| Project Detail |
This operation will build on the work conducted under Resilient Productive Landscapes RPL I/TPR I (P162908), which will close on November 30 2024. RPL/TPR II will aim to restore ecosystem services that will continue to safeguard and enhance agricultural production in identified regions. This will lead to a reduction in vulnerability of economic and ecological systems to external shocks and strengthen capacities of the Government and beneficiaries for long-term sustainable management of identified landscapes. Activities will be conducted under four components: (i) Institutional strengthening and capacity building to promote a landscape approach to sustainable agriculture; (ii) Implementing landscape interventions on the ground followed by (iii) project management, and (iv) a Continency Emergency Response Component (CERC) that allocates funds contingent on emergencies triggered by extreme events. Under Component 1, the project will support government efforts to adopt a landscape approach for promoting sustainable agriculture nationwide. Specifically, this component will support national efforts for joint and related Agriculture/Environment/Water landscapes-based policy and action plans and the implementation of the joint Ministry of Environment /Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Rural Development Master Plan for Resilient Landscapes developed under TPR I which was disseminated in April 2024; coordination with key line ministries and other related strategies and program, improvement of landscape/watershed planning, investments, management, and monitoring. Under Component 2, the project will also fund on-farm agriculture investments to adopt Climate Smart Agriculture technologies and practices and nature-based solutions (NBS). The investments will consider all aspects of the value chain from production and beyond (transformation, value addition, commercialization); consider opportunities for innovation and identification of services and infrastructure required to support value chains and increased market access. Possible Global Environment Facility financing will support land restoration in watersheds, reforestation, protected area management in upper watersheds, and the strengthening of farmer and forest user associations, as well as local authorities, to implement and monitor landscape/watershed plans. Component 3 will manage and use resources in accordance with the Project’s objectives and procedures and to evaluate its results. It will finance staff costs, goods, equipment and vehicles, incremental operating costs, , audits, construction and/or rehabilitation of Project Implementation Unit offices and in general eligible expenses associated with overall management (including fiduciary matters, knowledge management, communication, gender, and citizen engagement as well as monitoring implementation of safeguards-related measures) of project implementation. For the monitoring and evaluation functionality to be funded under this sub-component, an impact evaluation baseline will be established by no later than year one of Project implementation. Close links will be maintained with the PIU for the PARSA project (P177072). (a) to improve agricultural productivity and resilience of selected smallholders, and enhance management of associated natural resources in selected landscapes; and (b) in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to respond promptly and effectively to it. |
