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Boosting Family Farming Capacities in Angola - UTF/ANG/069/ANG

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The Agro-PRODESI project aimed to contribute to the Government of Angola’s goal of increasing domestic production by 25 percent by 2022, in particular by boosting the prioritized value chains and fostering links between key market players and small farmers along the selected economic growth corridors (EGCs) – hubs in which agribusiness takes place. The project was expected to ensure inclusive and sustainable partnerships, leveraged through the implementation of a national and territorial programme for agribusiness capacity-building and the development of agrifood value chains. This was to be achieved through three main outputs: (i) strengthened capacities of key actors at national and local levels on inclusive and sustainable agrifood value chains in EGCs, (ii) improved financial capacity of agribusiness actors (e.g. cooperatives and farmers’ associations) and incubators (youth and women) through training, mentoring, networking and knowledge exchange, (iii) accelerating the capacity of cooperative agro-entrepreneurs in Angola by strengthening INAPEM’s institutional capacity.

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