Sindh Livestock and Aquaculture Sectors Transformation Project

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The first component 'Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Sectoral Growth' aims to support the development of inclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable livestock and aquaculture sectors by: (i) improving sector policy and strategic frameworks, as well as evidence-based decision making; and (ii) strengthening the provision of essential knowledge, inputs, and services. Sub-Component 1.1 'Improvement of Sector Policies, Strategies, and Evidence-based Decision Making' will finance goods and services for: (i) the formulation, adoption, and monitoring of policy and strategic frameworks to notably strengthen the veterinary and aquaculture development frameworks and animal disease control, improve the genetics and breeding strategy, promote fish quality and value-addition, and strengthen food safety; (ii) the preparation and response to animal health and climate related emergencies; and (iii) capacity building of institutions in the livestock and aquaculture sectors to collect, centralize, and analyze sector-wide data.Sub-Component 1.2 'Strengthening the Delivery of Essential Knowledge, Inputs, and Services' will support public and private institutions providing key public good knowledge, inputs, and services to livestock and aquaculture producers, such as: (i) disease control services; (ii) diagnostic laboratory services; (iii) vaccines production; (iv) food safety services; (v) breeding and genetic improvement services; (vi) research, development, and transfer of green technologies. The second component ' Promotion of Climate-Smart Production, Value Addition, and Inclusive Access to Markets' will support growth-oriented small and medium producers establish/upgrade their market linkages with off-takers in a market-driven, profitable, and sustainable way and intensify and add value to their production. The Project will do so by: (i) facilitating the formation of producer groups (PG) and productive alliances (PA) and the preparation of their business plans (BPs); and (ii) competitively selecting and financing the most commercially viable, inclusive, and climate-smart BPs. Subcomponent 2.1 'Capacity Building and Development of Horizontal and Vertical Alliances' will finance goods and services for the formation of PGs, the establishment of PAs, and the formulation of BPs. Subcomponent 2.2 ' Improving the Market Integration of PGs for Increased Climate-Smart Production and Value Addition' will finance matching grants, goods, and services to competitively select PA BPs and support their implementation by allowing PGs to invest in technical assistance, productive assets, and inputs.