More than 56 thousand people have benefited from IFAD's Smart Agricultural Value Chain Development (CSAT) project.

Ben Tre CSAT project invests in the construction of Road DC.10 at Group 7, Hamlet 1, Tam Hiep Commune, Binh Dai District. Photo: Duong Vu

Specifically, the CSAT project has supported the Provincial People's Committee to implement the Mekong Delta Regional Planning, prepare socio-economic development plans, develop sectoral plans and consult on amending the Planning Law.

Value chain development (VCAP) with results: Completing 8 value chain development plans for coconut, green-skin pomelo, durian, pork, cow, shrimp, seedlings, ornamental flowers; organizing workshops, training, signing agreements with departments and branches to integrate resources. Organizing 37 workshops, 72 training courses for 6,321 people, aiming at green, organic production, e-commerce and cooperative development, focusing on training for women and youth to access capital, plan production and business.

Investing in public infrastructure adapting to climate change such as building and upgrading public infrastructure, including economic infrastructure, green infrastructure, adaptive infrastructure serving the sustainable development of key agricultural value chains (coconut, fruit trees and seedlings, pig and cattle farming and aquaculture) of the province, through bridges, roads, culverts, dredging canals, dykes, and dykes combined with traffic. To date, 35 projects have been completed in 2023, 30 new projects will be implemented in 2024 and documents and procedures are being prepared to implement 13 projects in 2025.

The concrete road project invested by Ben Tre CSAT at Tam Hiep islet, Binh Dai district helps 50 households here transport longan agricultural products more easily. Photo: Duong Vu

According to Ben Tre CSAT, up to now, 56,107 people have benefited from the project (the project target is 120,000 people), including 28,410 women, 10,475 youth and 6,645 poor and vulnerable households. The biggest difficulty of the project at the present stage is the lack of aid capital to carry out activities to achieve the project's design goals.

It is known that the Project on Developing Smart Agricultural Value Chains Adapting to Climate Change in Ben Tre Province will be implemented from 2023 to 2027. The total cost is 27 million USD, of which, IFAD loan is 17 million USD; non-refundable aid is 4.5 million USD; local counterpart capital is 5.5 million USD.

The overall objective of the CSAT project is to support sustainable agricultural development adapting to climate change in the Mekong Delta in Ben Tre province according to Resolution 120/NQ-CP of the Government.

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