The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Morocco | Agriculture Global Practice | Requesting Unit: MNC01 | Responsible Unit: GFA05 IBRD/IDA | Program-for-Results | FY 2018 | Team Leader(s): David Olivier Treguer, Hind Kadiri Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 23-Mar-2018 | ISR31809 | Created by: Funda Canli on 09-Mar-2018 | Modified by: David Olivier Treguer on 20-Mar-2018 Program Development Objectives Program Development Objective (from Program Appraisal Document) The Program Development Objective is to increase the volume of added-value products commercialized in selected agri-food value chains in the Program area. Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Implementation Status and Key Decisions Following approval by the Board on December 20, 2017 and signing of the Loan Agreement on December 21, 2017, the loan became effective on December 27, 2017 and a first disbursement of $50.5 million (including an advance of $50 million)was made on December 29, 2017. Additional disbursements of $36.5 million could be made as part of prior results for DLI 3 ($29 million) and DLI 5 ($7.5 million), pending verification by the General Inspectorate of Agriculture (IGA). A recent Implementation Supervision mission carried out from February 27 to March 2, 2018 pointed to a high level of ownership of the Program within the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests (MAPMDREDF) and noted satisfactory progress towards the achievement of the PDO. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P158346 IBRD-88150 Effective USD 200.00 200.00 0.00 50.50 149.50 25% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Program Action Plan 4/12/2018 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Action Description Recruitment of TA to strengthen PMU capacities Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAMPDREF No 30-Apr-2018 In Progress - Budgetary appropriations are available; Comments - Given the deadlines for awarding the contract, the TA would be set up at the beginning of May 2018. (i) Program Operational Manual (POM) approved by the Bank, and (ii) instructions issued for its use by Program Action Description implementing entities Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAMPDREF, ADA, No 30-Mar-2018 Completed ONSSA The POM was approved by the WB on December 20, 2017 and sent to all the entities involved in the Program on Comments February 06, 2018 Action Description Deployment of the integrated financial management system Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status No Establishment of Integrated Financial Management system to improve program DF 31-Dec-2019 In Progress management: 8.1 System designed; 8.2 System fully operational Comments Under development within the DSI, the choice of an in-house development was made. Action Description Strengthen technical staff with dedicated technician, for managing the construction of the wholesale market Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status RRA No 29-Jun-2018 In Progress Comments RRA recruited a technician to oversee the construction of the wholesale market. Periodic reporting on the construction of the wholesale market (physical and financial progress), including technical Action Description and fiduciary performance aspects Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status RRA Yes Yearly Not Yet Due 4/12/2018 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Comments Action Description Prepare consolidated periodic reports on contract execution with a performance analysis Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAPMDREF/ONSSA/RRA Yes CONTINUOUS Not Yet Due Comments Preparation of a technical guide and tools for environmental and social management practices and Action Description Dissemination/training of all parties involved in Program implementation Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAPMDREF No 29-Jun-2018 Not Yet Due The WB mission and the PMU have agreed to start the elaboration of the guide as soon as possible, with the assistance of the Bank. Comments Action Description Recruitment of Environmental and Social Focal Points (E&S specialists) within PMU Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAPMDREF No 30-Apr-2018 Not Yet Due Comments He/she will be mobilized as part of technical assistance (May 2018). Action Description Implementation of all procedures and tools defined in the technical manual including M&E Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status PMU/ Environment & No 31-Dec-2018 Not Yet Due Social specialist Comments Exclusion of involuntary land acquisition under the Program, ensure prior land acquisitions complies with national Action Description regulations and WB policy core principles Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MI/ No 29-Jun-2018 Not Yet Due Wilaya/RRA/communes Comments The land plot for the wholesale market was acquired and the issue regarding the 4 ha of private land which were 4/12/2018 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) inside the plot is being resolved amicably through an exchange of land plots.A preliminary environmental impact study was conducted. Improvement in targeted agricultural production and processing sectors regarding compliance with existing Action Description environment and labor laws and regulations, including child labor and social security Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status PMU/ E & S specialist/ No 31-Dec-2018 Not Yet Due Interprofession Comments Planned as part of technical assistance. Consultations undertaken with stakeholders of the existing wholesale market and current land users to ensure that the Action Description transfer of wholesale market activities is undertaken in a socially sustainable manner and loss of livelihood is mitigated Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status Wilaya/communes/MI/RR No 01-Jan-2020 Not Yet Due A/SDL or SDR The ToRs of the study are being finalized by RRA and Wilaya for a launch before June 2018; Comments Agreement between the Borrower and IAEA duly signed for the provision of equipment and relevant training for the Action Description center for the production of sterile ceratitis males, under terms and conditions set in the POM Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status No The Borrower’s center for the production of sterile ceratitis males providing farm ONSSA/DRA de Souss treatment services to 31-Dec-2019 In Progress Massa citrus producers: 6.1 Agreement between the Borrower and IAEA signed for the provision of equip The Morocco-IAEA agreement will be signed in 2018 after the development of the temporary premises at INRA Tangier for the provisional reception of the equipment. Comments 4/12/2018 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Signature of partnership agreement and preparation of legal framework and implementation decrees relative to the Action Description conditions and modalities of spreading of liquid residues from the crushing units of olives on agricultural land Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAPMDREF/Min of Envt/ No 31-Dec-2020 Not Yet Due E&S Focal point Comments Draft decree drawn up and submitted for signature by the MAPMDREF. Action Description Establishment of a simple integrated M&E system for Program implementation Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status DSS, DDFP, ADA, DRAs No 31-Dec-2018 Not Yet Due Comments Planned as part of technical assistance Action Description Conduct of mid-term evaluation and end-of-Program implementation evaluation of results and impacts Responsibility Recurrent Frequency Due Date DLI# Status MAPMDREF No 30-Jun-2020 Not Yet Due Comments Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate -- Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low -- Low Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial -- Substantial Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Substantial -- Substantial Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate 4/12/2018 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Other Low -- Low Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To increase the vol of added-value products commercialized in selected agfood VC in the program area ►Volume of conditioned and exported citrus (Tones/year, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 556,800.00 -- 556,800.00 750,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Volume of conditioned and exported olives (Tones/year, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 73,129.00 -- 73,129.00 98,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Volume of high quality olive oil commercialized (i.e. quality is higher than lampante) (Tones/year, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10,000.00 -- 10,000.00 20,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 Intermediate Results Indicators by Results Areas Increased market efficiency and integration ►Interprofessions with business plans approved and intra-branch agreements adopted to ensure sust. