| Project Name | Horticulture Value Chain Development Project | ||||
| Project Number | 47305-003 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Uzbekistan |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agro-industry, marketing, and trade |
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| Gender | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | A small-scale project preparatory technical assistance (S-PPTA) will help prepare (i) the national feasibility study (NFS) report in form and substance required by the prevailing regulations of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (the Government); and (ii) project processing assistance and implementation startup support for the ensuing financial intermediary loan to the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Horticulture Value Chain Development Project (the Project). | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | S-PPTA fund will finance additional work required during project processing to (i) address critical technical gaps including horticulture sector and market assessment, financial due diligence of participating financial institutions (PFIs), business and market risk assessment, project investment financial and economic evaluation, among others; (ii) provide technical back-up support to the conduct of the NFS as outlined in Output 1 above; and (iii) implementation startup support. These are to ensure that (i) proper ADB's Board documents are prepared and technical comments addressed during project processing; and (ii) NFS is harmonized and technically consistent with the RRP and its linked and supplementary documents. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will require two types of consulting services (i) a national consulting firm to conduct the NFS (Output 1) using the Consultants' Qualifications Selection (CQS) method and contract will be performance-based; and (ii) three individual consultants (two international and one national) using the Single Source Selection (SSS) method for individual consultants and contracts will be time-based for project processing assistance and implementation startup support. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Bui, Giap Minh |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Agency for Implementation of Projects in Agro-Food 1A, Block "A", Lazbak Street, Tashkent, 100000 Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 26 Sep 2016 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 18 Sep 2018 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 26 Sep 2016 | - | 26 Sep 2016 | 30 Jun 2017 | 30 Jun 2019 | 15 Jul 2019 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 205,793.33 |
| Project Page | https://www.adb.org//projects/47305-003/main |
| Request for Information | http://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form?subject=47305-003 |
| Date Generated | 05 June 2023 |