Feasibility Study for the Establishment of AGROPOLES
Republic of Chad
CHALLENGE
It must be noted that for several decades, despite the efforts made by the Chadian government and the multifaceted support of technical and financial partners, agricultural production, in the broadest sense of the term, has still not corresponded to internal consumption needs, at the request of the processing units, and to the balance of trade. Moreover, the gap between the targets and the results obtained are constantly growing. The main challenge for Chad is therefore, to enhance the immense potential for agro-sylvo-pastoral and the country's fishing industry.
In the logic of the 2030 vision, the National Development Program (2017-2021), the Government of the Republic of Chad commits itself to a new option for its rural development. This option is based on the implementation of agropoles. Generally speaking, this project includes:
- Define a planning and programming framework for activities that contribute to the development of agropoles in the Republic of Chad.
- Identify the actors, resources, design the approach and the organisation and the operation of the agropoles.
- Identify and make experts available for technical and managerial support; and of the actors in order to guarantee the desired levels of production, processing and marketing of the targeted products.
SOLUTION
AMSCO has been requested by the Government of Chad through the Ministry of Economy and Development Planning to prepare the draft document of creation of the Agropoles and for the establishment of the said Agropoles. AMSCO led the studies to have the development plan for the agropoles in Chad, which have as a support for the restructuring of the internal and external environments of the activities contributing to the optimal functioning of future agropoles.
IMPACTS
At the end of the collection of information in the field and in the documentary review, the results obtained were articulated in three points in particular:
- The results by agropole
- The aggregated results at national level.
- The analysis, using econometric simulations, of the effects and impacts of the implementation of the agropoles.
We have defined the method of financing, the steering mechanism (regional unit, national coordination, budget, coordination mechanism), and the prospects for development. The impact study of the establishment of these agropoles enabled us to measure the repercussions on the following points:
- The balance of trade (increase in exports and reduction of imports)
- Food security (increased availability, reduced prices, reduction in the isolation of production areas).
- Employment (increased supply).
- Revenues (increase)
AMSCO's intervention enabled the Chadian Government to obtain the support of its technical and financial partners, to have an effective strategy and an effective intervention chronogram for the creation of Agropoles from 2020.
