Agricultural Commercialization and Resilience Enhancement Project (AGCOM 2.0) Component 1: (Re-) Building Resilient Agricultural Production Capacity. This component will finance strengthening research services, expanding the capacity of pivotal institutions, and promoting policy reforms regarding agricultural commercialization and climate resilience. This includes: (i) agricultural research, development, and innovation; and (ii) Land demarcation and registration. The Project will scale up and sustain adjudication, demarcation, and registration of land parcels.
Component 2: Supporting the Sustainable Development of Natural Resources for Resilient Agricultural Landscapes. This component will finance the construction of medium-to-large scale irrigation schemes and technical assistance for the management of their catchment areas according to the Irrigation Master Plan. It will strengthen the capacity of irrigation service providers responsible for the management and maintenance of irrigation infrastructures and water delivery to final users through the provision of technical assistance, goods, works, and training. Part of the grant will also coordinate efforts to strengthen institutions, build their capacity, review and update relevant policies and strategies, consolidate the different working manuals and guidelines, support the WUAs with refresher training, and provide the much-needed technical backstopping for WUAs.
Component 3: Getting to the Market. This component aims to improve physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food by improving agrifood producers’ access to domestic and international markets and enhancing marketing infrastructure. The interventions to scale up and upgrade the inclusive value chain approach are broken down into two subcomponents: (i) building and strengthening farmer organizations; (ii) supporting productive alliances; and (iii) supporting last-mile infrastructure. It will provide technical assistance, including scaling up through measures such as merging cooperatives or building secondary c