The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Azerbaijan | Agriculture Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 11 | ARCHIVED on 11-Apr-2019 | ISR36609 | Implementing Agencies: Government of Azerbaijan/Ministry of Finance, Agrarian Credit and Development Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-Sep-2013 Effectiveness Date: 27-Aug-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Jan-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 15-Jan-2018 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to facilitate the access of agricultural producers to markets by strengthening sanitary and phytosantiary services, enhancing selected value chains and providing financial services to agribusiness enterprises. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Support for sanitary and phytosanitary services:(Cost $19.06 M) Agribusiness value chain development:(Cost $11.94 M) Financial services to agribusiness:(Cost $19.18 M) Project management:(Cost $2.98 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project continues to perform well. The project aims to achieve the following results: increase in marketed output in at least 60 percent of targeted value chains and agribusinesses funded under the project credit line and grant facilities. Good progress continues to be made with implementation of the animal disease control program and upgrading the veterinary education. The project initiating establishment of the Animal Identification and Registration System. The new Food Safety Agency become a beneficiary agency of the project. Priority areas for the project support to the new Agency system have been identified, including lab network, support to inspection and state control functions, and capacity building program. Establishment of productive partnerships along the value chains is progressing well. 12 value chain sub-projects approved and eight are under implementation. Project investments in research and variety development program, and seed production and processing have 4/11/2019 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) already resulted in improving the quality of seeds and overall seed production capacity. Some 50 investment sub-loans in a wide range of agribusiness activities have been issued. Beneficiary agribusinesses report sizeable growth in outputs and the project objective remains achievable. 4/11/2019 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) 4/11/2019 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial 4/11/2019 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Moderate Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Facilitate the access of agricultural producers to markets IN00689624 ►Increase in marketed output in at least of 60% of the targeted value chains and agribusinesses funded by the project grant facility and credit line (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 48.00 64.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2015 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Financial services to agribusiness IN00689633 ►Number of sub-projects financed by the project credit line (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 51.00 51.00 85.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00689636 ►Volume of Bank Support: Lines of Credit - SME (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8.00 8.00 12.96 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00689640 4/11/2019 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) ►Volume of Bank Support: Institutional Development - SME (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 71.80 71.80 565.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Jan-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Support for sanitary and phytosanitary services IN00689631 ►Decreasing of prevalence of brucellosis disease in animals (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.79 0.00 0.00 35.00 Date 10-Mar-2016 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Baseline prevalence level established per results of countrywide serosurvey completed in January 2016. Vaccination campaigns of 2016 - 2017, including initial full-flock vaccination and subsequent vaccination Comments: of young animals were completed on schedule. Vaccination of 2018 is ongoing. The final serosurvey to determine the prevalence will be conducted in 2020 towards the end of the project. IN00689634 ►SPCS labs upgraded, pest diagnostic and pest risk analysis enhanced (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Equipment list prepared and needs assessment conducted Labs are not sufficiently for training on pest SPCS lab equipped, equipped, limited pest control. However, lab staff trained in modern disease diagnostic functions of the SPCS, Value -- pest disease capacity, no modern pest have been transferred diagnostic and pest risk analysis methods to the Food Safety risk analysis methods applied. Agency (FSA). Further details provided in comment section below. Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Many functions of the SPCS including pest control and pest rick analysis, which are planned to be supported by ACIP investments, have been transferred to the Food Safety Agency. All SPCS labs have also been transferred to the FSA. This indicator will be changed in accordance with the FSA lab strategy Comments: currently being developed. The strategy will include a mapping of phytosanitary labs at national and regional levels. Agribusiness value chain development IN00689632 ►New productive partnerships established and supported by the project . (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.00 8.00 15.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Apr-2019 30-Jun-2020 4/11/2019 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) IN00689635 ►Percentage of women participating in sub-projects funded by the project grant facility. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 75.00 50.00 20.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00689639 ►Volume of quality seeds increased in total production of seeds using modern seed cleaning equipment in the seed farms supported by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9.00 9.00 10.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00689641 ►NRICH seed lab upgraded and meet criteria for accreditation (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Procurement of analytical equipment for the NRICH grain quality laboratory Equipment and Targeted lab require complete. Equipment training provided to additional equipment and Value -- is in use. ISTA seed lab at NRICH. training to become ISTA compliance facilities Labs meet criteria for compliant will be established at accreditation SSVRCS. Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 By the project design, it was planned to upgrade the seed quality laboratory of NRICH lab to make it prepared for accreditation. However, with establishing the State Service on Variety Registration and Seed Control (SSVRCS) and changes in lab strategy, it is planned to establish a new International Seed Comments: Trading Association (ISTA) compliant seed testing facility under SSVRCS. Therefore, this indicator will be adjusted. The work for ISTA accreditation can only begin when the new seed testing laboratory building has been constructed and the new equipment has been installed and staff trained. Project Management IN00689625 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,133.00 2,419.00 10,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Direct project beneficiaries include veterinarians (699) and students of Vet Faculty (204) benefited from the project training program on vaccination techniques and participating in the vaccination campaign, and other activities, number of new jobs (510) created in agribusinesses benefited by the project credit line, and lab staff of SSVRSC (21) and SVCS (26), and 51 employees of seed stations and private seed Comments: growers, 916 participants (farmers and staff members of scientific research institutes) of IPM training, 66 participants of the value chain sub-projects that have started implementation, 12 employees of regional vet departments, and others. The number of beneficiaries will pick up in coming months with implementation of value chain sub-projects that have been approved and will receive financing from the 4/11/2019 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) project. In addition, 90,000 livestock owners have been indirectly benefited from the vaccination of their animals under the project animal health control program. IN00689637 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 30.50 30.50 20.00 IN00689638 ►Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,045.00 2,261.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00689642 Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 651.00 651.00 200.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P122812 IBRD-82860 Effective USD 34.50 34.50 0.00 19.54 14.96 57% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P122812 IBRD-82860 Effective 30-Sep-2013 12-Jun-2014 27-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2018 30-Jun-2020 Cumulative Disbursements 4/11/2019 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 04-May-2018 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/11/2019 Page 9 of 9