fondation reconnue d’utilité publique

Séchage du bissap - Burkina Faso – Préparation du repas - Burkina FasoDrying bissap - Burkina Faso – Preparing a meals - Burkina Faso

Granted charitable status in February 2006, the Foundation for World Agriculture and Rural Life (FARM)aims to help combat poverty and hunger by giving farmers from the poorest countries the means to producemore through sustainable farming. To achieve this, it follows a global approach that consists of combiningstudies, training and pilot projects to combat food insecurity. It promotes an economic approach towards foodagriculture by creating the conditions, through training, to enable farming organisations to become economicstakeholders in development. Its field operations are based on assessments developed in partnership and studies,which shed light on the situation on the ground.FARM’s areas of expertise include agricultural policies, food agriculture, water (agricultural water, drinking waterand sanitation), financing agricultural activities, information and communication technologies and cotton.

FARM was founded by the French Development Agency (AFD), Air France, the Casino Group, CréditAgricole S.A., GDF-Suez, and Limagrain Vilmorin. Crédit Agricole S.A. provides it with its physical infrastructureand some staff. The french State also made a contribution to the Foundation’s launch by providing endowmentcapital. The operating resources, which these founders give FARM, enable it to devote all of its other resourcesto operational projects. They are comprised of individual donations and those it receives from its sponsor com-panies: BASF, the GNIS (French National Interprofessional Group for Seeds and Plants), Sofiprotéol, Syngenta andTereos. In 2009, these companies renewed their commitment to food projects in West Africa.

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René CarronChairman of the boardof Directors

Bernard BachelierDirectorof the Foundation

foreword

Since 2009, the G8, the G20 and international institutions have beenmobilising significant funds in aid of food security and agriculture.Many countries have called on the World Bank to manage their contri-butions by setting up trust funds. The Global Agriculture and FoodSecurity Programme (GAFSP) has been set up and funded, and the EUhas mobilised its Food Facility. Consequently, the erosion of public aidfor agriculture has been halted. What’s more, the commitment of Billand Melinda Gates shows that international philanthropy is also takingagriculture into account.

ı However, the increase in investments requires strategies and methodsas well as resources. The approaches developed over twenty years offunding stringency do not make it easy to restart the engine, especiallysince it is not possible to return to administered policies. The revival ofagriculture is linked to the proper use of new credit and, therefore, tothe ability of national and international leaders to find innovativeresponses.

ı FARM has endeavoured to play its part through studies, conferencesand pilot projects. The economic approach towards structuring agri-cultural sectors, which we call the “pro-business” approach, increasinglyseems to be the backbone of the foundation’s strategy. It is abouthelping trade organisations to form co-operatives performing economicsupply and marketing roles. This structuring is aimed, in the firstinstance, at food-producing sectors which supply domestic markets.

ı The various forms of action work in conjunction, whether they bestudies on farm prices, States’ reactions to the crisis, storage or produ-cers’ organisations, courses which promote a spirit of enterprise andmanagement control, or pilot projects which put these approaches tothe test with partners such as the Boucle du Mouhoun Union ofAgricultural Product Marketing Groups (UGCPA) in Burkina Faso.

ı This not only makes it possible to promote new forms of partnershipbased on tailor-made support, but also to test out initiatives and shareideas. Agriculture is at a historic watershed. Now more than ever,farmers need to compare experiences and proposals. It is the founda-tion’s job to help make this happen.

Since the 2008 food crisis, foodsecurity and agricultural production

issues have been priorities for the inter-national community. Most leadingfigures agree on the need to boostinvestments in agriculture. However,agricultural and development policiesare still seeking a new model.In this context, FARM is continuingand expanding its work in support ofthe economic structuring of food-pro-ducing sectors.

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highlights

Agriculture Show in Meknes - Morocco

Sylvie Brunel at the Can hunger be defeated in Africa? conference

How can farmers in the developingworld feed themselves and the world?

conference at the Entrepôt

Round table at the Market prices andrisks: farmers faced with price volatility

conference

Is African agriculture forgotten in climate negotiations? conference

|March 2009 |5 th World Water Forum in IstanbulFARM attended and co-organised the Water Savings using Irrigated Systems in the Mediterra-nean conference on 19 March at the French Water Partnership stand.

| April 2009 |International Agriculture Show in MoroccoFollowing on from the conference organised at the Paris Agriculture Show in February2009, FARM took part in the Support for Family Farming using Irrigated Systems inMorocco conference organised by the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and the MeknesNational School of Agriculture on 24 April.

|May 2009 |Can hunger be defeated in Africa? conferenceOn 14 May 2009, FARM invited Sylvie Brunel, who is a member of its board, to lecture on herbook Nourrir le monde, vaincre la faim (Feed the world, defeat hunger) to a large audience.After the lecture, Sylvie Brunel signed copies of the book that were sold to the benefit ofFARM.

| June 2009 |Information and communication technologies at the service of ruraldevelopment: Indian models conferenceThis conference on 8 June 2009 presented Eric Pasquati, FARM ICT Project Leader, withthe opportunity to share the conclusions of his mission to India in April 2009 and discussthe relevance of the Indian models for other parts of the world.

| October 2009 |How can farmers in the Southern Hemisphere feed themselves andthe world? conferenceOn 8 October 2009, a few days before World Food Day, Bernard Bachelier, Director of FARM,spoke to the audience at the Entrepôt about the situation facing farmers in West African andways to help them meet the food challenge.

Evening concert in aid of FARMOn 3 October 2009, Itron and its staff organised an evening concert in Mâcon in aid of FARM.

Sponsorship and food security – FARM’s food projects in West Africameeting The aim of this meeting, held in FARM’s offices on 14 October 2009, was to highlight themotivations of its partners, outline the results of the first two crop years for food projectsand show how this approach is setting benchmarks.

| November 2009 |Prices and market risks: farmers faced with price volatility conferenceOn 23 and 24 November 2009, FARM and its partners brought together 300 people forthis international conference in Paris, which featured several new studies, including TheImperfect Transmission of International Agricultural Prices to West African Markets andEffectiveness of Food Price Stabilisation Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Mali.

|March 2010 |International Agriculture Show 2010FARM organised two conferences on 1 March 2010, i.e. Is African agriculture forgotten in climatenegotiations? led by Stéphane Paoli and Sustainable production systems in West Africa:the role of professional farming organisations.In addition, the Food security: beyond an emergency meeting on Wednesday 3 Marchattracted 80 people to FARM’s stand for the publication of issue 91 of the journal Courrierde la planète.

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think tank activities

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think tank: demonstrating facts, sharing analyses and develo-ping proposals by bringing together experts, researchers andprofessionals from the southern and northern hemispheres.

