Partnership for improving the performance of family farms

Bénéficiaire Direct

Family farms, producer organizations, rural development technical services.

Funding

Swiss Cooperation

Coverage Area

Sissili, Namentenga, Boulkiemdé, Yatenga, Houet, Kourwéogo

Implementation period: 2008-2011

Specific objectives 

  • Improve the effectiveness of the advisory and training systems of professional agricultural organizations.
  • Develop endogenous skills capable of helping family farms increase their yields and incomes.
  • Improve gender equity in the management of family farm resources and stimulate women's initiatives.
  • Adapt the Tylay approach to the specificities of subsistence farms in poorly structured environments.
  • Adapt the Tylay approach to the specificities of subsistence farms in poorly structured environments.

Implementation Partners

  • Training Space, Training of Spaces (EFFE), methodological support partner
  • Sissili Provincial Federation of Agricultural Professionals (FEPPASI)
  • Association of Private Irrigation Professionals (APIPAC)
  • Optima Conseil Services (OCS)
  • 2 Bulkiemdé districts: Pella and Soaw
  • ATY Association

General objectives

Contribute to improving the socio-economic and ecological performance of family farms with a view to :

  • Improving coverage of household food and cash needs in agricultural areas.
  • Increasing the adoption of environmentally-friendly techniques and practices.
  • l’amélioration de l’équité homme-femme dans la gestion des ressources du ménage.

Few Results 

Results in figures :

  • 36 training workshops, including 18 transfer workshops.
  • 460 people trained in the approach, including 170 women (37%): producers, processors, input distributors, endogenous agricultural advisors, technical service agents, elected representatives of POs and communes, PO employees.
  • 32 endogenous facilitators, including 11 women (30%)
  • 2 trainers of trainers trained

Effects 

  • Change in personal life :
  • Increased self-confidence
  • Elimination/reduction of certain addictions (tobacco, alcohol, violence, etc.) 
  • Development of personal projects and community initiatives. 
  • Improved communication within the family, professional circles and associations; 
  • Enrolment in literacy and vocational training centers.
  • Improving the performance of family farms: 
  • Practice of planning 
  • Reasoned choice of crops 
  • Enhancement of existing technical innovations 
  • Increased production/productivity
  • Improved cohesion within families :
  • Establishment of dialogue within families for the running of the farm and the management of resources, with the corollary of greater valuing of human resources. 
  • Involvement of women in decision-making
  • Improved household living conditions :
  • Better distribution of farm income within families
  • More investment of production and income in family projects. 
  • Improved management of natural resources : 
  • Development of soil conservation practices (use of organic fertilizers, CES DRS)
  • Preservation of natural resources (trees on farms, reduction of chemical pesticides, etc.).
  • At institutional level : 
  • Producer organizations and technical agricultural services have improved their approaches to agricultural advice and support for rural entrepreneurship: involving stakeholders, taking their needs into account and making the most of their skills. 
  • Rural communes have incorporated training funding into their budgets.
  • Improved climate in municipal councils.