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Le FIDA utilise la participation à l’élaboration des politiques au niveau national (CLPE) pour travailler avec les pouvoirs publics, les agriculteurs, les organisations et d’autres parties prenantes. Par ce processus collaboratif, le FIDA encourage l’adoption de politiques de transformation rurale inclusive et durable.

Typically, IFAD’s approach to policy engagement is one of facilitating, supporting and informing nationally-owned policy processes, so as to enable governments and other national stakeholders to determine themselves the policy change required. 

In Benin, agriculture plays a central role in the national economy, contributing 32 per cent of GDP and employing a large part of the workforce. Despite significant productive potential and a diversified agricultural sector (crop production, livestock, non‑timber forest products, fisheries), the country relies heavily on imports of food products, which represent 25 per cent of the total value of imports.