Sao Paulo Sustainable Rural Development and Access to Markets

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The development objective of the Sao Paulo Sustainable Rural Development and Access to Markets Project for Brazil is to support the state of Sao Paulo to increase the competitiveness of family agriculture in its territory while improving its environmental sustainability. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is supporting small farmers' business initiatives. This component will provide support to small farmers' business initiatives through implementing small business investments and strengthening producers' organizations. The second component of the project is strengthening institutional and physical infrastructure. This component will support a set of public functions and investments that are critical to increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of family farming: (i) policy framework, market monitoring, and rural extension; (ii) rural infrastructure; and (iii) environmental sustainability. The third component of the project is project management. This component will deal with overall project management and fiduciary functions; monitoring and evaluation of impacts; implementation of environmental and social safeguards instruments; and dissemination and communication.