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Small Farm Reconstruction and Development Project
The project targeted small-scale farmers whose farms had been almost totally destroyed during the war. The project area was located within former front-line territory and had suffered considerable war damage. The people who live in this area are some of the most disadvantaged in the country, with one third to one half of them displaced by the war.
The main objectives of the project were to reduce extreme poverty, improve national food security and generate rural employment opportunities. Project participants received a ‘subsistence’ package, particularly suited to households headed by women and to families of displaced persons. This package included either dairy cattle, sheep, goats or pigs. The project provided tractors and other equipment where needed, as well as veterinary and training support, especially in animal health and fodder production. It financed a study on how to re-establish the local Pramenka sheep industry, which had been destroyed by the war. It also funded a pilot credit scheme as a foundation for the development of rural financial services, to test the best ways for smallholders to obtain financing.
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr Abdelaziz Merzouk
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592634
Fax: +39 0654593634
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| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$16.0 million
IFAD loan: US$14.0 million
Duration: 1998-2001
Geographical
area: 25 municipalities in the Federation
and 10 municipalities in the Krajina region of the
Republic of Srpska
Directly benefiting:
5,834 households
Cofinancing:
- United Nations Development Programme (US$997,000),
- International Development Association (US$997,000)
Status: closed
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| Partners |
- Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry
- Government of the Republic of Srpska: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
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