Support to Farmers'Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) Pilot Phase 2009 – 2012

EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA, SACAU (four regional networks of farmers organisations in sub-Saharan Africa).

The Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) began as a pilot programme launched in 2009 to strengthen the capacity of farmer's organisations (FOs) and their regional and pan-African networks to influence policies and support programmes affecting agriculture, rural development and food security in Africa. The SFOAP began as a collective decision of the four regional networks of FOs in sub-Saharan Africa within the context of the Farmers’ Forum to work together as a single programme in support of the institutional development of FOs, from the national to the pan-African levels. During its pilot phase, it supported 55 national farmers’ organizations (NFOs) in 39 countries, their four regional networks, and the establishment of the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO). The SFOAP, through its combined support to both regional and national FOs, strengthened the linkage between regional farmers’ organizations (RFOs) and their national affiliates and helped coordinate national and regional efforts to promote policy issues of common interest