ENPARD – Support to Agriculture and Rural Development

Agriculture is an important but currently declining sector in Moldova’s economy. Moldovan agricultural employment almost halved in a decade but is still high compared to other regions of Europe. Fast structural changes in the economy have raised employment opportunities outside farming and have driven people out of rural areas. Due to increased job opportunities outside agriculture, a migration has started in two directions: from rural to urban areas and from local to foreign markets in search for better income.

Decreasing agricultural employment in conjunction with increasing sector output has led to increases in labour productivity in Moldovan agriculture, which still remains well below that of countries in the region.

The overall objective of this contract is to accompany the "ENPARD Moldova – Agriculture and Rural Development" Budget Support Sector Reform Contract (BS SRC). 

The purpose of this contract is to assist the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI), more specifically to:

1) Improve the capability of the government to achieve agricultural and rural development policy objectives;

2) To provide a wide range of capacity-building and institutional-strengthening TA service to promote agricultural and rural development policies and reforms;

3) To provide a wide range of capacity-building and institutional-strengthening TA service to improve governance in agricultural and rural development;