Free BDS doesn’t build markets. AMEA’s Cost Share Pilot in Uganda tested a different approach — asking agri-SMEs to co-invest in their own growth and tying provider fees to real outcomes. The results challenge some long-held assumptions about why BDS uptake is low. Read the latest brief in our Learning into Action series.
We are delighted to welcome Ramona Angelescu Naqvi to the AMEA team.
Soil health is one of agriculture’s most underutilised risk management tools. In this webinar, Tom Cadogan (Farm Africa) and Peter Moss (Downforce Technologies) explore how soil intelligence and standards-aligned technical assistance can build more climate-resilient BDS ecosystems. Facilitated by Casey Harrison, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nuru and AMEA.
📅 11 June 2026 | 16:00 CEST | 50 mins
Qu’est-ce qui permet aux organisations paysannes de passer du statut de bénéficiaires passifs à celui d’acteurs moteurs de leur propre développement agricole ? Au Bénin, le PASDeR 3 a consacré cinq ans à répondre à cette question. Sur cette période, le programme a soutenu près de 49 000 exploitations familiales paysannes, généré l’équivalent de 43,2 millions USD de revenus supplémentaires et créé plus de 70 600 emplois équivalents temps plein — tout en faisant évoluer les organisations socio-professionnelles de bénéficiaires à prestataires de BDS. La dernière étude de cas de la série Apprentissage vers l’Action de l’AMEA documente ce qui a fonctionné, ce qui doit encore progresser, et ce que cela signifie pour la mise à l’échelle des approches BDS en Afrique de l’Ouest.
What does it take to move farmer organizations from passive aid recipients to active drivers of their own agricultural economies? In Benin, PASDeR 3 has spent five years finding out. Over that period, the programme supported nearly 49,000 smallholder family farms, generated USD 43.2 million in additional revenue, and created more than 70,600 full-time equivalent jobs — while shifting agricultural unions from beneficiaries to BDS providers. The latest case study in AMEA’s Learning into Action series documents what worked, what still needs attention, and what it means for scaling BDS-led approaches across West Africa.
Rikolto’s BICHOBS project reached nearly 28,400 farmers across Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. AMEA’s latest Learning into Action case study unpacks what worked, what didn’t, and what it means for scaling BDS market systems.
Rikolto’s BICHOBS project reached nearly 28,400 farmers across Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. AMEA’s latest Learning into Action case study unpacks what worked, what didn’t, and what it means for scaling BDS market systems.
L-IFT join us as a global member because it wants to become part of this network that jointly addresses agricultural development and strengthens agri-MSMEs.
2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for transforming BDS markets. Building on
L-IFT join us as a global member because it wants to become part of this network that jointly addresses agricultural development and strengthens agri-MSMEs.