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The Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP): Main phase (2013 - 2018) is a continental programme which strengthens the institutional capacities, policy engagement and engagement of value chains of African farmers’ organizations (FOs). The programme supports the 5 regional networks of African FOs (EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA, SACAU and UMNAGRI), their members at national level, and the pan-African FO (PAFO).

L’Initiative relative aux services financiers postaux en Afrique (APFSI) était un partenariat d’envergure inédite dirigé par le Mécanisme de financement des envois de fonds du FIDA et réunissant la Banque mondiale, l’Union postale universelle (UPU), l’Institut mondial des caisses d’épargne (WSBI) et le Fonds d’équipement des Nations Unies (FENU), et cofinancé par l’Union européenne (UE). L’objectif commun de ce programme régional était d’accroître la concurrence sur le marché africain des transferts d’argent en encourageant et en soutenant les bureaux de poste du continent dans l’offre de services financiers. Plus précisément, il visait à promouvoir des services de transfert d’argent moins coûteux, plus rapides, plus pratiques et plus conviviaux, en particulier vers les zones rurales, tout en favorisant le dialogue entre les différents acteurs, les autorités de réglementation et les décideurs politiques.

This report provides the findings of a stock-taking exercise started in 2015 on IFAD's investment in tenure security measures integrated in its larger agricultural development projects. This stock-take provides an overview of tenure investments and activities in the West and Central Africa region (WCA).

 

This paper challenges the traditional view that portrays income maximization as the main driver of migration and tests whether relative deprivation and social inequality lead to migration in sub-Saharan Africa. Examining data from the Living Standards Measurements Study – Integrated Surveys in Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, the paper finds that a household’s migration decision is based not only on its well-being status, but also on the position of the household relative to the wealth distribution in the local community. Results indicate that relative deprivation of wealth was positively associated with migration, implying a need to renew the discussion of relative deprivation and social inequality as a cause of migration in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Integrated Approach Programme on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa targets agro-ecological systems where the need to enhance food security is directly linked to opportunities for generating local and global environmental benefits.