Mozambique - Market Led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 04/10/2006 Report No.: AC2293 1. Basic Project Data Country: Mozambique Project ID: P093165 Project Name: Market led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Task Team Leader: Jeeva A. Perumalpillai-Es GEF Focal Area: L-Land degradation Global Supplemental ID: P098040 Estimated Appraisal Date: April 7, 2006 Estimated Board Date: June 20, 2006 Managing Unit: AFTS1 Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (20%);Animal production (20%);Irrigation and drainage (20%);Crops (20%);Agricultural extension and research (20%) Theme: Rural markets (P);Rural non-farm income generation (S);Rural services and infrastructure (S);Other rural development (S) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 0.00 IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 6.46 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 0.00 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Simplified Processing Simple [] Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) Yes [ ] No [X] 2. Project Objectives The development objective of the project is to increase the income of smallholder farmers in selected districts of the Zambezi Valley region of central Mozambique. Increased incomes will be achieved not only by direct support to smallholder groups and other supply chain participants, but also through the strengthening of local level capacity to undertake and manage service delivery within the context of the GoM decentralization policy. The Global Environment Objective is to limit land degradation and improved ecosystem