BO Rural Alliances

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The objective of the Rural Alliances Project for Bolivia is to test a model to improve accessibility to markets for poor rural producers in selected sub-regions of the country. The project consist of the following three components: Component 1) will finance technical assistance and training to provide the institutional and organizational support needed for the creation of productive alliances at the local level. The component will give a particular focus to the development of the institutional capacity of small producers to become partners in new marketing arrangements with the private sector. Component 2) will provide support for the implementation of the rural alliances prepared under component 1. The component's main outputs will be: (i) to have producers and their marketing partners working together efficiently and effectively in long term relations; (ii) an improved production by the rural poor producers to meet their new market requirements; (iii) adapted systems in the markets to work with the alliances' small producers; and (iv) the ensured co-participation in alliance plans of service providers and local governments. Component 3) the outputs are the efficient and effective coordination of the project and a Monitoring and Evaluation system which can measure the improved access to markets by poor producers, and growth in rural incomes.