Service center

About the approach

Farmers manage and optimize the factors of production available to them to achieve their own objectives (accumulation, food security, economic risk reduction, etc.).

Adapting to current changes requires farmers to become more professional, particularly in order to seize market opportunities and ensure a significant increase in farm cash income. For them, this means having access to local services that improve their access to markets, inputs, technical-economic and legal advice, financial services, as well as their participation in defining policies and strategies via their professional organizations.

Objective

Provide local services tailored to the needs of family farms, forestry and/or pastoral businesses to improve their production conditions and market access.

Prerequisites for implementing the approach

Different needs for different types of service;
Existence of a well-structured, functional umbrella organization /Scoop;
Good knowledge of the area

Implementation process

Diagnostic study;
Choice of umbrella organization;
Definition of an action plan;
Training for the umbrella organization on the main operating principles of a service hub;
Investment in infrastructure and equipment.

Stakeholders in the implementation

Umbrella organizations / Scoops

Direct beneficiaries

Producers in the Service Center’s coverage area

Indirect beneficiaries

Populations in the Service Center coverage area

Advantages :

Easy access and local availability of services for farm needs;Providing local services at lower cost;Better integration of small producers into the market;Easy access to credit for producers;
Promotion of income-generating activities;

Professionalization of family farms and strengthening of food security.