Agribusiness and food systems

Partnerships as a catalyzer for collective action 

A4A does not work alone to achieve these outcomes. In seven projects for value chain development, A4A engages hundreds of stakeholders across 35 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Together with our partners, we seek to build more sustainable and competitive conditions at every step across agricultural value chains. A4A’s team of specialists represents 35 nationalities with a diversity of backgrounds and expertise. This professional capacity enables A4A to maintain a strong presence in the field, with a focus on project implementation.

Through our unique, participatory approach, A4A cultivates the conditions for stakeholder partnerships to emerge, which collectively lead to ongoing, scalable improvement in the health of agricultural value chains, the sustainability of food systems, and thereby in the well-being of smallholder farmers and SMEs. In this way, A4A works beyond the scope of individual projects by facilitating ongoing learning and collaborative action among value chain actors to advance the achievement of more equitable global agri-value chains.

Thanks to digitalization, it has never been easier for individuals and organizations to connect and collaborate to tackle complex issues and create meaningful change. 

Coffee Sustainability Initiatives Map

The Coffee Sustainability Initiatives Map is an interactive tool that provides more visibility on sustainability and support initiatives in coffee producing countries around the world. Users can discover what is being done, where, and by whom in the coffee sector. The Coffee Sustainability Initiatives Map is co-created and requested by members of the International Coffee Organization’s Coffee Public-Private Task Force and the International Trade Centre through the Coffee Guide Network, supported with co-funding from the European Union and ITC. The collective effort shows how collaboration can result in practical resources for collective action.

ITC partners with the Netherlands to support African business

ITC’s NTF V programme is designed to contribute to decent jobs and improved livelihoods in the agribusiness, agritech and digital technology sectors. To that end, we aim to:

• Increase the competitiveness of thousands of MSMEs
• Increase sales of supported companies to hit $90 million 
• Support thousands of jobs and positively impact more than 200,000 people as a result 
• Bring in-kind contributions to create an additional 50% of project value 

Our programme includes both sectors in Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and the digital technologies sector in a multi-country project in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Uganda. In Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal, ITC is working with smallholder agribusiness farmers focused on cocoa and coffee, associated crops, and horticulture.

See below for more project details.