Sustainable Rural Economy Program

The development objective of the Sustainable Rural Economy Program Project for Mozambique is to improve the incomes and resilience of beneficiaries and selected rural areas. The project comprises of four components. The first component, increasing productivity and market access will focus on supporting small agriculture producers and agri- micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) improve their performance, in particular for small producers to increase productivity and their access to input and output markets, and for AgriMSMEs to increase their sales. It consists of following sub-components: (i) agriculture productivity and market access; and (ii) fisheries productivity and market access. The second component, enhancing natural resources management consists of following sub-components: (i) enhanced land, forests, and conservation area management; and (ii) enhanced fisheries monitoring, control, and surveillance. The third component, strengthening institutions and policies consists of following sub-components: (i) policy and institutional support; and (ii) program management. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will finance the immediate response to crises or emergencies in the sectors covered by this program, which can result from events such as climatic shocks, extreme-weather events, plant and animal pests and disease outbreaks, pandemics, and economic and social disruptions.