Outcome 1:    Agribusinesses, particularly Small & Medium Enterprises, increase trade value of agricultural produce in key value chains

Outcome 2:    Agriculture and Non-Agriculture Service Providers offer innovative products and services

Outcome 3:    Sub-national and national governments provide a more enabling environment for businesses growth (especially SMEs), in particular in agriculture

Risultati principali attesi:  

Output 1.1:    Agribusinesses, particularly SMEs, have the opportunity to improve product quality and expand their networks

Output 1.2:    Water User Associations, farmer cooperatives and associations have the capacity and opportunity to improve product quality and expand their networks

Output 2.1:    Agricultural Service Providers have the capacity to deliver innovative products/services

Output 2.2:    Non-Agricultural Service Providers have the capacity to deliver innovative products/services

Output 3.1:    Province 1 and Federal government are able to address policy bottlenecks, to support Agriculture Commercialisation

Output 3.2:    Province 1 and Local governments have the capacity to collaborate more effectively with the private sector & other actors

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

-    35,000 farmers managed to participate in commodity markets and 13’000 farming households benefitted from increase annual nominal income on an average of NPR 10,000 (CHF 100). Out of these out of which 44% were women led production units and 45% Disadvantaged Groups households;

-    750 jobs (Full-time Equivalent) were created on-farm and in the value chains. This result is expected to spill-over with 1200 new jobs created by the end of 2020; 

-    Out of 37 investments made by the project to address market failures, the private sector co-invested 57% and 30 partners scaled up initial pilot interventions, using their own funds; 

-    The first phase successfully managed to unleash some of the productivity constraints for farmers, resulting in increased income. However, it did not achieve to catalyse change in the wider market systems.

Synergies with Swiss projects mainly, Small Irrigation Project (SIP) and the State Support Programme (SSP).

Coordination with major donors’ projects, especially the World Bank, ADB and DFID.