GFRP SUMMARY PROJECT STATUS REPORT Public Disclosure...

GFRP SUMMARY PROJECT STATUS REPORT (November 11, 2010)

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Financing Source ($ million) Status Type of

Operation Activity Results to Date FPCR TF* IDA IBRD Total

Board Approved (in the order of most recent)

1 Nepal 47.8 47.8 Board

approved on 05/26/2010

IL

Safety net program: access to

nutritious food; seed and fertilizer

2 Senegal 10 10 Board


IL Inputs,

irrigation, infrastructure

3 Nicaragua 10 10

Board


IL Seeds

4 Lao

2 2

Board approved on 8/25/2009

Disbursed

0.21 million

IL Safety Nets/Nutrition

The grant aims to improve coverage of essential maternal and child health services and improve mother and child caring practices among pregnant and lactating women and children less than 2 years old in the seven southern and central provinces by piloting a conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme and a community-based health and nutrition program.

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Board approved on 1/12/2009 Disbursed $0.6 million

IL Rice Productivity

The grant will support increases in rice productivity and an increase in the overall volume of production among smallholders in selected provinces. The project aims to contribute to the improvement of food security of rural households in selected poor villages by demonstration and implementation of improved rice based farm systems. This would be achieved by developing longer term capacity to supply high quality inputs and better farmer organization for rice based upland farm systems

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improvement. The project will also facilitate coordination of government agencies involved in agriculture and poverty reduction.

5 Comoros 1 1


Disbursed

$0.9 million

IL Safety Nets

The grant finances a cash-for-work program to increase access to short-term employment in food-insecure areas, thus improving food consumption of vulnerable groups, including women. As of September 13, 2010, 24 cash-for-work projects have been completed benefiting 1,193 persons of whom 52% are women.

6 Haiti 5 5


Disbursed

$0.5 million

IL

Farmer extension, agriculture

sector reform

The grant will enable the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR) to prioritize and target investments according to sector priorities and improve local agricultural support services, mainly extension services and incentives for farmers.

7 Tanzania 220 220


Disbursed

$115.9 million

IL Inputs,

irrigation, safety nets

The IDA credit will fill part of the financing gap for rehabilitating small-scale irrigation schemes financed through the District Irrigation Development Fund (DIDF) and support the dissemination of integrated soil fertility management techniques. To date, the credit is providing support to 94 small-scale irrigation sub-projects, and 3 soil fertility management demonstrations. The project funds are financing half of the subsidy for agricultural inputs through the National Inputs Voucher Scheme (the other half is financed by the government). The vouchers were distributed in time to 1.5 million farmers and input purchases are ongoing. The training of agro-dealers is also underway. The vouchers are distributed and redeemed coinciding with the start of the agricultural planting season (which starts in most places in October/November). The IDA Credit also provides support to safety net interventions in


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targeted villages in 40 food insecure districts on the mainland and in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba Islands). To date 367 communities have been reached with support for various initiatives at a value of $ 6,976,324.9. Direct beneficiaries total 61726, of whom 48.7 percent are female.

8 Senegal 10 10


Disbursed

$3.76 million

IL Nutrition and cash transfer

The IDA credit will reduce nutrition insecurity of vulnerable populations, in particular children under five. The scaling up of the community nutrition program reached 35 percent by the end of 2009 (from 22 percent in June 2009). For the cash transfer component, 5,893 women in the regions of Sedhiou and Kaolack have received their allocations. The number of beneficiaries is expected to reach 24,400 by the end of the year. An impact evaluation is being prepared.

9

Kenya 50 50

Board approved on

03/31/09

Disbursed $9.05 million

IL Social Protection

The IDA credit will support an increase in social safety net access for households with extremely poor Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) through an expansion of the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) program. Following targeting and enrolment of the next cohort of beneficiaries, recent program disbursements are providing cash transfers for an additional 32,000 OVC over the coming six months.

10 Nicaragua 7 7


Disbursed

$6.95 million

IL School feeding,

seeds and fertilizers

The grant is supporting the provision of school lunches in the poorest regions of the country as well as the provision of certified seeds and fertilizer to poor farmers in the most affected areas. Procurement processes for seeds and school lunches have started. The project will distribute school lunches for an estimated month and a half of the rest of the school year (i.e. late October and November). Regarding


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seeds distribution, 17% -20% of the planned distribution was completed for this planting season (Postrera). Activities related to the Indigenous Plan started in October 2009.

