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- Agricultural Production Support Project
Agricultural Production Support Project
Laos PDR
Borrower | Lao PDR |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 01.11.1983 |
Signed | 12.03.1984 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | IDA |
Executing Agency | The State Planning Committee |
Co-financiers | IDA, IFAD, UNOPS, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 3.11 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 24.80 |
Six priority sub-projects would be supported under the project. They are as follows:
- Development of small-scale schemes (110 to 300 ha each) over some 3,600 ha, primarily in Vientiane Province, but also in major rice growing provinces of Khammouan, Svannakhey, Saravane and Champassak;
- Increased paddy and upland crop production through provision of inputs, land preparation, and extension services;
- Provision of equipment to the Vientiane Provincial Authority to increase access to markets through the improved maintenance of feeder roads;
- Development of medium-scale animal feed industry (10,000 tons/year) based primarily on locally produced raw materials;
- Establishment of a small-scale sugar processing facility to process locally grown sugarcane into about 1,000 tons of plantation white sugar per year; and
- Improvement of systems for materials and spare parts inventories, procurement and delivery of materials.