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Performance of agricultural advisory services in Pro-ARIDES action areas: Impact of B2B and Farmer Field School approaches on the adoption of agricultural innovations in the San and Tominian circles in Mali

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KEY MESSAGES

  • The privatization of veterinary services has led to the payment and improvement of services at livestock farms in a sustainable manner.
  • The agricultural advisory service facilitates the supply of inputs to farmers’ organizations; the marketing of products; access to credit; the development and implementation of action plans; and the preservation and storage of products.
  • The business-to-business approach strengthens trust between financial institutions and actors in agricultural value chains, leading to an increase in the volume of credit granted, enabling actors to equip themselves and organize themselves into multi-actor platforms.
  • Farmer training fields increase the adoption rate of improved technologies introduced by Pro-ARIDES.
  • Agricultural advisory services face several challenges in the field, including: simultaneously taking into account economic, nutritional, and environmental aspects; sustainable co-financing; responding to farmers’ needs; and improving the governance of farmer organizations.