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Smallholder Agribusiness & Resilience Project

Climate Change (CC) represents a major challenge in Sri Lanka with an increasing trend towards heavier and less predictable rains, hot spells and extended dry periods. CC is also exacerbating the effects of environmental degradation, population pressures and unsustainable land use practices with depleted land being further degraded by heavy rains and floods.

 

This situation severely affects smallholder farmers who are cultivating under minor irrigation systems and overreliance on rain-fed systems than dry zone farmers who are farming under major irrigation systems.

Further, as productivity and crop yields decline as a result of extreme climatic events, these farmers are facing food deficits. It paves the way to indebtedness. Then they are dragged deeper into poverty and further eroding their capacity to cope with climate risks.

Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP), a six year project jointly financed approximately USD 82 million by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Government of Sri Lanka and other stakeholders aims to build resilience and market participation of 40,000 rural households (180,000 persons) in mostly affected 03 river basins and 06 districts of Sri Lanka by climate change. Six districts are Puttalum Kurunegala, Matale, Anuradhapura, Vauniya and Mannar. Three river basins are Malwathu oya, Mee oya, and Deduru oya river basins.

Main components of the project are capacity building for climate resilience and inclusive value chains, combined with investments for climate resilience and inclusive value chains including development of last mile infrastructure.

Vision

"Ensures food security and poverty alleviation for selected beneficiaries in the districts of Kurunegala, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Mannar, Vavuniya, and Matale."

Mission

"To enhance the capacity of 40,000 smallholder agribusiness beneficiaries in project areas to adapt to climate change and build resilience."

Our Values & Object

The development objective is to build resilience and market participation of 40,000 rural smallholder households in the project area (180,000 persons).

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