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Supporting Local Agricultural and Rural Development Planning - TCP/BIH/3804

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) As a means of supporting rural development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, local development strategies were created and put in place in most cantons and municipalities under a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project that was implemented in the country from 2017–2022. These strategies focus primarily on the roles of employment and tourism in rural development, but they do not incorporate the crucial role of agriculture in a significant way, even though it is a key driver of rural development. The lack of planning related to agriculture and rural development has resulted in low levels of funding for the sector and in the absence of an integrated, multistakeholder approach to rural development. To support the desired integrated approach to rural development through the mobilization of the environmental, tourism and agricultural sectors, the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER), requested that FAO implement this Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project to complement the existing local development strategies with Local Agricultural and Rural Development Plans (LARDPs) in selected cantons and municipalities.

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