CAMEROON: Mid-Term Review of the Program to improve the competitiveness of family-run farms (C2D/ACEFA)

Project description

The overall objective of the ACEFA Program was to increase family farmers’ incomes by improving the competitiveness of their farms, thus, under three components: 1) Implementation of a support / advisory mechanism co-managed by representatives of the State and of the profession; 2) Financing of productive projects from producers and their associations; 3) Capacity strengthening of professional organisations.

Services provided

The objective of the mid-term review mission was to provide an independent external view on the implementation of the program and its results. These included: 1) To evaluate the work done by coordination and management bodies; 2) To assess the effectiveness of mechanisms of advisory and financing implemented; 3) To note results and effects at the level of direct and indirect beneficiaries, and of decentralized services of MINADER and MINEPIA.

CA 17 International provided the following expertise:

• One agricultural economist expert, team leader;
• One agricultural economist expert specialised in support and advice to producers’ organisations;
• One agronomist expert specialised in agricultural advising.