COFFEE & COCOA REHAB

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The proposed project would support Government objectives of increasing productivity and incomes of small-scale coffee and cocoa producers, and of increasing production and exports of these commodities. These objectives would be achieved by providing farmers with technical assistance and credit to finance on-farm development plans. The project would finance over a two-year commitment period and a four-year disbursement period: (a) rehabilitation of about 4,600 ha of cocoa plantings distributed among 2,000 farmers; (b) replanting of about 6,400 ha of cocoa plantings among 2,800 farms; (c) replanting of about 5,000 ha of coffee distributed among 5,000 farms; (d) provision of 1,000 cocoa fermentation boxes and 300 sun-drying facilities to cocoa farmers and of about 4,000 depulping machines to coffee farmers; (e) establisment of 22 cocoa nurseries and 52 coffee nurseries by the Ministry of Agriculture (SEA) and about 520 private coffee nurseries; (f) reinforcement of the support services of SEA and BA; and (g) monitoring and evaluation of project activities.