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Project / Programme Title
Agriculture markets devel for the Lichinga-Balama corridor
Brief Project Description
The development problem that the planned five-year intervention “Agriculture Markets Development project for the Lichinga – Balama corridor (DEMA-LIBA)” will address is smallholder farmers’ low income and food insecurity in selected districts in Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces (Northern Mozambique). CONTEXT Mozambique has had a strong and consistent economic growth the past decades (since the end of the civil war). However, despite an annual growth rate of around 7 % there is still wide spread poverty. There are considerable inequalities throughout the country, especially in rural versus urban areas. A matter of great concern is that the poverty has not decreased during the last decade, even though there has been solid economic growth. It is estimated that around 80 % of the workforce in Mozambique) is involved in the agriculture sector and a large majority of these are smallholder farmers, growing low-value and rain-fed staple crops, not using agricultural inputs (such as improved seeds, fertilizer or pesticides) with limited or no access to markets. The smallholder farmers in Mozambique are to a large extent classified as working poor based on the fact that their productivity is low, which is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. To obtain a more inclusive economic development in Mozambique there is a need to develop the small-scale agriculture and to integrate it more in existing economic activities (formal and informal). This is seen as a necessity to achieve more productive employment that will allow poor people to improve their living conditions. For smallholder farmers to become more included in the existing market system it is necessary to increase productivity, improve quality, use more climate resilient agricultural methods, lower no-value added cost, increase access to financial services and improve the enabling environment. There are favorable conditions to conduct economic and environmental sustainable small-scale farming in the area of intervention, since there is good access of fertile agricultural land and water exists. PROGRAM PROPOSAL Objectives The intervention’s overall objective is to “increase smallholder incomes and food security through the adaptation of climate smart agricultural practices and access to markets”. The proposal is built around five objectives: i) Incentivize and enable smallholder farmers to improve productivity through increased use of improved inputs and effective extension services; ii) Facilitate increased smallholder farmers’ access to sustainable market for finance, agricultural inputs, other services and output markets; iii) Facilitate increased economic empowerment in agriculture, agribusiness and leadership for women; iv) Facilitate increased economic empowerment and employment for young women and men; v) Facilitate the establishment and/or growth of an enabling agriculture/agribusiness development environment. An estimated 50 000 households are only dependent on farming for their livelihoods, and these are the project’s target group. SNV’s aim is to reach 25 000 of these smallholder farmers (households) through enhanced extension services on good agriculture practices, with a particular focus on climate-smart agriculture. Implementation approach The aim is to obtain long term sustainability by building the intervention around a market system development approach. The intervention should address market constrains with the purpose is to obtain a more well-functioning market that will improve the possibilities for smallholder farmers to obtain higher income and better livelihoods, but should not interfere or distort the existing market structure in such a manner that it becomes unsustainable. The intervention will provide considerable technical support to smallholder farmers to improve the agricultural productivity, since it is assessed as a necessity for them to be able to engage with the market. The ambition is to link the smallholder farmers to a number of agricultural value chains.
Donor
SWEDEN
Donor Agency / UN Agency
Suécia
Government Counterparts
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Project Information

Project Status
Ongoing
Mozambican Project Number
Fonte de Recurso
Actual Start - End
2017-07-01 / 2022-12-31
Planned Start - End
2017-07-01 / 2022-12-31
Date of Signature of MoU/Contract
n/a
National / Regional
Regional 
Type of Implementation
NGO Implementation 
Project Contact Person
Olov Atterfors | 21 480 300 | olov.atterfors@gov.se 
Project Internet Link
 
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Funding Information

Aid Modality
Investment Projects
Currency
SEK
Type of Funding
Grant
On/Off Budget
Off Budget
On/Off Treasury
Off Treasury
Funding Totals
Disbursements
2,400,000 EUR
Commitments
8,880,000 EUR
Undisbursed
6,480,000 EUR
Historic Funding
Disbursements
0 EUR
Commitments
0 EUR
Funding 2017
Disbursements
1,440,000 EUR
Commitments
8,880,000 EUR
Disbursements 1st Quarter
0 EUR
Disbursements 2nd Quarter
0 EUR
Disbursements 3rd Quarter
960,000 EUR
Disbursements 4th Quarter
480,000 EUR
Funding 2018
Disbursements
960,000 EUR
Commitments
0 EUR
Disbursements 1st Quarter
0 EUR
Disbursements 2nd Quarter
0 EUR
Disbursements 3rd Quarter
960,000 EUR
Disbursements 4th Quarter
0 EUR
Funding Forecast 2018
Disbursements
0 EUR
Commitments
1,920,000 EUR
Funding Forecast 2019
Disbursements
0 EUR
Commitments
1,920,000 EUR
Funding Forecast 2020
Disbursements
0 EUR
Commitments
1,920,000 EUR
Funding Forecast 2021
Disbursements
0 EUR
Commitments
1,680,000 EUR

Classification

Channel of Delivery
  • SNV
Sectors
100.0%
31100 Agriculture
MDGs
  • Not Applicable
Focal Regions
Niassa
100.0%
  • Lichinga (100.0%)