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Lesson
The TA promoted several public–private–community partnerships and benefitted from a broad network of partners, which contributed to bringing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the regional strategy on agro-value chains.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
GMS countries have varying levels of capacity not only among countries but also among various sub-national administrations within a country. One-size-fits-all capacity building solutions do not work, and targeted capacity building efforts are critical.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
Report Date:
Lesson
Building on lessons learned from this TA, and in response to strong requests from WGA and GMS Ministers of Agriculture, a follow-up TA (ADB TA 9916) entitled “GMS Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program” was prepared to cover six priority themes: (i) promoting green, inclusive, and gender-responsive agri-food value chains; (ii) facilitating climate-smart agribusiness financing; (iii) enhancing food safety and quality standards, certification, and traceability; (iv) improving cross-border animal health and value chains; (v) managing water and soil for enhanced food security in a ch

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
Report Date:
Lesson
Slow approval processes and fund transfers due to delays in liquidation led to delayed delivery of annual work plans. As TA activities are season-specific, effective implementation requires advance planning and timely provision of resources, including finance, materials, and personnel.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
Report Date:
Lesson
Strong stakeholder participation throughout made a huge difference. Collaborating with a wider network of stakeholders—local communities, subnational government staff, private sector, civil society organizations—is time consuming, but it certainly improved the quality of outputs.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
Report Date: