1. Washington London Johannesburg Ramallah Rio de Janeiro USAID Agribusiness PROJECT USAID Agribusiness Project Implemented by: DAI, BAH and IRD

2. 2 Project Details  5 year project from Sept 28, 2007 – Sept 27, 2012  Implementing Partners: DAI, BAH, IRD, Training Resources Group, Michigan State University, QED Group  Total Value $24 million –Grants: $5.2 million  Project Locations: –Belgrade – Head office –Field offices in Novi Sad and Cacak

3. 3 USAID Agribusiness Activity: Objectives  Achieve and overall goal of rapid, sustained, and broad based economic growth in Serbia  Component 1 : Increasing competitiveness of Serbian agribusiness  Component 2: Assisting development of a sound enabling environment –Policy, finance, information

4. 4 Project Component 1: Increased efficiency and competitiveness of Serbian agribusiness  Subsector selection and analysis  Strengthen Producer Organizations  Improve Agribusiness Development Service Delivery  Enhance market access  Improve access to financial services  Strengthen business linkages

5. 5 Component 1: Cross Cutting  Develop a Youth Enterprise Program and Business Plan Competition  Establish a national 4H program and young farmer program  Establish an international volunteer program  Gender activities  Address environmental concerns  Develop communications and media –Help businesses with communications –Publicize USAID achievements

6. 6 Component 2: Improved Enabling Environment  Improve crop and livestock production estimates and market price information systems (public good)  Facilitate legal, policy, and regulatory reform

7. 7 Technical Approach  Value Chain (VC) Driven project – VC Analysis –Focus on a limited number of value chains with high potential –Set a vision for the growth of the value chain –Work with private sector and government to address all constraints  Apply a Business Services Approach –Identify and address market failures –Use market driven mechanisms and market enabling tools –Employ once off investments to stimulate service development

8. 8 Selected Sub-Sectors  Vegetables  Livestock  Dairy  Tree Fruit  Berries  Mushrooms, Herbs, and Spices

9. 9 Grant Types  Investment Incentive Grants 1.Producer Organization Grants 2.Enterprise Expansion Grants 3.Agribusiness Start-up Grants 4.Youth Enterprise Grant (from Youth Business Plan Competition) 5.Voucher for Services Grants  Enabling Grants 1.Association Development and Strengthening 2.Association services to members 3.Public dissemination of information

10. 10 Youth Component  Youth Business Plan Competition Grants  4H and business curricula for ag schools

11. 11 Thank You