West Africa – RAISE PLUS Agribusiness and Trade Promotion Program

Increasing the value and volume of intra-regional agricultural trade

RAISE PLUS Agribusiness and Trade Promotion program is a $2.1 million program awarded to ACDI/VOCA as a subgrantee to Abt Associates under the USAID-funded initiative in West Africa.

The project’s primary objective is to increase the value and volume of intraregional agricultural trade. Its activities will contribute to achieving the 6 percent agricultural growth target set under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) of the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU-NEPAD).

CAADP has been endorsed by African heads of state and governments as a vision for the acceleration of agricultural growth, food security and rural development in Africa. AU-NEPAD has developed the following goals for Africa to be achieved by 2015:

• Attain food security
• Improve agricultural productivity to achieve a 6 percent annual growth rate
• Develop dynamic regional and subregional agricultural markets
• Integrate farmers into a market economy
• Achieve more equitable distribution of wealth

For more information contact Leigh Hartless lhartless@acdivoca.org.




Updated: 12/12