President’s report: Proposed loan

The ESRF will help to protect the livelihoods and incomes and to build the resilience of the target groups suffering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

The ESRF will mitigate the threats to production, food security and market access posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

The ESRF’s expected results are:

1. targeted households will maintain or increase their production, food security and climate change resilience relative to their pre-COVID-19 situation; and
2. targeted households will maintain or increase their market linkages, sales volumes and income levels from market participation relative to their pre-COVID-19 situation.

The ESRF’s duration is 18 months.