As stated by the World Bank, the project is designed with four components:

• Component 1: Improving Agricultural Productivity and Resilience to Climate Change (US$ 96.3 million IDA). Component 1 focuses on boosting agricultural productivity and building resilience to climate change by promoting the adoption of climate-smart technologies, strengthening input supply systems, and supporting farmer organizations. Key activities include expanding access to quality seeds, fertilizers, and mechanization, enhancing extension services (with an emphasis on women farmers), and facilitating digital solutions for climate and pest monitoring. The component also supports diversified production and irrigation development, including solar-powered systems and secured land tenure, with targeted support for women and youth.
• Component 2: Improving Storage, Agro-processing and Access to Markets (US 23.2 million IDA). Component 2 focuses on improving market access, reducing risks, and increasing the availability of local agricultural products, with special attention to women, cooperatives, and SMEs. Planned investments include cold storage, warehouses, and climate-resilient market facilities, complemented by road and mobility projects, training processors--especially youth and women--constructing processing units, and encouraging the adoption of climate-resilient technologies. Promising SMEs will be identified for further support and scaling opportunities.
• Component 3: Promoting Access to Finance and Private Sector Investment (US$15 million IDA). Component 3 focuses on improving access to financial services for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs at various stages of production, processing, and marketing, while also encouraging private sector investment in key agricultural value chains. The component aims to expand financial services, especially for underserved groups--and promote green financing through activities such as matching grants for adopting climate-smart agriculture, bolstering national agricultural insurance programs, and leveraging partial credit guarantees to mobilize private capital. This includes the establishment of two windows for matching grants, targeted insurance improvements, and capacity building with an emphasis on women and youth. The component will also foster private investment by addressing barriers, providing technical assistance to business development service providers, improving market access for processed products, promoting contract farming, and disseminating information about the Agricultural Investment Code.
• Component 4: Institutional Strengthening, and Project Coordination (US$ 15.5 million IDA). Component 4 will address (i) sector policy and governance issues, and related training needs, and (ii) project coordination and management activities. This component will be implemented by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) under the oversight of the Project Steering Committee (PSC).
• Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) (US$0). A CERC with zero allocation may be used to contribute to an emergency response through the timely implementation of activities in response to an eligible national emergency. A CERC is included in the project in accordance with the World Bank IPF Policy (paragraphs 12 and 13, for Situations of Urgent Need of Assistance and Capacity Constraints). This will allow for rapid reallocation of uncommitted funds under the credit in the event of an eligible emergency as defined in the World Bank Operational Policy on Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies (OP 8.00). A Contingent Emergency Response Manual will be prepared as an annex to the PIM (CERC annex). The environmental and social instruments required for the CERC are prepared, disclosed, and adopted in accordance with the CERC Manual and the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP). For the CERC to be activated, and financing to be provided, the Government will need to: (a) submit a request letter for CERC activation, and the evidence required to determine the eligibility of the emergency, as defined in the CERC annex, an Emergency Action Plan, including the emergency expenditures to be financed; and (b) meet the environmental and social requirements as agreed in the Emergency Action Plan and ESCP.

World Bank Team Leaders:

Erick Herman Abiassi - Senior Agriculture Economist
Email: eabiassi@worldbank.org 

Idriss Serme - Senior Agriculture Economist
Email: iserme@worldbank.org 

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