Benin - The Milk and Meat Sectors Support Project (PAFILAV)

The Milk and Meat Sectors Support Project (PAFILAV) falls within the Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction (SCRP 2007-2009), which lays emphasis on diversification policies aimed at accelerating economic growth, promoting good governance and strengthening the social sector in order to support poverty reduction and sustainable human development. The Project covers the main production basins and all the sector links. It will work, as a matter priority, with the most motivated stakeholders of the sectors. The project area covers the main production basins located in the Nord, Atocora, Douga, Zou and Collines Departments. Its implementation will help to increase production in the milk and meat sectors, substantially reduce the food dependency of Benin on the outside world, and improve the competitiveness of both sectors. The project is designed for a period of six years (2009-2014) and a cost of UA 31.06 million. It has four (4) components, namely: (i) improvement of milk and meat production systems; (ii) improvement of competitiveness of the milk and meat sectors; (iii) strengthening of organizational and institutional capacities; (iv) project coordination and management. The impact on the beneficiaries will led to: (i) increase in the incomes of stakeholders in the two sectors, including women; (ii) improvement of the nutritional status of the beneficiaries, especially among the vulnerable groups; and (iii) improvement of the living conditions of the rural populations.