TAAT policy facilitation agreement
Partners
French National Institute for Agronomic Studies and Research
Dr Drissa SEREME
Project summary
The TAAT Policy Enabler Compact aims to create an enabling environment for farmers to adopt agricultural technologies by removing policy and regulatory barriers.
Award dates: Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
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Targeted geographical area: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tomé et Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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Indicators
- Policy reforms: Number of countries adopting policies favoring climate-smart agricultural inputs.
- Capacity building: Number of institutions receiving technical support and training in seed system development.
- Regulatory harmonization: Number of national policies revised to comply with ECOWAS seed regulations.
- Market access: Number of seed companies using ECOWAS certification to develop their trade.
- Stakeholder engagement: number of advocacy missions, guidance notes and workshops carried out.
Countries of operation
MAIN OBJECTIVES
General objective
Improve policy and regulatory environments to facilitate farmers' access to quality inputs, support agribusiness development and strengthen agricultural value chains in West and Central Africa.
Specific objectives
- Advocacy for policy reform: identify and remove regulatory barriers to farmers' access to fertilizers and certified seeds.
- Policy briefs: develop country-specific policy recommendations for seed and fertilizer sector reform.
- National policy dialogues: organize high-level discussions to assess the implementation of regional fertilizer regulations in ECOWAS countries.
- Review of agricultural input subsidies: evaluate existing subsidy programs and propose market-oriented solutions.
- Technical assistance: support the revision of national seed policies to align them with harmonized ECOWAS regulations.
- Private sector involvement: help seed companies adopt ECOWAS labels and certificates to facilitate cross-border trade.
- Regulatory harmonization: help Chad and Sierra Leone integrate their national regulations into regional seed policies.
EXPECTED IMPACTS
- Improved access to seeds and inputs: reduction of regulatory barriers, giving farmers easier access to certified seeds and fertilizers.
- Harmonized seed policies: strengthening national seed systems in line with ECOWAS regulations.
- Strengthening agricultural markets: increasing cross-border seed trade through the adoption of ECOWAS certification.
- Increased private-sector involvement: more seed companies are using regional labels to broaden their distribution.
- Effective policy implementation: governments are better equipped to enforce agricultural regulations.
Key indicators
1 Number ofregional policy dialogues organized in ECOWAS.
1 regional policy dialogue was organized in ECOWAS.
4 Number ofseed companies testing ECOWAS seed labels
4 seed companies test ECOWAS seed labels
3 Number ofcountries revising their national seed policies.
3 countries are currently reviewing their national seed policies.
4 Number ofcountries evaluated for input subsidy programs.
4 countries were evaluated for their input subsidy programs.
2 Countriesbenefiting from direct advocacy support.
Two countries (Chad and Sierra Leone) benefit from direct advocacy support.
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