Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones

GCA through AAAP is supporting the AfDB-SAVC-SAPZ multi-country program in West Africa. Implemented in Guinea, Senegal and Togo, the Program aims to sustainably strengthen the food and nutrition security of the target populations in the beneficiary countries and to promote the development of resilient and low-carbon agricultural value chains to secure the supply of raw materials to agro-industrial parks (AIPs) and agricultural processing centers (CTAs).
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Adaptation Need

Guinea, Senegal and Togo are situated in the Sahelian and Sudano agro-ecological zones (AEZs) of Africa, and among the major climate ‘hotspots’ on the continent. According to the CGIAR Adaptation Atlas, Climate hazards like heat, drought and extreme rainfall are expected to impact a combined US$ 2.2 billion worth of crop production in the 3 countries under SSP 585 scenario between 2021 and 2040. Consequently, the prevalence of severe food insecurity as recently as 2021 was 48.9%, 11.2% and 18.8% respectively.

GCA’s Added Value

GCA in collaboration with CGIAR’s Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) programs is facilitating the process of selection of appropriate adaptation solutions and business models for effective delivery of climate-resilient crop varieties. By April 2026, GCA expects to have completed detailed climate risk and vulnerability assessments in the targeted value chains and locations and subsequent prioritization of adaptation solutions

Total Investment Value Influenced
$285.38M
Beneficiaries
1.10M smallholder farmers
IFI Implementation period
2024 - 2029
Program
Food Security
Partners
African Development Bank, TAAT, AICCRA
Status
In progress
Countries
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Senegal
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Guinea
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Togo
SDG contribution
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02 – Zero Hunger
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13 - Climate action

Project goals

Mainstreaming Adaptation and Resilience

GCA’s support will help prioritize the most appropriate adaptation solutions to be rolled out under the SAVC-SAPZ program in line with its development objectives. Secondly, GCA’s support is expected to inform the approaches used to promote uptake of adaptation solutions, particularly climate-resilient seed varieties, in a manner that attracts private sector investment in climate-resilient seed systems.

Expected Project Outcomes

  • Increased resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change for 240 agricultural cooperatives and agri-food businesses, particularly those run by women, and 79,178 smallholder farming households.
  • Enhance resilience of more than 79, 000 hectares of agriculture land and its improved productivity.
  • Enhanced resilience of the targeted value chains and climate-smart agribusiness supported.
  • Enhanced production and supply systems for climate-resilient crop seeds varieties, with increased access and use by smallholder farmers.

 

Timeline

GCA Support Status

Technical Assistance Preparation

GCA Support Implementation

September, 2024

GCA Support Completion

Monitoring

Finance

Project Investment Value

Total Investment Value

$285.38M

IFI Investment Value

$155.14M

Other Investment Value

$130.24M

IFI partners

African Development Bank

Partners

TAAT

AICCRA

Contacts

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