The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) AFRICA WEST | Western Africa | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 07-Apr-2021 | ISR46020 | Implementing Agencies: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 10-Dec-2020 Effectiveness Date: -- Planned Mid Term Review Date: 25-Jan-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Jul-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Jul-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to strengthen the capacity of targeted CCAFS (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) partners and stakeholders, and to enhance access to climate information services and validated climate-smart agriculture technologies in IDA-eligible countries in Africa. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Knowledge Generation and Sharing:(Cost $17.40 M) Strengthening Partnerships for Delivery:(Cost $13.20 M) Validating Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovations through Piloting:(Cost $23.70 M) Project Management:(Cost $5.70 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The AICCRA project has not yet reached effectiveness, which is planned by June 2021, after the project effectiveness conditions are met. 4/7/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate -- Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Low -- Low Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate -- Moderate Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other Moderate -- Moderate Overall Moderate -- Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Access increased to climate-relevant knowledge, technologies, and decision-making tools IN00971101 ►PDO 1: CCAFS partners and stakeholders in the Project area are increasingly accessing enhanced climate information services and/or validated climate-smart agriculture technologies. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 60.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 PDO Indicator 1 will monitor the effect of strengthened systemic capacity for different value chains by looking at accessing of CIS and CSA technology packages by CCAFS partners and stakeholders. CCAFS partners and stakeholders are defined as the meteorological services, research institutes, extension agencies, and other organizations supporting innovation that will gain improved capacity to generate and Comments: transfer knowledge, decision-making tools, and validated CSA technologies. CCAFS partners and stakeholders targeted by the Project will be located in IDA eligible countries in SSA. They include inter alia: CGIAR Centers, Regional Agricultural Research and Extension Organizations and Partnerships, Sub- regional Agricultural Research and Extension Organizations and Partnerships, National Agricultural Research and Extension Organizations and Partnerships, Civil Society Organizations, and Private Firms. IN00971102 ►PDO 2: CCAFS beneficiaries in the project area are increasingly accessing enhanced climate information services and/or validated climate- smart agriculture technologies. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,500,000.00 4/7/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 CCAFS beneficiaries are defined as the universe of organizations and individuals that access the knowledge, decision-making tools, and CSA technologies generated and/or transmitted by the Project. CCAFS Beneficiaries will likely be located in AICCRA anchor countries, as well as in other countries in Africa or beyond that experience spillover benefits. Access means that there is evidence that the end Comments: users were reached and had access to CSA technologies and climate advisories, for example through one of the following: (i) enhanced observatory platform (KAOP) in Kenya; (ii) digital agro-climate advisory system (EDACaS) for Ethiopia; (iii) Esoko Platform in Ghana; (iv) enhanced and downscaled CIS of NMA of Senegal; (v) climate and water storage information services of Zambia; and (vi) climate information products in Mali. IN00971103 ►PDO 3: Enhanced climate information services and/or validated climate-smart agriculture technologies originating in one SSA country are increasingly being made accessible in other SSA countries. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 6.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 CSA technologies and climate services including aspects of various value chains include, inter alia: (i) Best-bet water-smart and low-carbon CSA technologies that increase water use efficiency while reducing GHG emissions; (ii) Climate-smart crop management technologies with heat, drought or salinity-tolerant varieties to reduce the risk of crop yield reduction or failure; (iii) Climate-smart livestock management systems with improved pasture, grazing land and manure management; (iv) Integrated agroforestry systems involve multipurpose trees and crops that improve soil quality, achieve high rates food production and carbon sequestration; (v) Climate-smart soil management that increase soil organic matter and carbon, fertility, water holding capacity and health, as well as reduce fertilizer loss and GHG emissions; (vi) Downscaled seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts; (vii) Water storage information services; (viii) Crop loss assessment and early warning systems; (ix) Climate-informed digital agro-advisory systems. Reported in the form of an outcome impact case report validated through key informant Comments: interviews.(Outcome impact case reports are part of the CGIAR corporate reporting, see https://www.cgiar.org/impact/results-dashboard/’), complemented where possible by surveys of organizations that make CSA technologies and climate services accessible in SSA countries other than the countries in which they originated. Organizations that can help with this and can be surveyed include the following inter alia: (i) Continental level organizations (e.g., AUC, ACPC, AUDA-NEPAD); (ii) WMO Regional office for Africa; (iii) Regional economic forums (e.g., IGAD, SADC, ECOWAS, COMESA); (iv) Regional climate prediction centers (ICPAC, SADC-CSC, AGRHYMET); (v) Regional agricultural research networks (e.g., ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF); (vi) Regional climate forums (e.g., GHACOF, SARCOF, PRESASS); (vii) Regional universities forums for capacity building (e.g., RUFORUM, WASCAL, IWRM); (viii) African Academy of Sciences (AAS); (ix) Regional Centers of Excellence (RCE) in Higher Education; (x) Regional multi-stakeholder platforms and taskforces (e.g. CSA, agro-meteorology); (xi) Donor-funded regional CSA and resilience building projects. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 1. Knowledge Generation and Sharing IN00971104 ►IPI 1.1: Climate-relevant knowledge products, decision-making tools and advisory services created or enhanced including a proportion targeting gender and social inclusion dimensions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Knowledge products are research findings that have been packaged for use by specific identified groups Comments: of users. Examples of knowledge products include: (i) Policy briefs discussing opportunities and 4/7/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) challenges for CSA in Africa; (ii) CSA national strategy documents, implementation frameworks, and guidelines; (iii) Curricula for training extension professionals and farmer in CIS and CSA; and (iv) Contextualized climate information services that include seasonal and sub-seasonal weather forecasts. Knowledge products may be disaggregated to reflect whether or not they address gender and social inclusion dimensions. For example: (i) Policy briefs on CSA in Africa that refer to inclusiveness, and (ii) CSA national strategy documents, frameworks, and guidelines that refer to inclusion of women and other vulerable groups. Decision-making tools bring together different research findings to provide criteria that can be used to make recommendations or take decisions in a given context and value system. Examples of decision-making tools include: (i) Climate-informed digital decision-making tools; (ii) ICT-based dissemination tools including IVR/SMS and Apps; (iii) Integrated ag-data decision support tool development and innovation hubs; (iv) Crop loss assessment and early warning tools; and (v) Real- time emerging disease and pest assessment tools. Decision-making tools may be disaggregated to reflect whether or not they address gender and social inclusion dimensions. For example: (i) Inclusive ICT-based dissemination tools including IVR/SMS and Apps, and (ii) Inclusive iCow ICT-tools for smallholder animal keepers. Advisory services including forecasting systems include: (i) Climate-informed digital ag-advisory tools; and (ii) Tailored climate services and advisory information via iCow ICT-platform; (iii) Downscaled geospatial digital fertilizer application tools to increase fertilizer use efficiency; and (iv) Real-time emerging disease and pest detection tools. Advisory services may be disaggregated to reflect whether or not they address gender and social inclusion dimensions. For example: (i) Inclusive CIS and climate-informed digital ag-advisory tools, and (ii) Gender information integrated in ag-data hubs. IN00971107 ►IPI 1.2: AICCRA-funded peer-reviewed research papers made available in open access format (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 32.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Number of peer reviewed journal articles published in a calendar year, disaggregated by gender and Comments: social inclusion, Open Access status, ISI status. IN00971110 ►IPI 1.3: Satisfaction with the quality and usefulness of climate–relevant knowledge products, decision-making tools and services received under AICCRA expressed by surveyed partners and stakeholders (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Looking at the quality and usefulness of products, tools and services. This will be done through a survey to capture the level of satisfaction of CCAFS partners and stakeholders. Partners and stakeholders to be surveyed will include representatives from the full range of formal partners and engaged stakeholders, to Comments: ensure comprehensive coverage and robust validation of the perceived quality and usefulness of climate- relevant knowledge products, decision-making tools, and advisory services generated and made available by AICCRA. 