Agricultural Services Support Programme

The programme targets a broad section of the country’s farming population, with a particular focus on the poorest households, including landless labourers, women, households headed by women and orphans, and HIV/AIDS-affected smallholders. These poor farmers are held back by lack of access to technology, financing, markets and natural resources.

The programme will work to improve agricultural productivity by:

• promoting farmer’s organizations to prioritize and manage development needs
• strengthening linkages between farmers and local and central government as well as the private sector
• improving access to relevant agricultural knowledge and technologies
• promoting policy changes in favour of poor farmers

Source: IFAD