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Sustainable Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project

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Est. Monetary Cost
(Today's US$)
9.3
Est Monetary Benefits
Unknown

The development objective of the Sustainable Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project for Timor-Leste is to increase the productivity and marketed production of smallholder agriculture in selected geographical locations in Timor-Leste. The project comprises of six components. The first component, integrated watershed and sub-watershed agriculture development planning objective is to improve agriculture development planning within targeted watersheds.The second component, smallholder organization, advisory support, and training will facilitate the formation of farmer groups where needed, building on cohesion developed during the SCADP preparation process, and strengthen existing groups formed for other purposes by non-government organization (NGOs) and other relevant programs. The third component, sustainable watershed and sub-watershed management and support to farmer group’s objective is to support the implementation of SCADPs through the provision of targeted on-farm investments. The fourth component, strengthening Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF’s) services, planning, programming, coordination and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) functions will support MAF to strengthen institutional capacity following recent organizational changes. The fifth component, project management and monitoring will coordinate the implementation of all development partner-financed projects and programs in the agricultural sector. The sixth component, contingency for disaster risk response will be used in the event that an emergency response is required. The project will support technologies and small-scale works for sustainable watersheds, including green engineering.

Implementation status
Ongoing
Intervention
Hybrid
Scale
National
Start year
2017
Original currency
USD
Organizations
Risk Reduction Benefits
erosion control and slope stabilization
climate adaptation or resilience
Countries