Sustainable Livestock Development Program For Results

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The objective of the Sustainable Livestock Development Program for Results for Kazakhstan is to support the development of an environmentally sustainable, inclusive, and competitive beef production. The Program has three Results Areas. 1. Improvement of Veterinary Service Delivery and Animal Recording Results Area will provide results-based support to improve Government systems and services oriented at public goods elements of the export-oriented high-value beef sector by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of delivery mechanisms for animal health and veterinary services. The Results Area 1 consists of two parts. Results Area 1.1 Unified recording and traceability system will include institutional arrangements and budgetary allocation necessary to improving coverage, reliability, and interconnectivity of the animal recording and traceability systems. 1.2. Capacity building for veterinary services will include regulatory and institutional reforms necessary to enable private sector delivery of animal health and veterinary services that improve productivity, animal health, control of production and emerging diseases and address risks from vector-borne and feed-borne diseases, which are exacerbated by climate change. 2. Scale-up the Farmer-Centric Service Delivery Model Results Area will provide results-based support for the participation of household and individual farmers in export-oriented beef-value chains. The Results Area 2 consists of three parts: Results Area 2.1. Knowledge and agricultural research and extension for farmers will incentivize scaling-up agricultural advisory and knowledge transfer services that promote adoption of good grassland management and animal husbandry practices. Results Area 2.2. Headage payments and matching grants to new small and medium farmers who are linked to feedlots will incentivize the scaling-up of the Farmer-Centric service delivery model and building a competitive production base will improve public service provision, including extending headage payments and matching grants to 20,000 new small and medium farmers, who will be encouraged to boost their production, register as individual farmers and establish production partnerships with feedlots. Results Area 2.3. Access to services and land resources will address policy and institutional bottlenecks that currently prevent small and medium farmers’ participation in export-oriented high-value beef supply chains. 3. Implement Green Growth Policies for the Beef Sector Results Area will provide results-based support for gradual transitioning to policies and State support measures that promote productivity and competitiveness of the beef sector and at the same time reduce the pressure on environment and mitigate climate impacts. The Results Area consists of two parts: Results Area 3.1. Policies for strengthening green economy principles in the beef sector will support the policy commitments that deliver significant agri-environmental benefits. Results Area 3.2. Establishment of the GHG Monitoring, Reporting and Verification System will support institutional and budgetary arrangements for (a) updating of the Nationally Determined Contribution to include specific emission reduction targets for the beef sector; (b) adoption and funding of a new national adaptation plan for the livestock sector; and (c) establishment and operation of a monitoring, reporting and verification system for GHG emissions from the livestock sector.