Ministry of Agriculture: key Project Development

MINISTRY OF ARICULTURE 

P.O BOX G13, HONIARA

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock together with the World Bank are developing the Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project (SI ART) with the key Project Development Objective to;

SI ART Scope: To achieve the above objective, the project was designed to have 4 Components to it as outlined below:

SI ART Scope: to achieve the above objective, the project was designed to have 4 Components to it was outlined below:

Component 1: Food Production and Agriculture business Investments

Component 2: Institutional Capacity Development

Component 3: Project Management

Component 4: Contingency Emergency Response Component

The SI ART project will work in three provinces, Guadalcanal, Malaita and Makira. During the design of the SI ART, the Ministry of Agriculture has developed, and is now disclosing the following draft project safeguard instruments for comments:

•Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)

•Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP)

•A Preliminary Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP)

•Labour Management Procedure (LMP)

The complete documents can also be accessed and viewed through the SIG portal under MAL web page: http://solomons .gov.sb/ministry-of-agriculture-and-livestock/.

The SI ART project design and the safeguard instruments will be disclosed at a public meeting on the 29th January 2021 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Museum Auditorium for those in Guadalcanal and Honiara, all interested stakeholders and producer groups are invited to attend. More information can be obtained from the MAL Extension Department, Honiara.

Please confirm your attendance with Rose MAL HQ phone 2213 or Grace MAL Extension phone 25031 by the 27th January.

Similar meetings will be held in Malaita in the near future at dates to be arranged.