Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Tender

Country
Country Flag
Eswatini

Sector
Marketing/Storage/Processing

Approval Date
19 March 2024

Duration
2024 - 2033

Project ID
2000003943

Total Project Cost
US$ 55.48 million

IFAD Financing
US$ 13.57 million

Financing terms
Ordinary
The goal of the Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Marketing Project (SAPEMP) is to contribute to the sustainable reduction of poverty in rural Eswatini. Its development objective is to sustainably improve smallholder farmers’ production, nutrition and incomes and build their resilience to climate change.

SAPEMP directly reaches an estimated 19,600 smallholder households, equivalent to some 117,700 people.

The project has the following components:

Increasing production and productivity of the target value chains and improving resilience and nutrition of smallholder farming households.

Improving income of rural smallholders from marketing of supported value chains.

Improving delivery by stronger government and rural institutions.