Madagascar Agribusiness Project

completed

The Project will work with government and the private sector to support a pilot of the new Madagascar Livestock Identification and Traceability System (LITS) and provide technical assistance, legal advisory and capacity support for the regulations and directives needed to improve overall sector regulation and coordination. The adoption of LITS is one of the main conditions imposed by the GoM to lift the export ban. Working closely with the Government of Madagascar, private sector stakeholders and the WB CASEF Project, the Project will implement the following interrelated activities in support of the livestock identification and traceability system (LITS) pilot to be carried out in four regions of Southern Madagascar namely; Anosy, Androy, Atsimo Andrefana, and Ihorombe. They have been grouped into the following two components: Component 1: Improve the Regulatory and Traceability Framework governing the livestock sector: this is public sector facing work to improve capacities and systems and to support improvement in the law, regulations and procedures. Component 2: Strengthen private sector participation in the formal livestock sector: support private sector to improve feedback loops, stakeholder engagement, awareness and compliance with the new systems being designed, and to enhance buy-in and participation which is critical if the reformed measures are to take effect, and have impact.