📋 Tender Overview
Project Status: Proposed
Grant: Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project : concessional ordinary capital resources lending / Asian Development Fund : US$ 5.00 million
Loan: Coastal and Marine Fisheries and Tourism Project : concessional ordinary capital resources lending / Asian Development Fund : US$ 50.00 million
The project will address key issues in cambodias four coastal provinces of koh kong, sihanoukville, kampot and kep. Outputs will result in the following outcome: enhanced coastal and marine fisheries value chain. Specifically, it will (i) improved climate-friendly infrastructure and quality control of post-harvest processes; (ii) improved smes access to finance and access to wider markets, and (iii) improve coastal and marine ecosystems and ocean health , and enhance marine tourism assets. The project will be aligned with the following impacts: enhanced contribution of coastal and marine fisheries to food security and socio-economic development of the cambodian people.
Fisheries, both freshwater and marine, are important contributors to food security and nutrition in cambodia, accounting for 61% of households animal protein intake. Cambodias capture fisheries sector produced an estimated 601,100 tons in 2019, of which marine catch constituted 122,250 tons. Fisheries accounted for almost 5% of the national gross domestic product in 2019. Despite its importance to the national and regional economy, sustainable growth and competitiveness of the coastal and marine fisheries sector have been hampered by (i) overexploitation of coastal and marine ecosystems; (ii) lack of appropriate post-harvest infrastructure and technologies; and (iii) challenges faced by smallholders and small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in accessing finance. The project supports five operational priorities of the asian development bank (adb) strategy 2030 and the adb action plan for healthy oceans and sustainable blue economies. It is aligned with adbs country partnership strategy for cambodia, 2019-2023, and is included in the country operations business plan for cambodia, 2021-2023. It is also aligned with the greater mekong subregion strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agro-based value chains. It responds to the governments key national strategies and policies relevant to agriculture, fisheries, and natural resources management. The cambodia agricultural sector strategic development plan 2019-2023 includes fisheries management as a key program strategy. The project responds to cambodias strategic planning framework for fisheries 2015-2024 and to the governments equality objectives in the gender mainstreaming policy and strategic framework in the agriculture sector 2016-2020, as well as in the fisheries administrations action plan for gender equality promotion and child labor elimination in the fisheries sector 2016-2020.
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