The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Albania | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2023 | Seq No: 3 | Archived on 03-Jun-2024 | ISR00633 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 15-Mar-2023) The Project Development Objective is to increase competitiveness and climate resilience of priority agri-food value chains. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture and Access to Markets:(Cost 44,000,000.00) Enhancing Compliance with Food Safety and Quality Standards:(Cost 22,000,000.00) Strengthening Evidence-based Analysis Capacity of MARD and Municipalities:(Cost 4,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Jun 03, 2024 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on February 15, 2024. Substantial progress has been made since the last mission held in October 2023, including institutional, implementation, and fiduciary arrangements are in place. Implementation of project activities has commenced in earnest, including drafting terms of references (TORs) for consultancy services, and technical specifications for goods. Progress towards achieving the project development objective (PDO) and implementation progress (IP) are assessed as satisfactory. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 02 - 08 Jan Proposed Rating 16 Mar 2023 2024 Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Low Low Low Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Jun 03, 2024 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Increase competitiveness and resilience Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Sales of agricultural produce 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 6,000.00 Sept/2028 from farmers through Micro Comments on This indicator measures the amount of agricultural produce from farmers sold through Micro Food Hubs and clusters achieving targets Food Hubs. (Metric ton) 10.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 80.00 Sept/2028 Farmers connected to the Comments on This indicator refers to the number of farmers shifting from their current practice of pumping pressurized and on-demand achieving targets water from different sources (including groundwater, drains, and stream) using small fuel public irrigation service in the pumps to irrigate their crops to publicly available irrigation service made possible by the project area (Percentage) project interventions Total energy consumption of 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 25.00 Sept/2028 irrigation and drainage Comments on This indicator measures the percentage of total energy consumption of irrigation and drainage schemes covered by achieving targets schemes covered by renewable energy generated by SPVs installed with the project support. renewable energy generated by the project (Percentage) Number of methods 3.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 10.00 Sept/2028 accredited at the NRL Comments on This indicator measure the number of methods accredited at the National Reference allowing for reliable analyses achieving targets Laboratory supported by the project. in the areas of food safety, veterinary and plant health as specified by relevant international standards and EU legislation (Number) Jun 03, 2024 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture and Access to Markets Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Farmers participating in 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 500.00 Sept/2028 Micro Food Hub activities Comments on This indicator measure the number of farmers involved in Micro Food Hub activities. (Number) achieving targets Female farmers 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.00 participating in Micro Comments on This indicator measure the number of female farmers involved in Micro Food Hub activities. Food Hub activities achieving targets (Number) 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 150.00 Sept/2028 Number of women selling Comments on This is a gender tag indicator, and measures the number of women selling agricultural produce agricultural produce through achieving targets though MFHs, with a target 30% of participants are female. The MFHs and typical food MFHs (Number) clusters will ensure meaningful participation of women and provide trainings (such as marketing and sales training) to increase their accessibility to markets. 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 100.00 Sept/2028 Farmers participating in Comments on This indicator measures the number of farmers involved in cluster activities cluster activities (Number) achieving targets Female farmers 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 participating in cluster Comments on This indicator measures the number of female farmers involved in cluster activities. activities (Number) achieving targets 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 2,000.00 Sept/2028 Jun 03, 2024 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) Area served by Climate Smart Comments on This indicator measures the pilot area covered by sensors and that will served by Climate Agriculture Platform achieving targets Smart Agriculture Platform. (Hectare(Ha)) 0.00 Dec/2022 0 20-May-2024 0 20-May-2024 12300.00 Sept/2028 Area provided with Comments on This indicator measures the total area of land provided with irrigation and drainage services new/improved irrigation or achieving targets under the project, including in (i) the area provided with new irrigation and drainage services, drainage services and (ii) the area provided with improved irrigation and drainage services, expressed in hectare (Hectare(Ha)) (ha). Area provided with 0.00 Dec/2022 0 20-May-2024 0 20-May-2024 0.00 Sept/2028 new irrigation or Comments on Measures in hectares the total area of land provided with new or improved irrigation or drainage services achieving targets drainage services in operations supported by the World Bank. (Hectare(Ha)) Area provided with 0.00 Dec/2022 0 12-Jun-2023 0 11-Jun-2023 12300.00 Sept/2028 improved irrigation or Comments on Measures in hectares the total area of land provided with new or improved irrigation or drainage services achieving targets drainage services in operations supported by the World Bank. (Hectare(Ha)) 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 30.00 Sept/2028 Reduction in on-farm Comments on This indicator refers to the reduction in irrigation cost realized by beneficiary farmers due to irrigation cost (Percentage) achieving targets the shift from costly own provisioning of irrigation water through pumping to the on-demand public irrigation service. Enhancing Compliance with Food Safety and Quality Standards Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Border Inspection Posts 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 6.00 Sept/2028 established or upgraded to Comments on This indicator records the number of Border Inspection Posts that will be supported by the perform official controls and achieving targets project with facilities such as premises, equipment etc. meet international standards (Number) 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 1,000.00 Sept/2028 Jun 03, 2024 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) Number of new analysis Comments on This indicator measures the number of new analysis performed in the regional laboratories performed in the regional achieving targets supported by the project. laboratories supported by the project (Number) Increased storage capacity 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 80.00 Sept/2028 for detained products (Metric Comments on This indicator measures the increased storage capacity (in metric tons) for detained goods ton) achieving targets which do not comply with food safety, veterinary or plant health standards. Laboratory staff trained and 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 75.00 Sept/2028 prepared to carry out Comments on This indicator measures the total number of laboratory staff trained and prepared to carry out assigned set of laboratory achieving targets assigned set of laboratory analyses, for both AKU and ISUV. analyses (Number) Female laboratory staff 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 trained and prepared Comments on This indicator measures the number of female laboratory staff trained and prepared to carry to carry out assigned achieving targets out assigned set of laboratory analyses, for both AKU and ISUV, with the target that 80% of set of laboratory staff trained will be female. analyses (Number) Strengthening Evidence-based Analysis Capacity of MARD and Municipalities Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Business Intelligence No Dec/2022 No 20-May-2024 No 20-May-2024 Yes Sept/2028 platform established and Comments on A Business Intelligence platform will be established for MARD and connected with existing connected with existing data achieving targets data platforms with the project support. platforms and functions (Yes/No) Citizen Engagement – Direct 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 80.00 Sept/2028 Beneficiaries that feel project Comments on Citizen engagement will include a feedback mechanism (e.g.: scorecards), to generate investments reflected their achieving targets recommendations on how to strengthen participation based on gender representation of needs and provide feedback direct beneficiaries and other stakeholders, and how to strengthen implementation (Percentage) throughout the project’s lifetime. Jun 03, 2024 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) Grievances responded and/or 0.00 Dec/2022 0.00 20-May-2024 0.00 20-May-2024 80.00 Sept/2028 resolved within 90 days Comments on Grievances responded and/or resolved within 90 days (percentage of total received). (Percentage) achieving targets Jun 03, 2024 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IBRD-94890 Effective 70.00 70.00 0.00 2.35 67.66 3.35% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-94890 Effective 16-Mar-2023 04-Aug-2023 15-Feb-2024 30-Sept-2028 30-Sept-2028 8. KEY DATES Jun 03, 2024 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project (P178715) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 16-Mar-2023 16-Mar-2023 Effectiveness 15-Feb-2024 15-Feb-2024 Mid-Term Review No. 01 06-Apr-2026 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Sept-2028 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jun 03, 2024 Page 9 of 9