FACET Factsheet

The Fostering Agriculture Competitiveness Employing Information and Communication Technologies (FACET) program, an associate award under the FIELD-Support LWA and managed by FHI 360, is funded by USAID/AFR/SD/EGEA––the partnership that oversees the design and implementation of USAID’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative for sub-Saharan Africa.

Designed to be interactive and collaborative, FACET provides technical assistance to improve competitiveness and productivity across agriculture sub-sectors through the use of ICTs as tools to enhance the functioning and competitiveness of agricultural value chains and facilitate trade in agricultural products across Sub-Saharan Africa.

In line with USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah’s call for an increased focus on evidence-based interventions, documentation and learning dissemination, FACET is incorporating lessons learned and best practices to build collaborative relationships. To achieve its objectives, FACET has two key program components:

• Knowledge sharing across Missions regarding sustainable and scalable approaches using ICT; and
• Short-term technical assistance to projects to help them improve their uses of ICT.