The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Morocco | Water Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 15 | ARCHIVED on 29-Jun-2022 | ISR51828 | Implementing Agencies: Government of Morocco, Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forest Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 08-Jul-2015 Effectiveness Date: 08-Feb-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Apr-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 04-Mar-2019 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objectives (PDO) are: (i) for the Doukkala ORMVA, the Gharb ORMVA, the Haouz ORMVA and the Tadla ORMVA, to provide an improved water service to farmers, and (ii) for targeted farmers in the Project Area, to have better access to improved irrigation technologies. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Improving Irrigation Network Infrastructure:(Cost $135.00 M) Component 2: Supporting Farmers’ Access to Improved Irrigation Technologies:(Cost $6.00 M) Component 3: Supporting the Project Implementing Entities to Manage the Irrigation Network and to Implement the Project:(Cost $9.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Overall progress is still moderately satisfactory in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and restriction on water availability in some schemes (Doukkala in particular). Some indicators have showed significant progress since September 2021 (e.g., the indicator for the number of beneficiaries which has increased from 6,940 to 9,714 reaching now the final target) or the rate of work progress for Component 1 (from 91% to 97%). On the other hand, most of the activities requiring intensive interactions with farmers are still lagging behind, such as the quantity of days of training carried out (36% of the target achieved so far). The focus is now the facilitation of the on-farm irrigation equipment (drip systems) implemented by the Water User Association and setting up the operational arrangements for the modernized, on-demand service to be provided by the new system, including the implementation of the individual quota system necessary to manage the water resources allocation. 6/29/2022 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Other -- Substantial Moderate Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes For the Doukkala, Gharb, Haouz and Tadla ORMVA, to provide an improved water service to farmers IN01152690 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9,494.00 9,714.00 9,274.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 This indicator measures the number of farmers who benefitted from off-farm modernization (until the hydrants), as per the activities financed by the PMGI. On-farm investments are not considered as they are not financed by the Project. The breakdown by ORMA is the following: Comments: Doukkala: 2,815 achieved (final target achieved) Gharb: 2,280 beneficiaries achieved (final target achieved) Haouz: 1.520 achieved. (out of 1,680 beneficiaries = final target) Tadla: 3,099 achieved on Sector M (more than the final target of 2,590). IN01152742 6/29/2022 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7.90 7.80 12.00 IN01152743 ►Area with access to water on-demand in peak period (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 96.00 98.00 100.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 100% achieved on the irrigable area (equipped area) but the service is not currently operational due to the lack of water allocated to the scheme (factor not attributable to the project) Gharb: 100% achieved - Achieved with irrigation service delivery operational. Comments: Haouz: 90% achieved. Will be achieved end of calendar year 2022. Tadla: 100% achieved on the irrigable area (equipped area). For targeted farmers in the project area, to have better access to improved irrigation technologies IN01152741 ►Area with a request for improved irrigation technologies approved (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4,954.00 5,772.00 20,700.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 437 ha achieved (target: 5,800 ha at project closing). For the other 3 schemes (which are less affected by the drought effects than Doukkala), progress have been made since last ISR and the current situation is as follows: Gharb: 977 ha approved against a final target of 3,200ha. it is expected to achieve 2687 ha by December 2022 Haouz: 614 ha achieved against a final target of 1,800ha. it is expected to achieve 1200 ha by December 2022 Tadla: 3,744 ha approved against a final target of 8,330ha. it is expected to achieve 7900 ha by December 2022. Comments: This indicator has increased since September 2021, but has come to a halt since the end of December 2021. Indeed, the decree related to the status of hydro-agricultural developments ended on 31/12/2021 and has been awaiting renewal since. A new decree, to be published in June 2022, will extend this subsidy until 2027 with new provisions. In addition to this new decree, the client is preparing a new circular which would allow the FDA partial reimbursement to compensate for the increase in PVC prices. Pending publication of the new decree mentioned above, the one-stop shops no longer receive new requests, which delays the progress of the indicator. It was agreed that efforts will be made by the ORMVAs to clean up the requests submitted before December 31 and to speed up the process of processing the files which will be presented after publication of the decree. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Irrigation Network Infrastructure IN01152744 6/29/2022 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) ►Progress of works on irrigation network (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 97.00 100.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Gharb: N3 = 100% / N4 = 100% Tadla: M= 100% / G = 98 % Comments: Doukkala: EF = 100% / Z0 = 100% Haouz: 90% IN01152747 ►Clients per metering system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12.97 4.50 3.16 0.78 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 1 (related to irrigable area). Tadla:1 Gharb: 0.63 achieved for N3 (target is 0.69); 1.11 achieved for N4 (target is 1.36). Comments: Haouz: still 15 as works are not fully completed. IN01152750 ►Outlets with flow in line with technical specifications in peak period (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.50 52.00 90.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Component 2: Supporting Farmers’ Access to Improved Irrigation Technologies IN01152745 ►Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 18,347.00 24,440.00 37,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 7,470 client-days Gharb: 5,719 client-days Comments: Haouz: 3,230 client-days Tadla: 8,021 client-days IN01152748 Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/29/2022 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) Value 0.00 2,234.00 1,788.00 4,460.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 IN01152751 ►Clients that have formalized their request for improved irrigation technologies (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 30.00 35.71 70.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 0.2% for sector Z0 and 5.6% for sector EF (against 70% as final target). This low rate is related to the very strong water restrictions applied to this irrigation schemes. As explained before, farmers, WUA and the ORMVAD agreed to delay the request for the subsidies for on-farm equipment due to the interruption of irrigation service delivery. It is a wise decision to avoid installation on- field while the equipment will not be immediately used. Discussions were held during the May SPN mission to find a compromise to get the request approved but delaying the installation on the field. Gharb: Comments: 65% for N3 against a final target of 70% 20% for N4 against a final target of 70% Haouz: 45% against a final target of 70% Tadla: 65% achieved for sector M against a final target of 75% 52% for sector G against a final target of 75% IN01152753 ►Clients using the irrigation information system (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.00 8.90 30.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Equipment have been delivered in each ORMVA. The current results are the following: Haouz: 20% of clients using the system, Gharb: 15% (for both N3 Comments: and N4), Tadla : 10% for M sector and 5% in G sector. The system is not yet operational for Doukkala. Component 3: Supporting the Project Implementing Entities to Manage the Irrigation Network and to Implement the Project IN01152746 ►Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,642.00 3,004.00 2,400.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 956 Gharb: 701 Comments: Haouz: 271 Tadla: 1,076 IN01152749 6/29/2022 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 166.00 276.00 252.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 IN01152752 ►Clients that have signed a delivery agreement with the ORMVA (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 24.10 45.35 62.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 39% in sector Z0 and 33% in sector EF Gharb: 7% for N3 and 1.4% for N4. This area has been slow to develop the contract due to the important rainfall which decreased the importance of irrigation compared to the rest of the interventions area Comments: Haouz: 60% Tadla: 82% for Sector M and 72% for Sector G IN01152754 ►Interruptions in water service in peak period exceeding 48 hours (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.75 0.00 2.58 1.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 IN01152755 ►Average time required for treating grievances related to water service (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 16.25 5.25 8.00 10.00 Date 01-Sep-2015 17-Feb-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Doukkala: 15 Gharb: 3 Comments: Haouz: 10 Tadla: 4 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 6/29/2022 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization Project (P150930) P150930 IBRD-85140 Effective USD 150.00 150.00 0.00 117.86 32.14 79% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P150930 IBRD-85140 Effective 08-Jul-2015 26-Oct-2015 08-Feb-2016 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2022 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/29/2022 Page 7 of 7