AFCC2/RI-Regional Great Lakes Integrated Agriculture Development Project: P143307

Updated on June 30th, 2016:

The project development objectives (PDO) are (i) to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization in targeted areas in the territory of the Recipient and improve agricultural regional integration; and (ii) to provide immediate and effective response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. Negotiations authorized on 2 May 2016. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P143307. US$ 150.0/2.7 (IDA Credit/PHRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Of Finances Tel: 243-811-696-263, E-mail: minfinrdc@micronet.cd, Contact: Honore Tshiyoyo, Cellule des Coordination des projects; Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development Tel: 243819906017, E-mail: hubert_ali@yahoo.fr, Contact: Hubert Aly Ramazani, Permanent Secretary.

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Updated on June 2nd, 2016:

The project development objective (PDO) is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization in targeted areas in DRC, improve agricultural regional integration, and provide immediate and effective response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. Negotiations authorized on 2 May 2016. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P143307. US$ 150.0/2.7 (IDA Credit/PHRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Of Finances Tel: 243-811-696-263, E-mail: minfinrdc@micronet.cd, Contact: Honore Tshiyoyo, Cellule des Coordination des projects; Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development Tel: 243819906017, E-mail: hubert_ali@yahoo.fr, Contact: Hubert Aly Ramazani, Permanent Secretary.

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Updated on May 4th, 2016:

The project development objective (PDO) is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization in targeted areas in the DRC, improve agricultural regional integration, and provide immediate and effective response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. Appraisal completed on 15 April 2016. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P143307. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Of Finances Tel: 243-811-696-263, E-mail: minfinrdc@micronet.cd, Contact: Honore Tshiyoyo, Cellule des Coordination des projets; Minstry of Agriculture and rural Development Tel: 243819906017, E-mail: hubert_ali@yahoo.fr, Contact: Hubert Aly Ramazani, Permanent Secretary.

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A. Proposed Development Objective and Global Environmental Objective
1.The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to sustainably enhance the productivity of selected value chains in DRC and Burundi in targeted areas and to  improve agricultural regional integration. The Global Environmental Objective (GEO) of the GEF-financed investments is “to sustain environmental services from the forested landscapes of the program area in South Kivu Province of the DRC”.
2.The proposed regional program is supportive of the World Bank’s twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity, as well as of sectoral and regional strategies. The proposed program would contribute to poverty alleviation, and improved food and nutrition security through the development of agricultural value-chains. This would be combined with community-based planning processes, conflict prevention and landscape management approaches in the targeted areas in order to ensure sustainability of the achievements. All components of the program are closely intertwined and the success of each one of them is a necessary condition for the achievement of the PDO. More precisely, successfully carrying out the value chain-related activities in component 1 will only be possible to the extent that the activities in component 3 (conflict prevention, territorial approach, social cohesion) can ensure a conducive general business environment. Similarly,component 4 (promotion of regional integration) will ensure that the interventions in components 1 and 3 take advantage of regional economies of scale.
3.Beneficiaries. The direct beneficiaries of the regional Program will be: (i) the population living in the Ruzizi Plain, along Lake Tanganyika (both DRC and Burundi); and the highlands in the eastern Congo; it is estimated that approximately 350,000 households will benefit directly; (ii) the farmers’ and fishers’ organizations and their apexes in the targeted areas; (iii) private investors and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the targeted areas; (iv) vulnerable groups in the targeted area, particularly women, children, youths, Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and others at-risk of violent mobilization; and (v) agricultural support services, including the public agriculture research and extension services, and international and local NGOs and service providers involved in the targeted value-chains. Indirectly, private sector companies will also benefit from agriculture sourcing and market opportunities.
4.Target areas. The proposed regional program target area is located: (i) in Burundi, in the Ruzizi and Imbo regions as well as along Lake Tanganyika (the Cibitoke-Makamba corridor); (ii) in DRC, in the provinces of South Kivu and Tanganyika, and more specifically the Bukavu-Uvira-Kalemie corridor (Bukavu, Ruzizi plain, coastal plain Baraka-Fizi-Kalemie). Specific intervention areas will be determined during program preparation. Concept completed on 19 January 2016. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P143307. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.