Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Project

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The objective of the Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Project is to increase the adoption of integrated and sustainable farming systems approaches in specific areas of the Brazil’s territory, thus contributing to the higher-order objective of increasing small-scale farming productivity and competitiveness in those areas. The Project will support three components: 1. The Support to Small Farmer Production and Competitiveness component will provide assistance to rural beneficiaries to operate changes in rural production processes within a framework of market-driven agricultural development focused on sustainable and increased productivity of small farmers, value added and market linkages through: a) pre-investment activities; and b) investment activities. 2. The Institutional Frameworks component will improve the Borrower’s institutional frameworks supporting market-driven agricultural development by: a) strengthening rural institutions and coordination mechanisms; b) improving public and private financial support mechanisms; and c) undertaking participatory research. 3. The Project Coordination and Information Management component will support: a) the Borrower’s overall project management and coordination, monitoring and evaluation, as well as; b) dissemination of key sustainable rural development information under the Project.