The Agro-biodiversity Initiative (TABI)
The Agrobiodiversity Initiative (TABI) is a new programme being developed over the past two years by SDC in the Lao PDR. It will directly address the escalating destruction of biodiversity resources which represent the foundation and safety net for the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of rural upland farmers in Laos. The design of the TABI is guided by basic principles drawn from outcomes of regional and global meetings on the implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements, particularly the International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and their practical application to farm level issues. The Initiative has five major components supporting 1) the implementation and reporting of the Lao PDR’s commitments to the CBD; 2) piloting and promoting community-level activities to enhance and conserve biodiversity resources in farming and adjacent landscapes; 3) improving access to and quality of NTFP markets; 4) local access and control over land and natural resources; and 5) the development of a knowledge, information and policy dialog system.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
---|---|---|---|
Laos |
Climate change and environment Agriculture & food security
Biodiversity
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016) |
01.01.2009
- 30.06.2012 |
CHF 4’950’000
|
- Foreign private sector North
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
OTHER MULTISECTOR
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Bio-diversity
Rural development
Cross-cutting topics The project promotes biodiversity as a priority.
The project promotes biodiversity.
The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
Finance type Aid grant
Aid Type Project and programme contribution
Tied/untied aid Untied aid
Project number 7F05450
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Development cooperation |
Project partners |
Contract partner Private sector |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 4’950’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 5’055’747 |
Project phases |
Phase 4
01.04.2017
- 30.09.2020
(Completed)
Phase 3
01.07.2012
- 31.03.2017
(Completed)
Phase 2 01.01.2009 - 30.06.2012 (Completed) |