This Component aims to address challenges related to market linkages, access to finance, capacity building, climate mitigation and adaptation, value addition, profitability, growth, and eventually resilience of farmers and businesses in Zambia. This component directly supports two sets of beneficiaries: small and marginal farmers who are associated through Cooperatives or Producer Organizations (POs) and high growth agribusinesses (Firms).

To achieve this, Component 1 (Support access to Markets and Finance) has three Subcomponents:

• Subcomponent 1 (a) MarketConnect;
• Subcomponent 1 (b) Productive Alliances;
• Subcomponent 1 (c) Line of Credit (LoC).