11 Benin 9 9


Disbursed

$8.29 million

IL Fertilizer

About 7,894 tons representing 80% of the 9,800 tons of fertilizer procured have been distributed to producers. The stock procured represents 115 percent of the initial plan, which was to procure 8,500 tons of fertilizer. A first estimation by PMU shows that about 31,640 farmers benefited from the distribution of 80% of the stock of fertilizer. On average the area for cereals reached 2 to 5 ha, against 1 and less than 1 ha estimated in the project paper.

12 Togo 7 7


Disbursed

$5.28 million

IL Ag. Production, school feeding

The GFRP additional financing has disbursed US $5.2 million, i.e. 75 percent of the total grant. 92 schools in poor rural areas prone to floods received funds to prepare meals during school year 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. The pilot has become very popular reaching more than 21,000 pupils. The pilot has been assessed and preliminary results shows that a) the program has been very popular; b) had positive impact on selected school indicators (enrollment, attendance); c) has contributed significantly to the local economy by providing an additional source of income to communities and by reducing the burden on families. An additional $4.4 million has been provided to the Government of Togo under the CRW to scale up the operation. Almost 40,000 children in 180 schools will benefit from daily meals during school years 2010-2012 though this additional funding. The second component on procurement and distribution of fertilizers and seeds has distributed 4,275 tons of fertilizers to


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13,774 farmers. 325 tons of improved seeds have been distributed (311 tons of commercial seeds and 15 tons of foundation seeds) Technical assistance has also been provided to the Ministry of Agriculture. The credits given to farmers to buy agricultural inputs have been almost totally recovered. A plan to use the recovered funds has been prepared by the Government and discussed with the Bank, and will be used to support the new agricultural project the Bank is preparing in Togo.

13 Southern Sudan 5 5


Disbursed

$4.69 million

IL Inputs, safety nets

Four NGOs have been contracted to provide services in agricultural productivity and safety nets covering six counties. To date US$ 4.7 million (or 94 percent) of the $5 million grant has been disbursed. A total of 186,845 farmers have received at least one improved technology for food production, post harvest practices and processing. A total of 130 extension workers from the six counties were trained on agronomic practices and post-harvest management. In total, 7,593 feddans (1 feddan=1.038 acres) have been opened and some were already planted with staple food crops. In terms of safety nets, 24,462 individuals or 4,077 HHs, have received cash transfers from public works. The major activities for safety nets are: opening and rehabilitation of roads and bridge, construction of community storage facilities (stores), and HHs storage facilities (granaries). In total, six stores of average capacity of 250 metric tons have been constructed in three of the six counties. There is an additional store with capacity of 500 metric tons under construction. About 380 granaries each with capacity of 1-5 metric tons have been


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constructed in 3 of the 6 counties. The project has also supported installation of a maize mill and huller, the first of its kind in the region, with capacity of 96 metric tons of flour per month, producing high quality maize flour. A 10 meter bridge is also being constructed in Raja county that will link two productive areas to markets. Total 21 kilometers of access roads has been constructed through the cash-for-work program while 85 kilometers of feeder road has been assessed and awaits construction.

14 Nepal 5 31 36


Disbursed

$19.46 million

2 ILs Safety nets,

seeds, fertilizer and food

The grant under the Social Safety Nets Project has supported food/cash for work programs. The program is currently serving 1.05 million beneficiaries across the country, with approximately 756,000 located in the Mid and Far-West districts. The program has employed 168,263 workers. Support has helped improve food sufficiency levels for an additional 2-2.5 months for the most vulnerable households. Koshi post-flood recovery projects in Saptari and Sunsari have been completed. In Sunsari, the project supported over 7,500 families through the recovery and rehabilitation projects of flood-damaged infrastructures. Livelihood activities have been actively promoted through various vocational trainings and project schemes including the creation of irrigation and drinking water schemes, and the construction/rehabilitation of community buildings, wooden bridges and rural roads, among others. The program also supports the provision of multiple micronutrient powder (MMP) with essential vitamins and minerals for children aged 6-59 months, across 33 districts. Technical support for awareness raising,


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training activities and program monitoring has been provided through the Social Safety Nets project financing while Dutch State Mines (DSM), an international producer of micronutrient powder, provided an in-kind donation of the product. The program has seen coverage of over 93% of eligible children in its pilot phase (approx 12,000). 342 small scale irrigation projects have been completed. Seed and fertilizer distribution is taking place.

