Livestock Sector Development Project

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The development objective of Livestock Sector Development Project for Uzbekistan is to improve livestock productivity and access to market in selected regions. The project design includes three components. 1) The first component, Livestock Sector Public Investment Framework and Public Services, has the following subcomponents: (i) Strategy, Policy, and Public Investment Framework; and (ii) Strengthening Livestock Sector Public Services. 2) The second component, Livestock Value Chain Modernization, aims to have a strong emphasis on supporting the integration of small producers into value chains. It has the following two subcomponents: (i) Credit Line for Private Investments; and (ii) Value Chain Development and Smallholder Market Inclusion. 3) The third component, Project Coordination, Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E), aims to finance (a) project management, including coordination and supervision of the implementation, financial management (FM), procurement, M and E, and Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM); (b) impact assessments at midterm review and before project closure; and (c) training of project beneficiaries on safeguards requirements and awareness raising campaigns on labor practices in agriculture.