Chad Support Productivity Tender

Project SummaryApproval Date 22 Sep 2021Signature Date 11 Oct 2021Planned Completion Date 31 Dec 2026Last Disbursement Planned Date 31 Dec 2026Sovereign Non-Sovereign SovereignSector Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentDAC Sector Code 31110Commitment U.A 15000000Status ApprovedProject General DescriptionThe Project to Support the Productivity and Competitiveness of the Meat and Dairy Value Chains in Chad PAPCV-VL is in line with the authorities vision for the agricultural sector including livestock as defined in the Agricultural Silvicultural Pastoral and Fisheries Policy Law LOAH 2018. The LOAH aims to build an intensive diversified and sustainable agriculture that provides healthy and sufficient food income and secure employment for the rural population in general and vulnerable groups in particular and that ensures food and nutrition security as well as poverty reduction in Chad. The project will support commercial transactions and partnerships throughout the country to ensure permanent and regular supply for slaughterhouses. It will also support private sector operators involved in meat exports. The PAPCV-VL project area covers seven 7 administrative provinces grouped into two zones namely i the Western Zone which covers Chari Baguirmi and Hadjer Lamis Provinces and NDjamena Municipality and ii the Southern Zone which covers Logone Occidental Logone Oriental Mandoul and Tandjil Provinces. The project area covers 151259 km 12 of the total area of the country with an estimated population of 7377771 inhabitants in 2020 and an average density of 48.77 inhabitantskm. Clearly the physical infrastructure and capacity building of livestock organisations will be limited to the indicated project area while commercial transactions and partnerships will be supported throughout the entire territory. The PAPCV-VL which will be implemented over five years 2021-2026 at a total cost of UA 17.026 million directly targets 500 processing enterprises and cooperatives as well as 7500 beneficiaries agro-pastoralists and livestock farmers representing 45000 people at least 60 of whom are young people and women.Project ObjectivesPAPCV-VLs sector objective is to contribute to sustainable increase in the livestock sectors contribution to the national economy by improving meat and dairy value chains productivity and competitiveness. This sector objective is broken down into four 4 specific objectives namely i intensify livestock production and productivity ii increase meat exports iii create employment opportunities and increase stakeholder income in the meat and dairy value chains and iv facilitate the populations access to safe food of animal origin.BeneficiariesThe target groups and direct beneficiaries of the project are all the stakeholders in the beefmeat and dairy value chains graziers fatteners butchers collectors livestock traders and oth