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Evaluation of the Fostering Agriculture Market Activities II (FARMA II) project, market development, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Evaluation of the Fostering Agriculture Market Activities II (FARMA II) project, market development, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Final Report

  • År: 2020

  • Publikationstyp: Decentraliserad utvärdering

  • Författare: Frans van Gerwen, Svend Erik Sørensen, Tamara Ivankovic

Sammanfattning

The Fostering Agricultural Markets Activity II (FARMA II) project is jointly funded by the Swedish government and USAID and runsfrom January 2016 to July 2021. The purpose of this evaluation is to evaluate the project’s impact, sustainability and cross-cuttingissues. The original ultimate objective of FARMA II was to increase agricultural exports to the EU and prepare Producer Organisationsfor EU market access, while strengthening local and national market access has gradually received more attention. FARMA II hascontributed to increased market access in agricultural subsectors, particularly in poultry and dairy and to a lesser extent in honeyand medical and aromatic plants. The sector of Fruits and Vegetables is facing clear constraints. Restart of poultry exports to the EUis one of the biggest successes of FARMA II, though in all sectors more attention to national market access is needed. In policydevelopment, an important achievement of FARMA II was the development of the Strategic Plan for Rural Development of BiH(2018–2021). Major recommendations refer to strengthening linkages between public and private sector; intensifying dialogue andcooperation mechanisms to ensure coherence of interventions and enable stronger policy dialogue; and strengthening access of,particularly smaller, PO’s to local, regional, and national markets.

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  • Tematik: Ekonomisk utveckling

  • Geografiskt område: Bosnien-Hercegovina

  • Språk: Engelska

  • Publikationsnummer: 2021:10

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