AG.III(SO.PROV.)

closed

The proposed project aims at increasing crop and livestock production and raising farm income levels by increasing the use of modern inputs by smallholders and improving marketing facilities. It provides for credit to smallholders, improvement of input and storage and extension services, including veterinary services and tsetse control, and technical assistance for strengthening SPCMU's credit administration capability. At full development, the project would lead to increased production of maize, cotton, groundnuts, sunflower seed, soybeans and beef. The realization of expected benefits would depend on the effectiveness of the implementing agencies and the pace at which farmers adopt improved husbandry practices.