OECS Regional Agriculture Competitiveness Project (WB-P158958)

Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
May 25, 2017
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 8.30 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 9.66 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Nov 3, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Jan 1, 2017


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Project Description
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The development objective of Regional Agricultural Competitiveness Project for OECS countries is to enhance access to markets and sales for competitively selected farmers and fishers, as well as their allied aggregators and agro-processors, in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Support for Preparation of Business Plans, aims to: (a) promote an understanding of the Project’s scope and objectives through outreach to potential stakeholders and beneficiaries (such as individual and organized Farmers and fishers (FFs), Aggregators and Agro-processors (AAs), buyers, and lenders); (b) identify potential business opportunities for prioritized value chains and their translation into viable and profitable business proposals; and (c) prepare full business plans for selected proposals. 2) The second component, Implementation of Business Plans, aims to provide matching grants to co-finance the implementation of technically feasible, financially viable, economically profitable, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable business plans, which, when implemented, will contribute to a consistent and timely supply of sufficient quantities of quality produce to buyers while providing a reliable income to allied FFs. 3) The third component, General Agricultural Services and Enabling Environment, aims to strengthen general agricultural public services directly linked to the subprojects described in Component 2 and needed to enhance the probability of success. 4) The fourth component, Project Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation, aims to ensure effective project implementation, monitoring of activities and final project evaluation.
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