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Publié le : 07-08-2026
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Type : Projet
In the Autonomous District of Abidjan and the Lagunes, Agnéby-Tiassa, and Mé regions, agroecological transitions are no longer experimental. They are already underway on the ground.
Since 2024, the AVAL (Abidjan-Lagunes Subsistence Agriculture) program, implemented by Agrisud International in partnership with AVSF and People Power Inclusion (PPI), has been supporting stakeholders in the food supply chains to sustainably strengthen the production, processing, and marketing of cassava, vegetables, plantains, and attiéké.
Production, processing, financing: the momentum is building
The mid-term results reflect these trends.
Nearly 1,000 family farms are now receiving support to adopt agroecological practices and improve the management of their economic activities.
Thirteen organic production facilities have been established within professional organizations, enabling the production of more than 117 metric tons of organic inputs designed to reduce dependence on chemical inputs while enhancing producers’ self-sufficiency.
The transition also affects the economic environment of the farms. Fifteen professional organizations have developed services for their members, already generating more than 20 million CFA francs in revenue. Thirty savings and credit groups have been created, while a groundbreaking initiative has made it possible to adapt a microfinance offering to the realities of family subsistence farming.
Downstream in the supply chains, attiéké processing units have access to equipment and technical support that improve working conditions and product safety standards. More than 200 artisanal units and several semi-industrial units are now implementing improved practices and technologies.
Beyond the numbers, these advances above all reflect the ability of producers, processors, and farmers’ organizations to adopt the proposed innovations and adapt them to their specific circumstances. Locally produced bio-inputs, diversification of marketing channels, new economic services provided by cooperatives, and gradual access to financing solutions: numerous initiatives are now emerging across the regions.
Document practices that work to amplify the impact
It was precisely to understand, document, and share these experiences that Agrisud, AVSF, and PPI launched a knowledge-capture initiative in July 2026.
The goal is to transform lessons learned in the field into concrete, transferable resources. How can we support a microfinance institution in developing a product offering tailored to subsistence agriculture? How can a bio-factory be created and operated within a farmers’ organization? Which agroecological practices have proven most relevant in the Ivorian context? How can local marketing channels be developed to promote products derived from agroecology?
These are all questions to which the consortium intends to provide answers based on the experience accumulated since the program’s inception.
Running through the end of 2026, this initiative will bring together teams from Agrisud, AVSF, and PPI, as well as producers, cooperatives, processing units, and institutional partners involved in the AVAL and PROFIT II projects.
Because agroecological transitions require not only action but also learning, knowledge transfer, and sharing, knowledge capitalization is an essential step to ensure that the solutions proven effective today can benefit a greater number of stakeholders and regions in the future.
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