ASSP
- The Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP)
is a US$31.5 million four-year programme, the purpose
of which is to enhance the competitiveness of Jamaican
agriculture in domestic and global markets.
The
Agricultural Support Services Project
 The
Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP) is a
US$31.5 million project, which begun operating in
2001 was designed as a four year programme but the
implementation period has been extended to February
2008.The purpose of which is to enhance the competitiveness
of Jamaican agriculture in domestic and global markets.
The ASSP is being financed by a US$22.0 million loan
from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and
a contribution of US$8.6 million from the Government
of Jamaica (GOJ), with the balance of the funds coming
from project beneficiaries. The Project has made US$7
million available to the Agricultural Support Services
and Productive Projects Fund (ASSPPF) Limited.
To achieve its task, the ASSP is being
implemented through three components. These are:
(1)
Strengthening the Delivery of Agricultural Support
Services.
This component is designed to develop the critical
capacity for delivery of effective agricultural support
services including agricultural extension, research,
marketing and strategic information, to producers
and exporters.
Forty-five
(45) applications for the provision of services have
been approved. The total cost of providing these services
is J$34.9 million. The ASSP committed approximately
J$31.4 million of grant funding for these services.
AMrket research, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) audit, market promotion, trainig, design
of labels, an advertisement and a website are among
the services provided.
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(2)
Strengthening and Consolidating Agricultural Health
and Food Safety Services
Aimed
at improving the effectiveness of the animal health,
plant health and
Food safety systems, this component is designed to
protect domestic
Consumers from illness caused by food contamination,
while ensuring that
Jamaica’s exports meet international standards.
Agricultural,
Health & Food Safety Achievements
(3)
Financing Selected Activities in High Pay-off Productive
Projects
This
is intended to increase the competitiveness and profitability
of Jamaica’s agricultural producers and exporters
by providing grants to assist in establishing projects
to further develop and create new opportunities in
the non-traditional agricultural sub-sectors.
Funding
for Approved Productive Projects
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