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Last Five Years
$7 2M 43 $19 4M 233K
Investments Number of New Economic People Made Enterprises Activity Generated Impacted
I I Country Partnerships for Greater Impact:
Benin
Benin
Benin
is is a a a a a West African country with a a a a a population of 11 million people Benin’s economy is is primarily based on subsistence agriculture Country Strategy: The USADF country team in
in
Benin
uses an agriculture-led enterprise growth and development strategy to stimulate economic growth in
in
rural communities improve incomes for smallholder farmers and address long-term food security needs Key value chains in
in
in
Benin
include cashews cassava maize and shea Matching Funds Partnership: Over the the past five years the the Government of Benin
contributed nearly $5 million in
in
matching program program funds to expand the impact of USADF programs African Institution Building
Benin
Program Focus*
(Five-Year Profile)
22%
77%
Entrepreneurship
1%
Agriculture • Cashews • Cassava
• Maize
• Shea
*USADF did not program Off-Grid Energy funds in
in
in
Benin
during this five-year period $1 35M 6 $5M
18 United States African Development Foundation
2019
16 4K