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market prices and risks: farmers faced with price volatility conference23 and 24 november 2009

transmission of international farm price rises to african markets: a complex phenomenon that affects producers to some degree

Agricultural markets have been extremely unstable for the past few years. Following the price spike in 2008,prices fell across most products. However, they remained at record high levels during 2009, particularly in Africa.According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) estimates, more than one billion peopleworldwide were undernourished in 2009. The conference organised by FARM and its partners tackled the issues related to this instability, the impact of pricefluctuations on farming production and farmers’ incomes, and managing market risks and what they mean foragricultural policies, based on studies carried out specifically for the event.

Following on from an initial analysis carried out urgently during the crisis of 2008, the FARM foundation askedthe CIRAD to refine its analysis of price transmissions between international markets and domestic markets. Thestudy related to four products (rice, millet, cassava and plantain) in Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Cameroon andSenegal. The twin objective was to shed light on the impact of the explosion in international prices in 2008 onfood systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and help formulate appropriate public policies.

■ FIRST CONCLUSION The prices paid to African farmers are primarily determinedon the local markets ■

Rice price fluctuations are the most sensitive politically, because they are behind the social movements, which themedia have coined “hunger riots”. Transmission mainly depends on two factors, namely the proportion of rice in thelocal diet and the proportion of imported rice in terms of overall rice consumption. This emerged from comparingSenegal and Mali, two countries where rice is a staple ingredient in the local diet.

ı In Dakar, where 80% of the rice consumed is imported, the international price trend accounts for around 30% of theprice which the consumer pays, with the difference seemingly being dependent on the actions of importers, whoabsorb some of the volatility in international rice prices by managing their stocks and, if required, adjusting theirmargins.

CSAAD

Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Researchfor Development

Strategic Committee for SustainableAgriculture and the Farming Industryreporting to the Ministerfor Agriculture and Fisheries

Foundation for World Agricultureand Rural life

Institute for Public Management and Economic Development

Association set up by French fieldcrop producers (cereals, oil and protein seed crops and sugar beet) and Crédit Agricole S.A.

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the organisers

The study was carried out by David-Benz H., Diallo A., Meuriot V., Rasolofo P., Temple L,. Wane A., Centre for International Co-operation in AgriculturalResearch for Development, with the support of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. It can be found at http://www.fondation-farm.org

Selling rice at the market - Benin

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However, when fluctuations on the international market became too strong, this regulation mechanism was nolonger sufficient to protect Senegalese consumers, although it did soften the peak and delayed it by three months.The actual price paid to rice producers is mainly influenced by seasonal variations. Low at harvest time, it graduallyrises with the passage of time. However, it is also partly influenced by the price of rice in Dakar, subject to a four-monthtime lag.

ı Unlike Senegal, Mali produces most of the rice consumed locally, with imports only accounting for 10%. Conse-quently, the price of imported rice is in line with the price of locally produced rice. Therefore, the 2008 peak was onlypartially passed on, for two-thirds of the rise, with a time lag of three to four months. Demand for local rice wasstimulated when local rice was substituted for imported rice, leading to a price rise for the producer. Finally, in 2009,despite a relative drop, prices remained higher than their pre-crisis level.

■ SECOND CONCLUSION Public policies should target how local markets function and strengthen the position of stakeholders ■

Agricultural policies should comprise activities to structure the entire sector and strengthen the position of stake-holders, including farming organisations. In fact, private stocks appear to be one of the best tools for managinglocal market volatility. Whereas importers’ stocks reduce consumer price instability, farming organisations’stocks reduce the instability of the prices paid to farmers. However, unlike merchants, farming organisationsdo not have the financial wherewithal to build up these stocks. Therefore, they should be the priority targetsof public policies. Furthermore, the study shows that prices of local cereals other than rice (millet, sorghum,plantain and cassava) are practically immune to the situation on the international market. Consequently, theseprices are primarily determined on the local markets, underlining the need to make stakeholders on thesemarkets the focus of public policies.

Following the energy and food crisis of 2007-2008, West African countries took measures to ease price increasesin basic foodstuffs and stimulate local farming production. FARM analysed the main instruments drawn on by thegovernment of Mali in relation to cereals, namely duty and tax exemptions on rice and maize imports, a ban on ex-ports, using public stocks and stimulating production through input subsidies. Given the similarity of these measureswith those taken by other countries in the zone, the results of the study commissioned by FARM are by no meanslimited to the Malian context.

Import tax exemptions: an effective tool for stabilising consumer pricesThe first outcome of this study relates to the lack of effectiveness of export prohibition measures, given the porousnature of the borders, since these measures were generally bypassed. However, the study into the effects of publicstorage is more complex. A reduction in cereal price seasonality can be observed, particularly at consumer level, butthis effect is less visible in crisis years. The reduction in seasonality is indeed down to storage, but does that referto public or private storage? The answer isn’t simple. Public stocks seem to have a significant effect, but probablyless so than private storage, despite the lack of accurate information. It appears that storage by merchants plays adecisive role in smoothing out consumer price seasonality.

ı With regard to stimulating production, the 2008-2009 plan (known as the Rice Initiative) produced mixed results.The study reveals input supply problems, particularly with regard to seeds, and the late arrival of public aid. Be thatas it may, rice production apparently increased by around 20%. However, the impact on prices was fairly insignificant,which can be explained by the fact that the harvest was insufficient to rebuild stocks, despite increased volumes.

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the effectiveness of food price stabilisation policies in sub-saharanafrica: the case of mali

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ı The most interesting outcome of the study relates to tax exemptions on rice imports.These exemptionsstabilised consumer prices for imported rice and dried cereals (substitution effects in diets) and, to a lesserextent, for locally-produced rice. It therefore appears that these exemptions are not only capable of calminga price rise imported from the international market but also of stabilising the prices of dried cereals if theserocket following a poor harvest. However, the exemptions have a depressive effect on the prices paid to producers.

The importance of storage policies and policies for farming cooperatives to stimulate production

The study enabled several recommendations to be made. The first is to put tools in place to improve theeffectiveness of public interventions. In particular, a stabilisation policy analysis unit to centralise all theprice stabilisation data and cross-tabulate this with price data from the Agricultural Market InformationNetwork (OMA), would enable price stabilisation policies to be evaluated on an annual basis.ı The second consists of paying close attention to production price stabilisation and promoting cereal storage byproducers or producers’ organisations by improving their access to credit, for example through warrantage systems. ı Finally, to reduce price peaks in times of crisis, the authorities could take a set of complementary measures to sti-mulate production through input subsidies, coupled with price pre-stabilisation measures, by exempting rice importsfrom tax and bringing in public stocks, the extremely rapid effect of which offsets the delays which import timeshave on the effectiveness of exemptions. Therefore, the ideal situation is to combine the different instruments, butthis may prove costly. In fact, VAT and customs duty exemptions on rice imports in Mali resulted in lost tax revenueof 5 billion CFA Francs in 2008, and the Rice Initiative cost around 13 billion. The issue of funding public policies andsupporting producers’ organisations are still to be dealt with.