15 Guinea-Bissau 5 5


Disbursed

$3.01 million

IL School feeding,

safety nets, inputs

The first year annual report shows that the project is on track for most of the year one Project Development Objectives (PDO) indicators. The project provided on average one meal a day for 14,102 students (100.7 percent of the target) though the school feeding program; generated 77,000 workdays (175 percent of the target) through the food-for-work program and supported the production of over 2,500 tons of rice (96 percent of the target). The school feeding program was implemented in 116 schools in five regions and is providing on average about 14,102 daily meals. As of end December 2009, WFP had used 313 metric tons of food. The food-for-work program started on April 2, 2009. As of end December 2009, the food-for-work program had provided jobs for about 9000 people corresponding to at least 77,000 work days and distributed 231 metric tons of cereals. About 1,700 ha of rice land was rehabilitated through the food-for-work program. Under the food production component, over 2,500 tons have been harvested as a result of distribution of seeds by WFP and by the Ministry of Agriculture.

16 Guinea 10 10 Board 2 ILs & Import tariffs The $2.5 million disbursed for budget support


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Disbursed

$5.75 million

DPO red., safety nets, inputs

provided the authorities with needed fiscal space to compensate for the lost revenues resulting from temporary customs duty reductions for rice imports. An additional $1.25 million has been disbursed to an emergency labor intensive urban public works program that is expected to provide approximately 5,300 jobs to unskilled workers and direct and indirect benefits to a total population of around 300,000 people in 40 of the poorest neighborhoods in Conakry. A further $2 million of grant support was disbursed for the Emergency Agricultural Productivity Support project to expand a successful farmer seed multiplication network. However, since the military take-over at the end of December 2008, withdrawal applications and direct payments have been suspended while the Bank carries out its analysis of the situation, as per OP7.30. Activities for the current cropping season have been scaled back to correspond to the funds available in the designated account. Still the following achievements have been realized till date: 45 tons of improved variety ‘base seed’ produced on the research station for distribution to the existing network of seed replication farmers in preparation for the 2010 rainy season; support provided (inputs, technical services) for the production of dry-season paddy rice on 214 irrigated hectares; collection storage, treatment and packaging of 500 tons of improved seed purchased from seed replication farmers at the end of the 2008 rainy season for distribution to 16,000 smallholders for the 2009 rainy season production; 400 tons of fertilizer, and about 3500 liters of pesticides, purchased for


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distribution to smallholders (along with improved seeds) for the 2009 rainy season production; civil works completed to repair the water control structures affecting the productivity of 700 hectares of smallholder rice fields in Koba.

17 Niger 7 7

Board approved on 08/26/2008 Disbursed

$6.74 million

IL Fertilizers, safety nets

4,000 metric tons of fertilizers has been procured and distributed at subsidized prices and used by 33 rice producer cooperatives in the 2009 cropping seasons. Overall the project has reached 20,784 households. Findings of a farm survey carried out in the project intervention areas indicate that yields in paddy rice increased by 27% during the 2009 off-season and 14% during the rainy season, and total additional production increased by 17,346 tons, or 33%. The Government, through the Food Crisis Unit (CCA) and the Executive Secretariat of the Rural Development Strategy completed the safety nets related studies along with an action plan. The safety nets programs will be piloted using part of the net revenues from the sales of fertilizers ($2 million transferred to CCA accounts). The project closed on December 31, 2009 as initially planned. The Implementation Completion Report was submitted on June 28, 2010.

18 Central African

Republic 7 7


Disbursed

$4.22 million

IL

School feeding, inputs,

extension, infrastructure

The grant is supporting the purchase of 2,775 metric tons of food in order to support the school feeding program implemented by WFP. All food rations have now been distributed by WFP, and the project is closed. This year 120,000 students in 374 primary schools and pre-schools benefited from two meals daily. An additional $0.18 million was disbursed to launch activities supporting an increase in agricultural production and productivity. The project closing


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date has been extended to February 2012. Subsidiary agreements have been signed on March 25, 2010 between the Government and two international NGOs based in CAR, for the implementation of the component 2 related to enhancing agriculture productivity in targeted zones.

