The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) Additional Financing Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary Appraisal Stage (AF ESRS Appraisal Stage) Public Disclosure Date Prepared/Updated: 03/31/2022 | Report No: ESRSAFA374 Mar 31, 2022 Page 1 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country Region Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies) Eastern Africa AFRICA EAST Republic of Djibouti, Uganda - Office of the Federal Democratic Prime Minister, Uganda - Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Uganda, Animal Industry and Republic of Kenya Fisheries, Ethiopia Food Security Coordination Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Food, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperation, Djibouti Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fish Resources Public Disclosure Project ID Project Name P178434 Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance Parent Project ID (if any) Parent Project Name P173702 Emergency Locust Response Program Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Agriculture and Food Investment Project 4/4/2022 5/24/2022 Financing Proposed Development Objective To respond to the threat posed by the locust outbreak and to strengthen systems for preparedness. Financing (in USD Million) Amount Current Financing 195.00 Proposed Additional Financing 60.00 Mar 31, 2022 Page 2 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) Total Proposed Financing 255.00 B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF Policy, para. 12? Yes C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and Relationship to CPF] In response to a desert locust plague threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East and North Africa, this project will finance swarm control, livelihood protection and rehabilitation, and strengthen swarm identification and early response system of the affected countries. D. Environmental and Social Overview D.1. Detailed project location(s) and salient physical characteristics relevant to the E&S assessment [geographic, environmental, social] The AF will support four components. In the parent program, It was planned to cover over 156 districts or “woredas”. However recent reports reveal that the project area is covering over 294 districts. To this effect, the project area for AF remains to cover 294 in Afar, Eastern Amhara, Southeastern and eastern Oromia, Somali, southern districts of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), Southern Tigray, and Dire Dawa City Administration. The IPMP Public Disclosure that has been prepared for the parent project will be adopted as it to mitigate risks. However, the ESMF will updated to cover potential risks of small scale rehabilitation or construction activities Crop production is the main source of livelihood for most of the beneficiary districts located in Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), Tigray, and Dire Dawa City Administration. About 30% of the project beneficiary districts, mainly those in Afar, Somali, Benishangul Gumuz, and Gambela Regions are categorized as underserved pastoral communities whose livelihood depend on traditional livestock production. Among the project beneficiary Woredas, 64% depend on subsistence farming as well as in food-insecure areas supported by programs such as the productive safety net program. From the proposed total beneficiary Woredas around 53 are located in the ongoing conflict areas of Afar, Eastern Amhara, and Southern Tigray. The project area comprised a variety of sensitive ecology, agronomic important areas, and physical environmental components such as wildlife reserve, wildlife sanctuary, national parks, protected areas wetland, lake, river, shrub and bush vegetation, and high land forest, etc. The topography of the project area comprised mountainous terrain in Tigray, Amhara, and Eastern Oromia Region, and flat terrain in Afar, Somali, and SNNP. D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity The AF will be implemented within the existing project infrastructure and institutional setup established for the parent project in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture: Plant Protection Directorate (PPD) and The Food Security Coordination Directorate (FSCD) and their regional counterparts remain as implementing agencies for the project. The Project Implementing Unit (PIU) established under PSNP4 has demonstrated its ability to successfully implement several World Bank-financed projects over the past years. Mar 31, 2022 Page 3 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) The project has recruited an environmental and social risk management specialist under the PIU at the national level and appointed 156 focal persons for each project beneficiary district. This AF requires a scale-up of existing structures to additional locust-affected 138-districts across Ethiopia. The implementing agency will be responsible to ensure the establishment of the environment and social risk management system including deployment of qualified E&S experts in the newly added 138 Woredas for the proposed AF. The MoA shall assign focal persons in the new Woredas and train on the E&S requirements prior to disbursement for Component 1 and 2 activities. Environment and social safeguard of the AF shall be ensured through the participation of community members and coordinated efforts of Woreda, Region, and Federal implementing units (PIU). The parent project environment and social risk management implementation experience has been mixed. The project prepared the required environment and social risk management instruments namely ESMF, IPMP, LMP, GBV/SEA action plan, SA and SEP and, consulted and publicly disclosed. It recruited environment and social experts at the national and regional levels and assigned focal persons at Woreda level and provided training. It has