North and West Africa Division
Overview
The North and West Africa Division (NWAFD) encompasses an area with huge agriculture potential,
facing major infrastructure, climatologic and agronomic challenges. NWAFD works in close
partnership with organizations at regional, national and local levels, including regional economic
communities (RECs), FBOs, government agencies, NGOs, research institutes, financial institutions
and the private sector.
Projects address soil fertility improvements, build input and output markets, develop market information
systems (MIS) and advise on appropriate regional and national agro-input policies. Facilitating the
active participation of national, regional and international agro-enterprises in value chain development
together with national actors aimed at improving access to food in the region is one of the key
interventions. NWAFD supports the development and implementation of regional agricultural policies
within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic
and Monetary Union (WAEMU). For more than 25 years, NWAFD projects have assisted millions of
smallholder farmers, helping to move them away from subsistence farming toward “farming as a
business” and allowing them to participate actively in local and regional agricultural trade.
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