The development objective of the Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project for Central African Republic is to increase agriculture productivity of small scale farmers, strengthen capacity of micro, small and medium agribusiness enterprises in the project area, and provide immediate and effective response in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency.There are four component.
... See More + First component, Development of Productive Infrastructure and Competencies for Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship seeks to assist in rehabilitating and/or building critically needed productive infrastructure through the provision of matching grants for community-driven sub projects identified by communities.The component is comprised of two sub-components: (i) community managed productive infrastructure; and (ii) development of agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; Second component, Improvement and Maintenance of Public Infrastructure is to improve connectivity, mobility and access to local markets and associated agri-logistics services in selected zones. The component is comprised of two sub-components: (i) Infrastructure Rehabilitation; and (ii) Infrastructure Maintenance; Third component, Improvement of the Quality of Agriculture Public Services and Project Management includes capacity building, TA, project management, supervision and ensures compliance with social and environmental safeguards requirements, monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Capacity building will support the establishment of public-private partnerships in the delivery of agriculture services and improve government project management capacity at central and decentralized levels. This component has two sub-components. (i) Improvement of the quality of Agriculture Public Services; and (ii) Project Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation; Fourth component, Contingency Emergency Response will provide support for immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed. A crisis or emergency eligible for financing is an event that has caused, or is likely to imminently cause, a major adverse economic and/or social impact to the borrower, associated with a natural or man-made crisis or disaster. This component will allow the Government to request a reallocation of project funds to partially cover emergency response and recovery costs.
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The development objective of the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project for Sierra Leone is to promote smallholder commercialization by fostering productive business linkages between smallholder farmers and selected agribusiness firms and other commodity off-takers in Sierra Leone.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) sprinkling of water to minimize dust pollution; (2) at the end of construction of work, sites to be cleaned with proper disposal of waste; (3) noisy activities to be scheduled to occur within prescribed normal working hours; (4) priority to be given to existing farms and plantations, no new farmlands and plantations to be supported under the project; no resettlement of people expected under the project; (5) raise awareness on safety procedures for risks from the use or handling of machinery including risks from noise, vibration etc.; (6) proper disposal of construction waste and prevent waste water entering waterways; and (7) ensure vehicles conveying materials are covered to avoid emissions from vehicles transporting agricultural goods.
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The development objective of the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project (SCADEP) for Sierra Leone is to promote smallholder commercialization by fostering productive business linkages between smallholder farmers and selected agribusiness firms and other commodity off-takers in Sierra Leone.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) provide landfill requirements in design of subprojects and contracts. Avoid highly sensitive areas; (2) noise generation activities to be relegated during the daytime; (3) all debris, construction, and wood waste will be stored within the work site; (4) restoration of borrow pits, sand, and quarry stone abstraction sites and brick molding sites; (5) seek guidance of local environmental officers to identify acceptable disposal sites; (6) use integrated pest management approaches to minimize pesticide use; and (7) the contractor should give priority to local people to cover manual (unskilled labor).
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The development objective of the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project (SCADEP) for Sierra Leone is to promote smallholder commercialization by fostering productive business linkages between smallholder farmers and selected agribusiness firms and other commodity off-takers in Sierra Leone.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) sprinkling of water to minimize dust pollution; (2) materials should be temporarily stored before final disposal; (3) avoid and control spilling of oil, grease, and paints; (4) proper disposal of construction waste and prevent wastewater entering waterways; (5) noisy activities to be scheduled to occur within prescribed normal working hours; (6) avoid heavy machinery on agriculture and productive soils; (7) backfilling and levelling to prevent water percolation and accumulation; and (8) raise awareness on safety procedures to workers.
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The development objective of the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project (SCADEP) for Sierra Leone is to promote smallholder commercialization by fostering productive business linkages between smallholder farmers and selected agribusiness firms and other commodity off-takers in Sierra Leone.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) (1) provide landfill requirements in design of subprojects and contracts. Avoid highly sensitive areas; (2) noise generation activities to be relegated during the daytime; (3) all debris, construction, and wood waste will be stored within the work site; (4) restoration of borrow pits, sand, and quarry stone abstraction sites and brick molding sites; (5) seek guidance of local environmental officers to identify acceptable disposal sites; (6) use integrated pest management approaches to minimize pesticide use; and (7) the contractor should give priority to local people to cover manual (unskilled labor).
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