Project for Rice Development

The yield of rice is improved in Bié and Huambo province

COUNTRY/REC Angola

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD August 2013 - August 2019

PROJECT SITE Bié, Huambo

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 MINAGRIF
2 IDA
3 IIA
4 DNA
5 SENSE
6 JICA 8,944,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 8,944,000.00 100 8,944,000.00
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 8,944,000.00 - 8,944,000.00
Project Goal

The yield of rice is improved in Bié and Huambo province

Project Objectives

Improved rice cultivation methods are practiced by model farmers in the target sites

Project Outputs

Current situation and challenges of agricultural production (rice production) in the target areas are clarified

The capacity of IIA in conducting the study and research on rice cultivation and recommended seed multiplication is enhanced

Clarify the direction for irrigation development by DNER and irrigation development is proposed

The technical package for rice cultivation for small farmers is developed by IIA in close cooperation with the IDA and DNER

Rice production is sensitized as one of the priorities in the national policy framework which in turn strengthens the implementation of rice promotion system

Project activities

Baseline survey

Development of research plan

Variety selection

Development of rice cultivation techniques

Planning and management of irrigation scheme

Dissemination of rice technical package

Training

Policy support

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers
2 Government officials
3 Extension workers
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

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