Agricultural Development and Market Access Support Project (PADAAM)

The Agricultural Development and Market Access Support Project (PADAAM) aims to strengthen food security and increase the income of rural populations. It will therefore support the three conventional sectors – rice, maize and cassava – to help: i) fill the food deficit with regards to the domestic demand for rice; ii) maintain and increase the added value of maize and cassava in association with the private sector, while developing trade within the sub-regional market. The PADAAM, which will be implemented over the 2018-2025 period and financed in part by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), advocates a paradigm shift towards sustainable value addition through the promotion of inclusive economic partnerships linking small-scale producers and their organisations to the private sector and the market, in the three priority sectors.