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Commodity support Programme on Cocoa and coconut in favour of Small Farmers in the ACP countries
REG/FED/24734

Agreement No. REG/FED/24734 – Commodity support Programme on Cocoa and coconut in favour of Small Farmers in the ACP countries was signed on 28th January 2014 for an amount of 20.0 million Euros to be implemented over 84 months.

Additional contribution:
GIZ: €490,000

Implementation mode

Direct Management (The EC is the Contracting Authority through contribution agreements with the ITC and SPC).

Objective

The programme purpose is to improve the competitiveness of small producers engaged in cocoa, coconut and root/tubercle through regional integration of markets concerned and the intensification of production

Expected results of the programme include:

  • Coherence and synergies between the existing regional and national strategies is enhanced in order to improve regional markets integration;
  • Internal competitiveness and viability of small producers is improved by wide dissemination of improved methods of production as well as an improvement of synergies between the different actors of concerned value chains.

The Programme is ongoing

The implementation of the programme is expected to end in January 2021.

Beneficiary countries:

For more information, contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade