Bangladesh NATP-2: National Agricultural Technology Program - Phase II Project

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The objective of the Second Phase of the National Agriculture Technology Program Project for Bangladesh is to increase the agricultural productivity of smallholder farms and improve smallholder farmers’ access to markets in selected districts. There are five components to the project, the first component being enhancing agricultural technology generation. This component will contribute to achieving the PDO by helping improve the performance of the national agricultural research system (NARS) through the support to agricultural technologies development and the strengthening of agricultural research institutions. The second component is to contribute to achieving the PDO by increasing farm yields, diversifying agricultural production, and improving market linkages for smallholder farmers. The third component is the supporting fisheries development. This component will contribute to the PDO by promoting an integrated approach to achieve productivity, quality and output increases through technology transfer, as well as a better access to market opportunities for fish farmers. The fourth component is the supporting livestock development. This component will contribute to the PDO by promoting an integrated approach to achieve productivity, quality and output increases through enhanced technology transfer, service delivery, as well as a better access for livestock farmers to markets. Finally, the fifth component is the project management. This component will: (i) ensure that the project is carried out in line with the provisions in the official project documents, in particular all fiduciary and governance aspects; (ii) establish liaison mechanisms between the Bank and the project, as well as between the project and the GoB, and (iii) coordinate the implementation of selected overarching project activities with the support of external technical assistance.