Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) SOUTH ASIA | Afghanistan | Agriculture Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2013 | Seq No: 11 | ARCHIVED on 06-Mar-2018 | ISR31620 | Implementing Agencies: MAIL - Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Ministry Of Finance Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:17-Jun-2013 Effectiveness Date:30-Jun-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:08-May-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:22-May-2016 Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2013 Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2019 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Attain strengthened institutional capacity for safety and reliability of agricultural inputs and sustainable production of certified wheat seed. The development objective would be achieved through: (i) strengthening capacity in the value chain for producing certified wheat seed; (ii) preventing marketing of banned, hazardous, sub-standard, and unreliable pesticides and fertilizers; (iii) lowering the riskof introduction and spread of plant quarantine pests into the country; and (iv) improving farmers’ access to agricultural inputs ofreliable quality. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name A. Improved Wheat Seed Production:(Cost $36.50 M) B. Plant Quarantine Networks and Quality Control of Agro-chemicals:(Cost $21.90 M) C. Input Delivery Systems:(Cost $1.39 M) D. Project Management and Monitoring:(Cost $7.46 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 3/6/2018 Page 1 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) Implementation Status and Key Decisions This is a follow up ISR to that archived in January 2018, and is prepared based on the Implementation Review of January 30- February 5th, 2018 carried-out by the World Bank team. The review team noted that since the last review took place in October 2017, the agreed actions and benchmarks have largely been achieved; key positions including Senior Procurement, Senior Engineer and International Laboratory Specialist have been filled and contract management has improved due to the development of an online contract management system which in turn resulted in completion of several sub-projects. To date, out of the 23 major awarded contracts related to refurbishing research and seed production stations; establishing quarantine points in key borders and a series of laboratories; work on 16 sites is completed, while for several others, the physical progress is well advanced. The disbursement rate is also picking up and considering the significant committed funds and additional large contracts currently in the final stages of procurement processing, it is expected to follow an upward curve in this year. The Project has also continued to demonstrate progress against 14 indicators out of 22 included in its results framework while work for other indicators are progressing well. Under Component A, the Project has assisted ARIA to produce develop more wheat varieties for submission to the National Seed Board in addition to the 4 varieties that were officially released in 2017 against the accumulative target of 5. The Project supported ARIA trials for 2018 include yield and agronomic trials at 11 locations to assess regional adaptation and to optimize planting date, fertilizer response, seed rate and irrigation interval. Under Component B, the Project has continued to support the development of the regulatory framework for the control of pesticides, fertilizers and Plant Protection and Quarantine. These are vital to ensure the quality of agrochemical products available to farmers and also to enable Afghanistan to meet its commitments as a recently-joined member of the World Trade Organization. The physical work of the Border Quarantine Stations and the laboratory complex is almost complete the stations are expected to become operational in the next the next 6 months. Under Component C, a pilot voucher system was implemented for 6,000 farmers in 4 districts across the country. This pilot provided farmers with vouchers entitling them to buy 50kgs of seed at about half price. This scheme has many benefits when compared to the traditional Government bulk seed purchase and distribution system and it is planned that the pilot will be further developed under MAIL control in 2018 with the aim of allowing MAIL to gradually stop its direct interventions into the seed market. Considering these improvements and progresses, the Project’s rating towards achieving its Development Objective (PDO) and Implementation Progress (IP) is upgraded to Moderately Satisfactory (MS). Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  High  High Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Substantial  Substantial 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  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial 3/6/2018 Page 2 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Wheat Seed multiplication factors/Foundation seed (FS) to Breeder seed (BS) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 14.80 21.50 25.00 26.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Production of Certified Wheat Seed as % of Annual National Seed Board Plan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 83.00 90.00 95.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Listing of plant quarantine pests and diseases (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Food product samples tested for pesticides residues (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 3 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDPDOTBL  Pesticide samples tested for compliance (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 Overall Comments Note: Progress towards indictors "Agriculture product samples tested for pesticides residues" and "Pesticide samples tested for compliance" is not possible until laboratories are functioning. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  New wheat varieties submitted for release (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Developed farm land area in ARIA (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 60.00 33.00 109.00 350.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 4 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ARIA (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 476.00 476.00 500.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ARIA- Male (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 446.00 446.00 470.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ARIA- female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Developed farm land area in ISE (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 36.00 116.00 566.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 5 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ISE-Total (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 105.00 105.00 150.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ISE- Male (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 104.00 104.00 140.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in ISE- Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Foundation seed area rejected (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12.00 6.90 6.90 5.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 6 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of certified seed production purchased by farmers (instead of donors and/or government) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Pesticide samples chemically analyzed for registration (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Pesticide samples subjected to-bio-efficacy trials (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Phytosanitary certificates issued (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,100.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 7 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Quarantine inspections carried out (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Fertilizer samples tested for chemical purity (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Fertilizer lots inspected (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in PPQD-total (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 103.00 103.00 119.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 8 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in PPQD- Male (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 99.00 99.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Staff trained in PPQD- Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 19.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Field surveys completed (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Pilot voucher scheme for wheat seed developed and implemented. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Date 01-Jul-2013 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 3/6/2018 Page 9 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) PHINDIRITBL  Number of Laboratory and Quarantine stations refurbished/established and functioning (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 14.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 25-Oct-2017 31-Jan-2018 30-Jun-2019 Overall Comments • The reported figure for the indicator "New wheat varieties submitted for release" does not include the baseline figure. Four new varieties have been released by the Project's support and work for release of five additional varieties is in advance stages. • For the indicators related to certifications and "Fertilizer samples tested for chemical purity" , progress will be reported after the relevant laboratories and quarantine stations become functional in the next six months. Construction work for nearly all of the facilities have been completed and procurement for the required equipment is underway. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P120397 TF-15003 Effective USD 74.75 67.25 7.50 30.17 37.08 45% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P120397 TF-15003 Effective 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2019 Cumulative Disbursements 3/6/2018 Page 10 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Agricultural Inputs Project (AAIP) (P120397) Restructuring History Level Approved on ,Level 1 Approved on 02-Jun-2017 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 3/6/2018 Page 11 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy