Project

Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition (SIGHT)

Sector

Credit and Financial services

Financing chart
Financing Gap (USD)
3,236,000
Target group
11,920
Households
Project target area

6 governorates: Ajloun, Irbid, Jerash, Madaba, Mafraq and the outskirts of Amman

 
Summary
The small ruminant sector in Jordan faces several challenges, including water scarcity, feed shortage and degraded rangelands. Many communities in this sector are also hosting Syrian refugees. Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition (SIGHT) aims to reduce poverty and enhance national food security by improving the productivity of the small ruminant sector. It also assists Syrian refugees and host communities in graduating out of poverty through access to productive assets, capacity building, and mentoring to invest in a sustainable source of livelihood that they could not afford otherwise.
Components and Objectives
SIGHT has three main components.
Component 1: Investment in farmer services. It aimed at strengthening complementary public and private services offered to small ruminants’ producers and supporting policy engagement.
Component 2: Livelihood Investments and Access to Financial Services. It aimed at providing grant-based income-generating packages for on- and off-farm enterprises as well as through lending facilities for rural businesses.
Component 3: Project management. The day-to-day management and implementation of the project will be performed by a dedicated Project Management Unit (PMU) that will be established within the Ministry of Agriculture premises in Amman.
Financing

Total project cost

25,933,500

IFAD financing
 

34.3 %
8,900,000
8,900,000
IFAD

International cofinancing

35.1 %
9,107,500
7,165,000
Facility for refugees, migrants, forced displacement and rural stability
1,942,500
European Union

National cofinancing

18.1 %
4,690,000
4,690,000
National Government

Financing
gap

12.5 %
3,236,000

Approval date

September 8, 2017

Expected duration

2017 –
2025

Lending terms

Ordinary

Income level

Upper-middle Income

Replenishment cycle

IFAD 11

Implementing agency

Ministry of Agriculture

Contact information

Country Director: 
Vrej 
Jiyan 
Email: v.jiyan@ifad.org
Mobile: 
+37498477473