Gabon - Technical Support for the Agricultural Transformation Strategy and Promotion of Youth Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector and Agribusiness

Project Summary

Approval Date	10 Feb 2017
Signature Date	12 Apr 2017
Planned Completion Date	30 Dec 2020
Last Disbursement Planned Date	30 Dec 2020
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Agriculture and Rural Development
DAC Sector Code	31110
Environmental Category	3
Commitment	U.A 991,095
Status	Completion

Project General Description

This operation is part of the perspective to support the transformation of the agricultural sector through the development of value chains in successful agricultural sectors, and aims to contribute to the promotion of youth employment within the agricultural sector and agro-business. This project consists of providing a technical support to the completion of a study which objectives are : the project preparation for the Project to Support the Transformation Strategy of Agriculture (PASTA) and the Promotion of Entrepreneurship of youth in Agriculture and Agro-Business (PEJA). This project should contribute to the diversification of the Gabonese economy, and the improvement of the populations’ living conditions, through the development of the value chains of selected fields and the promotion of youth employment in the agriculture sector. The study, scheduled to last 8 months, in phase 1 (PASTA), will assess and analyze thoroughly the sector while taking into account the different challenges, and it will formulate a public supporting project to ensure the implementation of an incentive framework, and a favorable environment for the development of agricultural sectors to be promoted. The study, which is the subject of the request, will also design and conceive, in the second phase, a specific support to youth entrepreneurship through the formulation of a project designed for the promotion of youth entrepreneurship in agriculture and the Agro-industry (PEJA).

Project Objectives

This technical support has the following objectives: (I) contribute to Gabon's food security by ensuring food self-sufficiency by 2025, (ii) put Gabon at the top of the list of countries exporting industrial crop products, and (iii) improve the populations' living conditions by promoting a profitable agriculture and creating employment for the youth. More specifically, the operation aims to prepare a project to support the transformation strategy of agriculture which will include the following complementary components: (I) development of profitable sectors' value chains, (ii) promotion of youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture and agro-business sectors-PEJA , (iii) formulation of a support program to assist Ministries and institutions in charge of the PASTA-PEJA execution, and (iv) set-up of the PASTA-PEJA management system.

Beneficiaries

The main beneficiaries of this project are: the Government of the Republic of Gabon, the youth, the peasants and actors in the agricultural sector.

Participating Organization

Funding

Middle Income Countries Fund

Implementing

Secrétariat général du Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Entrepreneuriat Agricole chargé de la Mise en œuvre du Programme GRAINE (MAEAPG)

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-GA-A00-004
Last Update	24 Sep 2022

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Contact Details

Name	LAAJILI Khaled
Email	k.laajili@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Gabon

Coordinates	Location Name
-1 11.75	Gabon

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 991,095

Middle Income Countries Fund

U.A 991,095

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
General Procurement Notice	fr	GPN – Gabon - Projet d’Appui à la Stratégie de Transformation de l’Agriculture et la Promotion de l’Entrepreneuriat des Jeunes dans le secteur Agricole et l’Agrobusiness - PASTA-PEJA
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Appraisal report	fr	Gabon - Appui technique à la stratégie de transformation
Project Completion Report	fr	viewer
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Appraisal report	en	viewer
Project Completion Report	en	viewer
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
PASTA-PEJA project studies	None	2017	A feasibility study for PASTA-PEJA is produced and validated by the national side	2021	A feasibility study of the PASTA-PEJA
Implementation studies of the PASTA-PEJA infrastructure	None	2017	Infrastructure development studies, FDS and ESIA	2021	Infrastructure development studies, FDS and ESIA
Studies of the reference situation of the PASTA-PEJA project, and implementation of the monitoring-evaluation system	None	2017	Study of the project's baseline situation and implementation of the monitoring-evaluation system	2021	Study of the project's baseline situation and implementation of the monitoring-evaluation system
Manual of administrative, accounting and financial procedures and implementation of an accounting management system for PASTA-PEJA	None	2017	Procedures manual and accounting management system	2021	Procedures manual and accounting management system
Beneficiaries' standard of living is improved	None	2017	Daily income of women traders is improved by 100% in 2025	2021	At this stage, the outcomes cannot be measured
Higher marketed food crop yields	None	2017	Additional marketed food crop yields 20000 T	2021	At this stage, the outcomes cannot be measured