Agricultural Services & Producer Organizations Project 2

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The Second Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations (APL) Project for Senegal increases smallholder producers' access to sustainable and diversified agricultural services and innovations, in view of diversifying and or stabilizing their productions and increasing their food security. There are four project components. Component A increases the capacity of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) through 1) strengthening the institutional guidance of NARS by increasing the capacity and redefining the role of its Steering Committee; (2) strengthening the capacity of the main research institutions; and (3) supporting the evolution of the National Agricultural and Agro-processing Research Fund (FNRAA) as the main national mechanism for both strategic/applied agricultural research and Research and Development subprojects. Component B aligns the National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency (ANCAR) with the primary mission of oversight and regulation of the national agricultural advisory system based on demand-driven services, while supporting the extension of the agricultural advisory system to all 320 rural communities and supporting the emergence of a pluralistic network of service providers. Component C strengthens the capacity of producer organizations to defend the interests of smallholder producers and to facilitate their access to technical and economical services in order to increase their production, food security, and incomes. Component D strengthens the capacity of the two sectoral ministries (Agriculture and Livestock) on issues and activities concerning policy formulation, planning, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of the use of resources allocated to agricultural and livestock development. This component will also support project coordination as well as monitoring and evaluation.