The study was carried out by Franck Galtier (Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Research for Development), Lamissa Diakité (Mali Rural Economy Institute) and Salif Diarra (Mali Agricultural Market Information Network) with the support of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. It can be found at http://www.fondation-farm.org

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propriété privée rurale

Published in February 2010 by La Propriété privée rurale [Rural Private Property], the journal of the National Federation of Rural Private Property (FNPPR), the New Perspectives on FoodSecurity report was supervised and written by FARM,with the exception of the first article,in which Hafez Ghanem, FAO Assistant Director-General with responsibility for the Economicand Social Development Department, outlines a vision of the worldwide food balance bythe year 2050. The second article analyses land ownership in West Africa. Entitled Securing rights or mono-polising land, it describes the gradual transition away from customary rights establishingcommunity property towards private land ownership, and discusses the conditions wherebyrenting or selling land could enable States to respond to investment needs in the farming

sector and the rural environment. Finally, the third article outlines FARM’s economic vision, its “pro-business”strategy and its local initiatives in West Africa. A call for donations was attached to the report.

partnership with uniagro: farm editor-in-chief

24 pages, 20 contributors and an extended interview with Michel Barnier, the French Minister for Agriculture. That gives an idea of the scope of the Feed mankind tomorrow report publi-shed in AgroMag in April 2009.In response to a call from the UniAgro federation, an association of agricultural engineersand the report’s publisher, FARM was responsible for supervising it from the design stageto the copy desk stage. The report tackles the major food challenges, includingthe rise in demand, reduction in available land, increasing yields and “ecologicallyintensive” agriculture. It outlines the challenges for various production zones (Europe and the United States, Latin America, Africa and India) and gives a voice to developmentstakeholders, lenders, civil society and farmers. Seeing the report as an opportunity to call

on AgroMag subscribers to support FARM’s food projects, Bernard Bachelier commented that“for French agronomists to show their solidarity for farmers in developing countries seems to meto be a response which comes from the head as much as from the heart.”

news in brief: partnerships

partnership with le betteravier français

In October 2009, the trade magazine of beet growers, Le Betteravier français, devoted a full pageto global food security issues. In an interview, Bernard Bachelier outlined his point of view and encouraged solidarity among farmers to help Africa produce more. Magazine subscribers were alsosent a donation request.

FARM has been involved in drafting several special reports in magazines which subsequently sent a request fordonations to their subscribers in support of the Foundation’s work.

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Following on from FARM’s conference on microfinance in 2007, a study on Financing farming sectors in Mali hasbeen carried out as part of a partnership between FAO, Crédit Agricole S.A. and FARM. Conducted by FAO expertsand a consultant commissioned jointly by Crédit Agricole and FARM, it was launched in September 2009 with the taskof identifying ways of improving financing for the cotton, rice, potato, mango and shallot sectors.

Insufficient coverage of needs ı The first finding was that there is insufficient coverage of the considerable needs of farming sectors. The Cottonsector is penalised by uncertainty over the future of the CMDT [Malian Textile Development Company] and its sub-sidiaries, a situation which does not favour the development of financing for cotton inputs. The challenge with theRice sector is to reduce uncertainty over the selling price of the harvest, by promoting farmers coming together inco-operatives that are sufficient in size to carry weight on the market, invest in storage infrastructures and have realfinancial credibility. To give a final example, the Mango sector needs financing for preservation, industrial proces-sing and quality certification.

ı The second finding was that the financing is ill-suited to the risks inherent in agriculture, namely price volatilityduring the year, climate risks, pests, etc. Interest rates are often too high given the profitability of the business, andthe level of security required is out of reach of farmers.

Bridging the gap between lenders and farmers

ı The main way forward identified by the study isto bridge the gap between lenders and farmers.This means that the banking sector needs togain a deeper knowledge of the farming world,particularly through courses to improve communi-cation between stakeholders (training co-operativeofficials how to formulate financing requirementsand training bank representatives about the spe-cifics of the sectors), and farmers need to improvetheir marketing control through developing co-operatives and storage facilities so as to improvetheir eligibility for financing.

ı Finally, the study makes practical recommenda-tions about how to reduce risk, improve communi-cation and stimulate financing, such as encouragingfarmers to come together to acquire storage andmarketing facilities and thereby reduce price vola-tility; structuring initiatives to reduce the credit risk

such as setting up local guarantee funds and banning loans to farmers in default; promoting the responsibility of theNational Bank for Agricultural Development, and new supervision of the microfinance sector.

ı In conclusion, the results of this study match FARM’s economic vision and its strategy of supporting the develop-ment of producers’ organisations and training officials, and therefore back up these lines of action.

New members joining the UCPZ - Benin

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Like every year, FARM organised a number of meetings with the general public and donors at its stand at theInternational Agriculture Show from 27 February to 7 March.

From Copenhagen to Dédougou The conference led by Stéphane Paoli on the morning of 1 March askeddifferent speakers (Emmanuel Guérin, IDDRI 1 Climate Programme Director,Tiemoko Sangaré, Malian Minister for the Environment and Sanitation,Jean-Yves Grosclaude, Technical Director at the French Development Agency,the economist Christian de Perthuis 2 and Bernard Bachelier, Director ofFARM) about the place of African agriculture in climate negotiations.

ı The outcome was that the Copenhagen Agreement, which was notnegotiated by all of the countries present, calls for agricultural issuesto be included in the post-Kyoto regime. African countries support the

agreement, at the same time as calling for binding emission reduction commitments for developed countriesto be maintained and the provision of new financing. In fact, Africa only receives 2% of the financing generatedby CDMs 3, despite being one of the continents worst affected by global warming. Some of this financing couldcome from lenders, who should promote new development models that use less energy, and some could comefrom carbon markets. ı In conclusion, Bernard Bachelier pointed out that the challenge of preserving the environment was not incompa-tible with increasing production, which is essential to ensure food security for Africa.

Sustainable production systems in West AfricaThe afternoon conference asked about the environmental sustainability of agricultural production systems, giventhe need to increase agricultural production significantly by 2050. How can pollution risks be controlled to avoidthe situation becoming worse?

ı Together with Bernard Bachelier, Patrick Dugué, researcher from the CIRAD[Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Research for Development]and author of a report on the Environmental Assessment of Food Projects (see p. 35),Soumabéré Dioma, Executive Secretary of the UGCPA 4, Jean-Jacques Boutrou,Director of AVSF 5, and Hervé Lejeune, FAO Assistant Director-General, discussedtheir viewpoints. The day concluded with the screening of a film (The Boucledu Mouhoun Union, a farmer-to-farmer co-operation model in Burkina Faso)with commentary from its authors, Soumabéré Dioma and journalist ErnestKambiré.

