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Project ID: 1295
Agricultural Resource Management Project - Phase II The main objectives of the proposed project will be to improve food and water security and the income levels of the target group of rural poor households in the project area. Project objectives will be met by promoting community development and through the efficient use and improved management of soil and water resources. The project will provide technical and financial support to: (i) build soil and water conservation structures and improve agricultural production through the active participation of the target group; (ii) promote sustainable land and water management practices and environmental monitoring; (iii) promote rural microfinance for on and off-farm activities; and (iv) strengthen the capacity of the existing PMU and the agricultural directorates in the project area. The Agricultural Resource Management Project - Phase II (ARMP-II) will target around 22 300 households or 134 000 inhabitants in rural areas (75% of the total rural population in the project area). The target group will include: (i) small farmers (both men and women) with limited or no access to rural finance and extension support; and (ii) landless men and women with insecure income and little or no access to rural finance or market information for incomegenerating activities. A two-level method of targeting will: (i) identify villages and priority areas with a high concentration of poor farmers and rural women; and (ii) tailor interventions to the priority needs expressed by the poor in the selected villages and areas. The community-based participatory approach adopted by the ARMP-II is based on the principle that the communities themselves will elaborate and implement, in partnership with the project, their village development programme. The communities will be directly involved in all phases of the project cycle and project beneficiaries will be jointly selected by community members and the Project Management Unit (PMU). Communities will establish criteria for identifying the poor and disadvantaged households within their community. All project interventions in the targeted villages will be planned and implemented on the basis of community demand, reflected in Community Action Plans (CAPs) and Annual Work Plans (AWPs). This exercise will be conducted under the umbrella of existing legally registered voluntary societies and/or cooperatives provided that they are valid and dynamic, or by the informal Village Development Committee if the selected village does not have a legal voluntary society/cooperative. Greater prominence will be given to women's development through: (i) gender-balanced decisionmaking processes within the community; and (ii) inclusion of women's development priorities in the CAPs. In addition to their involvement in decision-making, project beneficiaries will contribute around USD 2.4 million equivalent, in cash or in kind (labour) towards total project costs (5.8% of the total). Loan Amount SDR 17.05 million (equivalent to approximately USD 25.5 million) on highly concessional terms Total programme cost: USD 49 million Cooperating Institution: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) |
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| Project ID: 1092
Yarmouk Agricultural Resources Development The principal objectives of this six-year IFAD-initiated project are to improve the food security and incomes of target group farmers by arresting degradation and restoring soil fertility, thus allowing for sustainable use of land and water resources. Specifically the project seeks to: - provide technical and financial support to the target group to adopt soil and water conservation measures and improve agricultural production; - promote and fund credit for on- and off-farm enterprises; and - strengthen the capacity of the agricultural directorates in the project area to provide the required technical support services and extension. The target group encompasses the entire population of the selected priority areas, where poorer farmers are in the majority. The project expects to have a positive impact on the income and quality of life of 2 480 households. The beneficiaries of soil and water conservation measures will be about 2 625 households, of which 2 495 will benefit through direct project support and 460 through credit. The spring protection/ rehabilitation programme will benefit about 214 households. Income-generating programmes will assist about 800 women to develop small-scale business enterprises. Further groups of households (estimated at about 2 490 and 5 460, respectively) will receive direct benefits from credit and technology transfer programmes. Innovative Features: - The project will encourage a participatory approach to the management and conservation of soil and water resources in order to ensure sustainable agricultural production. The approach is designed to empower the poor by providing them with access to productive resources and directly involving them in the decision-making process. - Soil and water-conservation initiatives will be based on a sustainable land-use plan prepared with the participation and approval of the communities, by consensus. - User groups will, in fact, play an important role in the setting of all priorities; the project will finance only those initiatives proposed as priorities by these user groups. Beneficiaries will be encouraged to form user groups, participate in design and implementation, contribute at least 15% of the costs and make a commitment regarding future maintenance of the works. The line of credit for the income-generating enterprises, which will be managed by NGOs on a pilot basis, has been designed to facilitate access by the rural poor, especially women, who may not have land as collateral. Loan Amount: SDR 7.5 million (approximately USD 10.1 million) on intermediate terms. Total Project Costs: Estimated at USD 33.1 million, of which USD 7.6 million will be provided by AFESD, USD 5.0 million by the OPEC Fun d, USD 5.0 million by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Agricultural and Economic Development, USD 3.5 million by the Government and USD 2.0 million by the beneficiaries. Cooperating Institution: AFESD. |
| Project ID: 1071
National Programme for Rangeland Rehabilitation and Development - Phase I The goal of this five-year first-phase programme is to reduce environmental degradation of rangeland resources through the introduction of sustainable management practices by: providing policy-makers with reliable and updated information on the current status of rangeland resources; developing a national pastoral-resource monitoring system for rangelands; enhancing environmental awareness in the use of rangeland resources; developing a methodology of participatory planning for rehabilitation and management of grazing resources; and directly assisting beneficiaries and target communities in the implementation and periodic revision of rangeland development plans. Programme components are: - participatory planning; - information and environmental awareness; - implementation of rangeland management plans in five pilot sites; and - project management. Given the nature of the intervention, the programme does not lend itself to traditional IFAD targeting and will thus operate on two levels. The long-term data collection and analysis essential for the framing of national rangeland development policies and plans will be nationwide in scope and will cover all the country's rangelands, which support approximately 85 500 persons in 12 200 livestock-owning households. The programme will work in five pilot areas (to be selected from 15 priority areas) where it is estimated that the income level of 83% of livestock-owners is inadequate. Loan amount : SDR 2.9 million (approximately USD 4.0 million) on intermediate terms. Total programme costs are estimated at USD 9.0 million, of which USD 4.5 million will be provided by the borrower and USD 500 000 by the beneficiaries. Cooperating institution: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. |