submitted implementation progress reports. The parent project implementation encountered challenges, such as, (i) lack of coordinated efforts and community participation, stakeholder engagement and feedback mechanism, (ii) incident reporting (plane crash while spraying pesticide), (iii) lack of benefiting sharing to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, (iv) labor-management and working conditions, and community health and safety management. Hence, the E&S performance of the project was rated as Moderately Unsatisfactory. However, the client’s latest E&S performance report shows that there have been improvements in the implementation of environment and social risk management activities. Among other things, i) focal persons have been assigned in each regional state to oversee environment, health and safety (EHS) risk management ii) subprojects have been screened and the screening reports have been reviewed and cleared by Public Disclosure Woreda environmental offices iii) regular blood testing has also been undertaken to monitor exposure to pesticides iv) personal protective equipment has been provided to workers engaged in spraying pesticides v) project beneficiaries were trained on potential risks of chemicals and on management of the risks; vi) environment and social audit was conducted and a corrective action plan was prepared; vii) experts from federal PIU have provided periodic technical support and monitoring to ensure compliance with the EHS requirements; viii) the client provided an environment and social implementation progress covering all instruments addressing earlier review comments. The environmental and social risk management performance of the project on Ethiopia side is moderately satisfactory at this stage. The AF implementation, shall standardize the environment and social compliance all over the implementing agencies at different levels by making sure that the ESMF and IPMP requirements are complied with . The AF will arrange environment and social training and technical support to help improve the implementation and monitoring capacity of the implementing agency. Ethiopia is reclassified as an FCS country for FY22, and the team anticipates increased implementation risk related to communication with and access to all regions and project woredas. The risk is primarily associated with the ongoing internal conflicts in several projects benefiting regions. Furthermore, as local government media is reporting indications of another Covid-19 surge, further bottlenecks may be inevitable in project implementation. II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) High Environmental Risk Rating High Mar 31, 2022 Page 4 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) The environmental risks of the project could result mainly from Component 1: Desert Locust Monitoring and Control and Component 2: Livelihood Protection and Rehabilitation which will finance the provision of seed, fertilizer, and fodder seed packages to rehabilitate farmlands, pasturelands and rangelands affected by the desert locust invasion. Desert locust control activities (Component 1) will entail the application pesticides that can have a range of environment, health, and safety risks. The use and application of pesticides if not properly managed could contaminate and lead to poisoning for farmers and livestock. Pesticides are considered highly hazardous if they present high levels of acute or chronic hazards to human health or the environment (FAO and WHO, 2016). Hazards to the environment include contamination of water resources and soils, and toxicity to non-target organisms that may lead to disruption of ecosystem functions, such as pollination or natural pest suppression. Pesticides can be toxic to other organisms including birds, wildlife including endangered species and beneficial insects. Some pesticides may accumulate through the food chain. Environmental exposure can result in contamination of ground or surface water, soils, and air. Pesticides can reach surface water through runoff from treated plants and soil. Pesticides can cause populations of beneficial soil microorganisms to decline which can influence soil fertility. Exposure of pesticides could be particularly high in contexts where there is limited availability of the prescribed PPE; limited ability to safely store pesticides; risk of occurrence of spray drift and lack of disposal options/facilities for obsolete stocks, left-over product, or empty containers. Other factors affecting proper use of pesticides may include limited user knowledge about pests and pest management options, available products, and their risks; users not being able to read or understand labels (low literacy levels in certain areas); incomplete labels; labels not available in the local language; etc. Sprayers, mixers, loaders, and agricultural farm workers could be exposed to pesticides. Activities to be financed under Component 2 have also small-scale environment, health and safety risks such as risks associated with application of fertilizers, generation of solid waste and community health and safety impacts. The Public Disclosure environmental risk of the AF remains high. Social Risk Rating High The Additional Finance (AF) will have positive social impacts in controlling the locust invasion, restoring the livelihood of locust-affected people, & strengthening the capacity of locust emergency response & preparedness. The AF under component 1 will finance locust control & surveillance activities, by applying both ground & aerial surveillance & control methods. The ground control mission will use pesticides. The pesticide is believed to be a potential source of risk for community members, different types of workers, & ecosystem. The bulk pesticide constitutes Malathion 95%ULV which is a hazardous chemical. The working conditions put workers as vulnerable including for exposure, those