19 Moldova 7 7


Disbursed

$6.47 million

IL Safety nets, Nutrition

Grant support has been used to provide cash transfers to over 1,645 institutions (orphanages, poor children in boarding schools and special education schools, prisons, kindergartens, health facilities or social service institutions) that target vulnerable groups. The provision of the first batch of 17,069 food and nutritional supplement packages for around 3149 pregnant women, 2792 lactating women and 8434 children 6-24 months of age has been completed. Standardized packages include wheat flour, rice, buckwheat, sunflower oil and canned meat. Realized cost savings has increased the amount of food and supplements to be distributed. The second round was completed by September 2009. Around 7,000 pregnant and lactating women and 12,000 children received food packages. The last (third) distribution was completed in December 2009. Social work training and project evaluation work has begun.

20 Kyrgyz Republic 10 10


Disbursed

$8.07 million

2ILs Safety nets, seeds, nutrition

The National Federation of Community Seed Funds (CSF) has mobilized 63 CSFs with 2,271 farmers as members. They received 790 tons of grain seeds (wheat and barley), 1,254 tons of fertilizers. Additionally, 300 tons of potato seeds were distributed to 5502 families; 51 groups of 301 women received vegetable seeds. At the expected yield ratio of at least 1:8, each family


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will get about 320kg of potatoes to cover their

food and nutritional needs. All seeds are only from certified sources. Through 442 training session, 2200 participants have been trained. Due to better quality seeds and fertilizer application, the yields in winter and spring cereals have increased dramatically compared to previous years, even after accounting for better weather conditions. The project is being restructured to reallocate the funds from activities deemed unnecessary (such as the community storage places) to more community seed funds. The first batch of 3000 vitamin A and iodine test kits were distributed in March 2009. Distribution of Vitamin A to 154,000 pregnant women and 550,000 children under age five took place in June 2009. Education material on nutrition in Kyrgyz and Russian, used in training on three modules (breastfeeding, nutrition of mothers, and complementary feeding), started in June 2009 and has been conducted in 1083 Village Health Committees all over the country. The average Unified Monthly Benefit (UMB) of around US$3.5 per month has been topped-up by KGS 35 (less than S$1) per month per beneficiary since October 2008. Due to a substantially reduced number of UMB beneficiaries, the project will be able to finance UMB top-ups approximately three months longer than initially envisaged.

TOTAL 75 393.8 468.8

Fully Disbursed

1 Sierra Leone 3 3 Board approved on

IL Safety nets The grant will finance the costs associated with

the continuation and expansion of the cash-for-


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11/12/2009

Fully

Disbursed $3 million

work program responding to high food prices.

2 West Bank and Gaza 3.4 3.4


Disbursed

$3.4 million

IL Safety Nets

This additional financing will provide a one-time cash payment of US$135 to approximately 25,000 poorest households negatively affected by the food and fuel crisis. The beneficiary households will be those who received a cash payment of US$200 in 2009 under the previous Additional Financing Grant from the Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund. These households were identified using proxy means test (PMT) formula. During the month of August 2010, a total of 24,713 poor households received a one-time cash payment of $135 each. Eligibility of households to receive cash benefit was previously confirmed through eligibility reviews and external audits conducted under the first GFRP grant. The total amount disbursed to date is about $3.3 million. The remaining balance of about $19,000 is expected to be fully disbursed to about 140 poor households during the month of October 2010. On August 19, 2010, the Bank issued a no-objection to hire an independent auditor to audit grant proceeds, namely the payment process through local banks. In addition to the financial audit, the auditor is required to carry out home visits on a sample of 3 percent of beneficiary households, to further verify the payment process and to ascertain their eligibility to receive cash benefits under the GFRP grant.

3 Liberia 10 10 Board approved on 3 ILs Infrastructure,

seeds, school Of the total disbursements, $2 million has supported school feeding programs targeted to


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05/29/2008


feeding, nutrition

pre-school and primary school children and provided supplemental feeding (rations for pregnant and lactating women). Since the start of the school year in October 2008, 300 – 400 tons of food was distributed each month targeting more than 60,000 school children in five counties in South East Liberia. An additional $3 million has been fully disbursed to support a cash-for-work program. The Liberia Agency for Community Development (LACE) has provided temporary employment to the target of 17,000 vulnerable Liberians. This includes 9,230 men and 7,770 women from all 15 counties. Based in part from positive results of two assessments of the Project, the team has secured $7.5 million from the Africa Catalytic Growth Fund and the IDA Crisis Response Window to scale-up this intervention to reach 45,000 Liberians between 2010 and 2013. The two assessments showed very good results in terms of targeting (80% of participants in the first three quintiles); significant impact in terms of increase of net income on a yearly basis (+90%); long lasting impact on households in terms of use of these resources by investing beyond living expenditures and on fixed assets, farming and non-farming activities.

