Piauí Pillars of Growth and Social Inclusion Project 2

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The general objective of the Project is to increase land tenure security, the adoption of sustainable natural resources management practices, and Climate-Smart Agriculture practices among target beneficiaries in the State of Piaui; and in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The Project aims to contribute to the promotion of sustainable development of family farming, increasing socio-productive inclusion and economic dynamism of agrarian reform settlements and territories of Traditional People and Communities (TPC), with legal security of land ownership. The project will contribute to land regularization and incentivize the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices by family farmers and the implementation of natural resources conservation practices by landholders and traditional communities. The Project is organized into 5 Components:Component 1 – Land Tenure Regularization (USD 20.08 million). This Component aims to contribute to the implementation of Piaui’s Land Tenure Regularization Program and to strengthening real property rights through four main activities: (i) the modernization and strengthening of INTERPI; (ii) land tenure regularization in agrarian reform settlements, with a target of delivering 15,000 land titles to family farmers in state agrarian reform settlements; (iii) land tenure regularization for TPC. The objective will be for INTERPI to regularize the land of at least 20 TPC territories, while helping advance other tenure regularization processes related to TPC territories; and (iv) strategic partnerships with the judiciary and citizen engagement.Component 2 – Environmental Management and Geospatial information management (USD 14.00 million). The main objective of this Component is to contribute to improving the State’s capacity to promote sustainable natural resources management (including natural vegetation cover and water resources), to promote the adoption of sustainable natural resources practices within family farmers, including historically marginalized groups targeted by the project such as TPC and women, and to provide accurate geospatial information for the elaboration of public policies, natural resources management, and climate risk management through, inter alia: (i) the implementation of preventive measures or measures to control and combat vegetation fires; (ii) the implementation of a system that enables continuous monitoring surface water for events or trends over time; (iii) rural environmental cadastre and environmental regularization for the selected areas; and (iv) the provision of spatial data on land use, land tenure, native vegetation and native vegetation fire risk. The State Secretariat of Environment and Water Resources (Secretaria de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hidricos do Estado Piaui – SEMARH) will lead the implementation of this Component.Component 3 – Climate-smart Rural Development (USD 25.28 million). This Component aims to increase the socio-economic inclusion and climate resilience of family farmers from land reform settlements and TPC, by granting access to climate-smart agricultural technologies and markets and strengthening the agriculture sector public services provided to farmers., through: (i) support of sustainable, climate-smart productive investments by family farmers groups; (ii) fostering the adoption of climate-smart practices in the sector; and (iii) strengthening of services delivered to farmers. The State Secretariat for Agriculture (Secretaria da Agricultura – SAF) will lead the implementation of this Component.Component 4. Project management (USD 3.96 million). This component will support Project coordination and management, including: (i) Project management and administration; (ii) Financial Management (FM); (iii) procurement; (iv) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of Project performance and impact; (v) environmental and social risks management and Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM); and (vi) communication and outreach. Regarding the project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), the approach will include a system to monitor the implementation on an ongoing basis. Component 5. Emergency Response (US$0). This Component is included in the Project as a mechanism for funding requests arising from emergencies such as natural disasters and other shocks, as defined in the operational manual for the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC). If such a crisis develops, the State of Piaui can ask the World Bank to reallocate part of the Project funds to cover the costs of emergency response and recovery. An operational manual acceptable to the World Bank for implementing the CERC will be developed and annexed to the Project Operation Manual (POM).