SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATED AND MARKET ACCESS PROJECT – IRRIGA

To improve smallholder agriculture productivity and market access

COUNTRY/REC Mozambique

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2018 - December 2024

PROJECT SITE Alto Molocue, Chinde, Gilé, Gurué, Ile, Inhassunge, Lugela, Maganja da Costa, Milange, Mocuba, Mopeia, Morrumbala, Namacurra, Namarroi, Nicoadala, Pebane, Buzi, Caia, Chemba, Cheringoma, Chibabava, Dondo, Gorongosa, Marromeu, Machanga, Maringué, Muanza, Nhamatanda

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
2 World Bank 57,000,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 100 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 57,000,000.00 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 57,000,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

To improve smallholder agriculture productivity and market access

Project Objectives

To strengthen the institutional capacity

To improve the enabling policy environment, support the regulatory framework of the institutions

Tto improve water availability and resilience of irrigation services

Project activities

Strengthening irrigation institutional capacity

Strengthening agriculture institutional capacity and market linkages

Irrigation infrastructure investment

Irrigation infrastructure management

Investment support to enhance smallholder agricultural production

Matching grants for market-led production and value chain development

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