Second Agriculture Rehabilitation Project

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The Second Agriculture Rehabilitation Project, aims to improve food security of rural populations, and increase agricultural production in selected areas of East Timor. Through its components, the project will: 1) pilot an approach to strengthen the resilience of poor farming communities, by improving the management of natural resources, and the diverse sources of income. Through the provision of small grants, community proposals will be funded against in-kind labor, and materials. Training to farmers will include applied technical, and participatory methods, as well as monitoring and evaluation of projects; 2) increase agricultural production in irrigated areas, by financing the rehabilitation, and maintenance works on community-based irrigation schemes, farm-to-market access roads, including larger damaged irrigation schemes. Water Users Associations in the irrigated areas will be consolidated, and, an irrigation operational policy will be developed. All this entails training in irrigation management, as well as a monitoring and evaluation criteria; 3) provide essential services to farmers, to bridge transitional difficulties, and will gradually introduce private delivery mechanisms, through the development of information programs, and the establishment of liaison groups, to provide agricultural expertise, and technical assistance to farmers, including sustainable animal health services; and, 4) finance policy studies, technical assistance and incremental operating costs, to support project management and capacity building.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection,Transportation

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Project

Road, Water Supply and Storage, Bridge, Raw Materials, Government, Commercial