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Sustainable access to agricultural inputs: Prospects and conditions for scaling up SADIEA in Burkina Faso

 | Pro-ARIDES

KEY MESSAGES

  • SADIEA is a highly effective system in terms of structure, relationships, and effectiveness.
  • SADIEA is a system that provides high-quality, timely agricultural services (inputs, advisory support, group sales).
  • SADIEA facilitates producers’ access to credit for the purchase of inputs from decentralized financial services without the need for collateral.
  • Producers greatly appreciate the services provided by SADIEA (inputs, agricultural advisory support, and support for access to credit), which explains their willingness to pay to benefit from its internal advisory support mechanism after the end of the Pro-ARIDES program.
  • Producers are genuinely enthusiastic about joining SADIEA, as evidenced by its self-expansion beyond the pilot commune.
  • There are opportunities for synergy between SADIEA and existing agricultural services in the field.
  • The scaling up of SADIEA depends on a set of structural conditions to ensure its effectiveness, sustainability, and impact on stakeholders.
  • The scaling up of SADIEA requires greater social inclusiveness and must be extended to more crops in order to better meet the consumption objectives of rural households.