LOAN: CAM 34380-01 | Agriculture Sector Development Program Loan

Cambodia

LOAN: CAM 34380-01

Agriculture Sector Development Program Loan

•	Missions
•	Loan Approval Date
•	Estimated Completion Date
•	Cost and Financing Plan
•	Description
•	Development Objectives
•	Thematic Classification
•	Poverty Classification
•	Rationale
•	Objectives and Scope
•	Policy Dialogue
•	Environment Category
•	Env't Impact and Mitigation
•	Social Aspects and Remedies
•	Benefits and Beneficiaries
•	Public Consultation
•	Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
•	Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
•	Consulting Services
•	Procurement
•	Contacts
•	Remarks

Location
Nationwide

Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources /Agriculture Production, Agroprocessing, & Agrobusiness

Initial Listing
2 April 2001

Most Recent Update
27 December 2006

Executing Agency(ies)

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Missions

Loan Approval Date

26 November 2003

Estimated Completion Date

December 2008

Cost and Financing Plan (in US$ million)

Source	Foreign Cost	Local Cost	Total
Bank	25.00	0.00	25.00
Cofinancing	5.00	0.00	5.00
Borrower	9.00	0.00	9.00
Beneficiaries	0.00	0.00	0.00
Others	0.00	0.00	0.00
Project/Program Cost	39.00	0.00	39.00

OCR ADF Total

Loan Amount 0.00 25.00 25.00

Description

ADB's sector strategy is to help achieve the Government's development objectives through enhanced agricultural productivity in line with the Second Socioeconomic Development Plan of the Government. ADB's strategy also aims to promote private sector participation in agriculture, and increase awareness and knowledge about improved technology among the rural poor, women, and vulnerable groups to participate in market-oriented sector growth. The Agriculture Sector Development Program (ASDP) aims to help promote sustainable agricultural growth in Cambodia in line with the Government's sector policy. Complementarity and synergy with projects and programs of ADB and other external funding agencies have been fully considered during the formulation of ASDP.

Thematic Classification

Poverty Classification: Poverty Intervention

Rationale

Objectives and Scope

Within the overall program framework of ASDP (comprising program and project loans), the program loan will facilitate policy and institutional sector reforms to ensure a favorable environment for market-based agricultural growth, and the project loan will provide farmers with extension services for delivery of improved knowledge and technology, and support for agroenterprise development and commercialization.

Policy Dialogue

Environment Category: B

Environment Impact and Mitigation

Social Aspects and Remedies

TBD

Benefits and Beneficiaries

At completion, ASDP will have substantially contributed to the enhancement of policy and institutional environment favorable for the market-oriented agriculture development, and to the provision of improved access to productive opportunities for poor farmers in southern Cambodia.

Public Consultation

Arranged by

Date for Consultation : TBD

Groups Consulted :

Beneficiary Participation in Formulation

TBD

Beneficiary Participation in Implementation

TBD

Consulting Services

The project will finance a team of consultants, including (i) 21 person-months of international consultants in extension services, and environmental management and monitoring; and (ii) 254 person-months of domestic consultants in project management and coordination, environmental management and monitoring, and agricultural extension. An international consulting firm will be engaged to provide these services. The extension project advisor (international consultant) will act as the team leader, and the project management and coordination specialist will act as the deputy team leader. The selection and engagement of consultants will be done with the ADB's standard quality and cost-based selection method in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB on the engagement of domestic consultants.

Procurement

The project requires the procurement of civil works, service vehicles and equipment to be carried out in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. Civil works to be procured under the project are the rehabilitation of agricultural extension offices and expected to be in small packages costing less than $100,000. International companies are unlikely to be interested in bidding for these local civil works, which will be procured under local competitive bidding procedures satisfactory to ADB. Packages for some service vehicles, which are likely to exceed $100,000 and can be sourced more effectively from international suppliers, will be procured through international shopping procedures. Where appropriate, procurement may be by direct purchase for items below $100,000.

Contacts

Bank

Masahiro Otsuka
Principal Agricultural Economist
SEAE
Tel. No.:
E-mail:

Executing Agency
Ministry of Economy and Finance

Contact Person : H.E. Keat Chhon, Senior Minister
Tel. No. :
Fax. No. : (855-23) 430 137
E-mail :

Contact Person :
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E-mail :

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Contact Person : H.E. Chan Tong Yves, Permanent Secretary
Tel. No. :
Fax. No. : (855-23) 211-411
E-mail :

Contact Person :
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Remarks

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