4 Djibouti 5 5



Project

closed on 06/30/2009

DPO

Tax on food reduced,

improved social protection targeting

The grant was disbursed in June 2008 as a response to the impact of the imminent food crisis in Djibouti. The grant supported the elimination of taxes on selected food staples and the preparation of a food security action plan. The ICR review meeting was held on March 24, 2010. The ICR is currently being translated for submission to the borrower for review and comments.


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5 Haiti 10 10



Project


DPO Budget support

The grant helped maintain macroeconomic and social stability by ensuring availability of resources for the Govt. to continue to provide critical social and infrastructure services, especi-ally for the poor. In addition, the Bank has suppo-rted extension of a school feeding program under the on-going Education for All Project. 15,000 children benefited from the school feeding program during the school year which started in September ’08.

6 Tajikistan 9 9


Disbursed $9

million

2 ILs Nutrition, seeds

Grant support has been used for procurement of micronutrient supplements, food packages and growth monitoring equipment for pregnant and breastfeeding women attending primary health care facilities in the regions of Khatlon and Soghd. Delivery of food packages to primary health care (PHC) facilities for distribution to approximately 50,000 women attending these facilities for prenatal care, delivery or child vaccinations has been completed. Nutrition training has been delivered to 432 doctors and nurses in November 2008 and since December 2008, 70,562 pregnant and breastfeeding women have participated in nutrition education sessions, exceeding the set target of 60,000. Growth monitoring equipment was distributed to 1,195 PHC facilities. The $5 m grant for the Emergency Food Security and Seeds Imports project has fully disbursed. Distribution of 1,265 tons of high quality winter wheat planting seed to 71,500 households has been completed. Approximately 2,100 tons of fertilizer has been distributed. An additional 7,000 households in the mountainous regions have been provided with 12.6t of fodder crop seeds and 350t of fertilizer. Realized cost savings have allowed


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maize seeds to be procured for an additional 10,000 households.

7 Yemen 10 10

Board approved on 06/26/2008 Disbursed $10 million

Project closed on

12/31/2009

IL Safety nets

The grant is supporting implementation of community-based labor-intensive public works projects that will benefit 8,000–10,000 households. The project closed on December 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, 38,889 people have worked 6,224,903 hours benefiting 16,820 households, and $6.67 million has been paid as wages.

8 Afghanistan 8 8


Disbursed $8

million

IL Irrigation

The grant is expected to finance approx. 500 small scale community implemented and maintained irrigation schemes in provinces most affected by the food price increase. $6.8m has been disbursed to the communities for implementation and construction work. The project finds that the previous report had been incorrect and reported higher than actual completion rates. To date, 474 irrigation schemes have been financed, of which 343 have been completed. The balance of US$ 1.1 million is expected to be disbursed to communities within the next few months. The TF closing date has passed on September 30, 2010 and a request for extension is being processed. Two completed projects have been damaged by floods and the project entity is seeking bilateral funds to repair these projects. The completed irrigation schemes will enable expansion in the area planted with wheat and other cereals.

9 Sierra Leone 3 3


DPO Import tariffs reduced

Grant support has partially compensated for the lost revenues resulting from reduced tariffs on food and fuel imports. The fiscal space created has helped provide food to more than 20,000 people, which includes school children and


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Disbursed $3

million patients (lactating mothers and children under the age of five) in district hospitals and community health centers that receive government-provided meals.

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Disbursed $4

million

IL Safety nets

The program is fully disbursed with all the 361 cash-for-works projects completed or under implementation (of which 285 completed). To date a total of 15,930 vulnerable people have been employed in the seven operational districts. In terms of physical accomplishments, 474.9 km of roads were rehabilitated and 655.8 acres of arable swamps and woodlands developed and 20,000 seedlings nursed.

10 Honduras 10 10

Board approved on 08/07/2008 Disbursed $10 million

DPO Budget Support

The SDR 6.2 million ($10 million equivalent) credit is supporting the Government to maintain macroeconomic stability and persevere in the Financial Sector Development Policy Credit’s development objectives while implementing its food crisis response program.

