The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) was created in 1983 in the framework of the Lomé Convention between the countries in the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) Group and the European Union member countries. Since 2000, the CTA conducts its activities in the framework of the ACP-EC Cotonou Agreement.
The CTA’s mission is to develop and provide services that improve ACP countries’ access to information for agricultural and rural development, and strengthen these countries’ capacity to produce, acquire, exchange and use information in this field. The CTA’s programmes are designed to: provide a wide range of information products and services and promote sources of relevant information; encourage the combined use of adequate channels of communication and increase contact and information exchange, in particular between ACP actors; and improve ACP capacity to produce and manage agricultural information and implement ICM strategies, notably in connection with science and technology. The CTA’s work takes into account the evolution of methodologies and crosscutting issues such as gender and social capital.
The CTA is financed by the European Union.
CTA
Postbus 380
6700 AJ Wageningen
Netherlands
Website: www.cta.int
