Agrifood Commodity Chains and Consumption
Developing agriculture—including smallholder farming—requires the development of commodity chains that connect local products to markets. Signs of quality such as Geographic Indications (GIs), fair trade and short marketing chains are ways to increase farmers’ incomes. Product processing and inter-branch consultation foster the link between the agricultural supply and the demand from local markets and cities.
The development of agricultural commodity chains is one vital condition for the development of agriculture. Farmers, even smallholder farmers, can no longer live in isolation, and some of their crops must be marketed. Simultaneously, food demand in African cities is skyrocketing, pushed by growing urbanization of populations. It is vitally important to offer products that meet urban consumers’ expectations and develop a strong agrifood sector able to supply cities with local products.
The “commodity chain” approach makes it possible to better analyze the relationships between actors and maximize farmers’ incomes. But smallholder farming is not easily competitive, in particular in disadvantaged, often isolated agricultural zones. The volumes to be sold are small and scattered, not always suited to demand. In some cases, people living on the edges of protected areas gather or use the local biodiversity to get products sell in the market. In this context, GRET favors finding markets that are more profitable or easier to access for farmers: Geographic Indication (GI) products, organic or agroecologic products, fair trade, local supply chains, etc. Product processing makes it possible to connect local raw materials with new demands from urban consumers.
Enseignement / recherche
Inra, Cirad, Bergerie nationale, Iedes-Université Paris I, école nationale d’industrie laitières et des industries agroalimentaires (Enilia, Surgères, France), Initiative prospective agricole et rurale (Ipar- Sénégal), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Institut sénégalais de recherche agricole (Isra), Institut international de recherche sur les politiques alimentaires
(Ifpri)
Institutions publiques et collectivités locales
région de Fatick et Direction de l’élevage du ministère sénégalais de l’Elevage, région Poitou
Charente (France), bureau stratégie développement du Ministère guinéen de l’agriculture
Opérateurs / ONG / Bureaux d’études
CIRD et Cedac au Cambodge, MGE en Guinée, Asacase-CPS, AVSF, Baobab des Saveurs, Enda Graf Sahel, Iris, Concept et Jeunesse et développement au Sénégal, Cite à Madagascar, Mel au Ghana, AgroPME au Cameroun, Sicarex au Burkina Faso
Organisations professionnelles, groupements, organisations paysannes
Fenafils -Fedération nationale des acteurs de la filière lait au Sénégal), FPFD (Fédération des pro-ducteurs du Fouta Djalon -Guinée), KPPA (Kampot pepper promotion association, Cambodge), KSPA (Kampong Speu sugar promotion association, Cambodge), KAMPACO (Coopérative des producteurs de poivre de Kampot), Fresyca (Fédération des syndicats caprins de Poitou-Charentes – France), Unions de groupements de transformation du beurre de karité (ABPJF, Ragussi, Rimtereb Som, Buyaba)
Entreprises
Laiterie du Berger
Cette thématique est animée par Martine François