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Moldova Compact - Transition to High Value Agriculture

Summary:

MCC’s $259 million Moldova Compact (2010–2015) included a $129.4 million Transition to High-Value Agriculture (THVA) Project. The project was designed to catalyze investments in high-value agriculture products, moving away from low-value grains. The program established water user associations (WUAs) and rehabilitated physical infrastructure in 10 centralized irrigation systems along two rivers, the Nistru and the Prut. Other project activities were designed to upgrade production techniques and increase access to markets and finance.

Study Type: Independent Evaluation

Study Status: Active

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General Metadata

  • Contractor: Mathematica
  • Sector: Agriculture and Irrigation
  • Intervention Type(s): Agriculture Infrastructure; Producer Organizational Development
  • Cross-Sector Theme(s): gender; policy and institutional reform
  • Project Objective:

    The objectives of the Transition to High Value Agriculture Project are to: (i) increase rural incomes by stimulating growth in irrigated high value agriculture; and (ii) catalyze future investments in high value agriculture by establishing a successful and sustainable model of irrigation system and water resource management and a conducive institutional and policy environment for irrigated agriculture.

Evaluation Methodology

  • Evaluation Type: Performance
  • Evaluation Methodology Type: Other (Performance)
  • Location Type: Rural

Milestones

  • Contract Start: September 2010
  • Evaluation Design Report Published: December 2015
  • Interim Report Published: September 2019
  • Final Data Package Published: December 2022
  • Final Report Publication: March 2023

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