MX Access to Land for Young Farmers

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The Access to Land for Young Farmers Pilot Project for Mexico will support the access of young rural sujetos agrarios with entrepreneurial potential to land and other productive assets within selected states, through the establishment of a beneficiary-driven, efficient land transaction model, while at the same time facilitating the access of senior landholders to social welfare schemes. The project consist of the following components: Component 1) will provide the beneficiaries with the knowledge and abilities including financial management skills required to elaborate and carry out a productive project in relation to land. Component 2) will promote the secure and sustainable access to land by qualified young rural entrepreneurs who will implement a productive project to raise their income. Component 3) will include day-to-day project management but will specifically focus on three issues. First, the project will pay attention to inter-institutional coordination so as to improve synergies with other related programs targeted to the social sector. Second, given the pilot nature of the project, specific attention will be paid to the monitoring an evaluation system so as to develop a results-based improvement mechanism. Third, project management will develop mentoring mechanisms to better accompany the JERs in the identification and implementation of their productive projects and to ensure their participation.