CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT
AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECTOR
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICEL
Loan No: 9347-BE
Project ID No.: P172592
The Government of Belize has received financing in the amount of US$ 25,000,000 equivalent,
from the World Bank toward the cost of the Climate Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture
Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works (if
necessary), non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project.
This project will be jointly financed by Local Beneficiaries and Unguaranteed Commercial
Financing.
The project will include the following components:
Part 1: Institutional Strengthening: focuses on strengthening the capacity of key public
institutions (government agencies and academic organizations) to support a more productive
and sustainable agricultural sector. The component will finance goods, small works,
equipment, studies, training, consulting, and advisory services.
Part 2: Investments in Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA): strengthening the capacity of
farmers and participating financial intermediaries engaging in climate-smart agricultural
investments under the Project, as to be able to take advantage of the provision of financing to
farmers (matching grants and loans from PFIs) to adopt CSA technologies and practices, and
increasing their productivity, levels of income and resiliency to climate change and weather
events.
Part 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation: finance incremental and operating
costs, goods and equipment for the Project Implementation Unit (PIU)
Part 4: Contingent Emergency Response: contingent financing mechanism which will permit
Belize rapid access to World Bank support in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency.
The following processes are intended to be procured through international competitive procurement:
