1-3. Agriculture and Rural Development   [ Boosting Economic Growth ]

1-3-0．Overall

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
		GoJ/JICA	GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion on agriculture (*)
			GoJ: Provision of loans to projects under this sector (*)

1-3-1．Enhance capacity to increase food production and agricultural productivity

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[1]Provide assistance to expand agricultural research, extension and advisory services including for adaptation to climate change, development of new crop varieties and improvement of soil fertility and other farming technologies, and increase the number of agriculture professionals through support for agriculture-related education and training in a gender sensitive manner.	● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology	GoJ(MOFA)/WBG	GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥ 26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha)
	● Implementation of CAADP to increase food supply over medium-long term		WBG: (i) Estimated lending of $ 4 billion for agricultural growth, (ii) IFC target of $ 400 million by 2010 for support to agribusiness up to $ 1 billion in co-financing in five pilot countries
	● Strengthened community-based farmers organizations and water users associations, and expanded agricultural research and technology, for example through support for community-based initiatives and regional agricultural research programs		GoJ/WBG: (i) Support the establishment of CAADP trust fund (Japan’s contribution - $ 2 million), (ii) Scale-up co-financing especially in irrigation, (iii) Set up a special grant window of $ 20 million in the JSDF for rural development
	● Study on the technologies for sustainable food production	GoJ（MAFF）	Examination for local cultivation technique, for possibility of innovation and prevalence for NERICA crop (¥17 million for FY2008)
	● Enhance development of human resources for agricultural research		Improve the research capabilities for researchers (ca. 20 researchers each for FY 2008-2009)
	● Promotion of organizing farmers through learning agricultural cooperative activity in Japan		Hold training courses for promotion of organizing farmers (¥22 million for FY 2008, ¥32 million* for FY 2009)
	● Demonstrate, systematize and disseminate low-cost high-yield and sustainable ways of rice farming,utilizing areas that have high rice productivity potential, named “inland valleys”		Provide budget to AfricaRice Trust Fund FY 2009-2013 (¥64 million for FY 2009)
	● Improvement of soil fertility with use of indigenous resources in rice systems of sub-sahara africa		Developing sustainable technology options for soil fertility improvement (¥25 million for FY 2009)
	● Capacity development in agricultural research to a potential African country	RTG（TICA）	For the year 2009, ca. $ 17,000
[2]Assist smallholders and farmers’ organizations to adopt new technologies, expand agricultural land and the use of inputs and introduce appropriate machinery and equipment to raise productivity.	● Improve livelihood of vulnerable households in Munenga ward of Magoye ADP	GoJ(MOFA)/World Vision Japan	Increase milk production of targeted households and access to markets by targeted households (2009-2012)
	● Lesotho - Thailand Cooperation on Sustain Agriculture and Development	RTG（TICA）/RTG(Office of the Royal Development Projects Board)	RTG: Thai experts, equipments and materials, training and planting (for the year 2010, $ 60,000)
	● Development Cooperation on Mushroom Farming	RTG（TICA）/Phra Dabos Foundation	RTG:Training expenses and equipments (for the year 2010, $ 60,000) Swaziland:International travel costs
[3]Increase rice production through developing capacities to adopt systematic crop management, and new methodologies including wider use of New Rice for Africa (NERICA), aiming at doubling the rice production in African countries in ten years.	● Doubling rice production in African countries within 10 years	GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/AGRA	GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above
			AGRA: Support for rice crop development, improvement of soils, strengthening of rice markets, and development of water management systems
	● Improve rice varieties of higher productivity and disseminate them through farmers organizations	GoJ(MOFA)/UNDP	GoJ: Provide funds to NERICA programme through Japan-UNDP Partnership Fund
	● Improve NERICA, develop and introduce drought resistant crops and improve soil fertility	GoJ（MAFF）/JIRCAS	Contribute to the productivity enhancement of agricultural products (¥88 million for FY 2008, ¥85 million for FY 2009)
	● Enhance capacity to increase food production and agricultural productivity	GoJ(MOFA)/JICA	Capacity building for 50,000 agricultural leaders
	● Capacity development in Increasing Productivity of Rice, Fisheries and Horticulture Crop to a potential African country	RTG（TICA）	For the year 2009, ca. $ 100,000
[4]Strengthen regional networks for transboundary pest and animal disease control.

