The One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in Africa aims to build more sustainable food value chain systems, support family and smallholder farmers to be profitable and improve their livelihoods, minimize the use of chemical inputs and natural resources, reduce food loss and waste, and limit the negative impacts on the environment. It does this through green value chain development for Special Agriculture Products (SAPs), from green production to storage, processing and marketing.
OCOP is an opportunity for African countries to revisit or revamp value chains of important local agriculture products, in collaboration with FAO and other partners, to reap the rewards.
The OCOP initiative coincides with a growing need to diversify agricultural products to meet global consumption needs, and as climate change threatens productivity levels. It recognises that these challenges can be mitigated or overcome through innovation and collaboration.
OCOP also provides a platform for countries to learn from each other so that no one is left behind.
All African FAO Members are encouraged to join the initiative. It is country-owned and country-led.
With the commitment of governments, African countries can become key contributors to regional and international markets for their agriculture products, and drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending poverty and hunger and reducing inequalities.
Countries and their Special Agricultural Products (SAPs)
Benin
- Special Agricultural Product: Honey
- Type of product: Foresty, Breeding
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Mountains, Plantations and Forests
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Cameroon
- Special Agricultural Product: Banana
- Type of Product: Heritage, Horticulture
- Implementation Location: Tropics
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Central African Republic
- Special Agricultural Products: Cassava
Chad
- Special Agricultural Product: Meat
- Type of product: Breeding
- Implementation Location: Drylands, Mountains
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Republic of the Congo
- Special Agricultural Product: Cassava
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Tropics
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Special Agricultural Product: Cassava
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Urban and Semi-Urban Areas
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Djibouti
- Special Agricultural Product: Date Palm (Dates)
- Type of Product: Horticulture, Forest
- Implementation Location: Mountains, Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Equatorial Guinea
- Special Agricultural Product: Cacao
- Type of Product: Field
- Implementation Location: Tropics
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Eritrea
- Special Agricultural Product: Potato
- Type Of Product: Horticulture
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Mountainous Areas
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Storage
Eswatini
- Special Agricultural Product: Baby Vegetables
- Type of Product: Horticulture
- Implementation Location: Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Marketing
Ethiopia
- Special Agricultural Product: Teff
- Type of product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Tropics
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Storage
Gabon
- Special Agricultural Product: Maize
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Plains
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
The Gambia
- Special Agricultural Product: Groundnut
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Tropics
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Ghana
- Special Agricultural Product: Soyabean
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Guinea
- Special Agricultural Product: Maize
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Urban and Semi-Urban Areas
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Guinea-Bissau
- Special Agricultural Product: Cashew
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Every Region
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Lesotho
- Special Agricultural Product: Potato
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Drylands, Mountains
- Thematic Area: Green Production
Malawi
- Special Agricultural Product: Green Banana
- Type of Product: Horticulture
- Implementation Location: Drylands, Mountains
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Mali
- Special Agricultural Product: Meat
- Type Of Product: Breeding
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation
Mozambique
- Special Agricultural Products: Rice
The Niger
- Special Agricultural Product: Milk
- Type of Product: Breeding
- Implementation Location: Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Transformation, Green Marketing
Rwanda
- Special Agricultural Product: Honey
- Type of Product: Livestock
- Implementation Location: Drylands, Mountainous areas
- Thematic Area: Green production, Green processing
Sierra Leone
- Special Agricultural Product: Rice
- Type of Product: Heritage
- Implementation Location: Inland Valley Swamp, Mangrove
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Somalia
- Special Agricultural Product: Sorghum
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Storage
South Sudan
- Special Agricultural Product: Sorghum
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Mountainous
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
Togo
- Special Agricultural Product: Rice
- Type of Product: Field Crop
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
United Republic of Tanzania
- Special Agricultural Product: Avocado
- Type of Product: Horticultural crop
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green production, Green Marketing
Zambia
- Special Agricultural Product: Onion
- Type of Product: Horticulture
- Implementation Location: Peri-urban and Rural drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Storage
Zimbabwe
- Special Agricultural Product: Soyabean
- Type of Product: Field
- Implementation Location: Tropics, Drylands
- Thematic Area: Green Production, Green Processing
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