Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants

Country/Borrower: Republic of Tajikistan

Title of Proposed Project: Rural Development Project

Name and Address of Executing Agency:

Ministry of Agriculture
44, Rudaki Avenue, 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel: (+992 372) 221-15-96; 221-12-95; 221-10-94
Fax: (+992 372) 221-57-94

Brief Description of Project:

The Rural Development Project takes a holistic and coordinated approach to rural development to address problems and constraints, enhance opportunities, and integrate agriculture more effectively into the rural economy. The Project will focus on five contiguous raions (districts)-Faizabad, Rogun, Rudaki, Vahdat, and Varzob-located around the capital, Dushanbe.

The Project will
  1. address land use security;
  2. develop policies and strategy for more effective pasture land management and capacity development;
  3. improve the administration and institutional aspects of business development;
  4. address the capacity and technical aspects of degradation of arable, pasture, and forest lands;
  5. establish independent agriculture and rural business advisory services;
  6. establish an effective market information system;
  7. provide microcredit; and
  8. improve rural infrastructure in communities and raions.
This is the first ADB-financed project to be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Project has five components:

  1. Policy and Institutional Development and Reform;
  2. Sustainable Land Management (pasture, arable, and forest);
  3. Agriculture and Rural Business Support;
  4. Rural Infrastructure Development; and
  5. Project Management.

Brief Description of Consultants Services to be Procured:

The consultants will be selected under separate consulting-firm contracts:

  1. Project Management Unit
  2. Sustainable Pasture, Arable, and Forest Land Management
  3. Improved Capacity for Effective Land Management
  4. Agriculture and Rural Business Support
  5. Market Information System

Please refer to the terms of reference for the consultants.

ADB Project Officer
John Whittle (632-6966)
Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, CWRD
jwhittle@adb.org