ADDENDUM CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Total Project Description Sector Value Contact Details (US $ Million) Setting up of a production plant Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou for oil palm and its derivatives Adviser Head of Economic Division, Finance, The CAR is a medium size country. Budget, International Cooperation It is located in the hart of African and PPRSP Monitoring continent .The CAR has P.O BOX 93 Bangui 623,000km2 of surface. Until Central African Republic recently, the state benefits from E: [email protected] some important investments from certain partner countries. The private sector is the engine of the development of the creation of national wealth and job generation. Given it geographical location, it is surrounded by Sudan, south Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo; the CAR is a potential market of at least 25 million inhabitants. The CAR enjoys propitious agro- ecologic conditions. After more than five decades of existence, the CAR has just few agro-industries. In the framework of industrial development policy and of diversification export products from the CAR, the Government envisages to develop palm oil sector. To encourage agro- industrial initiatives whose, palm oil and soon innovating sectors, it would be important to encourage palm oil production. Besides, it has been shown that all population and certain industries consume palm oil, thus the vested interest to have an industry which can produce palm oil in large quantity and quality. With the liberation today, government offers an undoubtedly opportunity for this sector. Activities: • Acquisition of machines ; • Installation of production units in the targeted area. • Implementing production and marketing, • Choice of surface of production; • Preparation of the ground ; • Development of the settings ; • Purchase of nut pre-germinated, small sachet and other products, • Putting in place of the plantation by pegs, putting into the soil the plant, and the protection again st rodents ; • Activities report. Setting up of an indu stry for Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou woods and its derivatives Adviser processing Head of Economic Division, Finance, Budget, International Cooperation The CAR is a medium size country. and PPRSP Monitoring It is located in the hart of African P.O BOX 93 Bangui continent .The CAR has Central African Republic 623,000km2 of surface. Until E: [email protected] recently, the state benefits from some important investments from certain partner countries. The private sector is the engine of the development of the creation of national wealth and job generation. Given it geographical location, it is surrounded by Sudan, south Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo; the CAR is a potential market of at least 25 million inhabitants. The CAR’ massive forestry belongs to Congo basin, the second largest forest in the world after the Amazonia in south America .it offers a huge eco-system diversity, it covers more than 8 percent of national territory and it is divided into two blocs. The south west bloc has a surface of 3.8 million hectares not exploited by industry. The remaining of the territory is covered to more than 60% of wooded savannah with multiple tropical forests. Today a forestry code has been put in place to redynamize timber sector. Given the above, the government wishes through private partners of the sector to conduct this project of wood and its derivatives processing. Activities: • feasibility study; • engineering and publicWorks • Acquisition of adequate • technical equipment • Installation of production plant in targeted areas • Implementing of the wood and its derivatives and marketing Setting up of an industry of beef Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou export Adviser Head of Economic Division, Finance, The CAR is a medium size country. Budget, International Cooperation It is located in the hart of African and PPRSP Monitoring continent .The CAR has P.O BOX 93 Bangui 623,000km2 of surface. Until Central African Republic recently, the state benefits from E: [email protected] some important investments from certain partner countries. The private sector is the engine of the development of the creation of national wealth and job generation. Given it geographical location, it is surrounded by Sudan, south Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo; the CAR is a potential market of at least 25 million inhabitants. CAR’ economy relies on the performance of farming sector (agriculture, livestock...). The latest data showed that the sub sector livestock represents 24% of GDP. The sector cow meets faces a lack of structured industry for production and export. Because of its importance in the economy and in the framework of building capacity for offering export product, the Government envisages conduct through private investors this project for setting up a plant in order to produce and export beef meet with the aim to improve the quality of the meet on markets in so doing, ensure food security. Activities: • Acquisition of Equipment ; • Installation of production unit ; • Implementing production and marketing; Setting up of dairy industry Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou Adviser The CAR is a medium size country. Head of Economic Division, Finance, It is located in the hart of African Budget, International Cooperation continent .The CAR has and PPRSP Monitoring 623,000km2 of surface. Until P.O BOX 93 Bangui recently, the state benefits from Central African Republic some important investments from E: [email protected] certain partner countries. The private sector is the engine of the development of the creation of national wealth and job generation. Given it geographical location, it is surrounded by Sudan, south Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo; the CAR is a potential market of at least 25 million inhabitants. .The government had conducted a study on the live stock and agriculture of the CAR. This study confirmed by rural development strategy paper, of agriculture and food security (SDRASA) adopted by the government in 2011, laid an emphasis on production of milk product. While milk production has been performed in artisanal way by nomad stock- breeders. In order to improve the quality of this product then strengthen the offer capacity, the government envisages welcoming any private sector investors to help it set up production and commercialization dairy industry via the insemination technique. Activities • Acquisition of machines ; • Installation of production unit in targeted zones. • Implementing production and marketing . Setting up of an indust ry of fruits Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou juice Adviser Head of Economic Division, Finance, The CAR is a medium size country. Budget, International Cooperation It is located in the hart of African and PPRSP Monitoring continent .The CAR has P.O BOX 93 Bangui 623,000km2 of surface. Until Central African Republic recently, the state benefits from E: [email protected] some important investments from certain partner countries. The private sector is the engine of the development of the creation of national wealth and job generation. Given it geographical location, it is surrounded by Sudan, south Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo; the CAR is a potential market of at least 25 million inhabitants. The CAR’ agriculture has a huge potential to ensure quality and quantity for the population’ food need. Land in CAR is still natural; it can grow up fruit plants of superior quality. So, fruit plants such as : mango trees of small and medium seize, orange trees, grapefruit trees of yellow kind, rose and red one ; mandarin orange-trees, Guava trees ; papaya trees ; lemon trees , custard-apple trees, pineapple and banana will be ingredients for exploitation of a plant It is in this view that, the government through its sub- programme “sectors development and the access to markets “put in the framework of this investment programme. Knowing that the CAR does not have sufficiently agro- industry, it is imperative that the country has them for the launching of its economy. The setting up of this unit will help produce sufficient food crops for local consumption and for export. Activities: • Acquisition of machines ; • Installation of production unit in targeted zones; • Fruits Collectection; • Processing of fruits into juice ; • Implementing production and marketing. Setting up of an integrated textile Agriculture 7500 Mr. Maxime Balalou production industry Adviser Head of Economic Division, Finance, Set up a plant of production Budget, International Cooperation of textile and its and PPRSP Monitoring derivatives ; P.O BOX 93 Bangui Diversify textile markets Central African Republic with high added value ; E: [email protected] Meet the need of domestic and international with quality textile Activities: • Acquired equipments; • Industries installed and operational; • cotton fibre and textiles produced and marketed. Setting up of an industry of Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou groundnut paste production Adviser Head of Economic Division, Finance, Global objective : boosting and Budget, International Cooperation promoting groundnut sector in and PPRSP Monitoring order to increase offer capacity P.O BOX 93 Bangui Central African Republic Specific objective : E: [email protected] set up industry of groundnut paste production ; Diversify groundnut paste markets ; Meet the need of domestic and international markets with quality groundnut paste. Setting up of an industry for Agriculture Mr. Maxime Balalou mineral water production Adviser Head of Economic Division,