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Agriculture Services Project

The Agriculture Services Project aims to create an environment conducive for rural income growth by addressing key constraints faced by Albania's emerging small-holder farmers in agricultural production, trade, and the functioning of land markets. The project comprises five components. 1) The seed market development component will ensure farmer access to a full range of seed technology and to foster establishment and development of public and private seed-related institutions suitable for market economies. 2) The land market development component will support the physical and institutional development of the Immovable Property Registration System and a pilot Land Consolidation Project. 3) The market development component will support a variety of measures essential for the establishment and promotion of functioning market channels, marketing facilities, and export opportunities. 4) The community-based rural productivity and marketing improvement component will assist emerging smallholder farmers and other rural entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by improving their access to information and knowledge needed to improve productivity, diversify production, and add value to their products; and by exploiting market opportunities. This component will award small grants under a competitive grant program. 5) The project management component will establish a Project Management Unit to implement various project activities.**

Last Updated February 08 2010

Basic Information
Project Status	Closed
Region	Europe And Central Asia
Country/Area	Albania
Major Sector (Sector) (%)	Industry and trade (Agricultural marketing and trade) (46%)
	Public Administration, Law, and Justice (Central government administration) (34%)
	Agriculture, fishing, and forestry (Agricultural extension and research) (20%)
Old Major Sector	Agriculture
Old Sector	Other Agriculture
Env Category	F
Project ID	P054736
Bank Team Lead (Last Name, First)	Lampietti, Julian A.
Approval Date	14-JUN-2001
Closing Date	31-MAR-2008
Borrower	REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
Implementing Agency	MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

Financial
Main Loan/Credit #	35220
IBRD Commitment *	0
IDA Commitment *	9.9
IBRD + IDA Commitment *	9.9
Grant Amount *	0
Total Project Cost *	12.2
Product Line	IBRD/IDA
Lending Instrument	Specific Investment Loan

Development Outcomes And Goals
*Targeted Thematic Outcomes...*	Supporting this Broader Dev't Goal
Rural markets	N/A (CAP)
Rural services and infrastructure	N/A (CAP)
Regulation and competition policy	Investment climate (CAP)

Available Project Documents***
For a short project overview, please consult the Project Information Document if available.

	Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR), Vol.1 -08-SEP-2008
	Credit Agreement (), Vol. -03-JUL-2001
	Environmental Assessment (EA), Vol.1 -16-MAY-2001
	Project Appraisal Document (PAD), Vol.1 -16-MAY-2001
	Project Information Document (PID), Vol.1 -15-MAY-2001

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*Commitment at Board in USD$ millions. Does not reflect any cancellations. Pipeline and dropped projects display the forecast amount. Total project cost includes non-Bank funding.

** The project summary is drawn from the PAD, SAR, or PGD abstract and may not accurately reflect the project's current nature.

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