West Africa – Farmer-to-Farmer Program (FtF)

Working to generate rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth

In 2008, ACDI/VOCA won a $7.24 million, 5-year USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer (FtF) program in West Africa. Under FtF, ACDI/VOCA, fields highly qualified volunteers to support international agricultural development activities with an emphasis on improving private agricultural operations in Ghana, Liberia, Mali and Nigeria along with our partners Land O'Lakes and Winrock International. Activities may relate to all aspects of agricultural production and post-harvest activities, such as processing, marketing, credit and input supply, as well as improved agribusiness management, environmental conservation and improved policy and regulatory regimes.

The West Africa FtF program’s primary goal is to generate rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth through short-term technical assistance in the agricultural sector. A secondary goal is to increase the American public's understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the United States and U.S. development programs.

ACDI/VOCA has been a leading implementer of FtF since the program’s inception. Through this and other programs over the years, we have placed expert volunteers in over 120 emerging market and developing countries.

For more information contact Catherine Alston at CAlston@acdivoca.org.

Updated: 03/12

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