According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to increase productivity, commercialization, and job creation in selected agribusiness value chains in the strategic economic corridors in Mozambique.

Aligned with Mozambique's new CPF (2026-2031), the proposed 10-year MPA will use Phase I (2026-2031) to build institutions, accelerate policy reforms, and deliver early results in agribusiness. These results will benefit smallholder farmers and agribusinesses through higher productivity, stronger commercialization, and job creation, while laying the foundation for scale-up under Phase II (2031-2036). Phase II will consolidate gains and expand interventions across the same three economic corridors, leveraging multisectoral investments to deepen agribusiness development. Across both phases, IDA, IFC, and MIGA instruments will help mobilize private capital for agribusiness value chains, consistent with the Agri-Connect Initiative.

The IPF component presents Moderate environmental and social risks, driven by its upstream influence on sector policies, systems, and institutional reforms rather than direct physical impacts. While no civil works will be financed, the technical assistance, analytical work, digital systems, and institutional strengthening activities could produce indirect downstream effects on how land, water, agricultural inputs, biosecurity, and fisheries resources are managed. These include potential shifts in agribusiness practices affecting land use, water demand, pest and input management, waste handling, or biodiversity if upstream guidance is not aligned with good environmental practice. Limited institutional capacity and data gaps within MAAP and provincial entities may also reduce the effectiveness and consistency of environmental oversight. Social risks are similarly Moderate, linked to the potential exclusion of vulnerable groups—such as smallholder farmers, women, youth, and those with limited literacy or digital access—if TA outputs are not designed and implemented inclusively. Additional risks include: unequal capture of benefits by better-resourced actors; tensions where institutional reforms intersect with unclear land tenure; and stakeholder frustration if expectations are not met due to weak coordination or limited capacity. Upstream reforms may also indirectly influence how producers access markets, services, and cooperative structures.

Total Project Cost: US$ 670.30 million
World Bank Lending: US$ 250.00 million

CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Blessings Nyanjagha Botha
Title: Senior Agriculture Economist
Email: bbotha@worldbank.org

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