Julie Barber Nov 5, 2019:

Adrian, a good link and also PHB good that you pointed out the difference between cadre and encadrement, I hadn't noticed the variation on the words!

Ph_B (X) Nov 5, 2019:

B D Finch, Could you please re-post the link in your comment to writeaway's answer as I can't open it? Thanks!

Ph_B (X) Nov 5, 2019:

Technical assistance? La société SUNUAGRIX leur propose un contrat d’encadrement et de commercialisation de leurs productions sur une base équitable et pérenne.<p>"SUNUAGRIX proposes technical assistance and purchase contracts of their crops in a fair and sustainable ways."<p>(http://sunuagrix.com/fr/notre-approche)<p>As I mentioned above, this is not about managing farmers, this is about helping/supporting/assisting them by training them, etc. It's a recurrent theme in Africa and people interested in African development will immediately realise what is meant here, not to mention that Africans and their governments may not be entirely happy about being managed.... This also confirms that this is a double operation: assistance on the one hand and sales (purchases, in fact) on the other hand. See my 2nd post above.<p>I realise this is a translation (Sunuagrix appears to be Senegalese and I assume a French-speaking company). It appears to be adequate at least and it is unlikely that "technical assistance" would be used instead of "management".

Adrian MM. Nov 5, 2019:

encadrement/ cadres vs. contrat cadre I once almost fell into this 'framework' trap myself - fast forward 40 years:

iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1572959812196/1 - encadrement > mentoring

supervision vs. management: www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/supervision et e...

Ph_B (X) Nov 5, 2019:

That's absolutely fine, philgoddard, I'm happy to leave the discussion re: "framework" or not to native speakers. I must have been thinking of cadre de travail, which is what I believe is meant here: a contract whereby the organization commits to supporting (encadrer) these mango growers in their production activities by helping them in different ways. It looks from the title of the contract as if the production side is left to the growers (with the organization's encadrement) while the marketing is done by the organization, both of which are covered by the contract.

philgoddard Nov 5, 2019:

I find your explanation convincing, Ph_B, but that's not a framework contract, which is a contract governing other contracts. I agree that the idea may be "support", but I haven't found any references.

Ph_B (X) Nov 5, 2019:

encadrement in the field of international development is about supervision and support: your organization helps those farmers with advice, guidelines, examples, by sending technicians out in the field, etc. It provides a frame (cadre) within which they can act safely. It doesn't manage them but helps them on the contrary to (learn to) manage themselves, to take charge, so that they become independent eventually. Hard to be more specific without more details but this is how NGOs and the like usually work in Africa, and elsewhere I assume. "Framework" is a possibility if the framework is defined elsewhere in the text.

Julie Barber Nov 5, 2019:

or Sales & Framework Agreement if you want to follow the original format.

Julie Barber Nov 5, 2019:

Here is an explanation of what it is in French:
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french/marketing/513321-contrat-d... I think that you could rejig the sentence to: Sales Framework Agreement (or if not sales, whatever your choice is - distribution etc). encadrement is a framework. A framework agreement is a common term. Hope this helps.