Tag Archives: Topsector Agrifood

Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks

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Article originally posted on the World Bank website on August 19, 2015.

Highlights:

  • Four million people were lifted out of poverty due to positive developments in the Cambodian agriculture sector over the last decade.
  • Cambodian agriculture saw high growth rates but needs to find new pathways to drive future growth as global food prices decline and farmland diminishes.
  • The challenge is to move away from increasing production through land expansion to being more productive and competitive.

The last decade was golden for cambodia-riceCambodian agriculture. The annual agricultural sector growth of 5.3% between 2004 and 2012 was one of the highest in the world, according to a new World Bank report, Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks , prepared with the support of the Australian government.

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IFC & Dutch firm help Kenyan farming co-operatives get access to financing

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Article originally published by Business Daily Africa on August 23, 2015.

A rating agency has come up with a formula that Printranks agriculture-focused co-operative societies and small-scale businesses in a move that will make it easier for them to access loans and social investor funds.

SCOPEInsight, the company supported by the Embassy of Netherlands and partnering with International Finance Corporation (IFC), has developed a rating system that identifies the strengths and weaknesses of co-operative societies. This will prepare them to get financial support. Continue reading →

IFC investment in Dutch Africa Improved Foods (Holding) (AIFH) in Rwanda

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On July 7, 2015, the IFC and the AIFH have AIFHsigned an agreement for a $21.5 million loan and $4.5 million equity investment by IFC in AIFH. This loan comes with support from the Dutch-funded Global Agriculture Food Security Program (GAFSP), and is intended for the construction and operation of a 45,000 tons per year processing plant in Rwanda for fortified cereals to treat child malnutrition. Continue reading →

Afghanistan – The Canal that Brought a Neighborhood Back to Life

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This article was originally published on the World Bank website.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • The rebuilding of a canal has brought life back to a rural neighborhood in Balkh Province, reviving arable land as well as allowing residents to supplement their income by growing their own vegetables.
  • The reconstruction sub-project was made possible through the National Solidarity Program, the government’s flagship program for rural development.
  • The National Solidarity Program is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and receives funding from a number of donors, including the World Bank and the (Dutch-funded) Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF).

Jamshid and Basit are happily enjoying themselves around in and around the canal. “Now that the canal is paved, we can easily fill our buckets and carry the water home.”

eConsultant2: GAFSP Rwanda Evaluation

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IFC would like to invite firms meeting the following criteria to submit an expression of interest for this consultancy:

Experience with conducting rigorous impact evaluations in developing countries;
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eConsultant2: Malawi GAFSP Evaluation – Survey Firm – DEADLINE AUGUST 13

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IFC is looking to hire a survey firm to manage all aspects of a baseline household data collection, entry and management for a prospective, rigorous impact evaluation of two interventions: an outgrower scheme and employment of unskilled labor at a commercial farm. The purpose of the household surveys is to estimate the baseline wellbeing of smallholder farmers in the Salima province of Malawi, where the company operates. The baseline will be used to better understand the context of these farmers, and to measure the effects of their engagements with the company over time by comparing the results against a midline (September 2017) and an endline (September 2019) data collection. Continue reading →

Tender: UPDATE – Horticulture Development Project

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Tender posted on DevBusiness website (www.devbusiness.com). Log on to DevBusiness to review full tender.

DB Reference number: WB3439-07/15

Country: India

Deadline: August 25, 2015

The Project Director: Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project, now invites prospective nursery / firms to indicate their interest in supply of improved plant material comprising of Clonal Rootstocks, grafted feathered and whip nursery fruit plants of Apple, Pear, Cherry, Stone fruits, Kiwi and Walnut etc. as follows: Continue reading →

Bangladesh – National Agricultural Technology Program – Phase II Project

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The World Bank approved a total of $176.06 million for the Second National Agricultural Technology Program. The project development objective is to increase agricultural productivity of smallholder farms and improve smallholder farmers’ access to markets in selected districts. This is to be achieved through the following components: Continue reading →

Tender: Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (EAAPP-APL1A)

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Tender posted on DevBusiness website (www.devbusiness.com). Log on to DevBusiness to review full tender.

DB Reference number: WB3621-08/15

Country: Uganda

Deadline: August 21, 2015

Supply of One (1) Set of a Diary Processing Equipment-Lot.1 and Fibre/Nitrogen Analyser Equipment and Hummer Mill-Lot.2 Continue reading →

Update: Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project

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On June 22, we reported that the World Bank Board of Directors was to discuss the Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project, worth a total of $314 million, of which $238 million is provided by the World Bank. This project is now approved.

The Project Development Outcome is to improve farming practices and value chains in the targeted project areas, and promote institutional strengthening of relevant public agencies in effective support to implementation of the Agricultural Restructuring Plan. The project consists of three different components:

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