Public Disclosure Authorized EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Azerbaijan Agriculture and Rural Development Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2014 Seq No: 3 ARCHIVED on 10-Apr-2015 ISR18747 Implementing Agencies: State Agency on Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:30-sep-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:01-Dec-2016 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:27-Aug-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized 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 PHRPDODEL Components Name Support for sanitary and phytosanitary services:(cost $19.06 M) Public Disclosure Authorized 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 Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Moderate 4/10/2015 Page 1 of 8
Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on 27th August, 2014. No direct activities with benefits for target beneficiaries have yet begun but good progress has been made in a number of areas. Recruitment of the project staff completed, agribusiness investment guidelines for deployment of the project credit line approved by the Ministry of Finance, due diligence assessment of banks interested to participate in the projects completed, bidding documents for procurement of serosurvey equipment prepared, training on vaccination techniques and procurement of reagents for the first serosruvey are well underway, terms of references for a number of consultancy assignments have been drafted and submitted for approval. The project aims to achieve the following result: increase in marketed output in at least 60 percent of the targeted value chain and agribusinesses funded under the project grant facility and credit line. Since implementation started only recently, it is too early to report on progress. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- -- Substantial Macroeconomic -- -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- -- Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- -- Moderate Fiduciary -- -- Moderate Environment and Social -- -- Moderate Stakeholders -- -- Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- -- Moderate 4/10/2015 Page 2 of 8
Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL 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) Value 0.00 -- -- 20.00 No results yet, the project become effective only on August 27, 2014 Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Decreasing of prevalence of brucellosis disease in animals (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 Prevalence of brucellosis disease will be determined by the countrywide serosurvey scheduled for September -Novermber 2015. Volume of Bank Support: Lines of Credit - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 12.96 Subsidiary Loan Agreements are expected to be signed by April 30, 2015 with the banks selceted for implementation of the project credti line 4/10/2015 Page 3 of 8
SPCS labs upgraded, pest diagnostic and pest risk analysis enhanced (Text, Custom) Value Labs are not sufficiently equipped, limited pest disease diagnostic capacity, no modern pest risk analysis methods applied. -- TOR for Lab Specialist has been submitted for review SPCS Labs equipped, staff trained in modern pest disease diagnostic and pest risk analysis methods New productive partnerships established and supported by the project. (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 15.00 Recruitment of Service Providers for establshing productive partnerships is expected to be initiated by April 15, 2015. Percentage of women participating in sub-projects funded by the project grant facility. (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 4/10/2015 Page 4 of 8
No direct activities with benefit for target beneficiares have yet begun. 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) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Qulaification criteria for seed farms to get the project support have been developed NRICH seed lab upgraded and meet criteria for accreditation (Text, Custom) Value Targeted lab require additional equipment and training to become ISTA compliant -- TOR for lab upgrading specialist has been prepared Equipment and training provided to seed lab at NRICH. Labs meet criteria for accreditation Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Core) Value 0.00 -- 96.00 1000.00 4/10/2015 Page 5 of 8
Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Core Breakdown) Value 0.00 -- 3.00 200.00 Volume of Bank Support: Institutional Development - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 565.00 Recruitment of TA to support PFIs will be initiated in September 2015. Number of sub-projects financed by the project credit line (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 85.00 Subsidiary Loan Agreements are expected to be signed by April 30, 2015 with the banks selceted for implementation of the project credti line Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10000.00 No direct activities with benefit for target beneficiaries have yet begun 4/10/2015 Page 6 of 8
Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 Overall 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 2.09 32.41 6% 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 31-Dec-2018 Cumulative Disbursements 4/10/2015 Page 7 of 8
Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/10/2015 Page 8 of 8