“Food security, beyond an emergency” meetingOn 3 March, to mark the publication of the latest issue of Courrier de laPlanète, FARM and the journal’s editorial team organised a debate on foodsecurity challenges in West Africa. The meeting attracted more than 50people to FARM’s stand at the IAS.

ı It was led by Damien Conaré, editor-in-chief of Courrier de la Planète, andfeatured four speakers, namely Arlène Alpha from GRET (Research and Tech-nological Exchange Group), Lionel Guezodjé, a FARM partner farmer in Benin,Sujiro Seam from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE)and Bernard Bachelier from FARM.

1 / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations - 2 / Author of For a few degrees more (Our economic choices faced with climate risk 3 / Clean Develop-ment Mechanisms - 4 / Boucle du Mouhoun Union of Agricultural Product Marketing Groups (Burkina Faso) - 5 / Agronomists and Vets Without Borders

Speakers and Chairman of the Food Security, beyondan emergency debate

Speakers at the From Copenhagen to Dédougou conference

Hervé Lejeune, FAO Assistant Director-General – PatrickDugué, CIRAD– Soumabéré Dioma, Executive Secretary ofthe UGCPA– Jean-Jacques Boutrou, Director of AVSF

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projects and operations

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pilot projects: trying out approaches, enhancing know-howand basing recommendations on the reality on the ground,in continual dialogue with studies.

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At the end of 2009, FARM was supporting seven professional farming organisations to improve food securityin five West African countries, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Togo. In 2010, FARM’s support willbenefit more than 1,700 small farmers.

FARM continues its commitment to producers’ organisations The agricultural outcome of the projects was positive in 2009. However, the outcome in terms of how thesectors functioned varied depending on the level of structure and maturity of the groups.

mali „ In Tongorongo, the yields achieved during the 2009/2010 crop year were 1.4 tonne per hectare onaverage, compared with 1 tonne per hectare on land outside the FARM project. However, there were a fewproblems with repaying loans, due mainly to management inherent in the group. To resolve these problems,FARM paid for two courses run by Malian organisations. One was aimed at members of the Djam Walde asso-ciation and concerned the use of rice steaming plants and managing expenditure and revenues relating to thefacilities. The other was aimed at rice producers and concerned managing input supplies, marketing rice andstructuring the organisation. These courses started in January 2010.

burkina faso „ In Dédougou, the maize yields achieved by the Boucle du Mouhoun Union of Agricul-tural Product Marketing Groups (UGCPA-BM) for the 2009/2010 crop year were 2.4 tonnes per hectare on average(compared with a regional average of 1.7 tonnes per hectare) and sorghum yields were 1.4 tonnes per hectare(compared with a regional average of 1.1 tonnes per hectare). The quantity of cereal collected came to more than2,000 tonnes for all UGCPA members combined.

The aim of FARM’s food projects based in WestAfrica is to increase local cereal productionand cereal sales on local markets in the longterm. To achieve this, its projects aim to improvethe economic side of producers’ organisations.Its approach consists of providing long-termsupport for existing organisations wantingto develop services for their members, in linewith internal democracy and transparentmanagement.

FARM’s support is comprised of two mainfacets:■ Access to credit and contact with financialinstitutions to facilitate access to productionmeans for the rural population; ■ Technical and management training forproducers and officials.By promoting access to finance, the food projectsaim to enable agriculture to generate marginscapable of making farming groups self-sufficient.

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Workshop at the Dédougou Union of Producers - Burkina Faso

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FARM supported several of the Union’s initiatives. Firstly, it financed the construction of a fertiliser storagewarehouse to enable the UGCPA to meet growing demand from its members and establish their loyalty. In fact,the farmers promise to sell the co-operative their harvest in return for fertiliser supplies at preferential prices.Secondly, FARM supported the Union to enable it to start up sorghum and maize seed channels with aroundforty producers. Finally, FARM is subsidising the establishment of a family farm advisory service in order forfarmers to receive guidance from a consultant farmer during the crop year.

„ In Di, the yields achieved by producers from the Co-operative Society, which is structured and supported by theSourou Valley Development Authority (AMVS), were 2.9 tonnes per hectare on average in its area. In 2009, FARMdoubled its coverage to two irrigated areas totalling 141 hectares, and 49 producers. FARM also financed functionalliteracy and “co-operative discipline” courses.

„ Finally, in Koutiala, the Koutiala Motorised Farmers’ Co-operative (CEMK) collected and sold around 150 tonnesof cereal in 2009/2010. AFDI-Aveyron [French Farmers and International Development] continued to assist the co-operative with missions to support the structuring of the CEMK and put in place new services which will benefitfrom FARM financial aid during the 2010 crop year.

Give fresh impetus to food projectsIn 2009, support from sponsors enabled the launch of three new projects: one in Southern Benin (Zogbodomey),one in English-speaking Northern Ghana and one in Northern Togo. During the meeting at the end of the 2009 cropyear, all the sponsors promised to renew their funding for the 2010 crop year.

In Southern Benin, FARM responded to a call from the Zogbodomey Municipal Union of Producers (UCPZ), a struc-ture that works with State agricultural services and a microfinance institution, by supporting 252 producers to growrice and maize. In particular, it supported the purchase of fertiliser and seed and the establishment of a “crop yearcredit line” to pay for labour. The bottom line for the first crop year was extremely positive, with a rise from 0.85 to2.4 tonnes per hectare for maize thanks to improved seeds and the use of fertiliser, and from 2.8 to 3.2 tonnes perhectare for rice.

ı An additional subsidy funded training on crop management plans and a study into the feasibility of setting up aninventory credit system (warrantage). This type of credit enables crops to be pooled and sold when the market priceis attractive. This sales channel, which did not exist in 2009 due to the lack of appropriate physical and financialinfrastructures, will be up and running in 2010.

ı The second project launched in 2009, namely supporting the Peasant Farmers’ Association of Ghana, isFARM’s first foray into an English-speaking country. The PFAG is a national association with 25,000 members,and FARM intervened locally in the villages around the town of Tamale to help nine groups of men and womenproducing soya for human consumption. By providing them with working capital, FARM helped them to financea service provider for motorised ploughing, as well as buy seeds and phytosanitary products. In addition, a subsidy enabled courses on crop management plans and on the economic management of farms.The initial results in terms of yields still vary considerably between 0.3 and 1.4 tonnes per hectare on accountof differing technical skills and plot location. The PFAG sold around 24 tonnes of soya with a local processingplant.

