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According to the Bank’s website, the Smallholder Supply Chains project serves as a global platform for knowledge management, sharing best practices, and standardizing advisory tools to enhance IFC's agribusiness advisory work with smallholder supply chains.
The platform aims to develop standardized tools and supply chain solutions, share lessons learned, and communicate best practices. It comprises three main components:
1. Knowledge Management and Visibility
2. Standardization and Scaling of Tools and Approaches
3. Local Enterprise Development (LED)
The platform addresses several key subject areas:
- Building the business management capabilities of smallholder farmers, farmer organizations (aggregators), and agri-SMEs – using ALP and Last Mile Retailer (LMR) curriculums
- Supporting the adoption and operationalization of technologies (“AgTech”) to strengthen and enhance efficiencies in smallholder supply chains.
- Supporting sustainable smallholder supply chains by improving supply chain traceability, transparency, and responsible sourcing.
- Developing local enterprises in emerging markets, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to effectively deliver ALP and LMR for IFC, broader World Bank Group (WBG), and external stakeholder Agri Value Chain programs that work with smallholder farmers.
By the end of the platform lifecycle:
- ALP will be available in multi-channel formats, including e-learning and multi-media content
- Improved tools and knowledge products – such as 'ALP Metrics', and 'AgTech for Smallholders’ will be disseminated through newsletter, case studies and webinars,
- Knowledge products such as the "Working with Smallholders" handbook will have been published and promoted through series of Chapter-based webinars featuring the respective authors and IFC Client projects,
- ALP will have enhanced viability and credibility, delivering impactful results at scale with an increased number of projects utilizing it and expanded reach to smallholder farmers, producer organizations, and agri-SMEs.
Estimated Total Budget: $3,858,582.00 (Project budget includes all project-funded activities)
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