| Information Sheet of Rice Related Project/Program in CARD First Group Countries | |||||||||||
| 1. Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||
| 2. Title (Full name) | Third National Fadama Development Project (Fadama III) | ||||||||||
| 3. Project Location | Country-wide (FCT and 36 States) | ||||||||||
| 4. Type of project | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1. Grant, 2. Loan, 3. Technical Coop./Assistance, 4. National budget, 5. Private sector | |||||||||||
| 5. Field of support | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| 1. Policy, 2. R & D, 3. Extension & Training, 4. Production, 5. Marketing 6. Post-harvest, 7. Irrigation, 8. Credit, 9. Seed, 10. Other ( specify below ) |
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| 10. | Capacity building | ||||||||||
| 6. Fund sources (Funding agency) |
World Bank | ||||||||||
| 7. Budget | USD 250 million | ||||||||||
| 8. Project duration | Start: | 2009 | |||||||||
| (dd/mm/yy) | End: | 2014 | |||||||||
| 9. Goal and objectives | Goal: | Increase of fuud security and poverty reduction | |||||||||
| Obj.: | To increase the incomes of users of rural land and water resources on a sustainable basis by facilitating the demand-driven investiments and empowerment of local communitie groups and improving productivity and land quality. | ||||||||||
| 10. Target beneficiaries | Direct: | Fadama user groups (FUGs) | |||||||||
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| 11. Project component (activities) | 1. | Capacity building, communications and information support | |||||||||
| 2. | Small-scale community-owned infrastructure | ||||||||||
| 3. | Advisory services and input support | ||||||||||
| 4. | Support to the ADPs and adaptive research | ||||||||||
| 5. | Asset acquisition for individual FUGs/EIGs | ||||||||||
| 12. Expected results (outputs) | 1. | Capacity building of community organizations and Local Governments is made. Communication and information support to beneficiary communities in the states are promoted. | |||||||||
| 2. | Infrasturctures for improving mutual communications and natural resource management such as feeder and access roads, culverts, small bridges, stock routes, pastures and watering points are developed. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Fadama users/pastoralists abd other economic interest groups are empowered. Matching grants are arranged. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Advisory service providers, facilitators, extension staff are supported to meet established quality standards. Research and on-farm demonstrations are undertaken through entering into a performance based contract with public and provate research centers. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Fadama user groups acdquire the assets for income-generating activities such as value-addition. Existing agricultural systems including non-traditional crops are improved. Economically active FUGs will develop the subproject by obtaining a support of 70% of its total cost. Vulnerable FUGs will engage in profitable income-generating activities by combining capacity building and one-time grant to build an asset base. | ||||||||||
| 13. Inputs | |||||||||||
| 14. Implementing agency | National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources | ||||||||||
| 15. Status of the project | 2 | 1?Pipeline, 2. Approved, 3. On-going, 4. Completed | |||||||||
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