Improving Institutional Capacity:

Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries

environment in Uganda does not swing too far towards liberalization at the expense of the

government’s role in providing and funding services to farmers.

3.2. Senegal: Cadre de Concertation des Producteurs d’Arachide (CCPA)

This FO is a national-scale organization focused on a single crop: groundnuts. Groundnuts are

the most important cash crop for small-scale farming in Senegal, providing employment for an

estimated 1 million people and taking up an estimated 40% of cultivated land. The

organization profiled here, the CCPA, plays an important role in the coordination of this crop,

bringing together producers and buyers in order to develop the overall market and capture a

greater share of value for its members. A brief summary of the CCPA is given below, followed

by an analysis of its performance on important dimensions.

Table 11: Summary of the CCPA

Type

National-scale; Commodity organization

Mixed-gender, mixed size

Origin

Established in Senegal in November 2001 to support groundnut producers with seed

production, commercialization, and market transformation

Purpose

Unites and organizes producers of the groundnut sector and organize

Establishes sustainable partnerships with external actors

Defends material and moral interests of members

Contributes to the establishment of a national observatory for the sector

Promotes small processing units for products derived from groundnuts

Trains and builds the capacity of groundnuts producers

Footprint

Consists of 51 inter-village producer groups (GIPAs) totalling about 10,200 members. In the

beginning, operated only in the Kaolack district,

but now spans Tambacounda, Kaffrine

and Fatick as well.

Service

provision

Provides the following services for members:



Supports organization and structuring of grassroots producer organizations



Trains for FO leadership



Supports the supply of agricultural inputs



Produces and distributes improved seeds



Supports the commercialization of groundnut production and groundnut processing



Advocates and lobbies for the groundnut sector



Facilitates and mediates between support structures and grassroots producer

organizations

Membership

profile

CCPA membership is indirect, through membership in one of its GIPAs. Member farmers

cultivate, on average, 5-10 hectares. 40% of CCPA members are female.

In the last year, about 800 new farmers joined CCPA through one of its inter-village GIPAs.

Business

model

Currently CCPA is registered as an association (under the Economic Interest grouping) but it

plans to be become a Limited Society.

Funding streams include: membership fees, services fees, credits/loans, partner funding,

and the occasional government grant.

This table is based on interviews with CCPA leadership in Senegal in October 2014

Kaolack is a Senegalese city which is part of the “Bassin arachidier” (Groundnut basin) the area where groundnuts are

mainly produced in Senegal.