Resilient Productive Landscapes in Haiti

The development objectives of Resilient Productive Landscapes Project for Haiti are: (i) to improve the adoption of resilience-enhancing agricultural and landscape management practices in selected sub-watersheds; and (ii) to enable the government to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emergency. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Strengthening of institutional and organizational capacities for landscape level interventions, aims to support national efforts in creating Agriculture or Environment joint landscapes policy and action plan towards resilient agriculture and ecosystems. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Institutional capacity building; (ii) Support to national level sustainable landscape management approach to agriculture and watershed management; and (iii) Sustainable Financing of Resilient Productive Landscapes and Environmental Investments. 2) The second component, Investments to strengthen resilient agricultural production and practices, aims to support individual farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs and communities within selected sub-watersheds to establish more resilient agricultural productions and practices, adapted to the local agro-ecological contexts. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Investments in resilient, sustainable agriculture and ecosystems; (ii) Intensification, diversification and commercial agriculture; and (iii) Protection of infrastructure and watersheds. 3) The third component, Project Coordination and Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E), aims to support Project coordination and M & E as well as all aspects of management (including fiduciary matters, knowledge management, communication, gender and citizen engagement as well as monitoring implementation of safeguards-related measures. 4) The fourth component, Contingency Emergency Response Component, will be created to allow the government to respond quickly in case of an eligible emergency.