1-3-2．Improve access to markets and agricultural competitiveness

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[1]Increase investments in physical infrastructure, such as roads, ports and market facilities in order to reduce transport cost, improve the ratio of retail to farm gate prices, reduce the percentage of post-harvest losses, and increase the percentage of agricultural production that is sold.
[2]Provide technical and financial assistance to farmers to move up the value-chain and meet agricultural product and export standards.	● Provide vanilla producer groups in Tanzania with support for the production and marketing of the vanilla tea.	Wakachiai Project	Import vanilla tea from Tanzanian vanilla producer groups
[3]Expand provision of credit to smallholders, especially women, to facilitate their uptake of new technologies and inputs, and accelerate their integration into agri-business value-chains.
[4]Support pilot activities to promote the participation of small scale farmers, associations and small traders in the tender processes.

1-3-3．Support sustainable management of water resources and land use

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[1]Support reforms in land titling, ownership and use to increase smallholder decision making power over the use and disposition of land.
[2]Promote development, rehabilitation and maintenance of water resources management infrastructure to contribute to the joint efforts aiming at expanding the irrigated area by 20% in five years.	● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology	GoJ(MOFA)/WBG	GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha)
	● Implementation of CAADP to increase food supply over medium-long term		WBG: (i) Estimated lending of $ 4 billion for agricultural growth, (ii) IFC target of $ 400 million by 2010 for support to agribusiness up to $ 1 billion in co-financing in five pilot countries
	● Promoting Rice Cultivation in Africa through Small Scale Irrigation (small scale infrastructure by farmers, food for work, participatory approach and land reclamation at community level) for self-reliance support	GoJ（MAFF）	Provide budget to WFP Trust Fund FY 2006-2011 (¥213 million for FY 2008, ¥204 million for FY 2009)
[3]Enhance water resources management capacity through better tillage methods and water harvesting and storage, introduction of new technologies and capacity building of local governments and farmers’ organizations.	● Partners support Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategic planning and programming at national and regional levels, as well as scaled up interventions in land and water management, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation) and market development, and expansion and uptake of agricultural technology	GoJ(MOFA)/WBG	GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: (i) Grants and technical assistance out of ¥26 billion mentioned above, (ii) Development and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, including small-scale irrigation schemes (100,000 ha)
	● Strengthened community-based farmers organizations and water users associations, and expanded agricultural research and technology, for example through support for community-based initiatives and regional agricultural research programs		GoJ/WBG: (i) Support the establishment of CAADP trust fund (Japan’s contribution - $ 2 million), (ii) Scale-up co-financing especially in irrigation, (iii) Set up a special grant window of $ 20 million in the JSDF for rural development
	● Improve technical method for land and water development / management to increase agricultural production especially in rice	GoJ（MAFF）	(i) Study implementation（¥ 210 million for FY 2008, ¥ 210 million for FY 2009) (ii) Provide budget to IWMI Trust Fund （¥ 11 million for FY 2008）
[4]Provide finance for small-scale community-managed irrigation and water management schemes for local markets, and individual smallholder schemes for high-value markets.

1-3-4．Others

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
	● Immediate interventions to address rising food prices: rapidly increased supply response for food staples; assistance to consumers; targeted interventions to address hunger	GoJ/WBG and other partners	GoJ: Provide emergency food aid worth of $100 million between May and July 2008 (mainly targeting Africa) , and other measures to be identified
			WBG: Launch Global Food Response Facility (GFRF) and implement short-term targeted measures
	● Short-term response　to emergency food security through humanitarian aid, safety net and support to livelihoods	EC	€ 300 million
	● Support to agriculture and rural development under 10th EDF and thematic program		€ 2 billion (FY 2008-2013) (*)
	● Technical cooperation between Thailand and a potential African country on Improvement and Strengthening of the Technical Harvesting Capacity and Fish Processing at the Artisanal Fisheries	RTG（TICA）	For the year 2009, ca. $ 52,000
	● Technical cooperation between Thailand and a potential African country on Freshwater Aquaculture and Coastal Aquaculture		For the year 2009, ca. $ 20,000
	● Technical Cooperation on the Monitoring and Management of a potential country’s Fish and Fisheries Products		For the year 2009, ca. $ 15,000
	● Development Cooperation on fishery and aquaculture		For the year 2009, ca. $ 15,000
	● Assist development of fishery	GoJ(MOFA)/JICA	Provide assistance through Grant Aid for Fishery
		EC	EC: Establishment of 1 billion Euro facility for response to soaring food prices (58% is planned for Africa; 52% for 30 African countries and 6% for the regional level)

●Concrete projects will be selected through consultations between Japan/Implementing Partners and African countries.
●MDB projects are to be decided.
●$ = US dollars
●Assistance measures written on a yellow ground are those embodied in 2008 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
●Assistance measures written on a pink ground are those embodied in 2009 (JFY) after TICAD IV.