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ı Finally, FARM took action in Dapaong in Northern Togo involvingthe Regional Union of Cereal Producers’ Organisations of theSavannah Region (UROPC – S). In partnership with Agronomists andVets Without Borders (AVSF) and INADES, the Togolese NGO whichproposed the project, FARM supported 200 men and women produ-cers by financing a guarantee fund to generate a storage credit line.Used at the end of the harvest, it enabled the producers to store66 tonnes of cereal and receive early remuneration ahead of sale.Courses on using inventory credit, group management and inte-grated soil fertility management were also funded. A guaranteefund to buy inputs will be set up in 2010.Together, these new projects are expanding FARM’s approach toinclude marketing, through storage credit in Benin and Togo. Further-more, they correspond to the desire to put FARM’s approach to thetest in different ecosystems, such as in Benin, and in different insti-

tutional contexts, such as in Ghana, in order to set benchmarks.

farm supports the organic business guide

The IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) publishes the Organic Business Guide.FARM supported the translation, layout and printing for the French version. The production and sale of organic produceis continuing to rise in low and medium-income countries: it enables smallholders to increase their incomes atthe same time as farming their land in a more sustainable way and to have access to high-potential local andinternational markets. The aim of this guide is to help all those involved in launching and developing organicbusinesses with smallholders. The objective is to provide practical support for developing economically-viableinitiatives in the field of organic production.

a charity product with toiles de mayenne to support compost production in burkina faso

In June 2009, Toiles de Mayenne and FARM decided to respond to calls to support organic manure produc-tion from cotton producers in Eastern Burkina Faso, by entering into a Charity Product contract: to fund the project,FARM will receive some of the profits made by Toiles de Mayenne from the “made from eco-responsible fabric”range of furnishing fabrics.

As well as being the basis for organic cropping, organic manure is also essential for ensuring long-term soilfertility in crop management plans using mineral fertilisers. ı The project includes training (soil fertility, building compost pits and producing compost) provided by the BurkinaFasan association Fauna and Development in Burkina (AFAUDEB), and supplies the equipment needed to buildand stabilise pits and produce and transport compost. Following a mission carried out by the two volunteerssupporting the project (a first for FARM), the project was launched in early 2010 with the first training courses,which took place in the village of Kikidempo.

Cotton transport - Burkina Faso Compost pit - Burkina Faso Loom in Fada N'Gourma - Burkina Faso

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Combining its two missions as a think tank and a centre for field initiatives, FARM carried out a major studyworking closely with the CIRAD [Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Research for Development]to assess the eventual environmental impact of the food projects carried out in West Africa.

Assessing the environmental sustainability of the food production systems supported by FARM in Mali and Burkina Faso

The study completed in 2009, which FARM commissioned from Patrick Dugué, a researcher from the CIRAD, entailedfour objectives:1 > to identify sustainable cropping systems based on rational and responsible management of intensification ofthe use of chemical and organic inputs, in consultation with groups and producers;2 > to establish a method for applying these cropping systems involving producers;3 > to select key indicators to measure the environmental impact of the intensification measures carried out in theframework of the projects supported by FARM;4 > to make recommendations concerning the environmental follow-up/assessment mechanism to be implementedwith a view to extending the initiatives to other farmers within the groups.

Monitoring and assessmentat UGPCA

ı Following the preliminary report delivered inFebruary 2009, UGCPA [Union of Agricultural Pro-duct Marketing Groups] wished to look into theapplication of the recommendations and into settingup a follow-up and assessment system for inputsupplies and cereal marketing. After preliminarywork with local elected representatives andUGCPA employees to determine the scope of thestudy, surveys were carried out between August andOctober 2009 involving 37 farms in four of theUGCPA’s action zones.The Union was presented with the summarisedresults and analysis of these surveys in Dédougouon 2 December. This highlighted several findings,namely disparities in the use of fertilisers and inthe production of organic manure, the clear inten-sification of fertiliser in sorghum cropping as a resultof the inputs supplied by the UGCPA, and the rela-tively low levels of biomass recycling, which has along way to go in terms of enabling the use of theagronomic potential available.

ı Furthermore, this support mission allowed the follow-up/assessment objectives and corresponding indicators tobe adjusted for the 2009/2010 crop year. The required data were collected in August-September 2009, then in January-March 2010. Based on this mission, the UGCPA proposed rolling out an agro-environmental action plan in 2010including a subsidy to buy accessories to produce organic manure and for exchange visits to Mali to study the useof composted biomass. In addition, a specific budget has been set aside to follow up and assess environmental andsocio-economic indicators (input supplies, cereal marketing, etc.).In more general terms, this mission is the first step in developing economic, social and environmental indicatorsapplicable to FARM’s food projects.

Water well - Burkina Faso

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farm supports two PhDs

FARM is supporting two PhDs. These studies provide food for thought and support the thrust of field projects.

Applying ICTs to farming development in the main developing economies, particularly in West Africa

The purpose of this study is to develop anapproach for integrating ICTs into FARM’sprojects, in a context where the limited spreadof these technologies can be explained bycultural phenomena.

The PhD rests on two theoretical bases. Thefirst maintains that a community’s specificsocio-cultural aspects matter more when itcomes to appropriating ICTs than technicalconsiderations. The second is the "priority tofarmers" model, the effect of which is respectfor the user, turning the beneficiary into apartner. The research methodology favoursinformal conversations and participation in so-cial and farming life.

ı The study was carried out in three stages.After an initial mission to West Africa in June2008 and a three-week study trip to India inearly 2009, a six-month mission took place inthe Boucle du Mouhoun region of Burkina Faso.This enabled a qualitative study to be carriedout involving around forty farmers in 18 villages.

ı The first results were unveiled at a conferenceon the Indian models in FARM’s offices on 8 June2009, then in Bordeaux as part of the Netsuds2009 symposium in October. The conclusion wasthat at least three conditions need to be met inorder for farmers to be able to use the applica-tions, i.e. relevant content developed in partner-ship with users, a simple technical interfacesuited to an oral culture, and a legitimate personto act as mediator, with responsibility for gettinglocal stakeholders involved so that they takeownership of the system.

Economic foundationsfor defining agricultural policiesfor Sub-Saharan Africa

The basis of this study is the finding thatthere is no consensus about the agriculturalpolicies to be carried out, nor about the toolsto guide policy-makers. The PhD focuses ontwo issues, namely the role of agriculture indevelopment and the justification for Stateintervention.

The global context has challenged the interpre-tation of a certain number of stylised factsabout the farming sector and public interven-tion. As the thesis concerns redesigning publicpolicies, it aims to show how economics justifiesthe existence of these policies in the farmingsector and can support how they are determinedin the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

ı From the point of view of methodology, thethesis relies on computable general equilibriummodels, which provide an analysis frameworkfor quantifying what impact a sector-basedpolicy choice has on the economy as a whole.Particularly suited to modelling developingcountries, they are widely used and carry signi-ficant weight in policy decisions.

