Agriculture Modernization Project

The development objective of Agriculture Modernization Project for North Macedonia is to improve competitiveness in targeted agricultural sub-sectors and strengthen agricultural public sector readiness for EU accession. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Agriculture Sector Competitiveness, aims at enhancing farm-level competitiveness and fostering agricultural produce aggregation and integration of farmers to domestic and/or export markets. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Access to Training and Advisory Services; and (ii) Agriculture and Food Distribution Systems. 2) The second component, Institutional Capacity for EU Accession, aims at enhancing public support services, including the capacity to design and deliver effective support to the agriculture sector. It includes following three sub-components: (i) Evidence-Based Policy-Making; (ii) Instrument for Pre-Accession and Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD) Implementation Capacity; and (iii) Safe Disposal of Animal By-Products (ABPs). 3) The third component, Project Management, aims to supporting Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy (MAFWE) in the efficient implementation of the project.