Smallholder Agriculture Development and Commercialization Project

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The objective of the Smallholder Agriculture Development and Commercialization Project for Angola is to increase smallholder agriculture productivity, production and marketing for selected crops in the project areas. There are three components to the project, the first component being capacity building and institutional development. The objective of this component is to improve the technical, institutional, managerial, and marketing skills of 150,000 farmer beneficiaries and to strengthen the capacity of government agricultural extension specialists, agricultural research institutions, private agricultural service providers, and NGOs related to different aspects of agriculture, including value chains. The expected results are: (a) smallholder farmers’ organizations established and strengthened; (b) technical and managerial competence of smallholder farmers improved; and (c) government capacity to support smallholder agricultural production and commercialization enhanced. The second component is the Support for Increased Production and Commercialization. The objective of this component is to support value chain development of selected crops through demand-based matching investment grants to smallholder farmers’ groups and organizations to improve agricultural productivity, production, and market access for 50,000 eligible beneficiaries. Finally, the third component is the project management, monitoring, and evaluation. The third project component will finance management, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the project. It consists of two subcomponents: project management; and project monitoring and evaluation.