Farmer-to-Farmer Program Global Two LWA - CA

$14.84M USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs
Country	World
Start Date	Apr 27, 2008
End Date	Jul 16, 2011
Duration	1,175 days
Number of Grantees	64
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`185449-76`

Grant Description

Through the USAID-funded Access to Mechanization Project (AMP), CNFA used a commercially-sustainable, market-oriented methodology to develop machinery service providers.

Building on CNFAs established nationwide presence, its ability to build U.S. consulting support through the Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F), and its experience developing agricultural services for farmers, the 30-month, $5 million project used a combination of matching investments, leveraged commercial finance, business and extension training and volunteer technical assistance to establish 25-30 Machinery Service Centers (MSCs) that provided fee-based custom machinery services to smallholder farmers.