The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) AFRICA | Malawi | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 26-Jan-2020 | ISR39541 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Trade Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 23-May-2017 Effectiveness Date: 30-May-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Sep-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-May-2023 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to increase commercialization of agriculture value chain products selected under the project. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name COMPONENT 1: BUILDING PRODUCTIVE ALLIANCES:(Cost $62.00 M) COMPONENT 2: SUPPORT INVESTMENT ENABLING SERVICES:(Cost $23.00 M) COMPONENT 3: CONTINGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMPONENT (CERC) COMPONENT 4: PROJECT COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT:(Cost $10.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR reflects the outcomes of the mission carried out from October 16 to 25, 2019, and includes information based on recent follow-up meetings. Since the previous mission carried out in April 2019, the project has made significant headway in the several areas: disbursement has increased four times, the PIU has a built a competent and committed team, several business plans for productive alliances are approved and should start implementation soon, and the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC, activated in response to Cyclone Idai) is about to start disbursing the funds and implement activities on the ground. Despite progress made, the team proposes maintaining the ratings because of the accumulated backlog. To accomplish an upgrade of the IP rating, the Government has committed to completing an ambitious action plan, which includes having the first alliance subprojects operating in January 2020 and all activities under the CERC in full implementation mode. 1/26/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic High Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program High High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary High High High Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall High High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To increase commercialisation of agriculture value chain products selected under the project IN00773303 ►Increase in Yield of commodities by supported Producer Organisations participating in Productive Alliance (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773304 ►Producer groups that meet market specificatios defined by off-takers (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 1/26/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773305 ►Value of gross sales from agriculture value chain products supported by the Project (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,500,000,000.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components COMPONENT 1: BUILDING PRODUCTIVE ALLIANCES IN00773328 ►4. Productive alliances established (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 This indicator tracks number of productive alliance (PA) established by the project. A PA is a commercial Comments: agreement between a project supported producer organization and a commercial off-taker. A producer organization is a formal organization of a group of smallholder farmers. IN00773329 ►6. Buyers who fulfill their obligations under the commercialization agreement or business plan of PA (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 This indicator tracks number of buyers who meet the terms described in the commercialization agreement Comments: or business plan IN00773333 ►5. Number of subprojects financed with matching grants. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 250.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 This indicator tracks number of business plans of PAs financed through matching grants Comments: IN00773337 5.a Number of Youth based PO accessing the matching grants (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 1/26/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773339 ►7. Number of loans from Financial Institutions supported by the partial credit guarantee fund (PCGF) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773341 7.a Value of loans disbussed by FIs with support of the partial credit guarantee fund (Amount(USD), Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,000,000.00 IN00773342 ►8. Number of last mile infrastructure subprojects implemented (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 COMPONENT 2: SUPPORT INVESTMENT ENABLING SERVICES IN00773326 ►9. Number of agricutural actors that receive FI loans by using warehouse receipt (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773330 9.a Proportion of women members of PO that receive FI loans by using warehouse receipt (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00 IN00773334 9.b Total Value of loans received using Warehouse receipt system for project beneficiaries (Amount(USD), Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,200,000.00 IN00773335 ►10. Number of warehouses that introduced warehouse receipt system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 1/26/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773338 ►11. Project supported Agro-business organizations that obtained one or more certifcations (disaggregated by type of certification) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773340 ►14. Number of Agriculture Business related reforms undertaken (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 4.00 20.00 Date 04-May-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 30-May-2023 COMPONENT 4: PROJECT COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT IN00773327 ►12. Smallholders/farmers/beneficiaries (male and female farmers or businesses) satisfied with services provided by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773331 12.a Female farmers satisfied with services provided by the project, % of all respondents (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773332 ►13. Farmers reached with agricultural assets and services. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70,000.00 Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 IN00773336 13.a Female farmers reached with agricultural assets and services (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 1/26/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Date 03-Jul-2017 12-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2019 31-May-2023 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P158434 IDA-60480 Effective USD 95.00 95.00 0.00 12.33 84.38 13% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P158434 IDA-60480 Effective 23-May-2017 02-Feb-2018 30-May-2018 31-May-2023 31-May-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 1/26/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Malawi Agricultural Commercialization Project (P158434) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P173060-Agricultural Commercialization Additional Financing Project 1/26/2020 Page 7 of 7