Promoting local food production and agri-business owners through advisory services, the creation of new value chain models and agri-tourism development

Project Description
The overall objective of this Action is to improve access to comprehensive agricultural and entrepreneurial-oriented advisory services in order to further develop and market local products and harness agri-tourism potential.
Specific Objective
- Ensuring equal opportunities to local, young and women farmers to access business advice to successfully manage and grow their agri-business;
- Expanding local agri-business value chains and promoting local ingredients and agri-tourism through connecting farmers directly to schools, restaurants and tourist agencies.
Expected Results
- Strengthened local advisory services contributed to community driven agricultural networks that support a market driven small and medium sized farms based agricultural production in the target regions;
- New market opportunities for small and medium sized farms and increased regional consumption of locally produced agricultural products contributed to a sustainable increase in small and medium sized farms’ revenue and the diversification of their income sources;
- Boosted agri-tourism, increased direct sales, and new market linkages contributed to promoting local, traditional foods and the diversification of small and medium sized farms’ income sources;
- Small and medium sized farms’ improved and strengthened their marketing capacities, production and packaging technologies and quality assurance and thus increased their revenue and diversified income sources.
Beneficiaries
Meeting with the farmers at the established Advisory Center
Establishment of the Agriculture Information and Advisory Center
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PROJECT DETAILS
Azerbaijan
Priority Area:
Partnership that creates
Subsector:
Agriculture and rural development
Topic:
Agriculture
Project Status:
Completed
Start Date:
01.09.2020
End Date:
01.09.2022
EU Project Number:
409-603

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