The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) AFRICA | Liberia | Agriculture Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 03-May-2019 | ISR36714 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 15-Jan-2019 Effectiveness Date: -- Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: -- Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2024 Revised Closing Date: 30-Nov-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization of smallholder farmers for selected value chains in selected counties of Liberia. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Institutional Capacity Building and Strengthening Enabling Environment for Farmers, State, and non-State Actors:(Cost $5.00 M) Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness:(Cost $16.25 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Citizens Engagement and Contigency Emergency:(Cost $3.75 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project is not yet effective. An extension of the effectiveness date from May 15 to June 30 will be sought.. 5/3/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High -- High Macroeconomic High -- High Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial -- Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial -- Substantial Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase agricultural productivity and promote commercialization of smallholder farmers IN00692522 ►Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Rice; disaggregated by gender (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator tracks the increase in production of commodities produced by the members of the farmers Comments: supported by outgrower model and aggregation model. The yield data is collected in MT/Ha for rice, IN00692523 where the baseline in absolute term is 1.3 MT/Ha Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Oil-Palm; disaggregated by gender (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 IN00692524 Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Vegetables; disaggregated by gender (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 IN00692525 ►Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the beneficiary farmers' group disaggregated by gender - Rice (Metric tons/year, Custom) 5/3/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 0.75 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator tracks the gross sales from Producer Organization supported by the Project. The data Comments: suggests the volume of lowland rice sold after consumption. This is the volume of marketable surplus. IN00692566 Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the beneficiary farmers' group disaggregated by gender - oil palm (Metric tons/year, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.28 -- 0.00 4.10 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 IN00692567 Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the farmers' group disaggregated by gender - vegetables (Metric tons/year, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.20 -- 0.00 1.60 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 IN00692568 ►Number of direct project beneficiaries (Number) disaggregated by gender. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 17,500.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 The indicator measures the total number of people part of the farmer organization groups, cooperatives, Comments: agro-processors, and SMEs. IN00692569 of which women beneficiaries (percentage) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Overall Comments PDO The project is not yet effective. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Institutional Capacity Building and Strengthening Enabling environment for farmers/state/non state IN00692570 ►Number of beneficiaries receiving capacity building training (disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom) 5/3/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 -- 80.00 17,481.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the number of beneficiaries reached by capacity building services, including Comments: members of the farmers organization, cooperatives, processors, and SMEs accessing financial, value IN00692575 addition and/or marketing services and other services offered by the project. Number of beneficiaries receiving capacity building of which women are 35% (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 IN00692578 ►Number of agribusiness capacity strengthened (SMEs and large) during matching grant implementation (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 30.00 -- 30.00 220.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the number of agribusinesses and other SMEs with good business linkage plans Comments: with smallholder farmers reached by capacity building services IN00692580 ►Number of Business Development Plans (BDPs) developed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 670.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the investment proposals by agribusinesses and BDS enterprises supported to be Comments: developed that will contribute to the Project’s objective of enabling smallholder farmers to be profitably IN00692582 linked to commercial markets. Number of Business Development Plans developed for women and youth (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 201.00 IN00692585 ►Client days of training provided (disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 400.00 -- 400.00 40,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator measures the number of client days of training provided i.e. the number of clients who Comments: completed training multiplied by the duration of training expressed in days. Financial and Technical Assistance for Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness IN00692571 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) 5/3/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 IN00692574 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 3,500.00 IN00692576 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services-Female (CRI, Percentage) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 IN00692579 ►Number of Matching Grants approved (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 585.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator tracks number of business plans of FBOs, Agribusiness and SMIEs financed through Comments: matching grants IN00692583 of which the number disbursed (disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 585.00 IN00692584 ►Capacity utilization rate of post-harvest processing facilities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 -- 10.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the extent to which the post-harvest facilities supported by the project uses its Comments: installed productive capacity during the implementation period IN00692586 ►Number of off-take arrangements delivered and sustained between FBOs and Buyers (by value chain) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will measure the agreements between a farmer groups and offtakers supported by the Comments: project IN00692587 of which the number of productive market linkages sustained after one year of approval (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/3/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 IN00692588 ►Number of Agrifinance products and services (credit lines, risk guarantees) developed by Financial Institutions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 9.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track new credit lines, risk guarantees, processed supported by Financial Institutions to Comments: various value chain actors IN00692589 ►Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 15,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 The household irrigation systems will be used for supplementary irrigation of rained agriculture, for diversification of production or for the transformation from a primarily subsidence agriculture towards the production of one or two marketable products, depending on the regional conditions and depending on the farmers' interests. Technical assistance will introduce good agricultural practices adjusted to each situation. These are, among other, the use of organic fertilizer, certified seeds, diversification and shifting Comments: cultivation and will be identified during project implementation. The indicator evaluates if at least one good agricultural practice transferred during technical assistance is being adopted by the farmer. Municipal staff using their site visits will evaluate use of agricultural practices or improved agricultural technology. One year after the completion of the first systems, an independent evaluation will confirm monitoring results of the municipal staff. If needed, an additional independent evaluation will be realized during mid-term IN00692590 review. Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5,250.00 IN00692591 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - male (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 9,750.00 IN00692592 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology-Female ( Percentage) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 IN00692593 ►Percentage of farmers using market information (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the percentage of farmers with access to market information system, including e- Comments: extension system 5/3/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and Engagement IN00692572 ►Number of reports produced through MIS system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator will track the number of reports produced through the MIS system that will underpin various Comments: stages of implementation (e.g. mid-term review assessment) and evaluation IN00692573 of which the number of reports used by stakeholders (farmers, FBOs, Agribusiness, NGO, Government) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 IN00692577 ►Smallholders/farmers/beneficiaries (farmers or businesses) satisfied with services provided by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 26-Apr-2019 30-Nov-2024 This indicator tracks level of satisfaction farmer organizations, agribusinesses and SME beneficiaries with regard to responsiveness of the project in reflecting their views and need to the project implementation. Comments: Representatives of FBOs, SMEs, Civil society and government officials will regularly participate public‐private and inter‐ministerial dialogue on key issues around agriculture. The result will be IN00692581 sex‐disaggregated. Female farmers satisfied with services provided by the project, % (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Overall Comments IR The project is not yet effective. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Not P160945 IDA-63600 USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0% Effective 5/3/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) (P160945) Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Not P160945 IDA-63600 15-Jan-2019 15-Feb-2019 -- 30-Nov-2024 30-Nov-2024 Effective Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 5/3/2019 Page 8 of 8