Implementation Status & Results Mozambique Market led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley (P093165)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Mozambique Market led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley (P093165) Operation Name: Market led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 16 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 19-Oct-2013 (P093165) Country: Mozambique Approval FY: 2006 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 20-Jun-2006 Original Closing Date 31-Mar-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date 31-Dec-2009 Last Archived ISR Date 15-Sep-2013 Effectiveness Date 28-Dec-2006 Revised Closing Date Actual Mid Term Review Date 31-Mar-2010 Project Development Objectives Market led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley (P093165) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Increase the income of smallholder farmers in the Project Area. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Program? Yes No losure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Market-Led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley (P098040) Global Environmental Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Global Environment Objective is to limit land degradation, provide predictive capacity for assessing vulnerabilities to climate change, and to improve the ecosystem's resilience towards climate change in the Central Zambezi Valley. Has the Global Environmental Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Program? Yes Component(s) No Component Name Component Cost Component 1: Community Based Organizations and Local Institutional Strengthening 7.60 Component 2: Agricultural Production and Marketing Development 3.90 Component 3: Community Agricultural and Environmental Investment Fund (CAEIF) 5.90 Component 4: Project Management, Coordination and Monitoring and Evaluation 2.00 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Page 1 of 5

2 Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Progress towards achievement of GEO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview Low The Market-led Smallholders Project is supporting approximately 733 community-based organizations (CBOs) by financing activities designed to build capacity in areas such as: organizational planning and management, literacy and basic accounting, business plan development, and agricultural production planning. These activities are geared towards providing CBOs and their members with the tools and knowledge required to capitalize on income generation activities funded by the Project through the Community Agriculture and Environment Investment Fund (CAEIF). To date, more than 1,900 micro-projects have been submitted for funding under CAEIF, out of which the Project has approved over 1,700 including those submitted by the CBOs. Micro-projects include construction of private household-level silos for grain storage, construction of community-based nurseries, rehabilitation of road segments, and construction of community markets. In the area of natural resources management, the Project has introduced sustainable land management practices on more than 17,500 hectares. The Project has been successful at introducing and scaling up income generating activities for CBOs and farming households (e.g. sesame production), environmentally-friendly honey production (including for market sales), community-based forest management practices, and conservation farming activities. In the last year of Project implementation, the Project has continued to use using CAEIF funds to introduce new activities aimed at improving agricultural incomes among Project beneficiaries. Examples are: i) the provision of productivity enhancing kits to selected community facilitators (community-based lead farmers), and ii) the construction of community-based smallscale irrigation schemes in various communities. Two approaches have been instrumental in achieving these results in the target districts: the implementation of a comprehensive multi-layer capacity development program for CBOs, and the development of farmer-to-farmer extension services while strengthening public extension services. The measures implemented since the Project mid-term review have continued to yield positive results. The Project team has shown noticeable progress in updating the values of Project Performance Indicators, and the numbers show that the efforts are resulting in the expected outcomes on the ground. A significant number of the Project implementation team is based in the Project area, which has allowed closer and continued supervision of activity implementation on the ground. Project management has continued to show progress. The Project has made significant progress to achieve the target values of the Project performance indicators. To date, the Project has achieved the target values for the following performance indicators: i) Number of CBOs engaged in activities supported by the Project; ii) Number of members of Savings and Loans Groups (SLGs); iii) Number of micro-projects on sustainable land management, and iv) Calibration of a VIC Model for the Zambe zi River basin. By the end of the final implementation support mission, the project had not been able to achieve the target values of the following performance indicators: i) Number of CBOs engaged in at least one CAEIF micro-project (currently at 78%); and ii) Area with sustainable practices in natural resources management (currently at 89%). The M&E function has continued to make progress. With technical support from the Bank DIME initiative, MAE/DNPDR has used the MINAG TIA 2012 data to validate the value of the PDO indicator, and found that the actual increase in the agricultural incomes of smallholder farmers in the Project districts was 36% from 2007 to This follows on previous efforts made by MAE/DNPDR to conduct a community and household survey conducted whose results were used to update the value of the PDO indicator. DNPDR has also contracted INE for the end-of-project survey. INE has recently completed the field work and the results will be used to provided the actual values of various Performance Indicators including the PDO indicator at Project closing. The FM function has made progress despite existing challenges. The cumulative disbursement rate for the IDA financing has increased from 90% to 95% since April 2013, and the cumulative disbursement rate for the GEF financing has increased from 87% to 92% in the same time lag. Despite all this progress, the Project's financial management function has continued to require intensive implementation support from the Bank. The electronic submission of the final withdrawal application still has not been finalized regardless of regular communication on this regard. The 2012 annual audit still has not been submitted to the Bank, and the escrow account still needs to be open. Locations Page 2 of 5

