The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Honduras | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 29-May-2024 | ISR60550 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of Honduras, Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 27-Jun-2019 Effectiveness Date: 04-May-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 22-Mar-2024 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 12-Apr-2024 Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2026 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO is to improve access to markets and climate-smart practices and contribute to the economic inclusion of targeted beneficiaries in select agricultural value chains. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Support to enhance the competitiveness, resilience, and innovation of agribusiness initiatives:(Cost $115.40 M) Support to the modernization of Honduras’ agribusiness enabling environment:(Cost $22.40 M) Project management support:(Cost $9.10 M) Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project is resuming disbursements and implementation pace, and is reaching important advances in the execution of Components 1 and 2. Vacant positions in the Project Implementing Unit (PIU) are gradually being filled. 5/29/2024 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary High Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in project areas IN01421840 ►Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,478.00 3,904.00 12,600.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 23-Oct-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 IN01421964 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,065.00 1,589.00 3,150.00 IN01421966 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - male (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,412.00 2,315.00 9,450.00 5/29/2024 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Improved access to markets of project beneficiaries IN01421961 ►Increase in real gross sales generated by business plans in execution (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21.50 39.00 20.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 23-Oct-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Improved economic inclusion IN01421962 ►Jobs (full-time) created under business plans financed by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,698.00 8,880.00 9,700.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 23-Oct-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Until now, the share of female permanent employment has not been collected by the PIU. However, following guidance from the Task Team, the PIU will begin collecting gender-disaggregated data for this indicator. The task team notes that the achievement of the indicator appears high if compared with the small number of business plans currently under implementation. The mission checked these numbers and they Comments: appear to be those actually provided by the RPOs, as validated by the PSDEs. The figure is in any case aligned with the experience in the previous COMRURAL I Project, where 121 business plans created an estimated 24,673 permanent and temporary jobs. Nonetheless, the team expects that this indicator will change in the next ISR, where the Results Framework will be measured using the clear guidance in the new indicator sheets that the PIU just completed with support from the task team. IN01421965 Percentage women (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Sustainability of project design IN01421963 ►Rural Producer Organizations working under a productive alliance approach 24 months after first disbursement (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Due to the past delays in project implementation, the majority of RPOs are only now resuming the Comments: implementation of their Business Plans. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 5/29/2024 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) C1: Support to enhance the competitiveness, resilience, and innovation of agribusiness initiatives IN01421967 ►Business plans financed under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 61.00 70.00 370.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 The target 370 business plans include subprojects under window 1 (subsistence agriculture, target 240 BPs), window 2 (transition agriculture, target 100 BPs), and window 3 (commercial agriculture, target 30 BPs) of the Project. The 70 BPs that are ongoing are all under window 2, and the PIU committed to ratifying the remaining 30 by September 2024 latest. The mission was informed of the Project's intention to reallocate of funds from window 3 to window 1 and Comments: a different implementation mechanism for window 3, so the Project would have a new target of 293 BPs for subsistence agriculture and 5 (but larger) BPs for commercial agriculture. For window 1, the Project has already pre-identified 120 BPs that can start as soon as the implementing firms are hired. For window 3, the Project already received some applications that are currently under review. IN01421968 ►Rural Producer Organizations that reach the goals defined in the Business Plans (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 To date, the first 70 business plans are being executed as originally planned, reporting of early results will Comments: be carried out in coming months. IN01421970 ►Beneficiaries participating in business plans under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,287.00 6,842.00 18,000.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 IN01421972 Percentage women (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 34.00 31.90 25.00 IN01421973 Percentage youth (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 16.00 14.90 10.00 IN01421974 Percentage Indigenous (Percentage, Custom Supplement) 5/29/2024 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 19.00 10.40 10.00 IN01421975 Percentage Afro-descendant (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.10 0.17 5.00 IN01421976 Percentage covered under GoH social protection programs (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 IN01421977 ►Private Capital Mobilized (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 12,038,111.44 13,870,000.00 53,500,000.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 IN01421978 ►Beneficiaries satisfied with technical and financial assistance received under the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 93.00 80.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Citizen Engagement indicators were measured using a survey of a representative sample of beneficiaries Comments: carried out by the PIU with technical support of the WB Task Team. IN01421979 ►Beneficiaries satisfied with the participatory process of business plan preparation (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 41.00 80.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Citizen Engagement indicators were measured using a survey of a representative sample of beneficiaries carried out by the PIU with technical support of the WB Task Team. The PIU and Task Team have Comments: identified a roadmap to enhance the level of participation in the preparation of business plans. IN01421980 ►Percentage of beneficiaries who report that they received satisfactory response to their grievances reported through the GRM (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 87.50 80.00 5/29/2024 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 1 complaint has been received so far in 2023. Resolution is in process. Comments: C2: Support to the modernization of Honduras’ agribusiness enabling environment IN01421969 ►Reduction in the average time required for select, prioritized SENASA processes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Investments in this component will start in the second half of 2024. The next supervision mission will Comments: monitor and report on these activities. IN01421971 ►Reduction in the average time required for ARSA laboratory analyses (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 27-Jun-2019 29-Nov-2023 12-Apr-2024 31-Mar-2026 Investments in this component will start in the second half of 2024. The next supervision mission will Comments: monitor and report on these activities. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P168385 IDA-64480 Effective USD 75.00 75.00 0.00 25.00 50.00 33% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P168385 IDA-64480 Effective 27-Jun-2019 11-Apr-2020 04-May-2020 30-Sep-2024 31-Mar-2026 Cumulative Disbursements 5/29/2024 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras - COMRURAL II (P168385) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 16-Dec-2022 ,Level 2 Approved on 26-Jan-2024 Related Project(s) P172673-Honduras: Additional Financing for Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras (COMRURAL II) ,P173331-Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras AF ,P173567-AF - Integrating Innovation for Rural Competitiveness in Honduras (COMRURAL II) 5/29/2024 Page 7 of 7