How to actively participate to this Intra-ACP APP group?
Dear fellow participants,
Welcome to this Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy Programme (APP) community on Capacity4Dev !
Set-up in October 2013, this group aims to share knowledge and best practices on Intra-ACP APP 4 key priority areas :
- Policy
- Markets
- Research and development and Climate change
- Knowledge management
In brief, the main objectives of the Intra-ACP APP project are to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Policy regimes and incentive schemes for smallholders in the regional agricultural development strategies;
- Food security at regional and level by increasing production and productivity of selected commercial and nutritionally valuable produce. This is enabled by using technological and organizational solutions that address specific development constraints of smallholder groups and rural communities;
- Regional institutional capacity strengthening etc.
Exploring the whole African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions, the Intra-ACP APP draws a special focus on Caribbean and Pacific countries. The latter have in common a lot of similarities in terms of trade, agriculture and knowledge sharing.
As experts in your respective fields, this online space allows you to share your experience and exchange of knowledge and expertise between group members and the project implementing partners.
Please read the GUIDELINES prior to posting.
Looking forward to your active participation to this group.
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More on the Intra-ACP APP The Intra-ACP APP project is an alliance of three regional organisations in ARD aiming to:
- strengthen food and nutrition security,
- increase economic growth, reduce poverty,
- and preserve/improve environmental health in Small island developing states.
Learn more about this project here.
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Looking forward to your active participation !