The ongoing Purchase from Africans for Africa programme (PAA Africa) in five
African countries is helping to promote local Agriculture in Africa report NaijaAgroNet.
NaijaAgroNet gathered
that the programme is structured on Brazil's achievements in fighting hunger
and poverty and is implemented by five countries, namely Ethiopia, Malawi,
Mozambique, Niger and Senegal coupled with some technical control and expertise
from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme
(WFP).
Florence Tartanac of FAO's rural infrastructure and
agro-industries division said the PAA Africa programme contribute towards
government efforts to combat rural poverty as it is shows in developing
countries how the purchasing of produce from family farmers frequently among
the most marginalized groups adds more value to the local market.
"Public
purchasing from local producers adds value to local markets by integrating
small scale family farmers and by channeling demand in this case from schools
for their produce, contributing to food security and diversity."While the government do the planning and policy aspects, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides technical assistance for them, as the Financial support for the work comes from the Brazilian government and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) while its experts work with family farmers.
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