📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P173043
Region: East asia and pacific
Commitment Amount: Us$ 15.00 million
Total Project Cost: Us$ 15.00 million
To increase agricultural production and improve market access in selected value chains in the Project Provinces, and in case of an E ligible Crisis or Emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it.
The new project’s concept is designed around a value chain approach. This entails that all support rendered to the borrower will contribute to the improved functioning of the selected value chains which will translate into increased incomes for smallholder farmers. Based on this concept the project will support and work with various relevant actors along the value chain such as POs, agribusiness partners, service providers, etc. In addition, through establishing multiple stakeholder value chain roundtables (consisting of representatives from POs, traders, processors, exporters, chamber of commerce, CEMA, PHAMA, SICCI, relevant ministries, development partners, etc.), the project will be able to coordinate value chain related support, including improving policies and regulations governing the respective value chains. 25. The concept builds on three pillars: (i) building and strengthening institutions of smallholder farmers through improved agriculture extension and advisory services, appropriate technologies leading to higher productivity and production, (ii) value chain commercialization through agribusiness partnerships and innovations to improve value chains of selected commodities, and (iii) building an ecosystem for facilitating access to finance by POs from commercial banks and increased private sector engagement. To work along this concept and to achieve the stated objectives the project will need flexibility in order to react or adapt to new developments in the markets or findings from studies relevant to the targeted value chains. 26. The project aims to sustainably increasing crops and livestock productivity and access to markets through productive partnerships. It will contribute to: (i) developing and strengthening POs with equitable women representation (ii) increasing import substitution and the supply and consumption of domestically produced meat and honey, (iii) boosting exports of cocoa and coconut oil, and (iv) building the capacity of lead farmers / best practicing farmers to develop as a cadre of community professionals to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change and climate-induced disasters.