11 Burundi 10 10



Project closed

07/31/2009

DPO Import tariffs

reduced, school feeding

The grant supported suspension of custom duties and domestic transaction taxes on 13 basic food items. This helped create fiscal space for strengthening food security and school feeding programs. About 60 additional primary schools benefitted from the school feeding programs and an estimated 120,000 additional hot meals were distributed. The project closed in July 31, 2009 and ICR was submitted on January 31, 2010.

12 Madagascar 10 10



DPO Budget support

The grant has supported temporary elimination of the VAT on rice. Rice price increases slowed down in part due to the temporary elimination of the VAT on rice.


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Board



IL Safety nets

The Project became effective on March 9, 2009. Due to the political situation, OP/BP 7.30 was triggered on March 17, 2009 and disbursements were suspended. Disbursement for the cash-for-work component (which is financed from GFRP) was allowed to resume in early November 2009. Despite a challenging political environment, as of May 31, 2010, 359 cash-for-work sub projects have been implemented benefitting about 92,000 individuals of whom 60 percent are women.

13 Rwanda 10 10



Project


DPO Fertilizers

Grant support helped fill a financing gap for bulk fertilizer purchase and supported development of private sector-friendly auction and voucher distribution schemes. 18,825 vouchers for purchasing fertilizers were distributed to around 46,000 farmers ahead of the fall planting season. Around 230,000 people benefitted from the increase in productivity and production of their wheat and/or maize harvest at a time of high prices for farmers and consumers.

14 Somalia 7 7


Disbursed $7

million

IL Inputs,

irrigation, livestock

The grant is fully disbursed. The project has successfully implemented most of the planned activities well in advance of the project closing date. Till date, the project has: • Delivered improved agricultural packages

and training to some 35,000 households (HHs) in different agro-ecological zones of Somalia (results: average yield increase 300% within targeted communities and an increase in overall production at HH level of 450%).

• 190 Km of canals were rehabilitated in the main cereal productive areas of Somalia (18,700 ha newly/properly irrigated, thus increasing the overall cereal production of


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218% in targeted areas).Training sessions on sustainable use of water and canal maintenance were also delivered.

• 63 water catchment were rehabilitated with a total improvement of 356,350 cubic meters of water holding capacity, thus benefitting some 6,300 HHs and increasing availability (quantity and time) of water in support of some 350,000 heads of animals. Training sessions on sustainable use of water and water catchment maintenance were also delivered.

• Infrastructures (30 water catchments and 50 km of secondary canals) were rehabilitated through cash-for-work programs injecting a total of 380,881 USD cash into local economy and benefitting some additional 8,000 HHs by creating productive and compensated work opportunities.

• Fodder production, crop residues improvements, rangeland rehabilitation and sustainable use activities were also implemented. As a result: (i) some 5,000 ha of fodder production and some 100 ha of fodder bulking sites were established, benefitting some 4,000 HHs; (ii) some 550 ha of crop residues improvements were supported, benefitting some 550 HHs; (iii) 650 ha of range were rehabilitated; (iiii) 60 HH were supported with provision of improved beekeeping equipment. All the mentioned activities were complemented with several technical training sessions

• The two ongoing activities namely, the construction of two slaughterhouses (SHs) in Borama and Bosasso are proceeding,


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albeit after initial delays. The SHs will be used for the production of high quality meat, with special focus on the recovery of offal, in order to ensure availability of cheap proteins for the market. Some 265,000 people will benefit from the construction of these facilities. In order to ensure sustainability in the management of the newly constructed SHs the project implemented and successfully established a Public Private Partnership structure.

15 Bangladesh 130 130


Disbursed

82.7 million SDR

DPO Budget support

The IDA credit is providing the Government with needed fiscal space to absorb the pressure from the expansion of food-based safety nets and building up of food stocks. It is also helping mitigate the impact of food price increases, and contributing to maintaining core service delivery to vulnerable groups.

16 Mozambique 10 10 20



DPO Budget support

The grant contributed to financing the implementation of the Government's Food Production Action Plan (FPAP), approved in June 2008, a 3-year plan to increase food production through a variety of policy interventions.