ı Given the discussions to which their resultsare subject, the thesis will attempt to explainin detail their underlying hypotheses, impactson results and interpretation.

Distance technical farming advice - eSagu Project, India – Ploughing a field - Benin

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In April 2009, FARM was invited to the Morocco Agriculture Show in Meknes for a conference on family farmingorganised by Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture. This conference provided an opportunity to unveil the results of thepilot phase of the Mediterranean Irrigators’ Network (RIM) project supported by the Foundation.

An audience of farmers, researchers and Ministry of Agriculture officials were told about this project, which is oneof the priorities of Green Morocco Plan (Plan Maroc Vert). This plan, which aims to support family farming, includestraining courses, support for producers’ organisations, co-operatives and irrigators’ associations and the establish-ment of a national resource centre for small farming. The RIM project shows the large amount of commonground between the approaches adopted by Morocco and FARM, as well as the defining aspect of the issue ofwater in North Africa.

ı The pilot phase of the RIM project, which took place in 2008, consisted of four training modules put together withassistance from instructors from the National School of Agriculture of Meknes and researchers from the CIRAD[Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Research for Development], with the support of FARM andthe French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. It benefited 80 farming officials from different parts of Moroccowho belong to the Raccord Association (Support Network for Farming Co-operatives and Rural Organisations forDevelopment). The training modules were put together on a participatory basis on the themes of drip irrigation,irrigators’ associations and collective water resource management, and adapting to cropping systems associatedwith water-efficient irrigation techniques (market gardening, olive cultivation and silage maize). The final module,which related to group dynamics, was organised by Raccord itself.

ı In April 2009, the results of this pilot phase revealed the project’s strengths, i.e. helping farmers to take respon-sibility (the farmers responded by gradually taking over organising training courses), bringing together instructorsfrom different backgrounds (farming, research, teaching and research offices) and creating modules together withfarmers through a participatory approach.

Irrigation canal in the Middle Sebou -Morocco – Inspecting fields -Morocco – Irrigated perimeter in the Middle Sebou -Morocco

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Based on these results, a second phase of the project was developed in 2009 and launchedin 2010 with FARM’s support.

The role of the Raccord network, which will be directly responsible for organising the training courses, has beenstrengthened, thereby supporting the dynamics of producers’ groups. In addition, the regional dimension of theproject in North Africa will be enhanced. This second phase will focus on three main areas:1 > rolling out the first phase training courses locally in different parts of Morocco, carried out by Raccord memberorganisations, which will benefit 150 farmers;2 > a Rural University pilot project to support around fifty farming officials as they design, study and set up practicalprojects in the area of water-efficient irrigation systems enabling high added value crops;3 > the launch of training courses in Algeria, in partnership with the Agricultural College of Algiers and an Algeriandesign engineering company. The courses will be held in Lower Cheliff and Mitidja, and will benefit around 50 farmers.

Access to sanitation in rural Sahel is a long way off the Millen-nium Development Goals, one of this being to halve the numberof people without access to basic sanitation facilities by 2015. ı In Sub-Saharan Africa today, 65% of the population are withoutaccess, with all the negative impacts this entails in terms ofthe environment, health (spread of disease by insects) and eco-nomic development in rural areas. For these reasons, it is centralto FARM’s water strategy.ı Alongside the SIAAP (Paris Area Interdepartmental SanitationAssociation), the French Ministry of Foreign and EuropeanAffairs and the Seine-Normandie Water Board, FARM commis-sioned a study carried out by the NGO Eau Vive into affordablesanitation techniques in rural Sahel. Given the finding thatsubsidised capital programmes do not produce a ripple effect,the issue was to determine the conditions for a sustainablemarket based on demand from people and supply from localoperators, to enable the installation of latrines.

ı The study methodology was based on analysing subsidised programmes and on surveys carried out in four countries(Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Niger).The interim results were unveiled to the authorities of these countries duringa workshop held in Ouagadougou in December 2009. The final conclusions, aimed at governments, elected villagerepresentatives, the NGOs which support them, design offices and lenders, were published in March 2010.ı These results highlight three main points: firstly, that the current pace at which facilities are being installed willnot enable the Millennium Goals to be met; secondly, that the main obstacle to providing households with facilitiesis cost and not ignorance about the benefits; and finally that cheaper latrine models exist which still meet healthstandards.This study suggests ideas and operational projects for FARM and its partners, particularly as regards financing systemsfor supporting household demand.

Rural school latrines in deptkedougou - Senegal

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FARM’s founders (Crédit Agricole S.A., which is also a sponsor, GDF-Suez, the Casino Group, Limagrain Vilmorin,Air France and the French Development Agency) provide it with the means to function and fulfil its role as a thinktank, accumulating know-how and skills. However, its operational projects, which are an integral part of its mission,rely on resources provided by sponsors.

Sponsors and the food crisis

Thanks to the swift mobilisation of these sponsors and the responsivenessafforded by the use of private funds, FARM was able to answer within the spaceof a few months during the 2008 food crisis the needs of hundreds of WestAfrican farmers, and achieve results by as early as the 2008-2009 crop year.This support is ongoing and growing today, thanks to the sponsors renewingtheir commitment.

ı In addition, private funding means that it is possible to respond accurately tothe needs of supported farmers, who are selected from among those capableof producing a surplus, which can then be sold. After looking into their needs,they are provided with specific solutions as part of a long-term partnership.

ı Finally, pooling sponsors’ resources boosts the impact of contributions on theground and ensures respect for the charitable nature of what FARM does in termsof its initiatives serving only to help the beneficiaries, without any interferencefrom the sponsors’ commercial activities.

The role played by individual donors

Alongside donations from companies, FARM appeals for donations from private individuals for a number of reasons.Firstly, because of the scale of the challenge, which is why everyone should get involved, and secondly because ofthe specific nature of its approach, which aims to develop the economic side of producers’ organisations in the longterm. This requires long-term funding from large numbers of loyal, private donors. As far as FARM is concerned,every donation matters. The challenge is to ensure that we receive as many donations as possible in order to supportas many African farmers as we can.

sponsor companies

They support activities through contributions in kind and targeted financial contributions. The individualswho are FARM Friends are Christian de Boissieu, Deputy Chairman of the French Economic Analysis Council,and Erik Orsenna, of the Académie Française. The institutions which are FARM friends are the AFEID (FrenchNational Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage), the CIRAD (Centre for Inter-national Co-operation in Agricultural Research for Development), the GNIS (French National InterprofessionalGroup for Seeds and Plants) and Sofiprotéol, the financial arm of the French vegetable oil and proteinssector, represented on the Board of Directors by Xavier Beulin.

