Agricultural Infrastructure Development
Provides support for the development of enabling climate-adapted infrastructure for agro-industrial hubs
WHO WE ARE
Transforming African Agriculture
The SAPZ project is part of the Feed Africa Strategy launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to transform agriculture into globally competitive, inclusive and business oriented sector that will create wealth, generate gainful employment and improves quality of life. program promotes increased productivity, value addition, market access and private sector investment in select agricultural value chain commodities. The focus is on the promotion of commodities that have a high potential to boost export revenues or import substitution.
- Agricultural Infrastructure Development
- policy & institutional development
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Our Core Components
The SAPZ program promotes increased productivity, value addition, market access and private sector investment in selected agricultural value chain commodities. The SAPZ program has four broad components
Policy & Institutional Development
Supervision consultants will be engaged to produce supporting agro-industrial zone policies & institutional developments
Program Coordination & Management
Establishment of a decentralized project implementation arrangement & ensure all project is effectively & efficiently managed
Productivity & Enterprise Development
Improving agricultural productivity & enterprise development to enhance value chains & job creation in catchment areas
SAPZs will create at least 400,000 direct jobs
Creating a value-chain for capacity development through Agro-industrial programs
About 1.5 million households are expected to benefit directly throughout the agricultural value chain. This includes private agribusinesses, agro-processors, smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, and agro-dealers. SAPZs will create at least 400,000 direct jobs, and a further 1.6 million indirect jobs during construction and the operational phase.
