Opening up production areas, ensuring quality, and structuring value chains so that harvests find their market.
This component, with a budget of USD 64.2 million financed by IDA, aims to foster the inclusion of smallholder farmers and rural communities in more efficient agricultural value chains and food markets.
It focuses on priority value chains — rice, maize, sorghum, cassava, sweet potato, livestock and milk. The goal is to strengthen business skills and entrepreneurial capacity, with particular attention to women and youth, while integrating climate change adaptation measures.
Developing agri-food technologies to improve food quality and incomes, with better nutrition and health outcomes.
Improving the nutritional value of rice (iron, zinc and vitamin fortification), innovative tuber- and legume-based products (flours, infant foods), and animal feed production.
Matching grants and loan guarantee programs for equipment and materials.
Financing the rehabilitation of 300 km of rural roads to open up production areas and reduce post-harvest losses.
Weather-resistant materials, widened drains and culverts to absorb heavy rainfall, and slope stabilization.
Roads selected based on economic return, number of beneficiaries, and alignment with local development plans.
Building and rehabilitating laboratories to strengthen public quality-control and compliance services.
Epidemiological surveillance, seed certification, and control of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, fertilizers and pesticides.
Buildings incorporating climate-smart design standards (renewable energy, water recycling, thermal insulation).
Helping farmers move from subsistence farming to surplus commercial production.
Investments in cold chain and post-harvest storage infrastructure to reduce losses.
Aggregation platforms for export-ready products (rice, essential oils, beans) and alignment with international standards (HACCP, good agricultural practices).
Traceability systems and agricultural data platforms to facilitate regional trade.
of smallholder farmers in more efficient markets
Durably connecting smallholder farmers and rural communities to more efficient agricultural value chains and food markets.
