December 20, 2021 Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo Director General International Center for Tropical Agriculture Km 17 recta Cali-Palmira Palmira Colombia Re: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project Grant Number D7540 Amendment to the Financing Agreement Dear Sir: We refer to the Financing Agreement (“Agreement”) between the International Development Association (“Association”) and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (“Recipient”), countersigned on February 4, 2021, for the above-referenced Project. We also refer to your letter dated November 24, 2021, requesting changes to the Agreement. Please note that the capitalized terms not defined in this letter “Amendment Letter” have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. We are pleased to inform you that the Association agrees to your request and propose to amend the Agreement as follows: 1. The first paragraph of Schedule 1 (Project Description) is amended to read as follows: “The objective of the Project is to strengthen the capacity of targeted CGIAR partners and stakeholders, and to enhance access to climate information services and validated climate-smart agriculture technologies in IDA-eligible countries in Africa.” 2. Section I.A.1. (a) of Schedule 2 is amended to read as follows: “(a) The Recipient shall designate and maintain, at all times during the implementation of the Project, the Project Steering Committee (“PSC”), with a composition, mandate and terms of reference satisfactory to the Association, to be responsible for, inter alia, providing overall strategic and policy guidance for the Project, all in accordance with the provisions of the Project Implementation Manual.” -2- 3. Section I.A.2 of Schedule 2 is amended to read as follows: “2. Project Management Unit The Recipient shall designate and maintain, at all times during the implementation of the Project, a Project Management Unit (“PMU”). The PMU shall be responsible for prompt and efficient oversight and implementation of activities under the Project, and shall take all actions including the provision of funding, personnel and other resources necessary to enable said PMU to perform said functions, all in accordance with the provisions of the Project Implementation Manual.” 4. The Acronym “CCAFS” is hereby replaced by “CGIAR” in the following provisions: Section I. B. 1 (Project Implementation Manual): “CCAFS partners” is hereby replaced with “CGIAR Partners” In the table under Section III. A. (Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Grant) of Schedule 2: under Category (1), “CCAFS Partners” is hereby replaced with “CGIAR Partners” as laid out the annex to this Amendment letter. 5. The Appendix is amended as follows, and the definitions are renumbered, as appropriate, to maintain the alphabetical order: The definition for “CCAFS” is deleted. The definition for “CCAFS Partners” is replaced with “CGIAR Partners” as follows: ““CGIAR Partners” means the collective of CGIAR Centers, research programs and platforms and strategic partnerships implementing Project activities pursuant to the terms and conditions of the PPAs or other contractual arrangements led by the Recipient.” The following definitions are added: ““CGIAR Centers” means the international agricultural research centers that have adopted the CGIAR unified governance framework.” The following definition is amended as follows: “Partnership Performance Agreement” or “PPA” means the agreement to be executed between the Recipient and each CGIAR Partner for the implementation of Project activities, in form and substance acceptable to the Association, as such agreement may be modified from time to time with the written approval of the Association, and “Partnership Performance Agreements” or “PPAs” means, collectively, two or more such agreements.” -3- All other terms and conditions of the Agreement that have not been amended hereby shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Please indicate your agreement with the foregoing, by countersigning and dating the two original copies of this letter and returning one countersigned original copy to the Association. Upon receipt by the Association of said original countersigned by the authorized representative of the Recipient, this amendment shall become effective as of the date of countersignature of this letter. Sincerely, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Boutheina Guermazi Director of Regional Integration Africa and Middle East and North Africa AGREED: INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE By: __________________________ Authorized Representative Name: Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza _______________________ Title: ________________________ Director General 19-Jan-2022 Date: ________________________ -4- Annex Percentage of Amount of the Grant Category Expenditures to be Allocated (expressed Financed in SDR) (inclusive of Taxes) (1) Goods, non-consulting 32,423,570 100% services, consulting services, Training and Workshops, Operating Costs and PPAs for Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Project implemented by CGIAR Partners (2) Goods, non-consulting 6,129,430 100% services, consulting services, Training and Workshops, Operating Costs and Staff Salaries for Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Project implemented by the Recipient (3) Goods, non-consulting 4,047,000 100% services, consulting services, Training and Workshops and Operating Costs for Part 4 of the Project TOTAL AMOUNT 42,600,000