17 West Bank and Gaza 5 5


Disbursed $5

million

IL Safety nets

The $5 million grant was fully disbursed in December 2009. It financed cash transfers to about 25,439 of the poorest households. Each household received a one-time payment of $200. Overall, the grant was implemented satisfactorily, especially given the Gaza circumstances during the early part of 2009 when grant implementation began. Two eligibility reviews were carried out in April and November 2009 and confirmed that the selected poor households were eligible to receive cash benefits in accordance with the provisions of the


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Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) Operations Manual. The final audit report of the GFRP grant was deemed satisfactory to the Bank. The support of the GFRP grant enabled the Palestinian Authority to prove its ability to manage an effective and well targeted project that can be scaled up during crisis situations. An impact evaluation was carried out to assess the outcomes of the $5 million disbursement, in particular whether the funds were utilized by poor households to buy foodstuffs. This impact evaluation used a statistical analysis based on the Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). It was based on the design of a household survey that was developed to collect information from beneficiary and non-beneficiary households after the program intervention. Main findings show evidence that grant beneficiaries are poorer than non-beneficiaries, and that they need more help to cover their financial needs according to the RDD estimator. With regard to quality and quantity of food, these households are consuming the same levels of food than non beneficiaries’ households.

18 Ethiopia 275 275


Disbursed

$275 million

2 ILs Fertilizer, Safety nets

The IDA grant and credit for the Fertilizer Support Project has provided the Government with the needed foreign exchange resources to facilitate the import of fertilizer (urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP)) for the 2009 production seasons. A total of 510,000 tons of fertilizer with a total value of US$244,215,600 was procured with IDA-funding for the 2009 production season. Additional fertilizer was procured with AfDB and Japanese funding, bringing the total fertilizer procurement for Ethiopia’s 2009 season to 626,700 tons, the


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highest ever. Sales to farmers for both the early small rains (belg) season and the large rain (meher) season was reported to have amounted to about 426,676 tons. A woreda- (i.e., district)-level sample survey and the most recent field mission indicated that farmers have received fertilizers on time and at prices comparable to 2008 in most areas. The impact evaluation study for the project, based on a farm household survey, has been completed and shows overall satisfactory implementation and impact of the project. Procurement, importation and distribution of fertilizer for the 2010 season has been largely completed. Remaining project funds in the amount of about $15.6 million equivalent were cancelled and are being reallocated to another IDA operation in Ethiopia. The Project closed on July 31, 2010; the Government has already sent its ICR to the Bank; and the Bank plans to undertake its ICR by November 2010. An additional $25 million was disbursed for the Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Program to provide cash and in-kind transfers to food insecure households. Households with sufficient labor undertook public works while those without received direct support. 550,000 people benefitted from the funds disbursed in 2009.

19 Philippines 200 200


Disbursed

$200 million

DPO Social protection

The IBRD loan provided needed fiscal space for strengthening social protection and safety nets to protect poor and vulnerable households. The budget support also helped to finance higher than foreseen food-crisis-related expenditures.

20 Mali 5 5 Board approved on DPO Budget support The grant supported the Government to

maintain macroeconomic stability and provide


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12/30/2008

Disbursed $5

million

the authorities with additional fiscal space to protect key interventions of the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Program, while responding to pressing needs emerging from the food crisis. The ICR was completed and submitted on Dec 29, 2009. The ICR covers PRSC 1 and 2, plus the Supplemental to PRSC 2 financed by the GFRP FPCR Trust Fund.

21 Kenya 5 5



IL Inputs

The grant is supporting the provision of seed and fertilizer to 43,000 small farmers in five districts in the high potential maize zone, aimed at increasing farmers’ cereal production during the long rains planting season which started in late March 2009. The total grant amount has been disbursed to the Government of Kenya (GOK). The GOK team has trained farmers and local level staff. All 43,000 beneficiary farmers were issued input vouchers and have received inputs from 48 participating agro-dealers. Commitments totaling Ksh. 368,300,000 (US$4.72 million) have been made. The major activity remaining is monitoring and evaluation.

22 Cambodia 5 5


Disbursed $5

million

DPO Budget support

The IDA credit is supporting the government address the weaknesses in smallholder agricultural production and social protection systems identified in the context of the food and financial crisis.

TOTAL 127.4 442 200 769.4

Pipeline

1 Sudan 0.7 0.7

Expected approval

November

IL Inputs, safety nets


Country



2010

TOTAL 0.7 0.7

Grand Total GFRP 203.1 835.8 200 1238.9

*FPCR TF refers to Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund (funded from Bank surplus) Prepared by GFRP Secretariat [Iride Ceccacci (87904), Saswati Bora (88657), Chris Delgado (89455)] 11/11/2010 6:00 PM

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