• Reference: P-SL-AA0-007
• Approval date: 02/02/2005
• Start date: 21/02/2006
• Appraisal Date: 27/02/2004
• Status: OngoingOnGo
• Implementing Agency: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FOOD SECURITY
• Location: 5 Districts

The project has three main components:

(i) Support to Agricultural Production;

(ii) Capacity Building of MAFFS and Rural Communities; and

(iii) Support to Implementation and Project Management. As a result of the proposed intervention, the following outputs will be attained under the three components:

(1)Agricultural Production Support

(i) rehabilitation of 12,000 ha of lowland farms;

(ii) rehabilitation of 2 000 ha of oil palm farms;

(iii)rehabilitation of 2,500 ha of coffee farms;

(iv) rehabilitation of 3,000 ha of cocoa farms;

(v) rehabilitation of 3 RRRS stations for production of foundation seed rice production;

(vi) rehabilitation of 3 IAR stations for production of basic food planting material production; and vii) rehabilitation of 1 MAFFS clonal gardens and promotion of 5 tree crop nurseries for production of tree crop planting materials.

(2)Capacity Building of MAFFS and Rural Communities

(i) rehabilitation/reconstruction of MAFFS and related field offices;

(ii) the strengthening of the extension services;

(iii) rehabilitation of rural infrastructure; and

(iv) improvement of commercial facilities.

(3)Support to Implementation and Project Management

The project will be coordinated by Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and food Security (MAFFS). .

The main project goal is to increase agricultural production and improve farmers' income. The principal objective of the project is to restore agricultural production to pre-war level through the rehabilitation of the agricultural sector.

The large-scale disruption of farming activities has contributed to a situation where food availability has fallen considerably creating acute food shortages in some regions leading to malnutrition, particularly among women and children. The coping mechanisms of the rural populations have been severely stretched making communities more vulnerale. The situation is exacerbated by the reduction of seed stocks which in many areas have already been consumed, compounding an already precarious food security situaton.

As they had lost whatever means of production they had, attempts by war-affected families (returnees and non-returnees) to recommence production as the security situation improved in some areas, has been almost impossible. Food insecurity therefore remains a big threat in the rural towns and villages. In the short term, families in war affected areas require support in the form of basic production inputs to recommence production. A donor support emergency programme was launched in march 1998 to assist war affected families to restart production for the 1998 season with a package which included planting materials and seeds, tools, fishing gear and in some cases small livestock. The longer term rehabilitation and recovery phase will involve mainly rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, rehabilitation of food and cash crop farms, rehabilitation of agricultulral services facilities including research, extension and livestock, restocking of livestock, improvement of the Ministries' operational capacity through institutional support and strengthening and natural resource management. The Agriculture Rehabilitation Project (ARP) can make a significant contribution to the government's resettlement, rehabilitation and recovery efforts.

The project will have considerable and immediate impact on domestic food supplies which would contribute to a rapid reversal of the declining trend in food self-sufficiency and reduce imports. The increased production of the main cash export crops will contribute to a recovery in foreign exchange earnings. Normal social life willresume for the war affected families.The project will also contribute to the rehabilitation of the rural infrastructure by rehabilitating 800 km rural roads, rehabilitation of 3 RRS for production of foundation seed rice, rehablitation of 3 IAR for production of basic food planting material. Moreover, the project will rehabilitate 93 MAFFS field offices and 32 housing units.

TUCKER Christian Aboidun Darlar - OSAN2

Finance source	Amount
ADF	UAC 12,000,000
Government	UAC 1,624,390
Delta	UAC 475,610
Total	UAC 14,100,000