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applications sources

14 October: an opportunity to outline results and thank sponsors

The success of FARM’s initiatives is primarily down to the people who support them. As well as quarterly projectfollow-up meetings attended by sponsor companies, FARM invited all the donors to a meeting to highlight theirmotivations, outline the results of the first two crop years and show how this approach is setting benchmarks.

ı After being welcomed by René Carron, Chairman ofboth FARM and Crédit Agricole S.A., the guests heardfrom Stéphane Le Moing, Head of the Departmentfor International Relations at the French Ministry ofFood, Agriculture and Fisheries, about the globalfood security partnership, and from Bernard Bachelier,Director of FARM, about the new food securityproposals.

ı Billy Troy, operational project co-ordinator for FARM,reported on the results of donor mobilisation. Thetwo new projects for 2009 were outlined by LionelGuezodjé, Chairman of the Zogbodome Producers’Union (Benin), and by Ludovic Larbodière, Develop-ment Operations Director for Agronomists and VetsWithout Borders (AVSF).

ı The meeting concluded with talks by Vincent Gros,Chairman of BASF Agro, about the commitment ofdonors and sponsors, by François Traoré, a Burkina Fasanfarming official, by Marianne Bosshein, a privatedonor who supports FARM, and by Erik Orsenna ofthe Académie Française, Deputy Chairman of theFoundation.

René Carron, Chairman of FARM and BernardBachelier, Director of FARM

Stéphane Le Moing, Head of the Departmentfor International Relations at the French Ministryof Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ludovic Larbodière, AVSF – Lionel Guezodjé, UCPZ Billy Troy, FARM

Denis Tardit, Chairman of Syngenta Agro SAS andVincent Gros, Group Vice President, BASF

François Traoré, Honorary Chairman of AProCA(African Cotton Producers' Association)

Erik Orsenna, Deputy Chairman of FARM

statement of sources and applications 2009

total: 1 355 069 euros total: 1 355 069 euros

agricultural policy think tank163 232 €12 % conferences

30 124 €2 %

training/cotton130 386 €10 %

food projects andappropriation to guaranteefunds 372 442 €27 %

ict innovation68 777 €5 %

collection costs74 637 € / 6 %

communication costs46 786 € / 3 %

agriculture show59 954 € / 4 %

management/administrationpersonnel costs148 195 € / 11 %

miscellaneous running costs120 705 €

9 %

microfinance64 203 €5 %

water/energy75 628 €6 %

sponsorship contributions318 655 €24 %

subsidies and otherpublic support76 713 €6 %

write-back of provisions150 064 €11 %

financial income107 190 €8 %

founders' contribution

635 009 €47 %

cash donations31 676 €2 %

re-invoicingand other income

35 762 €

2 %

Bernard BachelierDirecteurDirector00 33 (0)1 43 23 61 98bernard.bachelier@fondation-farm.org

Cecilia BelloraAdjointe au directeurChef de projet – Politiques agricolesAdjunct to the DirectorAgricultural policies – Project manager00 33 (0)1 43 23 68 14cecilia.bellora@fondation-farm.org

Jean-Jacques BaraërChargé de missionProject Manager00 33 (0)1 43 23 74 33jean-jacques.baraer@fondation-farm.org

Mathilde DouilletChargée d’études – Politiques agricolesResearch analyst –Agricultural policies, PhD00 33 (0)1 57 72 13 55mathilde.douillet@fondation-farm.org

Eric LesieurGestionnaireAdministrative Manager00 33 (0)1 57 72 32 13eric.lesieur@fondation-farm.org

Pierre GirardChef de projet –VivrierFood production–Project leader00 33 (0)1 43 23 00 17pierre.girard@fondation-farm.org

Sophie KamechDocumentalisteLibrarian–documentalist00 33 (0)1 43 23 44 24sophie.kamech@fondation-farm.org

Bruno MartinWebmasterWebmaster00 33 (0)1 43 23 65 02bruno.martin@fondation-farm.org

Fabrice LarueChef de projet – Financementet gestion des filièresFinancing and Management of Value ChainsProject Leader 00 33 (0)1 57 72 09 78fabrice.larue@fondation-farm.org

Eric PasquatiChef de projet – TIC, doctorantICT – Project manager, PhD00 33 (0)1 57 72 13 54eric.pasquati@fondation-farm.org

Patricia RaffinAssistante du directeurAssistant to the Director00 33 (0)1 57 72 07 19patricia.raffin@fondation-farm.org

Solange SalvaChargée de gestion administrativeAssistant00 33 (0)1 57 72 20 55solange.salva@fondation-farm.org

Billy TroyAdjoint au directeurChef de projet – EauAdjunct to the DirectorWater – Project manager00 33 (0)1 43 23 00 10billy.troy@fondation-farm.org

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publications de FARM

■ L'Imparfaite transmission des prix mondiaux aux marchés agricoles d'Afrique subsaharienne (english translation available)David-Benz H., Diallo A., Lançon F.,Meuriot V., Rasolofo P., Temple L., Wane A., FARM, 2009.

■ Efficacité des politiques de stabilisation des prix alimentaires en Afrique subsaharienne : le cas du Mali (english translation available)Galtier F., Diakité L., Diarra S., FARM, 2009.

■ Étude d’évaluation environnementale et du développement des systèmes de production durables dans le cadre du soutien à la production vivrière au Mali et au Burkina FasoDugué P., FARM, 2009.

■ Une approche « pro-business » pour promouvoir les fonctions économiques des organisations agricoles (english translation available)Bachelier B., 2009.

■ Face à la crise, le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) change son approche - 2009.

■ Note de lecture du dossier « Forces et faiblesses des politiques agricoles » de la revue Politique étrangère - 2009.

■ Pour une meilleure diffusion des ouvrages d’assainissement en milieu rural sahélien 80 propositions concrètes, FARM, Eau Vive, AESN, SIAAP, MAEE, 2010.

publications dans des revues ou publications d'ouvrages

■ Exclusion et liens financiers : Microfinance pour l'agriculture des pays du Sud Rapport 2008-2009, Morvant-Roux S., éd. Economica, 2009.

■ Baisse des investissements dans l’agriculture et crise alimentaireBellora C. & Douillet M., Revue politique et parlementaire n° 1051, 2009.

■ Les Producteurs du Sud face à la complexité des marchésBellora C. & Douillet M.,Techniques financières et développementn°94, 2009.

■ La motorisation est-elle utile aux exploitations familiales du bassin cotonnier malien? Girard P. & Dugué P., Grain de sel n°48, 2009.

■ Entre sécurisation des droits fonciers et accaparement des terresBellora C. & Douillet M., La Propriété privée rurale n°393, 2010.

■ La Démarche « pro-business » de la fondation FARM Bachelier B., La Propriété privée rurale n°393, 2010.

