“For more than 30 years, the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) has financed development projects, focusing on multi-country project financing mechanisms and commodity initiatives. These efforts, undertaken by the CFC and its partners, have proven to be highly effective in addressing the challenges and issues faced by the commodity sector in Member Countries.
The CFC’s replicable project outcomes and dissemination products primarily target areas such as market access and development, agro-processing, product competitiveness, infrastructure, marketing, and access to finance, among other commodity sector-related activities. The organization has funded projects involving over 40 different types of commodities, often in partnership with investment funds and equity financing. Commodities funded include abaca, arachis, bamboo and rattan, bananas, cashew, cassava, castor seeds, citrus, cocoa, coconut, coffee, coir, copper, cotton, fish, fonio, groundnuts, gum arabic, hides and skins, jute, lead, maize, meat and livestock, medicinal herbs and plants, olive, palm oil, paprika, potatoes, rice, natural rubber, shea nut, sisal, sorghum and millet, soybean, cane sugar, tea, timber, tropical fruits, spices, and zinc. Most of these commodities are produced predominantly in developing countries, and CFC’s partnerships include investment funds such as the Africa Agriculture & Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), African Agriculture SME Fund, Eco Enterprise Funds, Moringa Agro-forestry Fund, SME Impact Fund, and agRIF Coopertief U.A.”
