About Us - Components
Component 1.
Agriculture and Rural Business Development: The objective of this component is to enable farmers to engage in profitable market-oriented production and to promote partnerships and market linkages with other value chain participants and agribusinesses. The component will help agro-enterprises, commodity associations, cooperatives, registered farmer
groups/organizations and technology and service providers to actively engage in the development of commodity value chains by partially financing demand-driven investment proposals through competitive matching grants. The component will also support investments aimed at creating viable enterprise-based farmer institutions that are linked to other value chain participants and are actively engaged with the markets. The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Pre-investment and advisory support
To enable farmer organizations (FOs) and value chain participants, to prepare subproject proposals and business plans for grant funding under this project. In general, this type of support will be provided by Regional Technical Support Group (R-TSG);
B. Technology Support and Market Infrastructure
(1) Technology Grants:
Provision of Technology Grants to enable to carry out Subprojects aimed at developing and disseminating technology, including:
(i) Acquisition of improved genetic/planting materials as well as testing, multiplication, and dissemination/distribution,
(ii) Small & medium-size quality improving technologies (such as processing, grading, and packaging) for testing and
(iii) Technologies to improve access to market and other relevant information.
(2) Infrastructure Grants:
Provision of Infrastructure Grants to beneficiaries to enable them to carry out subprojects aimed at improving production and productivity, adding value, and reducing costs of marketing, including infrastructure works and other investments in storage facilities, grading and sorting equipment, value addition facilities, small irrigation systems, link roads and collection centers.
(3) Resettlement and Rehabilitation:
Carrying out a program of compensation, resettlement, and rehabilitation of displaced persons.
C. Agribusiness Grants
(1) Agribusiness Grants:
Provision of Agribusiness Grants to Beneficiaries, as supplemental equities for loans to be provided to them by commercial banks or microfinance institutions, to enable them to carry out subprojects aimed at expanding agriculture commercialization and investment in agribusiness, including:
(i) Agro-processing and productivity related infrastructure and services in agriculture (including livestock);
(ii) Technology related investments (including improved crop management, and development and testing of new improved varieties/breeds of selected commodities); and
(iii) Marketing investments (including promotional activities for increased consumption of a commodity, expansion to export markets, and establishment of modern wholesale and electronic auction markets).
(2) Resettlement and Rehabilitation:
Carrying out a program of compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced persons.
Component 2.
Support for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Facilities and Food Quality Management: This component aims to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of Sanitary and Phytosanitory services in order to reduce existing obstacles to agricultural and food trade. It also aims to support the private sector’s efforts to gain market advantage through improved food quality management. The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Support for Laboratories
Provision of critical equipment for the Central Food Laboratory (CFL), the Veterinary Standards and Drug Administration Laboratory (VSDAL), and the National Plant Quarantine Program (NPQP) for the purposes of, inter alia, providing the necessary support to the Value Chains in meeting market demanded quality standards by analyzing samples in the laboratories and production sites.
B. Support for Surveillance and Monitoring Programs
Provision of equipment, transport facilities and supplies, training, technical assistance and other capacity building activities for the purposes of, inter alia, establishing and improving pest/disease surveillance and monitoring programs and improving import/export quality control procedures.
C. Support for Food Quality and Safety Management Systems
Carrying out activities aimed at controlling potential hazards at all stages of the Value Chain by using effective food quality and safety management systems, including compliance to standards and promoting programs of Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), Good Veterinary Practice (GVP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Component 3.
Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation: This component will finance overall project management, monitoring and evaluation and reporting. This component will also support a Project Management Team (PMT). The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Project Promotion
Carrying out publicity and awareness campaigns for potential participants for the purposes of, inter alia, sharing information concerning the project, including project objectives, the strategy for achieving the objectives, implementation arrangements, eligibility criteria for accessing project funds, and monitoring and reporting arrangements.
B. Project Management Support
Support to NPSC, PMT, the Monitoring and Evaluation Division of MOAC and other agencies for the oversight, coordination, management, and monitoring and evaluation for project activities.
