AN AfDB-LED INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN ANGOLA (INCLUDING OTHER VALUE CHAINS)

Capacity building. Initiative to boost food security and incomes in Eastern Angola by focusing on climate-resilient agriculture, linking farmers to markets, developing infrastructure (irrigation, roads), and building skills for youth and women

COUNTRY/REC Angola

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2024 - December 2029

PROJECT SITE Benguela

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 6,700,000.00 0.25 16,750.00
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 6,700,000.00 - 16,750.00
Project Goal

Capacity building. Initiative to boost food security and incomes in Eastern Angola by focusing on climate-resilient agriculture, linking farmers to markets, developing infrastructure (irrigation, roads), and building skills for youth and women

Project Objectives

An integrated agricultural value chain project in the Lobito and Eastern Corridors region focusing on grains including creation of an agricultural processing zone.

Rehabilitation and upgrade of existing fish centers and development of new infrastructure in Namibe (Development of dock, fishing storage and processing).

Bring in private sector to ensure Phase 2 of Cabinda project focusing on Agricultural processing/Industrialization of key value chains (Poultry, Fisheries and Casava)

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system