workers at pesticide stores, transportation of pesticides, & spraying. Any accidental spills in the handling of the pesticide, traffic incidents during transportation, & negligence of safety procedures may seriously damage the community, worker’s health & cause human & livestock fatality, harm the environment & biodiversity. For aerial surveillance operations, the project will use surveillance aircrafts, despite the low level of likelihood it is associated with plane crash incidents. The parent project encountered three pesticide spraying aircraft incidents. An environment & social audit (ESA) has been conducted on the aircraft crash incidents, developed an action plan & implementation is in progress. The ground survey & control mission will be achieved by deploying scouts, extension workers, & human & vehicle-mounted sprayers including insecure & inaccessible places. This will increase workers & communities’ exposure to GBV & security incidents. The ESA conducted in 2021 & the project implementation support mission identified the lack of health examination & ecological monitoring exercise particularly after or post-control campaign and lack of focused approach & performance toward project benefit sharing for vulnerable & disadvantaged people. AF responds to all these issues by implementing FAO’s Deseret Locust Guideline 5 & 6 & the Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) as an integral part of the relevant national & WB ESSs. The AF project activities may give rise to potential grievances which could be linked or associated health & Mar 31, 2022 Page 5 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) safety risks of workers & the community. Possible grievances case includes loss of livestock, water contamination, security risk from remote & conflict areas (security risk from the use of security personnel, when required), working conditions, GBV risk, etc. The project reported establishment of GRMs. But, the audit identified lack of functional GRM as there are no reports demonstrating functionality. The AF shall support GRM functionality through provision of technical support. The AF will finance component 2 extending to families affected by the locust upsurge. It aims to restore the livelihood of locust-affected households in 294 districts. The social risk may arise from, 1) targeting beneficiary groups, & 2) distribution of agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds, fertilizers, pasture development). If these activities are implemented without meaningful consultation, informed decision of the community & participation of vulnerable & disadvantaged people, it will inflame the existing livelihood deprivation, widen the existing inequity & inclusiveness, food insecurity, & poverty. The AF may suffer from a lack of operational procedures for benefit- sharing & participation, inaccessibility or remoteness, security issues, the lifestyle (e.g. pastoral & agro pastoral), & absence of awareness. The AF project will undertake early planning consideration & implementation of the environment & social risk management (ESRM) instruments prepared for the parent project & updated for the proposed AF. The project risk management will be anchored on the updated ESRM instruments such as, ESMF, IPMP, LMP, GBV/SEA Action Plan, Social Assessment, SEP, resettlement framework & a security risk assessment & management plan, as required. B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered B.1. General Assessment ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Public Disclosure Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: The AF aims to respond to the associated impact of the locust outbreak as well as strengthen early warning systems. This can be achieved through controlling the swarm invasion from causing further damage on ecology, agronomy, and economic base (crop production); addressing the food shortage/crises, restoring the livelihood base, and strengthening the capacity of locust emergency response and preparedness. Despite the benefit, the AF will have some potential negative environmental and social aspects. Key EHS risks could result from poor pesticide handling, transportation, use, and disposal and failure to do regular pre-control and post-control health and ecological monitoring. Exposure of pesticides will be particularly high if there is limited availability of the prescribed PPE and limited ability to safely store pesticides. Pesticides can result in contamination of ground or surface water, soils, and air. There are OHS risks associated with the application and handling of pesticides. Emergency response measures need to be put in place to address potential risks of any emergencies such as fire, aircraft accident, chemical spills, etc. These risks shall be mitigated by implementation of the IPMP and implementation of site specific E&S risk management tools following the requirements of the ESMF. The project's main social risks that give rise to trigger ESS1 are activities of components 1 and 2. Under Component 1 - Surveillance and Control Measures: the source of social risk is 1) poor pesticide handling, transportation, use, and disposal, 2) failure to engage affected communities and other stakeholders on surveillance and control operation, 3) communication about the risk of locust control or spraying operation is failed to convey the right message in a timely and culturally appropriate manner, 4) failure to do regular pre-control and post-control health and ecological monitoring, 5) the nature of surveillance and control activities mainly operated on-ground and aerial means in an area of inaccessible, remote, and conflict affected and active conflict areas. Unless properly addressed, the impact Mar 31, 2022 Page 6 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) tends to interact with ongoing security issues and give rise to community health and safety risk