📋 Tender Overview
Approval Date 17 Feb 2023
Planned Completion Date 31 Dec 2028
Last Disbursement Planned Date 29 Feb 2024
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Agriculture and Rural Development
DAC Sector Code 31110
Commitment U.A 569,415
Status Approved
Project General Description
The proposed operation concerns an advance not exceeding UA 569415, granted to the Government of Mauritania under the Project Preparation Facility (PPF), to finance services relating to pre-feasibility studies for the Inclusive Livestock Sector Development Project (AWKAR Project) as a pilot phase under the programme to develop the natural agro-pastoral potential in the Saharan zone. The envisaged project requires prior technical studies to prospect and investigate the area in order to gain a better understanding of the current situation. The advance on PPF resources will be used to hire consultants to prepare a pre-feasibility study (technical studies) and environmental and social safeguard studies for the investment project. It will also provide the Government with a portfolio of projects through an investment plan for the livestock sector. The study will begin no later than one month after the signing of the tripartite agreement (Government, AfDB and FAO) and will last 6 months. The results of the pre-feasibility study will provide an indication for the preparation of a pilot phase that will be used to scale up the various agro-pastoral zones identified in the country.
Project Objectives
The AWKAR project aims to develop the agro-pastoral resources available in the north-eastern part (Dahr) of the Hodh Chargui region. It aims to provide a multi-dimensional solution to a number of problems and constraints facing the agro-pastoral sector and is an introduction to more structuring projects/programmes in the livestock sector, through the development of available agro-pastoral resources. It will help strengthen the country's position as a key centre for livestock production, targeting regional markets in countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Morocco, Algeria and Libya. The objective of the services and a pre-feasibility study is to contribute to providing reliable data and information concerning the various activities envisaged in the preparation of the Project to develop the natural agro-pastoral potential in the Saharan zone, with the AWKAR Project in the Hodh Chargui region to the east of Oualata near the Dahr as a pilot option.
Beneficiaries
The operation will primarily benefit the Mauritanian government as part of the implementation of one of the flagship programmes of its National Livestock Development Plan 2018-2025.
Participating Organization
Funding
African Development Fund
