📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P176564
Region: Africa east
The proposed AF in the amount of US$5 million from Global Agriculture and Food Security Program is being sought primarily for COVID-19 response. COVID-19, by adversely impacting the overall economy and agricultural sector, posed additional challenge for AGP2 beneficiaries, especially the most vulnerable once. The GAFSP financing will allow AGP2 to respond to COVID-19 impact on vulnerable smallholder poor households by : i) provision of agricultural inputs (vegetable crops seed, and fertilizers etc) to resource poor smallholder farmers; ii) provision of irrigation pumps and small hand tools to female-headed households; and iii) provide and supply and the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 preventive measures.The AF will provide resources under Components 3 (SSI Development) and 4 (Agricultural Marketing and Value Chains) of the parent project and provide additional support for project management. Component 3: SSI Development (US$0.75 million) Sub-component 3.2: Integrated Crop and Water Management (US$0.75 million).Under the sub-component 2.2, intensification of Household Irrigation (HHI) is one of the successful interventions. This intervention will be expanded by provision of irrigation pumps and small hand tools to female-headed households most affected by COVID-19 for the next production season. Distribution and close follow-up of the irrigation pumps and hand tools will be conducted by the federal and regional PCU using the same approach as under the parent program. This is in line with the Government strategy for promoting and strengthening the capacity of domestic production to ensure supply of healthy and nutritious foods to beneficiary households and meeting consumers demands to have access for safe products at local and international markets. Component 4: Agricultural Marketing and Value Chains (US$3.50 million)Sub-component 4.1: Support Agricultural Input Supply System (US$3.50 million). To help with livelihood recovery to households adversely affected by COVID-19, agricultural inputs will be provided to resource poor smallholder farmers. This will ensure availability and access of the required inputs for timely use in their farming activities and continue their farming activities which had been hampered by COVID-19. The agricultural inputs provision will include improved seeds, with priority to vegetable crops seed, and fertilizers which will be purchased by the regional bureau of agricultural and woreda office of Agriculture and be distributed to the selected resource poor farmers through the Kebele Development Community(KDC) assisted by the kebele level Development Agents.Component 5: Project Management and M&E(US$0.75 million).Sub-Component 5.1: Program Management and Institutional Arrangements (US$0.5 million)Sub-component 5.1 supports overall program management and coordination of t
