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Project General Description

The Preparation Mechanism for the Rice Value Chain Development Project in the Valley (PDCV Riz) was initiated by the Senegalese Government in order to facilitate the start-up of the PDCV Riz and improve its quality at entry. Indeed, the PDCV aims to contribute to the consolidation of the results obtained by the Programme d'Accélération de la Cadence de l'Agriculture Sénégalaise (PRACAS), namely self-sufficiency in rice by 2017. In addition, the present preparation mechanism should enable the conduct of the necessary preliminary studies to ensure the proper implementation and achievement of the project's objectives.

Project Objectives

The objectives of the project are as follows: (i) updating the detailed preliminary project studies and tender documents carried out by the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) in 2012 on 10,000 ha, covering 9,500 ha, and prioritising the various blocks by multi-criteria analysis over time; (ii) analysing the environmental and social aspects; (iii) drawing up the conditions for the exploitation and development of the land. (i) the analysis of the environmental and social aspects; (ii) the elaboration of the conditions of exploitation and development of the developed land by the small producers and the opportunity of partnerships with the private sector for the production and processing of rice; (iv) elaboration of modalities and tools for contractualisation between producers and private promoters, on the one hand, and between the latter and other actors in the rice value chain, on the other hand; (v) analysis of the rice marketing environment; (vi) elaboration of the project preparation document; and (vii) support to the institutional set-up and implementation of the project management tools.

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The main beneficiary of the project is the Government of the Republic of Senegal.

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