[{"bbox": [81, 153, 1120, 313], "category": "Text", "text": "temperature increases and reduced rainfall are already negatively affecting Zimbabwe's agricultural sector due to the high reliance on rain-fed crop production, particularly in rural areas where the majority of the population lives. In this context, this Action embraces a **comprehensive approach to agricultural value chain development**, with a focus on both the local and regional/international dimensions and with the overall objective to support Zimbabwe's green economic growth through climate-smart agriculture, agrifood value chain development and renewable energy."}, {"bbox": [81, 324, 1120, 457], "category": "Text", "text": "The **first component of the action** supports the **development of the horticulture value-chain**, with a **focus on export to EU markets**. It ensures the continuity of support to the implementation of the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) through the provision of technical assistance to mostly private sector organizations. Additionally, equipment, such as laboratories and scanners, will be supplied to improve the compliance to EU standards for chemical, pests and disease controls, which services are currently being imported."}, {"bbox": [81, 468, 1120, 600], "category": "Text", "text": "The **second component of the action** proposes to **support the drought resistant crops value chain**, with a **focus on traditional grains**, which will make the country more resilient to climate change and increase its independence from imported grains/cereals particularly from neighbouring countries as well as from Russia and Ukraine. The component will be implemented in a maximum of three selected agricultural areas offering the highest potential for value-addition and market access."}, {"bbox": [81, 614, 1120, 827], "category": "Text", "text": "The **third component of the action** supports in priority **investments in renewable energy for horticulture and traditional grains value-chain development**. The investment facilitation will be pursued through the creation of a GET.Pro country-window, to be co-funded by Germany and more particularly its GET.Invest component (facilitation of DFI's support to investors (including with EFSD+ guarantees)). As these interventions will likely yield results in the medium to long term, the action also foresees to provide renewable energy equipment (solar) to support the value-chain approach of the targeted value chains (aggregation, processing, cold storage and access to the agro-industry, all require energy as a major input). This component of the Action supports the global objectives of the EU in climate mitigation through renewable energy production"}, {"bbox": [81, 839, 1120, 1025], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is part of the **Team Europe Initiative on \"Greener and Climate-Smart Agriculture\"**, which aims at unlocking the development potential of the agricultural sectors through an environmentally conscious productive approach, based on climate-smart, agro-ecological and circularity principles, reducing vulnerability, and increasing resilience through adaptation as well promoting equal involvement of women and men at all stages. The Action will be implemented through partnership agreements with different entities: non-state actors/non-governmental organisation (grant contracts), and international organisations and EU decentralised agencies (contribution agreements)."}, {"bbox": [81, 1037, 1120, 1167], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is **anchored around the country's national priorities** as articulated in the country's National Development Strategy (NDS1) 2021-2025 and it intends to align with the goals and objectives across the Zimbabwe's existing agricultural and climate change policies and strategies, including the \"Zimbabwe country food and agriculture delivery compact\", which will all together will contribute to the achievement of the country's vision 2030."}, {"bbox": [81, 1181, 1120, 1262], "category": "Text", "text": "The action also contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan III, in particular to thematic areas: \"Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women\" and \"Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation\"."}, {"bbox": [81, 1275, 1120, 1406], "category": "Text", "text": "In the framework of the **EU Green Deal** (and its strategies, the **Farm-to-Fork strategy** and the **circular economy action plan**) and the **EU-Africa Global Gateway** Investment Package, the action will bring a tangible contribution to multiple priorities pursued by the EU and Africa, narrowing as such the global investment gap through its contributions to funding for climate action, renewable energies, sustainable growth and decent job creation, research, digitalisation, connectivity and corridor development."}, {"bbox": [124, 1460, 522, 1490], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [114, 1518, 966, 1544], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action shall be carried out in Zimbabwe, which is included in the list of ODA recipients."}, {"bbox": [601, 1639, 614, 1660], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "4"}]