Ratings for the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach Support Project for Malawi were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was substantial, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: involvement of multiple implementing partners in SWAp improves multi sectoral collaboration and ownership, but best achieved with a strong champion. The involvement of other implementing players other than Ministry of Agriculture e.g. Ministry of Lands, Transport, Roads Authority, Trade provided a unique opportunity to strengthen multi sectoral coordination. The weak leadership of the champion (Ministry of Agriculture) reduced anticipated gains realized from such collaboration and investment. In view of this, capacity building of the champion is key to sustain this leadership for such multi sectoral projects. Use of Government systems and structures is good towards promoting ownership, but delays implementation, in a context of limited capacity. Much as the project was implemented using Government systems it was evident that implementation delays due Government bureaucracies. The complexity of the project warrants the establishment of dedicated PIU with key qualified staff. Further, for projects that has national coverage, the regional offices need to be considered for proper project backstopping including on fiduciary matters.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR4147 JUN 21, 2017
The development objective of the Additional Financing for the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach Support Project is to improve the effectiveness of investments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth.
... See More + Negative impacts include: increased use of agrochemicals resulting in pollution of both ground and surface waters, soil pollution due to spillage of rehabilitation materials, increased siltation of water bodies, air pollution from dust generated by rehabilitation works, increased road traffic accidents, and generation solid and liquid waste. Mitigation measures include: 1) conduct road safety awareness campaign meetings with local communities; 2) dispose all waste in designated and approved dump sites; 3) promote conservational farming and agro-forestry; and 4) control flow of water to reduce erosion and siltation through engineering solutions.
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The development objective of the Additional Financing for the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach Support Project is to improve the effectiveness of investments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth.
... See More + Negative impacts include: increased use of agrochemicals resulting in pollution of both ground and surface waters, soil pollution due to spillage of rehabilitation materials, increased siltation of water bodies, air pollution from dust generated by rehabilitation works, increased road traffic accidents, and generation solid and liquid waste. Mitigation measures include: 1) conduct road safety awareness campaign meetings with local communities; 2) dispose all waste in designated and approved dump sites; 3) promote conservational farming and agro-forestry; and 4) control flow of water to reduce erosion and siltation through engineering solutions.
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The development objective of the Agriculture Development Programme Support Project (ADP- SP) is to improve the effectiveness of investments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth.
... See More + This is a level two restructuring. The changes to the project are to amend the project's description to include the payment of premiums, fees and other expenses for market risk transfer products, such as insurance or other types of derivatives. The description for component 2 (b) and the disbursement table in the finance agreement will be amended to allow expenditures for premiums, fees and other expenses. The premiums, fees and other expenses are estimated to cost SDR 350,000 for one year. Under this restructuring, the recipient will pay, out of the proceeds of the credit, the premium and related transaction fees for the derivative transaction to international development association and the data cleaning fees to the data cleaner.
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The development objective of the Agriculture Development Programme Support Project (ADP- SP) is to improve the effectiveness of investments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth.
... See More + This is a level two restructuring. The changes to the project are to amend the project's description to include the payment of premiums, fees and other expenses for market risk transfer products, such as insurance or other types of derivatives. The description for component 2 (b) and the disbursement table in the finance agreement will be amended to allow expenditures for premiums, fees and other expenses. The premiums, fees and other expenses are estimated to cost SDR 350,000 for one year. Under this restructuring, the recipient will pay, out of the proceeds of the credit, the premium and related transaction fees for the derivative transaction to international development association and the data cleaning fees to the data cleaner.
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The objective of the Agriculture Development Program Support Project (ADP-SP) for Malawi is to improve the effectiveness of investments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth.
... See More + There are three components to the project. The first component is the institutional development and capacity building in preparation of a Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) in agriculture. The objective of this component is the capacity building for improved agricultural sector planning and investment management, the essence of the ADP is to harmonize government and donor investments in support of a medium term investment strategy for agricultural food security and growth. The project will help the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MoAFS) builds on the results of these initiatives by providing formal and informal training, technical assistance, equipment, and a strategic planning framework through annual work plans and budgets, with enhanced monitoring and evaluation, financial management and procurement and human resources planning and management capabilities. The second component is the sustainable food security. The objective of this component is a sustainable improvement of national and household food security. The underlying work plan will support the implementation of three priority agendas outlined in the ADP investment framework that relate to the enhancement of food security-maize productivity growth, sustainable land management, and the development of national capacity for market based risk management. This effort will strengthen the development of the SWAP in two ways. First, the work plan offers early and significant gains from the national investment effort. Second, this component builds on the interests expressed by several donors to coordinate their investments in these areas. Finally, the third component is the project coordination. The objective of this component is to manage and use resources in accordance with the project's objectives and procedures. There will be no separate project implementation or decision making entities, ADP-SP will use MoAFS and ADP structures. The ADP Executive Management Committee (EMC) will act as ADP-SP steering committee and will have overall oversight and decision making responsibility for the ADP-SP, including formal approval of work plans and budgets and review of quarterly and annual reports.
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