Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project

active

Prospective

The development objective of the Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project for Solomon Islands (SI ART) is to increase agricultural production and improve market access in selected value chains in the project provinces, and in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of four components. The first component, agribusiness and infrastructure investments aims to: (a) increase agricultural production and promote agriculture commercialization in selected value chains, and (b) develop productive infrastructure to facilitate the economic activities under (a). It consists of following sub-components: (i) Agribusiness Producer Organizations (ABPOs); and (ii) infrastructure investments. The second component, institutional capacity development aims to improve the agriculture and small stock extension system of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) by improving the knowledge, skills, and capacity of current staff and to strengthen MAL’s outreach capacity through the engagement of young professionals (YPs) and interns. It consists of following sub-components: (i) community managed extension system; (ii) small stock sector renewal; and (iii) innovations and development marketplace. The third component, project management will establish the Project Management Unit (PMU) within MAL which will be responsible for the overall implementation of the SI ART Project. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will draw upon the uncommitted credit and grant resources from other project components to cover the emergency response.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

World Bank Group

Project

Forest Products and Packaging, Consumer Products, Raw Materials, Government