Agriculture and Rural Business Development: The objective of this component is to enable farmers to engage in profitable market-oriented production and to promote partnerships and market linkages with other value chain participants and agribusinesses. The component will help agro-enterprises, commodity associations, cooperatives, registered farmer
groups/organizations and technology and service providers to actively engage in the development of commodity value chains by partially financing demand-driven investment proposals through competitive matching grants. The component will also support investments aimed at creating viable enterprise-based farmer institutions that are linked to other value chain participants and are actively engaged with the markets. The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Pre-investment and advisory support
To enable farmer organizations (FOs) and value chain participants, to prepare subproject proposals and business plans for grant funding under this project. In general, this type of support will be provided by Regional Technical Support Group (R-TSG);
B. Technology Support and Market Infrastructure
(1) Technology Grants:
Provision of Technology Grants to enable to carry out Subprojects aimed at developing and disseminating technology, including:
(i) Acquisition of improved genetic/planting materials as well as testing, multiplication, and dissemination/distribution,
(ii) Small & medium-size quality improving technologies (such as processing, grading, and packaging) for testing and
(iii) Technologies to improve access to market and other relevant information.
(2) Infrastructure Grants:
Provision of Infrastructure Grants to beneficiaries to enable them to carry out subprojects aimed at improving production and productivity, adding value, and reducing costs of marketing, including infrastructure works and other investments in storage facilities, grading and sorting equipment, value addition facilities, small irrigation systems, link roads and collection centers.
(3) Resettlement and Rehabilitation:
Carrying out a program of compensation, resettlement, and rehabilitation of displaced persons.
C. Agribusiness Grants
(1) Agribusiness Grants:
Provision of Agribusiness Grants to Beneficiaries, as supplemental equities for loans to be provided to them by commercial banks or microfinance institutions, to enable them to carry out subprojects aimed at expanding agriculture commercialization and investment in agribusiness, including:
(i) Agro-processing and productivity related infrastructure and services in agriculture (including livestock);
(ii) Technology related investments (including improved crop management, and development and testing of new improved varieties/breeds of selected commodities); and
(iii) Marketing investments (including promotional activities for increased consumption of a commodity, expansion to export markets, and establishment of modern wholesale and electronic auction markets).
(2) Resettlement and Rehabilitation:
Carrying out a program of compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced persons.
Component 2.
Support for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Facilities and Food Quality Management: This component aims to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of Sanitary and Phytosanitory services in order to reduce existing obstacles to agricultural and food trade. It also aims to support the private sector’s efforts to gain market advantage through improved food quality management. The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Support for Laboratories
Provision of critical equipment for the Central Food Laboratory (CFL), the Veterinary Standards and Drug Administration Laboratory (VSDAL), and the National Plant Quarantine Program (NPQP) for the purposes of, inter alia, providing the necessary support to the Value Chains in meeting market demanded quality standards by analyzing samples in the laboratories and production sites.
B. Support for Surveillance and Monitoring Programs
Provision of equipment, transport facilities and supplies, training, technical assistance and other capacity building activities for the purposes of, inter alia, establishing and improving pest/disease surveillance and monitoring programs and improving import/export quality control procedures.
C. Support for Food Quality and Safety Management Systems
Carrying out activities aimed at controlling potential hazards at all stages of the Value Chain by using effective food quality and safety management systems, including compliance to standards and promoting programs of Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), Good Veterinary Practice (GVP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Component 3.
Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation: This component will finance overall project management, monitoring and evaluation and reporting. This component will also support a Project Management Team (PMT). The specific activities supported under this component are:
A. Project Promotion
Carrying out publicity and awareness campaigns for potential participants for the purposes of, inter alia, sharing information concerning the project, including project objectives, the strategy for achieving the objectives, implementation arrangements, eligibility criteria for accessing project funds, and monitoring and reporting arrangements.
B. Project Management Support
Support to NPSC, PMT, the Monitoring and Evaluation Division of MOAC and other agencies for the oversight, coordination, management, and monitoring and evaluation for project activities.
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