The French Committee for International Solidarity (CFSI) is seeking proposals for the Promotion of Family Farming Programme to improve the resilience of local food systems by supporting downstream sustainable local food chains to compete with imported products and the nutrition of the population, including the most vulnerable.
The general objective of the Pafao programme is to promote local initiatives to strengthen access to healthy, quality food, produced by viable and sustainable West African family farming and processed in the country or in the sub-region, while ensuring a fair distribution of added value in the value chains.
Priority would be given to proposals based on one of the following two approaches: accessing major, formalised markets such as contracts with public institutions and businesses such as school canteens, prisons, hospitals, hotels, supermarkets, and targeting the role of West African consumers and their representative organisations in promoting local consumption.
The programme would provide financial support for local and farmer-led initiatives in West Africa to respond in a sustainable way to the growing demand of domestic markets, and to ensure a better distribution of added value. The minimum contribution from the Pafao Support Fund is 10,000 Euros.
The maximum amount that can be requested depends on the duration of the submitted initiative, maximum contribution has been set to 20,000 Euros for a 12-month initiative, 40,000 Euros for a 24-month initiative, or 60,000 Euros for a 36-month initiative.
Application deadline is March 6, 2025, which can be made, via the link: https://www2.fundsforngos.org/latest-funds-for-ngos/call-for-proposals-promotion-of-family-farming-program-2025/
