Smallholder Agriculture Development Project
The project area covers four of Lesotho’s 10 districts, located along the South African border.
The project will support smallholder farmers to exploit opportunities to increase their productivity and diversify into market-oriented agriculture.
The project will focus on:
- increasing agricultural market opportunities
- increasing market-oriented smallholder production
- identifying commercially viable activities that can be replicated and successfully scaled up
- project management.
Country
Approval Date
27 November 2011
Duration
2011 - 2020
Sector
Rural Development
Total Project Cost
US$ 28.78 million
IFAD Financing
US$ 10 million
Co-financiers (International)
GEF: Least Developed Countries Fund US$ 4.33 million
World Bank: International Development Association US$ 10 million
Co-financiers (Domestic)
National Government US$ 3.48 million
Financing terms
DSF Grant/Highly Concessional
Project ID
1100001530
Project Contact
President's reports
Supervision and implementation support documents
Supervision mission - March 2018
Year: 2018