 hectares in the country, according to the report on the status of implementation and results (EER) published on November 2 by the African Development Bank.
The establishment of high-performance seed varieties, the combined training of leader producers and supervisory staff and close monitoring-support-advice have thus boosted yields in the corn and rice fields. In fact, the average maize productivity rose from 1.5 tonnes per hectare in 2016 to 2.6 tonnes, an increase of 73%. That of rice reached 4.2 tons per hectare, against 3.3 tons in 2016. As for the volume of food production marketed, it reached almost 83,000 tons in 2020, while it was less than 5,000 tons. in 2016.
This performance has a positive impact on the annual income per food farm, underlines the Bank report. This is $ 345 and could reach $ 458 by the completion of the project in 2021. In 2016, this income was $ 238.
"The levels of productivity and production recorded as well as the marketing mechanism for producers and the organizational mechanism of the territorial agricultural development agencies have made it possible to improve incomes," explains the report. The enhancement of infrastructure will allow actors to create more added value. "
In order to ensure the follow-up of the project and its sustainability, 222 young entrepreneurs were trained in the incubation centers. Ultimately, the objective is to increase this number to 400. In addition, 90 technicians have attended various workshops and training in monitoring and evaluation, while 18,260 farmers have been trained in resilient technologies. In addition, 150 producer organizations and women's economic interest groups benefited from post-harvest equipment. This equipment is made up of a rice kit (two threshing machines, a huller, a husked rice sizer and two seamers) and a maize kit (two gins, two sizers and a mill).
"The effective start of rehabilitation works for water reservoirs, downstream facilities and labor-intensive investments, coupled with scaling up of the results obtained at the level of demonstration units and field schools for farmers, will consolidate the achievements and act significantly on food security and poverty reduction in the project intervention area ”, concludes the African Development Bank report.
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