MAEP Benin

What MAEP Benin does

MAEP Benin (Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Élevage et de la Pêche) is the Government of Benin's central ministry responsible for agricultural policy, livestock development, and fisheries management, operating under President Patrice Talon's administration and led by Minister Gaston Cossi Dossouhoui. The ministry exercises statutory regulatory authority over the entire agricultural sector and delivers services through a tiered structure comprising 7 Agricultural Development Poles (ATDA), 12 Departmental Directions (DDAEP), and an e-Government services portal handling transactions such as cold storage authorization, sanitary export certification, and food import controls.

The ministry manages at least 26 active development projects spanning smallholder productivity (PAPAPE, 7.35B FCFA), agricultural infrastructure in the Ouémé Valley (PAIA-VO, 36.9B FCFA), continental aquaculture vulgarization across all 77 communes (PROVAC, 5.0B FCFA), rural financial services adaptation (16.3B FCFA), and the newly launched Roots and Tubers Value Chain Development (PDCV-RT, 41B FCFA). It coordinates with multilateral development partners — IFAD, JICA, GIZ, the Islamic Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and FAO — and runs capacity-building programs including the Agrostudies Israel internship and FNDA financing for returning entrepreneurs.

Revenue mechanics are entirely budget-driven: the FY2025 budget presented to the National Assembly on November 25, 2024 is 146,904,938,746 FCFA, representing a 25.16% year-over-year increase. Funding is split between administrative expenditure and a 86.05B FCFA investment budget covering 18 mixed-financing and 13 domestic-financed projects. The ministry does not generate commercial revenue; ancillary administrative fees (e.g., 40,000 FCFA expertise fees plus 1,000 FCFA per tonne for cold storage authorization) are immaterial to overall funding. Approximately 83 employees staff the core ministry, with broader execution capacity delivered through departmental and project implementation units nationwide.

Name

MAEP Benin

Legal name

Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche du Bénin

Website

https://agriculture.gouv.bj

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

MAEP Benin is the Government of Benin's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, regulating and coordinating the national agricultural sector through 7 development poles, 12 departmental directions, and 26+ active development projects serving smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agribusinesses across all 77 communes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Services

NAICS

Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities (92614)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Administration (BPAIAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory Compliance, Permitting & Audit Readiness (Food Safety, Environmental, Labor) (AFACAJAE), Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG), Capital Projects & Farm Expansion Advisory (Feasibility, Site Planning, ROI) (AFACAJAN)

Keywords

• Agricultural policy development
• Livestock development programs
• Fisheries management services
• Rural development projects
• Agricultural statistics systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Cotonou

HQ country

Benin

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: MAEP operates as a government ministry funded through national budget allocations. The 2025 budget is 146,904,938,746 FCFA representing a 25.16% increase from 2024's 117,376,753,956 FCFA. Funding supports agricultural development programs, livestock development (14,992,908,937 FCFA allocated in 2025), and fisheries/aquaculture (7,854,090,413 FCFA in 2025).

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MAEP Benin is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Republic of Benin, functioning as the central government authority for agricultural policy formulation, livestock development, fisheries and aquaculture management, and food safety regulation. The ministry administers development projects, issues administrative authorizations and sanitary certifications, and coordinates agricultural extension services across all 77 communes and 12 departments of Benin through 7 Agricultural Development Poles, 12 Departmental Directions, and dedicated technical directions. It operates development programs partly financed by IFAD, JICA, BID, BAD, FAO, and GIZ, and channels agricultural financing through the Fonds National de Développement Agricole (FNDA).

