USAID enters into agreement with IFDC for cotton improvement prog

09 Jan '07

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A three-year agreement has been signed for the implementation of West African Cotton Improvement Program (WACIP) in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali, between United States Agency for International Development's West Africa Office (USAID/West Africa) and International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC).

This agreement would help implement the US $27 million WACIP initiative, which is seen as US commitment to Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali (C-4) and Senegal to increase cotton productivity and enhance their participation in world trade.

In West Africa, this agreement would help to enhance the entire cotton value chain and to promote a better supporting environment.

This agreement is expected to raise income of small farmers, improve farmers' access to inputs and credits, to support higher quality handling and processing and to adopt better market strategy.

The Senegal based activity would help to diversify agricultural production in cotton growing regions and export cotton products.

These activities would be carried under partnership with US agriculture universities, numerous regional organizations, Government agencies, farmer organizations, and private businesses.

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