The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) AFRICA | Central African Republic | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 14-Sep-2019 | ISR38520 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministre de l’Economie, du Plan et de la Coopération Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 17-May-2019 Effectiveness Date: Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-May-2024 Revised Closing Date: 30-May-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Increase agriculture productivity of small scale farmers, strengthen capacity of micro, small and medium agribusiness enterprises in the project area, and provide immediate and effective response in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Development of Productive Infrastructure and Competencies for Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship:(Cost $10.00 M) Improvement of Public Infrastructure and Maintenance:(Cost $7.50 M) Improvement of the quality of Agriculture Public Services and Project Management:(Cost $7.50 M) Contingency emergency response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- High Implementation Status and Key Decisions This is the first ISR for the CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP/PRADAC P165855). The project was approved by the Board on May 17, 2019 and signed on May 31, 2019, with an effectiveness deadline of August 29, 2019 (90 days after the date of the financing agreement), which was recently extended to September 30th, 2019. The conditions of effectiveness and their status are described below. 9/14/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) (a) the Recipient has adopted the PIM, the Administrative and Financial Management Manual and the Matching Grants Manual each in form and substance acceptable to the Association; This has been complied with. The manuals have been duly adopted by the Client in form and substance acceptable to the Association. (b) the Recipient has executed the Fiduciary Contract with the Fiduciary Agent in form and substance acceptable to the Association. The contracting process is in its last stages and should be completed in form and substance acceptable to the Association before the end of September 2019 (c) the legal opinion from the Government to comply with the legal condition for this Project as per para. 23 of the signed minutes of negotiations, has been received by the Bank on June 21, 2019. The Client remains very committed to the Project. The delay in the contracting process with the Fiduciary Agent is due to drawn out negotiations with the Client, which have now been completed. The Client has been requested to complete the above remaining condition of effectiveness by the proposed new Effectiveness Deadline of September 30, 2019. Once the project is effective, a first supervision mission will be fielded to ensure a smooth startup of the project activities. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High -- High Macroeconomic Substantial -- Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability High -- High Fiduciary High -- High Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Substantial -- Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall High -- High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increased Agricultural Productivity IN00742957 ►Direct project beneficiaries, of which female and youth beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 9/14/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) Comments: Individuals directly benefitting from at least one project activity / input. Cumulative targets. IN00742959 Women (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 8,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742960 Youth (18-30 years) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 6,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742961 ►Yields per hectare of selected indicative crops, changes in yield (tracked by gender) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 The indicator measures improvements in crop production per ha through the average increase in units of Comments: production (kg, MT) per land area, resulting from improvements in production practices through project IN00742962 interventions. Male farmers (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742963 Female farmers (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742964 ►Reduction in mortality rate of small stock and chickens (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator is a proxy for the productivity of ruminants (sheep, goat, and chicken). Mortality rate = Comments: Number of animals that died over one year/ Number of ruminants present over one year. Strengthened Agri-MSME capacity IN00742958 9/14/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) ►Increase in sales turnover among MSMEs supported by the Project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the average percentage increase in the value of sales by MSMEs supported by the project. For each MSME, the increase is calculated as the ratio of the incremental value of sales Comments: during the reporting year (the total value of sales by supported MSMEs during the reporting year minus the total value of sales in the baseline year) and the value of sales at baseline. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Development of Productive Infrastructure and Competencies for Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship IN00742965 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the number of farmers who were provided with agricultural assets or services as a result of World Bank project support. "Agriculture" or "Agricultural" includes: crops, livestock, capture fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry, timber, and non-timber forest products. Assets include property, biological assets, and farm and processing equipment. Biological assets may include animal agriculture breeds (e.g., livestock, fisheries) and genetic material of livestock, crops, trees, and shrubs (including fiber Comments: and fuel crops). Services include research, extension, training, education, ICTs, inputs (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides, labor), production-related services (e.g., soil testing, animal health/veterinary services), phyto- sanitary and food safety services, agricultural marketing support services (e.g., price monitoring, export promotion), access to farm and post-harvest machinery and storage facilities, employment, irrigation and drainage, and finance. Farmers are people engaged in agricultural activities or members of an agriculture- IN00742971 related business (disaggregated by men and women) targeted by the project. Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 8,000.00 IN00742972 ►Number of producer groups/cooperatives established (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 600.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the number of producer groups/cooperatives consisting of small agriculture and livestock farmers formally organized around a common purpose to increase their productivity and improve Comments: their livelihoods in the project's target areas who were provided with technical assistance by the project IN00742975 (disaggregated by gender). Number of women producer groups (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/14/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 300.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742976 ►Community managed productive infrastructure realized (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 125.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the number of community managed infrastructure sub-projects elaborated with Comments: the active participation and input of the targeted communities and financed by the project . IN00742977 ►Number of micro, small, and medium enterprises established (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 40.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Number of micro, small and medium sized businesses established with support from the project that leverage existing market opportunities by coordinating farm outputs with market demands to ensure that Comments: final goods conform to consumer/market specifications (product form, presentation, availability, etc.). IN00742978 Disaggregated by gender and youth (18-30 years). Women (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 16.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742979 Youth (18-30 years) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 12.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742980 ►Productive business linkages established and sustained over one year (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 4.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the number of productive linkages established thanks to the project. Established Comments: productive linkages involves a commercial arrangement including a buyer, a group of producers, and a well-defined agriculture product (quality, quantity, etc.) . IN00742981 ►Number of jobs created through Matching Grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/14/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 4,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Number of people engaged in remunerated work as a result of the matching grant scheme supported by Comments: the project . Jobs created includes: (i) self-employment; (ii) temporary job; (iii) part-time job; and (iv) permanent jobs. Improvement and Maintenance of Public Infrastructure IN00742966 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 250.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 IN00742969 ►Rural roads maintained (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 300.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Number of kilometers of roads maintained through vegetation clearing, debris removal, side drains Comments: cleaning, or minor surface repairs, and carried out using public works technology that maximizes opportunities for the employment of labor rather than machines. IN00742973 ►Rural logistics and commercialization infrastructure rehabilitated (markets, storage, sales points, etc.) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 40.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Number of markets and affiliated agro-logistics infrastructure (storage building, sales points, auction Comments: areas) rehabilitated and rendered usable for the targeted beneficiaries Improvement of the quality of Agriculture Public Services and Project Management IN00742967 ►Quantity of improved seeds cerified (Base seed R1, kg) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Comments: Weight of R1 base seed for agriculture crops certified by the government agency supported by the Project IN00742970 ►Climate Smart Technology packages disseminated in the project zone (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/14/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 Climate smart technology packages include agriculture practices and technologies such as no tillage, mulching, crop diversification and crop rotation, integrated soil and water management, improved pasture Comments: management, drought- and pest-resistant seeds varieties and breeds, integrated pest and diseases management, efficient micro-irrigation techniques, etc. IN00742974 ►Beneficiary satisfaction rate with quality of services provided by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 This indicator measures the percentage of beneficiaries who expressed satisfaction with the services Comments: provided in the project areas based on formal surveys. The sample size should be representative of the total number of beneficiaries. Contingency Emergency Response IN00742968 ►Crisis Information Alert System and a crisis response framework approved and put in place (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Jun-2019 -- 10-Sep-2019 30-May-2024 A crisis information alert system and a crisis response framework is an early warning system and response framework that establishes a typology of agriculture risks that can cause sector emergencies in Comments: CAR, planned responses, and identifies capacity building activities to enable an effective response to potential emergencies. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Not P165855 IDA-D4610 USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 24.68 0% Effective Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Not P165855 IDA-D4610 17-May-2019 -- -- 30-May-2024 30-May-2024 Effective Cumulative Disbursements 9/14/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP) (P165855) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/14/2019 Page 8 of 8