General

The Economic Reforms and Diversification Support Programme - Phase I is an intervention, both on the efficiency of public spending and on the production system excluding extractive industries. This is the first budget support program that the AfDB Group has implemented in Mauritania. However, it is part of the Bank's past operations, or those being implemented, in the governance sector and in the agricultural sector (PAGIP, PAGOCI, P2RS, etc.). It is also part of the efforts made by the Mauritanian authorities to move from a rent economy to a diversified economy driven by productive growth sectors, excluding the extractive industries. In its implementation, PAREDE l comes in two complementary components. The first focuses on improving the efficiency of public spending and focuses on structural reforms, the implementation of which will achieve the overall objective of economic diversification, and this, by mobilizing resources and optimize the management of public investments. The second consists in promoting the production system outside the extractive industries through support for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and land reforms as well as strengthening reforms in the agro-pastoral sector.

Objectives

The main objective of the programme is to create conditions conducive to the diversification of the Mauritanian economy in order to promote inclusive and sustainable growth. Specifically, the programme aims to (i) improve the efficiency of public spending; and (ii) promote the productive system outside the extractive industries.

Target Groups

The direct beneficiaries of the programme are the Mauritanian State, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Livestock. The indirect beneficiaries are Mauritanian citizens, who will benefit from the stabilisation of the country's macroeconomic situation and increased economic growth outside the extractive industries through the creation of sustainable jobs in growth sectors and income generation. Private entrepreneurs, professional organizations, farmers and herders, especially women and youth, are also indirect beneficiaries of PAREDE, in that the reforms that will affect the productive system, particularly in the areas of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and land law, will facilitate their integration into the economy and thus contribute to creating wealth for the country.

General

It is the necessary to ensure alternative mode of protection to habitats in Karbi Anglong Hills and the biological corridors to Kaziranga National Park as the indigenous Karbi tribe is not in favor of the creation of a Wildlife Sanctuary fearing loss of land rights and natural resources. Project will engage communities using traditional knowledge and appropriate technology to design sustainable and adaptive Participatory Natural Resources Management (PNRM) models for habitat conservation and reduce human disturbances. Beneficiaries will be trained for improved homestead agroforestry, sustainable harvest of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP), value addition and marketing of products. Project objectives are: (1) Inventory and mapping of NTFP in the River Basin that are potential for sustainable management and creating a baseline; (2) Participatory perspective plan for Natural Resource Management; (3) Develop natural resource based sustainable livelihood and entrepreneurship models involving 100 households to initiate habitat protection and improved quality of life; (4) Document the process and system of best practices for communication with wider communities and stakeholders; and, (5) Create awareness among communities and stakeholders about ecosystems health, PNRM, livelihoods and entrepreneurships.

General

The Food Security and Inclusive Access to Resources for Conflict-Sensitive Market Development (FARM) programme will work to improve target population’s access to, control over and utilization of land and improve market systems through increased cooperation between market actors in selected value chains, contributing to food security and stability.

Objectives

The FARM project has worked on two main outcomes: 1. Access to and control over and utilization of land 2. Strengthened market systems and cooperation in value chains (VC). Land tenure security is an important driver of conflict within communities and between communities and large land-owners (concessionaires). Lack of tenure security also reduces investment of farmers in their land and conservation practices. The project has contributed to solve 460 conflicts over land and to increase access to land for 8,700 farmers. The improvement of access to land is mainly through short-term leases with concessionaires. The project was less successful to achieve long-term and sustainable solutions and access to land. Security related issues have an enormous impact on agricultural performance in Eastern DRC. Lack of secure access to land and markets are an hindrance to agricultural development. In order to enhance agricultural and value chain development, a conflict-sensitive approach is required, including addressing security related issues. The activities in component 2 (Markets/VC) led to improved market access and income for market actors (13,885 market actors). The project focused on enhancing collaboration between market actors of different communities, and increasing income Of market actors through pro-poor agricultural value chains and markets. The project did enhance the collaboration between market actors and improved the functioning of some value chains. The sustainability of the results may be limited as the conflict dimension was not fully reflected in the strategy and activities. This may explain that some groups felt not considered sufficiently.