Smallholder Commercialization Programme - under the Global Agricultural Food Security Programme (SCP-GAFSP)
Smallholder Commercialization Programme
The Smallholder Commercialization Programme - Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme is nationwide and focuses on four target groups:
- smallholder farmers
- women
- young people
- microentrepreneurs/small business operators
The objective of the programme is to empower the rural poor to increase their food security and incomes on a sustainable basis. Specifically, it aims to:
- reduce the gap between national rice production and demand (70,000 metric tons)
- increase farm incomes by 10 per cent for direct beneficiaries
It will also focus on:
- Smallholder agricultural commercialization
- small-scale irrigation development
- access to rural finance
- coordination and management
The programme is in line the Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) for Sierra Leone.
Source: IFAD