3 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Mozambique Not Entered Circunscricao da Mutarara Mozambique Provincia de Zambezia Morrumbala Mozambique Not Entered Circunscricao de Mopeia Mozambique Provincia de Sofala Maringue Mozambique Provincia de Sofala Chemba Results Project Development Objective Indicators Percent increase in agriculture income of participating households at the end of project period. +30% Text Value 5 districts: 8,295 MZN Morrumbala: 7,695 MZN Mutarara: 9,040 MZN Chemba: 13,130 MZN Mopeia: 4,550 MZN Maringue: 10,690 MZN 5 districts: 11,282 MZN Morrumbala: 13,257 MZN Mutarara: 8,250 MZN Chemba: 8,483 MZN Mopeia: 10,719 MZN Maringue: 13,512 MZN Reconstruction baseline using As recommended in the 2006 TIA (MINAG) and 2007 Census (INE); incl. categories: basic cultures, cassava and sweet potato, cash crop, cashew, cashew tree derivatives, coconut tree derivatives, livestock. previous SPN mission, the Project used data from the MINAG TIA 2012 to validate the estimations from the community and HH survey conducted by the Project team in End-of-project survey is now being conducted to assess the final value of income increase among participating smallholders. Global Environmental Objective Indicators [GEF] Increase in area with improved SLM and Number Value NRM practices in project area by at least: Generalized use of slash and Generalized use of slash and burn as preferred cultivation system burn as preferred cultivation system; Environmentally friendly improved honey production. Intermediate Results Indicators Page 3 of 5

4 Number of CBOs engaging in project Number Value supported organizational and institutional development activities Number of CBOs active in at least one subproject Number Value supported by CAEIF 30-Apr-2013 Number of members of Savings and Loans Number Value Groups (SLGs) Date 31-Dec-2005 This target has been reduced (initially 12,000) to reflect the outcomes of the restructuring approved May 23, 2012 [GEF] Number of NRM CAEIF projects under Number Value implementation (CAEIF-3 CBO projects) [GEF] Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Distributed Hydrological model installed and operating The mission was informed that a VIC Model for the Zambezi River Basin has been calibrated and is now in the hands of ARA Zambeze. Data on Financial Performance (as of 09-Jul-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P IDA Closed 20-Jun Aug Dec Mar-2013 P TF Closed 21-Sep Sep Sep-2007 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P IDA Closed USD P TF Closed USD Disbursement Graph Page 4 of 5

5 Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The project has continued with the progress achieved after project restructuring. It has now validated the estimates made on the increase of the agricultural incomes of smallholders in the project area. In the previous mission, the Project was recommended to access the TIA 2012 database to validate the data from a survey conducted by the project in 2012, and to fully reconstruct the value of the PDO indicator at mid-term. The rating for the likelihood of achieving the project development objective is upgraded to Satisfactory, and the overall implementation progress is maintained at Satisfactory (S). The Bank has continued, in consultation with the Ministry of State Administration (MAE), to work closely with the project coordination team at the National Directorate for the Promotion of Rural Development (DNPDR) to ensure that good performance is maintained and the project objectives and performance indicators are achieved. Restructuring History Level two Approved on 23-May-2012 Related Projects P Market-Led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Page 5 of 5