■ Aspects socioculturels des usages des TIC dans le développement rural en Afrique Pasquati E., Communication & langages n°163, mars 2010, pp 107-119

publications

le site électronique de farm devient interactifDeux nouveaux blogs ont été lancés, l'un détaille les avancées du projet soutenu par le produit partagede Toiles de Mayenne, l'autre est un « espace d'expression et de dialogue direct, exempt de forma-lisme » rédigé par le directeur de FARM, Bernard Bachelier. Les pages du site internet se sont en outreenrichies des textes de personnes proches de la fondation, telles qu’Hervé Bichat ou Michel Petit,regroupés dans un « espace de parole », ouvert aux commentaires. L'objectif est de favoriser les échanges avec les internautes et les utilisateurs du site de FARM.

farm’s website goes interactiveTwo new blogs have been launched: one detailing the progress of the project supported by Toiles deMayenne’s charity product and one written by FARM’s director, Bernard Bachelier, as "an informal spacefor expressing views and direct dialogue". The website’s pages now also include contributions from peopleclose to the foundation, including Hervé Bichat and Michel Petit, which feature in a "dialogue space"open to comments. The objective is to promote exchanges with Internet users and FARM site users.

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composition du conseil d'administration composition of the board of directorscollège des fondateurs founders’s college■ René Carron, Président du conseil d’administration - Chairman of the Board of Directors■ Jean-Louis Blanc, Directeur du développement France de GDF-Suez, trésorier - Director of Development-France for GDF-Suez, Treasurer■ Jean-Yves Grosclaude, Directeur technique opérationnel à l’Agence française de développement (AFD) - Operational Technical Directorat the French Development Agency (AFD)

■ Jean-Claude Guillon, Directeur de la stratégie et de la communication du groupe Limagrain - Strategy and Communication Directorfor the Limagrain Group

■ Claude Risac, Directeur des relations extérieures du groupe Casino - External Relations Director for the Casino Group

collège des amis de la fondation college of friends of the foundation■ Erik Orsenna, Académicien, Conseiller d’État, Vice-Président du conseil d’administration - member of the Académie Française, Councillor of State,Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

■ Christian de Boissieu, Président du Conseil d’analyse économique (CAE) et du Conseil de stratégie pour l’agriculture et l’agro-industrie durable (CSAAD) - Chairman of the Council for Economic Analysis (CAE) and the Strategy Council for Sustainable Agriculture and Agroindustry (CSAAD)

■ Xavier Beulin, Président de Sofiprotéol et Vice-président de la Fédération nationale des syndicats d’exploitants agricoles (FNSEA) - Chairmanof Sofiprotéol and Deputy Chairman of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA)

collège des personnalités qualifiées college of eminent persons■ Jean-Paul Betbèze, Professeur des universités, Chef économiste de Crédit Agricole S.A., Secrétaire du conseil d’administration - Universityprofessor, Chief Economist for Crédit Agricole S.A., Secretary of the Board of Directors

■ Sylvie Brunel, Géographe, Professeur à l’université de la Sorbonne - Geographer, Professor at the Sorbonne ■ Michel Camdessus, ancien Gouverneur de la Banque de France et ancien Directeur Général du Fonds monétaire international (FMI)

former Governor of the Bank of France and former Director-General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)■ Christiane Lambert, Vice-présidente de la Fédération nationale des syndicats d’exploitants agricoles (FNSEA) - Deputy Chairwoman of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA)

■ Hervé Lejeune, Inspecteur général de l’agriculture, Sous-directeur général de la FAO - General Inspector of Agriculture, FAO Assistant Director General■ Carlo Trojan, Président de l’International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) - Chairman of the International Food and AgriculturalTrade Policy Council (IPC)

composition du conseil scientifique composition of the scientific board■ Michel Petit Professeur à l’Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier (IAMM) - Président du conseil scientifiqueProfessor at Montpellier Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (IAMM) – Chairman of the Scientific Board

■ Jean-Christophe Debar, Directeur d’Agri-US Analyse - Vice-président du conseil scientifique - Director of Agri-US Analyse Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Board

■ Jean-Paul Azam, Professeur à l’université de Toulouse I, Directeur de l’atelier de recherche quantitative appliquée au développement Professor at the University of Toulouse I, Director of the Workshop on Development-Applied Quantitative Research

■ Antoine Bouët, Professeur agrégé d’économie, Chercheur senior à l’International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, Washington)Associate Professor of Economics, Senior Researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, Washington)

■ Henri Carsalade, Président d’Agropolis International et d’Agropolis Fondation - Chairman of Agropolis International andthe Agropolis Foundation

■ Alia Gana, Professeur de sociologie rurale à l’université de Tunis (Tunisie) et de Paris X (France) - Professor of Rural Sociologyat the University of Tunis (Tunisia) and Paris X (France)

■ Suresh Gokhalé, Vétérinaire, Vice-président de la Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF, Inde) - Vet, Deputy Chairman of BharatiyaAgro Industries Foundation (BAIF, India)

■ Oumar Niangado, Docteur en amélioration des plantes, ancien Directeur d’études rurales du Mali, Délégué au Mali de la FondationSyngenta pour une agriculture durable - Doctor of plant breeding, former Malian Director of Rural Studies, Malian delegateof the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

■ Marcelo Regunaga, Vice-président de l’International Policy Council on Food and Agricultural Trade - Deputy Chairman of the InternationalPolicy Council on Food and Agricultural Trade

■ Alain Retière, Directeur de CLIMSAT au sein du programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD) - Director of CLIMSATin the framework of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

■ Marie-Andrée Tall, Présidente de l’association Afrique agroexport (AAFEX), Directrice de Fruitales (Sénégal) - Chair of the African associationAgroEXport (AAFEX), Director of Fruitales (Senegal)

■ Eugene Robert Terry,Membre du Conseil d’administration de l’African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF, Kenya) - memberof the Board of Directors of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF, Kenya)

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Conception-rédaction : La Compagnie d’écriture - Création graphique : agence ThélèmePhotos : photothèque FARM - Alain Goulard - Eau Vive (P. 17)

farm remercie :

Crédit Agricole S.A.

Le ministère de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche

Le centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

ainsi que ses Donateurs et Mécènes

pour le soutien apporté au cours de l’année 2009

farm wishes to thank:

Crédit Agricole S.A.

the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

the Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Researchfor Development

and its Donors

for their support during 2009

les membres fondateurs & amis de farmfarm founders and friends

fondation farmreconnue d’utilité publique

Adresse postale/Postal address91~93, boulevard Pasteur - 75 710 Paris cedex 15 - France

Adresse physique/Office location59~61, rue Pernety - 75014 Paris - France

www.fondation-farm.orgcontact@fondation-farm.org