UPA DI - Union des producteurs agricoles - développement international

Published purpose

This project supports activities aimed at responding to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This project helps small agricultural entrepreneurs (SEA), including women and young people, to sustainably increase and diversify their food production and the profitability of their farms. This project strengthens the capacities of SEAs to adopt sustainable, profitable agricultural practices, promoting diversification and increased production. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a decrease in the daily income (purchasing power) of consumers, lower prices in markets, and reduced cash flow for processors and producers. There are difficulties in obtaining seeds and other necessary inputs in agricultural value chains. This threatens the production of farmers. In addition, restaurant closings and reduced purchases in the various markets led to a reduce demand for fresh products, thus reducing the anticipated income of producers and suppliers. Women groups which transform agricultural products into food are thus caught between a difficulty of access to the raw products and the possibility of finding customers for their processed products.