Agriculture Governance, Growth and Resilience Investment Project

The development objective of the Agriculture Governance, Growth, and Resilience Investment Project for Moldova is to improve delivery of public agricultural services, foster market-oriented growth and increase resilience of targeted beneficiaries, and in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of five components. The first component, enhancing sector governance and agriculture knowledge management will improve sector governance, essential systems for policy formulation and implementation, public spending monitoring, and evaluation will be upgraded. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enhancing the functionality of the paying agency; (ii) enhancing food quality and safety systems; and (iii) enhancing access to agricultural knowledge. The second component, fostering growth in underperforming sub-sectors aims to develop these sub-sectors in a manner consistent with European Union (EU) funding requirements, which will require retrofitting of productive systems to meet the eligibility criteria for pre-accession funds. It consists of following sub-components: (i) investment support for fostering growth; and (ii) capacity building and business development support. The third component, strengthening resilience through irrigation services is aligned with the global crisis response framework (GCRF) pillar on strengthening resilience. It consists of following sub-components: (i) rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure; and (ii) strengthening the enabling environment for irrigation management. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will be contingent on the type and impact of an emergency and will not be a-priori limited to any sectors, regions, or specific activities. The fifth component, project management will finance costs related to project implementation and coordination across various government agencies.