Pak. Sugar VC

completed

The overall project goal is to improve the economic, social and environmental sustainability of sugarcane supply chains in Pakistan The overall goal of the Project will be achieved through the following four components: COMPONENT 1: To increase the productivity, profitability and sustainability of sugarcane production at the farmer level; . The Project’s efforts will focus on developing 15,000 smallholder farmers who will be its ultimate beneficiaries via a farmer development system which will boost the sustainability and efficiency of the sugarcane production of smallholder farmers and ensure the smallholder farmers’ compliance with global sustainability and industry standards. COMPONENT 2: To implement international compliance standard practices at the farmer and at the sugar mill levels. IFC will support the Client in implementing international standard compliant practices and systems by conducting an assessment of the practices used at the farmer and at the sugar mill levels for their compliance with the requirements of the Bonsucro standard, by identifying the required improvement opportunities, by providing recommendations on how the required improvements should be implemented and by providing guidance and high level support to the Client on implementing the recommended improvements COMPONENT 3: To improve the sustainability of irrigation techniques through improving the affordability of solar powered pumps for irrigation and increased water use efficiency. COMPONENT 4: To improve the capacity of sugar mills to support the sustainable development of sugarcane producers IFC will build up the capacity and the expertise at the sugar mill level on supporting farmers on implementing a continuous improvement system for sugarcane production and harvesting as well as on introduction of climate-smart crop growing solutions. This would also help the mills to integrate its supplier farmers into global sugar export value chains through meeting the requirements of international standards.