AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM FOR RESULTS

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The objective of the Agriculture and Livestock Competitiveness Program-for-Results (PforR) Project for Senegal is to enhance productivity and market access of priority commodity value chains and livestock, in the Extended Groundnut Basin and Agro-pastoral Areas. The PforR draws on selected activities of PRACAS II (Program for Accelerated Pace of Agriculture) and PNDE (National Livestock Development Plan), with a focus on the following three priority Results Areas (RAs). Results Area 1. Improved crop and livestock productivity and resilience has the following sub-results areas: 1.1.a. Increased crop productivity - results under SRA (Sub-Results Area) 1.1.a will be achieved through the sustainable intensification of major agricultural production systems, particularly groundnuts, and other high potential priority crop. 1.1.b. Increased livestock productivity will support the sustainable intensification of selected livestock production systems, with a greater focus on dairy, small ruminant, and poultry production, which are closely related to groundnut-based production systems. 1.2. Increased agricultural resilience will include diversifying the agricultural production base and establishing a cash transfer program. Results Area 2. Improved business environment and market integration has three sub-results areas. SRA 2.1. Improved groundnut business environment will support three main sets of activities: (i) Lifting distortionary policies and regulatory measures; (ii) Reorganizing the groundnut inter-profession and establishing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): technical assistance to restructure the National Inter-professional Groundnut Committee (CNIA) and subsequent action plan; and contractual agreements between Producers’ Organizations (Pos) and buyers; and (iii) Reinforcing agri-food product quality control and meeting export quality standards. SRA 2.2. Increased livestock market access will support two main sets of activities: (i) providing targeted support to producers, POs and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to connect with and meet the requirements of the main companies for processing and marketing dairy products in urban areas and (ii) providing targeted support to milk producers and value chain actors. Activities to be supported under SRA 2.3. Increased access to financial services will include: (i) Expanding the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS); (ii) Improving access to agricultural insurance. Results Area 3. Improved sector governance, coordination, and program management will support the strengthening of the organizational and institutional environment of agri-food value-chains and improve the coordination and execution of government programs in the agricultural and livestock sector, while meeting climate adaptation and mitigation challenges.