Mozambique - The Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) Project -Phase I

The Project supports the development of the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ). This intervention is designed in the form of a stand-alone Investment Project with the main aim of improving the enabling business environment for agro industrial development and agricultural productivity with potential impacts for livelihood and structural economic transformation in Mozambique. Activities in the first phase will be focused in the Niassa Province in the North West of the country. The Project consists of 3 components namely: (i) Strengthen Institutional Capacity, Policy, Regulatory, Institutional and Business Environment for Agro Industrial Development, (ii) Support agricultural productivity, skills, and enterprise development to enhance agricultural value chains and (ii) Project Coordination and Management. The Project will be implemented over five years (2022-2026) at a cost of UA 32.79 million (including in kind contribution of UA 2.0 million from the Government of Mozambique and Beneficiaries).