1. Rural Development Program RDP II
Aiding rural & community development through promoting poverty reduction, food security, nutrition and resilience

2. Program Development Objective
To improve access to basic services in rural areas and to improve farming practices leading to increased production and productivity.

3. Components Component 1: Community infrastructure and services
Component 2: Agribusiness Partnerships and Support
Component 3: Program Management

4. Component 2
This component aims to increase agricultural production and productivity through improved, climate resilient farming practice, diversification and commercial activity.
The subcomponents are:
2.1: Agribusiness Partnership Grants
2.2: Agricultural Supplemental Equity Facility
2.3: Agricultural Commercialization
2.4: Agriculture and livestock disaster recovery and resilience

5. 2.1: Agribusiness Partnerships
Partnerships between smallholder farmers and agribusinesses that facilitate increased production and marketing of agricultural commodities
Facilitate productive alliances between agribusiness, farmers and other value chain actors
Partnerships must engage smallholders and assist them to improve their productivity and connection to markets
May be based on any one or more agricultural or livestock commodities
Partnerships financed through a competitive grant scheme
Grants up to $2 million
20 partnerships ongoing, 28 potential in the pipeline

6. Partnerships focus Designed by lead partner to fit the actual needs
Improving farmer production and quality
Building capacity – financial literacy, basic management and planning training, production and processing techniques
Provide extension services
Hands on training and farmer field school approach
Supply tools and equipment where required
Value chain improvement
Marketing

7. Types of partnerships Coconut 19 Cocoa 17 Livestock 5 Food crops 3
Ngali nut 2
Honey

8. Potential allocation of the combined Call 1 and 2 Partnership Grant

9. 2.2: Agricultural Supplemental Equity Facility
Enable agribusinesses to expand
Finance for plant and equipment, infrastructure, working capital
Grants of up to $600,000 SBD
Eligibility criteria loan approval from a participating commercial bank
Agriculture related
ASEF are linked to a bank loan covering at least 60% of project costs.
9 ASEF grants given to date

10. 2.3: Agricultural Commercialization
Focus on direct engagement and support for farmer groups through:
(i) assisting their members to increasing production, quality, productivity, value addition and market access; and
(ii) improving the capacity of the groups themselves
Improved industry coordination,
Adaptive agricultural research (cocoa, coconut)

11. 2.4 Agriculture and livestock disaster recovery and resilience
In Guadalcanal
Help to stimulate economic activity
Repair or replace agriculture and livestock infrastructure for cocoa, copra, pigs and Chicken and replace some breeding stock (pigs and chickens).
To date, 2,469 beneficiaries from 274 families have received assistance
Develop and deliver training and awareness on climate and disaster resilient farming practices in all provinces.

12. Poverty Reduction Food security Nutrition Resilience
All sub-components focus on poverty reduction
Food security
Improved by having more income to purchase food
Nutrition
Partnerships for food production (root crops, vegetables, fruit and nuts, livestock) – one for fishing industry in Noro includes a nutritionist to balance diets
Resilience
Training and awareness on climate and disaster resilient farming practices

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