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A TA for $500,000 is piggybacked to the Food Safety and Agriculture Commercialization Program to support the Government in meeting the second tranche policy actions. TA resources will also be required to prepare the detailed design of the new investment project that is being discussed with the Government, given the Government's weak capacity for project development.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Nepal's shift to federalism has devolved much of the agriculture sector work to subnational governments. The newly established provincial and local governments require extensive capacity building to deliver agriculture research and extension services. The planned ADB investment project for 2021 delivery will incorporate investments in research and development and a pluralistic extension system, focusing on hill horticulture development.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
The TA supported a wide range of stakeholder consultations with the private sector, subject matter experts, and the Government on key policy bottlenecks in the agriculture sector in Nepal. These interactions led to the identification of critical reforms towards strengthening the Government's capacity for ensuring the food safety, a serious public health concern in Nepal.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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The TA supported the preparation of (i) a policy matrix for a $50 million policy_x005F_x0002_based loan, (ii) a report on a commodity mapping survey along key road corridors in Gandaki Province, (iii) institutional mapping of the agriculture sector under federalism, (iv) a report on best practices under the recently completed ADB-financed value chain project, and (v) a preliminary concept note on rice- based value chain development. These reports will provide background information for the development of a new investment project in the agriculture sector in Nepal.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
Report Date:
Lesson
All TA consultants were recruited as individual consultants. While this allowed ADB to select strong candidates, the administrative workload was significant, especially with the need to replace the experts with the change in TA scope. While recruitment of a firm would have been more efficient, recruiting individuals provided ADB flexibility in identifying strong candidates.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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While the TA was categorized as a knowledge and support TA originally, the flexibility adopted by ADB with the minor change in scope actually turned the TA into a transaction TA, combining studies to be used for future project preparation, with detailed design for the program approved in 2019.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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ADB's flexibility in a minor change in scope of the TA at the request of the Government was useful to design a policy-based program in less than one year.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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The key findings from the relevant studies completed under this TA, including the value chain analysis of tourism and local products in the seven poor counties in the Liupanshan area, provide an opportunity for further investments by relevant governments and development partners, which could provide benefits for local communities.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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Lesson
The TA improved knowledge and capacity building of local governments and stakeholders for poverty reduction in the Liupanshan area, which was highly regarded and appreciated by training participants. It is recommended that future poverty reduction programs should continue knowledge sharing and capacity building for poverty reduction at the local level.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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Lesson
The provision of individual consultants and having a national team leader presented some challenges in terms of coordination among the TA consultants and preparation of the consultant reports in English. Use of a consulting firm instead of individual consultants and having an international TA consultant as a team leader with good ADB experience would avoid such problems.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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The TA design was appropriate in terms of the TA outcome and outputs. The TA implementation period was extended by 1-year with a recognition that knowledge-sharing at the local level requires more time.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Report Date:
Lesson
The TA design was appropriate in terms of the TA outcome and outputs. The TA implementation period was extended by 1-year with a recognition that knowledge-sharing at the local level requires more time.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Report Date: