USAID%20Agribusiness%20PROJECT

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USAID Agribusiness PROJECT

• USAID Agribusiness Project
• Implemented by
• DAI, BAH and IRD

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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

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USAID Agribusiness ActivityObjectives

• 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

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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

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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

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Component 2 Improved Enabling Environment

• Improve crop and livestock production estimates
  and market price information systems (public
  good)
• Facilitate legal, policy, and regulatory reform

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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

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Selected Sub-Sectors

• Vegetables
• Livestock
• Dairy
• Tree Fruit
• Berries
• Mushrooms, Herbs, and Spices

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Grant Types

• Investment Incentive Grants
• Producer Organization Grants
• Enterprise Expansion Grants
• Agribusiness Start-up Grants
• Youth Enterprise Grant (from Youth Business Plan
  Competition)
• Voucher for Services Grants
• Enabling Grants
• Association Development and Strengthening
• Association services to members
• Public dissemination of information

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Youth Component

• Youth Business Plan Competition Grants
• 4H and business curricula for ag schools

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Thank You