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 4/12/2018 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) ►Private investments in conditioning, cold storage and/or processing units (olive, citrus) generated (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 700.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Amended Law no. 4-12 on agricultural aggregation dated 2012 is under implementation (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N -- N Y Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Additional producers aggregated (olives, citrus) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,500.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►At least one wholesale market is operating and applying the new management model (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N -- N Y Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Use of market information services for mobile phones and of the application Publi-Asaar (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 200,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►At least one public consultation on the Program carried out each year by MAMPDREF (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N -- N Y Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 4/12/2018 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Improved added-value of agri-food products ►Small and/or medium enterprises agri-food authorized by ONSSA (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,000.00 -- 5,000.00 6,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Area treated for Mediterranean fruit fly through the new Center (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Producers with an input register in the Souss-Massa region (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,000.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►SDOQ Products certified by the OCC (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 -- 8.00 28.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Small- and/or medium-size producers and/or enterprises assisted by the Agri-food Innovation Center (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 ►Projects using green practices and technologies implemented by beneficiaries of the Program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 29-Nov-2017 -- 12-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2022 4/12/2018 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Disbursement Linked Indicators DLI_IND_TABLE ►DLI 1 Number of Interprofessions with business plans approved and intra-branch agreements (Accords Interprofessionnels) adopted to ensure sustainability (Intermediate Outcome, 10,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2.00 Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- A specific MoU between MAPMDREF is being drafted and should be ready by end of March. This will help Comments start the preparation work for the Business Plans and the intra-branch agreements. ►DLI 2 Amended Law no. 4-12 on Agricultural Aggregation dated 2012 is under implementation: 2.1) Adoption by the Council of Government; 2.2) Amended Law published; 2.3) Implementation Decree and arrêté publ (Output, 10,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value N -- N Y Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- Comments The draft amended Law 04-12 has been submitted to SGG on December 27, 2017 ►DLI 3 Number of new/upgraded conditioning, cold storage and/or processing units in selected agri-food value chains under operation (Intermediate Outcome, 70,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - Publication on February 22 2018 in the National Gazette of the decree on financial incentives from the State for investment in agro-industrial production units; - The MAPMDREF-MEF-MI Joint Instruction on the Agricultural Development Fund (FDA), including the new Comments provisions adopted as part of the Program (economic analysis and social and environmental commitments) was submitted for the signature of the Ministers (MEF, MAPMDREF , MICIEN) - Verification by the IGA of the list of 29 agro-industrial units built in 2017 to be completed to include M & E safeguards aspects as well. ►DLI 4 At least one wholesale market operating and applying the new management model as defined in the POM: 4.1 SDL/SDR established and registered; 4.2 Wholesale market constructed and fully equipped; 4.3 Ne (Intermediate Outcome, 34,500,000.00, 0%) 4/12/2018 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value N -- N Y Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - Partnership Agreement for the construction of the wholesale market was signed between the parties in January 2018; - Design studies are being updated by RUNGIS EXPERT; Comments - Architectural plan under development; - Launch of construction works scheduled for July 2018 for a period of 24 months; - The steps for the creation of the SDL / SDR will begin shortly. ►DLI 5 Number of small- and/or medium-size agri-food enterprises authorized by ONSSA (Intermediate Outcome, 30,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value 5,000.00 -- 5,000.00 6000.00 Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - Launch of a technical assistance for the identification of establishments operating in the agro-food sector and determination and classification of those not yet approved or authorized by ONSSA; Comments - The IGA is in the process of checking the 250 units concerned by the preliminary results. ►DLI 6 The Borrower’s center for the production of sterile ceratitis males providing farm treatment services to citrus producers: 6.1 Agreement between the Borrower and IAEA signed for the provision of equip (Intermediate Outcome, 15,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value N -- N Y Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - The construction of the unit was launched in November 2017 for a period of 18 months; - The sterilizer donated by the IAEA will be transported and temporarily installed at INRA in Tangier in 2018 Comments pending the completion of the construction of the unit; - The Morocco-IAEA agreement will be signed after the development of the temporary premises at INRA; ►DLI 7 Number of small- and/or medium-size enterprises assisted by the Agri-food Innovation Centers (CIAs): 7.1 Two Agri- food Innovation Centers (CIAs) constructed/rehabilitated and fully equipped, and are o (Intermediate Outcome, 20,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 4/12/2018 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains (P158346) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - Need for the establishment of a TA for the detailed design of these centers and their implementation; Comments - Additional technical support from the Bank has been requested and is being identified. ►DLI 8 Establishment of Integrated Financial Management system to improve program management: 8.1 System designed; 8.2 System fully operational (Process, 10,000,000.00, 0%) December 27 2017 to December 31 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2022 Value N -- N Y Date -- -- 12-Mar-2018 -- - The work program aims at initiating the first tests by mid-April, 2018; Comments - On the basis of the provisional calendar, the system deployment planned for 2019 could take place in 2018. 4/12/2018 Page 11 of 11