concerns, OHS risk, grievance, GBV, hazardous incident, crop failure, and livestock damage. The risk associated with Component 2- Livelihoods assistance could potentially strike instability due to targeting problems to the current fragile and conflict susceptible situation of inequality, poverty, exclusion and conflict. Such risk may probably emerge from targeting of beneficiaries, lack of operational procedure for project benefit-sharing, inaccessibility, remoteness, instability of project target areas, the lifestyle of target communities (e.g. pastoralists and agro-pastoralists), and absence of awareness on the overall project. To reduce or mitigate the adverse environmental and social risks, the project will update the parent project environment and social risk management instruments, (i) Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) (ii) prepare addendum to the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), and (iii) Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) (iv) labor-management procedure (LMP), (v) gender-based violence action plan and the social assessment. The update will consider among others small scale construction or rehabilitation activities being proposed in the AF. The update will be finalized prior to appraisal or shall be considered as a condition for disbursement if it will not be finalized by appraisal. The E&S performance of the project was rated as Moderately Unsatisfactory. As a result of improvements in the E&S risk management practice, the performance has been upgraded to Moderately Satisfactory. The main improvements or action taken by the client to improve its performance include: i) focal persons have been assigned in each regional state to oversee environment, health and safety (EHS) risk management ii) subprojects have been screened and the screening reports have been reviewed and cleared by Woreda environmental offices iii) regular blood testing has also Public Disclosure been undertaken to monitor exposure to pesticides iv) personal protective equipment has been provided to workers engaged in spraying pesticides v) project beneficiaries were trained on potential risks of chemicals and on management of the risks; vi) environmental and social audit was conducted and a corrective action plan was prepared and under implementation; vii) experts from federal PIU have provided periodic technical support and monitoring to ensure compliance with the EHS requirements. The AF will ensure (i) establishment of E&S management system on newly added project Woredas, and appointment of E&S safeguard focal person (one environmental and one social focal persons in each Woreda) (ii) building the technical capacity of all safeguard specialist (national, regional and Woreda focal persons), and other PIU staff on E&S instruments and incident reporting, (iii) provision of an operational procedure for sharing project benefits with vulnerable and disadvantage people including women, elder, Internally Displaced People and People Living With Disability, (iv) promotion of informed decision mechanism throughout the project, (v) presence of functional GRM system, and (vi) security risk assessment and management plan. The AF shall ensure the implementation of project screening and incorporation of environment and social specifications and requirements in every procurement and contract/subcontract management. ESS10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure This ESS is relevant. The parent project has prepared and implemented a stakeholder engagement plan which identified various stakeholders, methods of engagement and reporting platforms. The proposed AF shall review the SEP implementation experience, learn lessons (how to reach communities affected by locust in insecure and fragile areas) and include strategies to effective stakeholder engagement, reporting and information disclosure. The Ministry Mar 31, 2022 Page 7 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) of Agriculture shall review and update the parent project Stakeholder Engagement Plan and the draft of which will be disclosed during preparation of the proposed AF allowing enough time for review and feedback from interested parties and project-affected people. The final version of the updated SEP will be disclosed before appraisal but will remain a living document to be updated as the situations warrant. The parent project has established a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) for the project to receive, sort, process and respond to grievance from affected and interested parties. The parent project SEP had outlined key steps for the project GRM, which will be updated to incorporate the details of a GRM guideline using the feedback from functional GRMs. As part of the project cost, resources will be allocated for the implementation of the GRM. Project beneficiary communities, workers, and other interested stakeholders shall be sensitized on the GRM operational procedures including how to submit, the timing for resolution of grievances, and clear steps. The GRM will be cognizant of and follow required levels of discretion, and cultural appropriateness, especially when dealing with cases of sexual harassment and GBV. The GRM will be accessible to all stakeholders, especially women, poor, and disabled people. The overall project environment and social safeguard progress report will have a separate section on GRM that includes the complaints recorded, resolved cases, and referred to the formal court. B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project. ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions This standard is relevant as the project employ both direct worker, contract worker, and community work. Exposure Public Disclosure of pesticides could be particularly high in contexts where there is limited availability of the prescribed PPE. Limited user knowledge about pests and pest management options, available products, and their risks; users not being able to read or understand labels (low literacy levels in certain areas); incomplete labels; labels not available in the local language; etc could affect proper use of pesticides may include. Sprayers, mixers, loaders, and agricultural farm workers could be exposed to pesticides. The labor-management procedure (LMP) will be reviewed and updated to include risks and mitigation measures related to construction or rehabilitation works covering all worker types before disbursement for component 1 and 2. OHS risk management activities have thus far been good as among other things regular blood testing has also been undertaken to monitor exposure to pesticides iv) personal protective equipment has been provided to workers engaged in spraying pesticides; project beneficiaries were trained on potential risks of chemicals and on management of the risks; PPE were provided where relevant. The main incident that occurred during implementation of the parent project is a plane crash while spraying pesticides. No activities can commence on the ground before the completion and public disclosure of the LMP update. In response to the various potential risks and informed by the parent project LMP implementation experiences, the project promotes ESS2 and national labor law in the combination with FAO’s health and safety risk control operational procedures that are outlined in the 2001 FAO Locust Guideline 6 as included in the parent project ESRM instruments (https://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/oldsite/PDFs/DLG7e.pdf). There were two airplane crash accidents occurred during implementation of the parent project. The neutral accident investigation team from civil aviation authority, cited in the E&S audit report, has indicated that the main cause of the accident is mainly topography of spraying area and to some extent technical short comings (human error) also have contributed the aircraft crash. The audit report shows that one of the pilots got minor injury. The second pilot was Mar 31, 2022 Page 8 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) not injured. There was fire breakout at the aircraft crash site damaging a sorghum farm. Detail safety recommendations which could help to avoid similar incidents are described in the E&S audit report. In order to address gaps which were identified in the early phase of implementation of the parent project, the PIU has carried out different remedial activities to ensure compliance with the health and safety requirements. In addition to proving personal protective equipment workers engaged in spraying pesticides, regular blood testing has been undertaken to monitor exposure to pesticides. Project beneficiaries were trained on potential risks of chemicals and on management of the risks. Experts from federal PIU have provided periodic technical support and monitoring to ensure compliance with the EHS requirements. The Bank facilitated ESF training for national and regional environment and social risk management staff, who in turn cascaded to the woreda level focal persons. ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management The Government of Ethiopia intends to purchase agrichemicals to control locusts and other pests—currently planned for 100,000 liters of Malathion 92.5 percent or 95 percent ULV—using government funds, not funds under the grant or credit linked to this project. This agrichemical in this formulation with (including the equipment) is approved for use against DL. As an associated asset to the project activities, WB reserves the right to reject a proposed agrichemical under the auspices of the project based on the WHO/FAO Hazard Classification of Pesticides (Class III and Class U are acceptable) and the suitability of the chemical for the intended pest/plant. WB task team will also work with the client to ensure pesticide stocks do not exceed their usable life of the product. As pesticide products are highly flammable, appropriate safe storage should be practices avoiding risk of fire. Besides, access to the Public Disclosure pesticide storage area should be restricted and pesticides should not be stored outdoors and should be stored away from fertilizer, food, feed, potable water supplies, veterinary supplies, seeds, and personal protective equipment to avoid contamination, bioaccumulation in the food chain etc. Community water wells may also be contaminated. The pesticides ) can result in contamination of ground or surface water, soils, and air. Pesticides can reach surface water through runoff from treated plants and soil. Pesticides can also cause populations of beneficial soil microorganisms to decline which can influence soil fertility. Chemical degradation of soil may result from insufficient or inappropriate use of mineral fertilizers (Component 2), failure to recycle nutrients contained in crop residues, and failure to correct changes in soil pH that result from long-term use of nitrogen fertilizers and excessive use of poor- quality water, resulting in salinization. Although field verification has not been possible, the client reports indicate that pesticide management activities have been implemented as per the E&S instruments. In order to reduce environmental pollution or contamination, chemical inventory at the central store is conducted to check the quality and acceptability of the chemicals. Empty containers have been regularity collected and transported from each sprayed site to the central store. The crushing of empty containers was stopped in the first quarter for the maintenance of the store room and conversion of the power from generator to electric system.. After the completion of the maintenance, the crushing process has been resumed and the over 3000 containers were crushed. There have been integrated pest control practices where feasible including digging eggs’ laying places and exposing them to sun the radiation which helped to control the first and second instars hoppers in some places. Furthermore, manual control (mechanical chopping and killing adults) was practiced. Mar 31, 2022 Page 9 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) The ESMF (updated) and IPMP that has been prepared for parent Project shall be used for the AF activities to provide guidance and procedures on the use of pesticides and related waste. The IPMP includes a waste management plan that will guide the proper disposal of wastes emanating from the handling of pesticides. The activities to be financed by the AF are not expected to have high demand for water use or significant user of raw materials. However, the Borrower will carry out environmental and social risk screening of sub-projects as per the ESMF guidance and prepare environmental and social assessments that will incorporate measures to avoid or minimize use of water and raw materials without causing adverse impacts on communities or environment during implementation. Resource efficiency and pollution prevention and management measures will be included the site ESMPs wherever relevant. The investments under the AF are not expected to result in any significant GHG emissions. ESS4 Community Health and Safety Key community health and safety risks anticipated from the project activities include (i) possible community pesticide exposure including residents, farmers, and pastoralists living around the control campaign area (ii) spillover, aircraft crashing and traffic incident during pesticide transportation, and aerial and vehicle mount spray operation; (iii) risks of sexual exploitation and abuse and gender-based violence associated with cash transfers and livelihood restoration activities. The client will prepare Security Risk Assessment and Management Plan as the project activities may be implemented in areas there are security concerns due to the conflict in Ethiopia. This plan will be added as an addendum to the ESMF. Besides that, operational procedure suggested in FAO locust guideline six & two will be implemented: use of Public Disclosure good practices and efficient techniques during control operations to prevent chemical exposure to host community members and the workers themselves; use of less toxic hazardous pesticides to human health in case of accidental exposure, respecting protected areas and buffer zones; strict pesticide management (i.e. handling, transportation, storage; collection and disposal of hazardous and chemical waste), and early risk communication/information and awareness-raising of local populations, including on emergency preparedness and first-aid procedures available and how to trigger them in the event of an incident, withholding and re-entry periods for humans and livestock, pre- harvest intervals, etc. Initial screening of the project activities does not show significant adverse impacts on ecological services if appropriate risk management measures are put in place. However, site specific E&S risk management tools (ESMPs) should adequately cover measures to address potential risks to ecological services where appropriate. Site specific ESMPs should also include an emergency response measures for risks any emergencies such as fire, aircraft accident, accidental chemical spills, etc. Emergency response measure will be prepared in coordination with the relevant local authorities and the affected communities. GBV risks are anticipated given the presence of conflict-prone areas and the remoteness of the spray area. The risk is anticipated due to targeting and agricultural input transfers and livelihood restoration activities that could lead to extortions for sexual favors in exchange for registration or release of inputs or domestic violence over the receipt of cash. To a more limited extent, the deployment of external personnel, including agricultural extension workers, contracted workers and specialists could potentially lead to violence against women and girls. A GBV action plan, code of conduct, and surveillance system will be revised based on the implementation experience and the outcome used to update the proposed AF ESMF. Moreover, the grievance redress will include ways to submit anonymous grievances or the survivors to get access to counseling, medical treatment, legal advice, police, etc. A project-level Mar 31, 2022 Page 10 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) GRM will be strengthened to effectively respond to grievances of the community including those related to health and safety. ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement This Standard is relevant as there are proposed renovation of stores and construction of regional bases to be supported under components 1 and 3. Based on the proposed number of such facilities, the scope of physical displacement is assessed small scale and adverse impacts on sources of revenue due to economic losses will be anticipated. The project finances renovation of five stores and construction of three regional base centers. A resettlement framework shall be adopted outlining the key principles for preparing a resettlement plan that provide replacement value compensation with livelihoods restoration for eligible affected households. The client stated that the renovation and construction of facilities will happen in existing premises of the plant laboratories in different parts of the country. The Bank will undertake an environment and social due diligence assessment to ascertain that the renovations and constructions happen within exiting premises of plant laboratories established before the parent project. The client shall avail all required information and documentation relevant to the undertaking of the due diligence assessment. ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources The AF activities are not anticipated to support sub-projects that are located in sensitive ecological areas and or protected areas. However, inappropriate use of pesticides can result in contamination of soil and water resources Public Disclosure that in turn could cause loss of biodiversity including destroying beneficial insect populations which act as natural enemies of pests. Pesticide hazards to the environment include toxicity to non-target organisms that may lead to disruption of ecosystem functions, such as pollination or natural pest suppression. Pesticides can be toxic to other organisms including birds, wildlife including endangered species and beneficial insects. The IPMP will help to mitigate potential risks to biodiversity. As inappropriate selection of pesticides can result in acute toxicity that can lead to loss of biodiversity (loss of flora, insects, birds, wildlife, endangered species etc.,) the client shall ensure that the use of pesticides to control locust invasion takes into consideration the sensitivity of the receiving environment and that the type/nature of pesticides should be selected accordingly to help mitigating potential risks to biodiversity. Furthermore, the parent project’s ESMF, which will be adopted for this AF, has an environmental and social screening tool that will be used to screen the proposed sub-projects and will ensure that no sub-project is sited in an ecologically fragile and/or protected area. Also, no sub-project will be located in areas of ecologically sensitive or protected areas, risks related to sustainable management of living natural resources and primary supply of natural resource commodities are not anticipated. As per the requirements of the ESMF, ESMPs will be prepared for the site specific sub-projects and appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure safety of biodiversity from both rehabilitation/construction activities/normal use of pesticides as envisaged in this AF during implementation. ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities This standard is relevant because the project could led to 1) exclusion of remote areas and underserved communities in the process of beneficiary targeting due to inaccessibility; 2) exclusion and marginalization of women (who have a a huge burden in reproductive, productivity (farmers) and family heading) during project targeting and benefit Mar 31, 2022 Page 11 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) sharing due to lack of awareness or perception and limited platform to express their interest and defend their right; 3) exclusion of vulnerable community within historically underserved communities like internally displaced people, elderly, people living with disability due to lack of operation procedure that protects or ensure their benefit. It is important to ensure project targeting is inclusive of all groups (who meet the requirements of ESS7) to avail equal access to project benefits via culturally appropriate forms, using meaningful consultations and respective adaptation of interventions to the specific needs. The parent project social assessment prepared by the client and disclosed at http://moa.gov.et/psnp shall be updated using the implementation experience and update the social baseline of the new Woredas. ESS8 Cultural Heritage The AF will not finance any construction works that may include excavation and other activities that may have adverse impacts on cultural heritage. However, the parent project’s ESMF includes for precautionary chance find procedures. Subproject ESMPs will address these issues through the inclusion of chance find procedures and site- specific mitigation measures. ESS9 Financial Intermediaries Not relevant. C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply Public Disclosure OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways No This was not triggered for the parent project and remains untriggered for the AF OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No This was not triggered for the parent project and remains untriggered for the AF B.3. Reliance on Borrower’s policy, legal and institutional framework, relevant to the Project risks and impacts Is this project being prepared for use of Borrower Framework? No Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered: None. IV. CONTACT POINTS World Bank Contact: Melissa Williams Title: Senior Rural Development Specialist Mar 31, 2022 Page 12 of 13 The World Bank Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 1 Ethiopia Additional Finance (P178434) Telephone No: +1-202-458-7297 Email: mwilliams4@worldbank.org Contact: Mohammad Imtiaz Akhtar Alvi Title: Senior Agriculture Economist Telephone No: Email: ialvi@worldbank.org Contact: Welela Ketema Title: Sr Agricultural Spec. Telephone No: 5358+6133 / 251-11-517-6133 Email: wketema1@worldbank.org Borrower/Client/Recipient Borrower: Republic of Djibouti Borrower: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Borrower: Republic of Uganda Borrower: Republic of Kenya Implementing Agency(ies) Implementing Agency: Uganda - Office of the Prime Minister Implementing Agency: Uganda - Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Public Disclosure Ethiopia Food Security Coordination Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Implementing Agency: Food Implementing Agency: Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperation Implementing Agency: Djibouti Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fish Resources V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 473-1000 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects VI. APPROVAL Task Team Leader(s): Mohammad Imtiaz Akhtar Alvi, Melissa Williams, Welela Ketema Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Helene Monika Carlsson Rex Cleared on 31-Mar-2022 at 09:34:54 GMT-04:00 Safeguards Advisor ESSA Peter Leonard (SAESSA) Concurred on 30-Mar-2022 at 17:43:4 GMT-04:00 Mar 31, 2022 Page 13 of 13