Project

Enhancing food security through sustainable agriculture, local economy development and healthy diets (EFOSE)

Sector

Rural development

Financing chart
Financing Gap (USD)
4,613,988
Target group
21,664
households
Project target area

Jacmel, Cayes-Jacmel, Marigot, and Belle-Anse

Project summary
The goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of poverty and food and nutrition insecurity in the South-East of Haiti. The project’s development objective is to increase and diversify household incomes and local production of nutritious food in ways that are resilient to climatic and economic shocks. To do so, the project will focus on empowering households and improve their access to climate resilient productive infrastructure, which will lead to enhanced production, availability and consumption of nutritious food, as well as improved employment opportunities along the value chains.
Components and activities
EFOSE has four components: Component1: Governance, social inclusion and infrastructure improvement, will aim at improving the enabling environment for inclusive and resilient local food systems. Component2: Economic inclusion and food security and nutrition improved through investment in diversified and resilient local food systems, will build on component 1 activities, strengthening local production and nutrition, as well as value chains infrastructures and services. Component3: Project Management Component4: Support for emergency and disaster response – a not budgeted component that enable to support early action and rapid response to crises that manifest in project areas and sustain resilience and strengthen the maturity of resilience outcomes attainable over the lifecycle of the project.
Financing

Total project cost

31,873,580

IFAD financing
 

74.3 %
23,671,832
23,671,832
IFAD

International cofinancing

0.0 %
0

National cofinancing

11.3 %
3,587,760
2,628,230
Beneficiaries
959,530
Local Government

Financing
gap

14.5 %
4,613,988

Replenishment cycle

IFAD 12

Approval date

July 26, 2024

Expected duration

2024 –
2031

Lending terms

Debt Sustainability Framework

Income level

Lower-middle Income

Implementing agency

Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)

Contact information

Country Director: 
Samir 
Bejaoui 
Email: s.bejaoui@ifad.org