ALFA: French private sector partners to contribute to sustainable development of agriculture and livestock in Africa

On 24 March 2023, the ALFA initiative (Agriculture Livestock Fisheries Africa) was officially established as a non-profit association. The event took place in Paris at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council with 50 founding members present, including COLEAD.

Aware that Africa represents an exceptional lever for sustainable growth, the ALFA association aims to prospect and develop value chains in the agriculture and livestock sector, primarily relying on private entrepreneurship.

The goal is to address the economic and food autonomy challenges of the African continent, particularly by promoting all practices for preserving natural resources and climate and ensuring respect for human rights. The association aims to work closely with local actors, promoting reciprocal transfers of technologies and the appropriation of all the know-how needed for a sustainable implementation of agricultural and livestock production sectors.

ALFA was born from the collective will of around 100 French companies, professional organisations, and research and training institutions with activities in Africa to commit together and in dialogue with African, French and European public authorities to the sustainable development of agriculture on the continent.

The ALFA group’s work and missions of the past 18 months should allow the association to quickly become operational on priority topics such as access to finance for MSMEs, transfer of expertise or vocational training identified by ALFA as high-potential levers to act and address the challenges and opportunities that the association, its members, and partners in Africa face.

ALFA is chaired by Karim Ait Talb. The Secretary-General in charge of the operational management of the association will be officially announced soon.