Product overview

MAEP Benin (Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche) operates an official government information and services portal providing administrative services, development programs, and institutional information for Benin's agricultural, livestock, and fisheries sectors. The portal functions as a unified platform combining: (1) Administrative services including authorization for cold storage facility installation, sanitary certifications for food imports/exports, and product registration; (2) A project management interface showcasing five major development initiatives covering rural finance (Projet d'Appui à la Promotion des Services Financiers Ruraux Adaptés), agricultural infrastructure (PAIA-VO), smallholder productivity (PAPAPE), continental aquaculture vulgarization (PROVAC), and ruminant sedentarization; (3) Institutional information including budget presentations, ministerial communications, departmental directories, and agricultural statistics. The portal serves as the primary digital interface for Benin citizens and stakeholders to access government services and information in the agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Délivrance d'autorisation d'Implantation de Chambre Froide Halieutique/Animale Administrative service operated by the Direction de la Production Halieutique (DPH) that processes authorization requests for installing cold storage facilities for fishery and animal products. Involves dossier submission, technical review, and issuance of authorization based on inspection outcomes. Fees: 40,000 FCFA expertise fee plus 1,000 FCFA per tonne authorization fee.
• Service de Délivrance de récépissé de contrôle sur les produits alimentaires importés Administrative service for issuing receipt/acknowledgment of control inspection on imported food products, operated under the authority of the ministry's food safety division (ABSSA).
• Service de Délivrance de certificat sanitaire à l'exportation Administrative service for issuing sanitary export certificates for agricultural and food products, administered by the ministry's food safety department (ABSSA).
• Service de Délivrance de l'autorisation de production/agrément sanitaire des établissements de transformation Administrative service for issuing production authorization and sanitary accreditation for food processing establishments, under the ministry's regulatory oversight through ABSSA.
• Service d'Enregistrement sanitaire des produits agroalimentaires Administrative service for sanitary registration of agro-food products, providing regulatory documentation for product compliance under ABSSA.
• Projet d'Appui à la Promotion des Services Financiers Ruraux Adaptés A development project targeting rural financial services for smallholder farmers, focusing on rice, pineapple, and market gardening value chains. Total funding of 16.3 billion FCFA from IFAD and BN.
• Projet d'Appui aux Infrastructures Agricoles dans la Vallée de l'Ouémé (PAIA-VO) An agricultural infrastructure support project in the Ouémé Valley covering Atlantic, Ouémé, and Zou departments. Aims to increase agricultural productivity through development of 5,000 hectares of cropland, construction of markets, landing stages, drying areas, rural roads, and dams. Targets: food insecurity reduction from 25% to 10% and poverty reduction from 30% to 20%.
• Programme d'Amélioration de la Productivité Agricole des Petits Exploitants (PAPAPE) A productivity improvement program for smallholder farmers targeting maize, rice, cassava, cowpea, peanut, and soybean value chains. Covers multiple municipalities across Borgou, Alibori, Donga, Zou, and Collines departments with total funding of 7.35 billion FCFA from BID and BN.
• Projet de Vulgarisation de l'Aquaculture Continentale (PROVAC) A continental aquaculture vulgarization project covering all 77 municipalities across Benin's 12 departments. Aims to increase the number of people engaged in continental pisciculture through training programs, with total funding of 5.016 billion FCFA from JICA and BN.
• Projet de Sédentarisation des troupeaux de Ruminants au Bénin A ruminant herd sedentarization project aimed at addressing pastoral mobility challenges and promoting settled livestock farming practices in Benin.
• Programme Agrostudies An 11-month practical professional internship program in Israel for Beninese youth in agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors, conducted under a Benin-Israel partnership. The program includes support for returning graduates through FNDA financing for agricultural projects.
• Direction de l'Alimentation et de la Nutrition Appliquée (DANA) The food and nutrition applied direction responsible for designing and monitoring state policies on food imbalance prevention and healthy diet promotion, including Codex Alimentarius coordination activities.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• State of Israel (Agrostudies Program)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Bilateral partnership enabling 11-month practical agricultural internships in Israel for Beninese youth. MAEP and MESTFP coordinate recipient selection and reintegration support. First category: 2023-2024 promotion preparing to depart; Second category: 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 graduates recognized for exemplary return and agricultural projects; Third category: 2022-2023 graduates receiving government support for project financing through FNDA.
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023FAO provides technical support and representation for World Food Day celebrations. Resident representative Isaias ANGUE OBAMA participated in 43rd World Food Day launch in Savalou, addressing climate change and water access issues. FAO supports sustainable development and food security initiatives in Benin.
• GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIZ conducted web documentary documenting Green Sector projects for capitalization purposes. Partnership focuses on documenting and sharing results from agricultural development initiatives in Benin under the Green Sector programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• World Food Programme (WFP): Global food security agency whose mandate directly intersects with MAEP's food security objectives (25% to 10% prevalence reduction target). Operates complementary humanitarian and resilience programs in Benin and peer West African states.
• Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nigeria): Larger West African federal counterpart overseeing a substantially bigger agricultural sector with overlapping crop (cassava, maize, rice) and livestock mandates. Provides a useful scaling benchmark for what MAEP could evolve into at national scale.
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization): Strategic partner that provides technical assistance, policy frameworks (Codex Alimentarius), and convenes global agricultural initiatives like World Food Day. Operates at global scale as a normative and capacity-building counterpart to MAEP's national implementation role.

Others

• JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency): Co-financer of the 5.016B FCFA PROVAC aquaculture vulgarization project. Comparable bilateral development agencies support similar agricultural capacity-building programs across West Africa.
• IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development): Core financial partner co-financing the 16.3B FCFA rural financial services project. Functions as a peer funder with parallel country programs across West Africa targeting smallholder productivity and rural finance, mirroring MAEP's mandate.
• African Development Bank (AfDB): Strategic co-financier of PAIA-VO (36.9B FCFA total) covering Ouémé Valley agricultural infrastructure. Operates parallel agricultural transformation portfolios across Africa, providing both funding and policy peer benchmarks.

Direct peers

• Ministère de l'Agriculture (Senegal): Direct peer with near-identical structure: national agricultural ministry managing departmental directorates, agricultural development poles, and donor-funded project portfolios (IFAD, BID, AfDB). Comparable headcount scale and budget tier.
• Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Élevage et de la Pêche (Togo): Closest geographic peer sharing Benin's three-pillar mandate (agriculture, livestock, fisheries) under a single ministry structure. Operates similar e-government services portal and manages comparable smallholder productivity programs with multilateral funding.
• Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Élevage (Côte d'Ivoire): West African neighbor operating an analogous agriculture and livestock ministry with similar mandate over crop production, livestock development, and rural infrastructure. Both ministries coordinate donor-funded projects across comparable value chains (cassava, cocoa-coffee parallel, fisheries).
• Ministère de l'Agriculture et des Aménagements Hydro-agricoles (Burkina Faso): Sahelian peer ministry with comparable scope over crop production, irrigation infrastructure, and livestock. Both operate under similar political-economy constraints and rely on analogous multilateral development funding structures.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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