The World Bank Lesotho Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (P119432)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA Lesotho Agriculture Global Practice IBRD/IDA Specific Investment Loan FY 2012 Seq No: 10 ARCHIVED on 07-Oct-2016 ISR24193 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:10-Nov-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date:09-Mar-2015 Original Closing Date:31-Mar-2018 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:09-Mar-2012 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:23-May-2014 Revised Closing Date:31-Mar-2018 Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To increase marketed output among project beneficiaries in Lesotho's smallholder agriculture sector. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured)phrpdodel Increase in marketed output among project beneficiaries in Lesotho's smallholder agriculture sector and, in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to said Eligible Crisis. Components Name Increasing Agricultural Market Opportunities:(Cost $4.30 M) Increasing Market Oriented Smallholder Production:(Cost $3.80 M) Project Management:(Cost $1.40 M) Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC):(Cost $0.01 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Low Low 10/7/2016 Page 1 of 10

2 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The mission is pleased to note the following progress regarding project implementation: A. The Competitive Grants Program (CGP) has continued satisfactory progress since the November 2015 mission. Overall, a total of 379 grants have been awarded to registered associations and rural businesses as a result of seven rounds of selection process, of which 215 projects were signed in the seventh round. The number of applicants and the quality of applications (based on the percentage of grants passing through the technical review and selection process which has increased from 17% in the first round to 52% in the seventh round) have both steadily increased since the beginning of the project. Around 30% of the awarded grants are in protected vegetable production (greenhouses and shade nets); 18% in pig production; 15% in various processing activities; 11% in wool and mohair; 8% in poultry; and 8% in seed and seedling production. There are many promising sub-projects in all of these sectors, some of which have successfully demonstrated encouraging development potential. Farmers are gradually mastering new technologies introduced by the project and are increasingly linked to markets including supermarkets and slaughter facilities. Women play an important role in producer associations (the female members ratio is generally over 50%). There are also encouraging signs of positive spillover effects from CGP projects. Around 55 grants have held field days so far with around 8,300 attendees, and coupled with television, radio and various publications, they aim to disseminate the new technologies tested by grant winners to a wider audience of smallholders and thereby allow for increased learning and replication across the project districts and to the country as a whole. B. The Market Linkages sub-component has experienced some progress since the November 2015 mission. The Project held training of Marketing Staff, which allowed 22 Marketing officers to attend a one-week training course on Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). To promote farmertrader partnerships, the Project organized two round table meetings focused on vegetable production and marketing, and four trade fairs since the November 2015 mission. All the trade fairs were attended by farmers and traders, and were honored by the attendance of the Honourable Minister of SBDCM, Honourable Deputy Minister of MAFS, the Principal Secretary of the MSBDCM and the Deputy Principal Secretary of the MAFS. Based on lessons from previous round table meetings, the Project continued to organize these meetings on a commodity basis to allow for increased interest among participants, in particular traders, who usually require a better targeting. The Project also promoted the mentorship program. During the mentorship three technical training workshops, followed by practical training, were held on the topics hatchery management, parent stock production and parent stock feeding. Business management advice was provided on a regular basis and farmers were linked up with suppliers in Lesotho and South Africa. The value chain studies have continued to be conducted, and draft reports on two of the five value chains have been submitted to the Project. C. Implementation of the AIP sub-component, which includes capacity building at community level, NRM plans and productive investments, has made steady progress. Apart from the recruitment of a service provider to provide capacity building on social capital and entrepreneurship skills, all actions agreed upon during the November 2015 mission have been implemented by the PMU. 80 Productive Investment (PI) Groups under Batch 2 of AIP are at different stages of development. A first group (Round 1) of 40 Groups has received two payments from the Project and the groups are now procuring stocks. A second group (Round 2) of 40 Contracts have received the first payment, which is mainly being used for infrastructure and other start-up activities such as study-tours to other similar projects. The NRM Category has accelerated implementation since the November mission. Out of the 32 Sub-centers being assisted to develop NRM plans, a total of 20 NRM Plans have been approved for implementation by the NRM Technical Working Group. D. The implementation of the Agricultural Investment Plans (AIPs) sub-component has continued to experience some improvement. In addition to the implementation of the first round of Productive Investments (PIs) of the AIP batch 2 grants that was started before November 2015, the Project started with the implementation of round 2 PIs. The Project also continued with the implementation of the Natural Resource Management (NRM) plans. E. Under the Technology Packages for Smallholders sub-component, the contracts with the two locally-based NGOs and one private sector operator are at the final stage. Overall, six demonstration sites covering all four districts were established involving different types of protected agriculture and greenhouse production, various small-scale irrigation technologies, and fodder production and dairy feeding technology. To engender continuity and long-term sustainability of the activities, the demonstrations were done along with training of local extension staff. For the second batch, a local NGO has been selected for fertile egg production in all four districts, but the piggery production and vegetable production under shade nets packages will have to be re-advertised due to lack of responsive bids. 10/7/2016 Page 2 of 10

3 Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies -- Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate Fiduciary -- Low Low Environment and Social -- Low Low 10/7/2016 Page 3 of 10

4 Stakeholders -- Low Low Other -- Low Low Overall -- Low Low Results Project Development Objective Indicators Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value Date 10-Nov Jun May Mar-2018 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value Household commercialization level in project areas (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 10-Nov Jun May Mar-2018 Change in total cash crop production (Tones/year, Custom) Value /7/2016 Page 4 of 10

5 Date 30-Sep Mar-2018 Change in yields of major cash crops in the target area (Tones/year, Custom) Value Date 30-Sep Mar-2018 Average change in smallholder livestock production in the target area (disaggregated by type). (Tones/year, Custom) Value Date 30-Sep Mar-2018 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Client days of training provided under the Competitive Grants Program Component (Number, Custom) Value /7/2016 Page 5 of 10

6 Client days of training provided : Female clients (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value Client days of training provided : Male Clients (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value If the CERC is triggered: number of beneficiaries benefiting from emergency response and recovery activities. (Number, Custom) Value Date 28-Oct Mar-2018 Number of new business contracts between farmer groups and the private sector as a result of the projects market facilitation activities. (Number, Custom) Value Date 28-Oct Mar /7/2016 Page 6 of 10

7 Targeted beneficiaries who have adopted improved production technologies / farming practices in targeted areas (Number, Custom) Value Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value Targeted beneficiaries satisfied with improved performance of agricultural service providers (Percentage, Custom) Value Clients days of training provided under the Agricultural Investment Plans Component (Number, Custom) Value /7/2016 Page 7 of 10

8 Clients days of training provided : Male clients (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value Clients days of training provided : Female clients (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value Number of CGP projects completed that are commercially viable. (Number, Custom) Value Date 10-Nov Mar-2018 Targeted beneficiaries recording better access to markets (Percentage, Custom) Value /7/2016 Page 8 of 10

9 Farmers and traders in project districts who use public market information (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 10-Nov Nov Nov Mar-2018 Incremental net value of marketed production of smallholders in targeted sub-centers in targeted sub-centers (Amount(USD), Custom) Value Innovative and viable agricultural business initiatives demonstrated with a minimum satisfactory rating (Number, Custom) Value Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IDA Effective XDR % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IDA Effective 10-Nov Nov Mar Mar Mar /7/2016 Page 9 of 10

10 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 1 Approved on 26-Jul-2016 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/7/2016 Page 10 of 10