Burkina Faso Livestock Sector Development Support Project

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The development objective of Livestock Sector Development Support Project for Burkina Faso are to enhance productivity and commercialization of non-pastoral animal production in selected chains, and strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to severe crises affecting the livestock sector, and to provide immediate and effective response in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Improved access to livestock services and inputs, aims to enhance livestock productivity in selected value chains through improved access of producers to animal health services and inputs, and institutional strengthening of MRAH’s operational capacity to efficiently carry out its core responsibilities. It comprises three sub-components: (i) Improving livestock producers’ access to animal health services; (ii) Improving livestock producers’ access to quality inputs to raise better livestock and (iii) Institutional strengthening. 2) The second component, Livestock Value Chains Development, aims to strengthen the efficiency and competitiveness of selected livestock value chains (beef, small ruminants, milk, poultry and pig, as well as honey and aquaculture) to enhance production and meet the demand of national and regional markets while generating higher incomes for value chains actors and creating employment opportunities. It has the following two subcomponents: (i) Enhancing the investment climate in the livestock sector; and (ii) Support to investment sub-projects. 3) The third component, Crisis Management and Project Coordination, aims to strengthen project coordination capacities within the MRAH. It includes two sub-components: (i) Crisis Management; and (ii) Project Management