JFPR 9007: Supporting Poor and Disadvantaged Farmers through Civil Society Organizations
|
|
View Full Document |
|---|
| Total Budget | : 942,000 US$ |
| JFPR grant | : 800,000 US$ |
Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Selected national and district nongovernment organizations (NGOs)
DOA will establish a JFPR project desk as part of the project coordination unit of the counterpart Crop Diversification Project (CDP). The project coordinator of CDP will concurrently act as the project manager for the JFPR project to ensure effective project implementation and coordination with CDP.
The Project will be implemented in five lowland districts (Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, Banke, and Dang) in Midwestern and Far Western development regions.
The targeted beneficiaries are poor and disadvantaged farmers in the project area, including formerly bonded agricultural laborers.
The Project will be implemented over a period of three years.
Reduce rural poverty in the poor regions of the country.
Project PurposeImprove access of poor and disadvantaged farmers to socioeconomic services.
Expected OutputSocial mobilization programs conducted for poor and disadvantaged farmers in the project area; and Institutional strengthening of local NGOs and community-based organizations (CBOs).
The Project will
JFPR Letter of Agreement will be signed in October 2001.
Mr. K. C. Sharma, Project Manager
Department of Agriculture
Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
Tel: (977-1) 543621/523269
Fax: (977-1) 523269
E-mail: cdp@wlink.com.np
Mr. Konichi Yokohama
South Asia Department
Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Division
Tel: +632 632 6837
Email: kyokohama@adb.org
© 2008 Asian Development Bank Privacy | Terms of Use |
 Top of page |