| Approval Date | 18 Dec 2020 |
| Signature Date | 03 Feb 2021 |
| Planned Completion Date | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Last Disbursement Planned Date | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Sovereign / Non-Sovereign | Sovereign |
| Sector | Agriculture and Rural Development |
| DAC Sector Code | 31110 |
| Environmental Category | 2 |
| Commitment | U.A 10,000,000 |
| Status | Implementation |
Agricultural Markets, Value Addition and Trade Development Project (AMVAT) provides the opportunity to address some of the fundamental constraints to agricultural growth in South Sudan. It aims to contribute to reduced food insecurity, poverty reduction and building of community and household resilience. AMVAT takes an Agricultural Value Chain Approach including supporting the development of producer associations. The project will support and complement the entire value chain by supporting farmer households engaged in the identified value chains of maize, sorghum, groundnuts and sesame. The project will establish 20 Aggregation Business Centres (ABCs), 100 Business Producer Associations (BPAs) and 10 Seed Enterprise Groups (SEGs) to provide improved seeds to the BPAs and outside markets. The project will also provide food safety training for laboratory technicians and other stakeholders in the food chain market system which will provide safer and more healthy food for over 500,000 people. The AMVAT has four main components, namely: (i) increase agricultural productivity and production; (ii) improve market-place economic and social infrastructure; (iii) enhance market and trade enabling environment; and (iv) project management and coordination.
The development goal of AMVAT is to contribute to reduced food insecurity, poverty reduction and building of community and household resilience. Specific objectives include to: (i) increase agricultural productivity, (ii) increase agro-processing, aggregation and marketing of agricultural produce, and (iii) increase trade in agricultural products.
The project will benefit 20,000 farming households (about 120,000 individuals) in the three states of Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei. It will target households that have been receiving food aid over the past several years (many of them IDP returnees) but are now ready to graduate into agricultural development activities to produce crops for food and marketing for increased incomes.
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Implementing
MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING
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Funding
Transition Support Facility
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Funding
African Development Fund
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| IATI identifier | 46002-P-SS-AAZ-001 |
| Last Update | 25 Mar 2023 |
| Name | Edson Rurangwa MPYISI |
| e.mpyisi@afdb.org |
| Country | South Sudan |
| Coordinates | Location Name |
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| 4.75 31 | Central Equatoria |
| 7.4 32.4 | Jonglei |