Agricultural Services Innovation and Reform

closed

Closed

The Agricultural Services Innovation and Reform Project will support the Government of Bangladesh in accelerating agricultural growth and rural development, and, improve people's livelihood in poor rural areas. Specifically, dissemination of agricultural technology will be improved, and, the diversification for higher value commodities will be promoted, with good external market prospects, including the use of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and contract models. The components will include: 1) Strengthening institutional capacity, providing support to the Horticultural Export Development Foundation (HORTEX), to pioneer horticultural production and export activities. The component will provide support to farmers, and private sector development will further increase HORTEX clients in this field. 2) The implementation capacity of the New Agricultural Extension Policy (NAEP) will be strengthened, through partnership agreements, and grants, with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), and from NGOs, respectively, through extension services provision, and strengthening its monitoring and evaluation effectiveness. 3) Small scale pilot trial and demonstration programs, will be tested regarding on-farm water management, and soil fertility, while farmers will benefit from crop yield forecasting/weather advice.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Fertilizers, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government