pafao24EN Def
pafao24EN Def
pafao24EN Def
in West Africa
With contribution of
Fondation JM.Bruneau and AFD.
PROMOTING FAMILY FARMING IN WEST AFRICA
Set in a context where national productions are com- • each year, around 10 to 15 projects are funded. For
peting against global market prices, the Pafao program the conclusions of Pafao’s call for proposals in 2023,
promotes «local consumption», understood as «the consult the following link.
local and national consumption of the products of West
African family farming». Priority question of the 2024 call for
The program articulates an economic approach with proposals
projects carried out at territorial and value chain levels, The 2024 call for proposals targets initiatives that help
aiming to influence the political and legislative environ- to improve people’s resilience in the event of crises by
ment on national and regional levels to promote the supporting sustainable local food chains and compete
sustainability of family farming (notably via the alliance with imported products.
with Roppa and several advocacy projects).
Accordingly, the initiatives are obliged to respond to the
following prioritized question: How can we increase
the consumption of local products deriving from
What initiatives are sustainable family farming while ensuring that far-
mers and other actors in the value chain receive a
• encourage cooperation between several of the concer- • admissibility of the application file: complete grant
ned territorial actors; application forms, filled out correctly and including all
required documents; error-free Excel budget files, cor-
• which are articulated with similar and/or complementary rectly named files in the required formats, etc.
initiatives, and whose positioning in relation to these
other initiatives and other actors (e.g. farmers’ organi- • eligibility of applicants, partners and projects;
zations, national platforms, national or foreign support
organizations, local authorities, government services, • precision of the problem and relevance of the indicators
private-sector actors, consumer associations, media, for monitoring the effects on the consumption of local
international organizations, donors, etc.) is explicitly products from sustainable family farming within rural
explained. and urban consumer markets, and on income generation
within the value chains, particularly for populations living
in landlocked and/or insecure areas. In concrete terms,
Important: these indicators should measure the contribution to
• the program’s committee will only select initiatives the preservation/conquest of formalized outlets or the
that demonstrate a real capacity for innovation, change capacity to involve consumers if your initiative targets
or replication of successful experiences to boost the these challenges
consumption of quality local products from sustainable
• quality of the project: its impact on the management
family farming.
of natural resources; adaptation to climate change; the
• projects with a main objective of purchasing equipment maintenance of rural employment and the creation
or subsidizing inputs cannot be financed by this fund. of economic activities that increase the resilience of
Therefore, equipment and supplies expenses should not industry actors against crises; the participation of citizens
exceed 40% of the total project budget. in the governance of local food systems and that of
producers in the management of economic sectors; the
establishment of skill-based, territorial and international
To whom is this call for proposals addressed? partnerships, etc. ...;
To non-profit legal entities:
• taking into account former experiences or experiences
• West African farmers’ organizations registered for led by other actors on similar themes and/or on the
more than one year; same territory;
• “support NGOs” active in West Africa or in European • feasibility: relevance of project’s budget and action plan,
Union (to the extent that they work with local partners); coherence of the general objective, specific objectives,
planned activities, expected results and the indicators
• Research and/or training organizations. of these same results, coherence between estimated
Important: this call is only open to projects carried out budget and financial planning;
in partnership by a minimum of two organizations, one • criteria for inclusion of scaling-up and scaling-out
West African and the other European (must be an EU (measures to ensure the continued benefits over the
member state). If the project leader is a West African long run, capitalization, dissemination and valorization,
organization, then the main partner must be European. replication of the innovations, advocacy, etc.).
Conversely, if the project leader is a European organiza-
tion, then the main partner must be West African. The
partnership between the two organizations must be
formalized and pre-existing to the project for which the
grant is requested. Other organizations may be involved
as «other partners».
Selection criteria
After verifying that the project answers at the priority
question of the 2024 call, the selection committee will
make a selection according to the following criteria:
PROMOTING FAMILY FARMING IN WEST AFRICA
Program contacts
Louise LAPORTE
Fondation de France
40 avenue Hoche - 75008 Paris - France
fondationdefrance.org
Chikomborero GONESE
Comité Français pour la Solidarité Internationale (CFSI)
17 rue de Châteaudun - 75009 Paris - France
cfsi.asso.fr