Paraguay
Sustainable Agriculture
and Rural Development Project

 Description                                                  Development Challenge
                                                              With about one third of the population living below the poverty
 Purpose: To improve in a sustainable way the socio-
 economic condition of small-scale farmers and                line and 18 per cent in extreme poverty, Paraguay is one of
 indigenous communities in the project area.                  the countries in Latin America with the highest levels of
 Expected Results (include): Strengthening access             poverty. The new Government recently included the fight
 to markets and value chains and enhance                      against extreme poverty among its top priorities. Two thirds of
 community organization and self-governance. It is
 expected that an additional 200,000 beneficiaries will
                                                              the rural poor of Paraguay (or about 782,000 people) are also
 be reached, bringing the total number of                     extremely poor and mostly live off agriculture.
 beneficiaries to 256,000.
 IBRD Financing: $37.5 million + $100 million                 Project Description
                                                              The project supports actions to strengthen community
                                                              organization, self-governance, and access to markets and
                                                              value chains through community organization development
                                                              and capacity building; rural extension and adaptive research;
                                                              a sustainable rural development fund; animal health
                                                              improvement; and project management, monitoring, and
                                                              evaluation.




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