2. Strengthening Partnerships for Delivery IN00971105 ►IPI 2.1: Climate advisory platforms/hubs launched/ strengthened, including their focus on gender and social inclusion (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 8.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 New platforms and hubs launched under AICCRA will be counted. Existing platforms and hubs will be Comments: counted when it can be shown they have been strengthened and/or expanded through AICCRA-funded 4/7/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) activities. Examples of existing platforms that will likely be the focus of strengthening are: (i) Enhanced and inclusive digital agricultural observatory and iCow ICT-platform (KAOP) in Kenya; (ii) Inclusive national digital agro-climate advisory system (EDACaS) in Ethiopia; (iii) Climate, agriculture and water management platform in Zambia; (iv) Gender mainstreamed Esoko Platform for web-managed, real-time CIS dissemination and feedback using ICTs in Ghana; (v) Climate information and digital ag-advisory hub that integrated gender in Senegal; (vi) Integrated and inclusive climate information and climate-informed ag-advisory platform in Mali; and (vii) Regional early warning and climate information systems. IN00971108 ►IPI 2.2: Partnerships launched/ strengthened between AICCRA-funded CGIAR and NARS scientists, universities, public sector stakeholders, farmer organizations, NGOs and private sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 35.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Partnerships to be counted include formally documented partnerships, as evidenced for example through Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), Letters of Agreement (LoAs), or contracts, or other documentation of agreed partnership and collaboration efforts. Examples include: (i) Letter of agreement between WMO Regional office for Africa and country program lead to enhance and align NFCS with GFCS; (ii) Letters of collaboration with regional climate prediction centers and agricultural research networks, national partners, NGOs, private sector to contextualize and enhance CIS and Ag-advisories in Ethiopia; (iii) CGIAR, SADC-CSC, IRI, NMS, MoA partnership for enhanced NFCS in Zambia; (iv) CGIAR, MoA, Comments: NARES, CORAF, private sector partnership on CSAIP in Mali; (v) CGIAR, NMS, ESOKO for scaling CIS via private sector ICT platform in Ghana; (vi) CGIAR RUFORUM, ACE partnership to build capacity on CSA in Ethiopia; (vii) CGIAR, WMO, ICPAC, AGN in Kenya for articulating Africa’s position in at COP; (viii) CGIAR, ICPAC, SADC-CSC, AGRHYMET regional partnership for cross-region spill over and south- south knowledge exchange on CIS; (ix) CGIAR, Green Dream Technology, Safaricom partnership to increase awareness about and to enhance the effectiveness and reach of the iCow ICT-platform for disseminating climate services and advisories to livestock keepers in Kenya. IN00971111 ►IPI 2.3: People engaged in AICCRA-funded capacity development activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 4,000.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 People participating are those who come into direct contact with the AICCRA-funded activities, including activities carried out by formal partners (see IPI 2.2). This includes individuals who receive technical assistance or participate in training events (one-off, long-term training courses, placement, training visits, knowledge exchange, co- creation events). Disaggregated by gender, type of person (e.g., researcher advisory service provider), and type of capacity development activity (e.g. research position, post-docs, graduates program, workshop targeted at women), Types of participants to be counted may include the following: (i) Administrators (includes CGIAR and non-CGIAR administrative staff, non-research support Comments: staff, board members, directors); (ii) Policy Makers (includes politicians, government representatives, representatives from institutions with policy-making capacity); (iii) Researchers (includes both CGIAR and non-CGIAR researchers, including partner researchers and visiting researchers such as interns, MScs, PhDs, or researchers on sabbatical); (iv) Consumers (includes those of goods and services at the final point of consumption), (v) Funders (includes funders of all types, including government representatives participating in activities as funders); (vi) Visitors/ Students (includes those visiting in a non-research capacity. For example student tour groups, alumni, community members); and (vii) Farmers/ Producers (includes farmers, processors, agri-business people, and smallholder community members). IN00971113 ►IPI 2.4: Satisfaction with the effectiveness of the partnerships under AICCRA expressed by surveyed partners and stakeholders (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 4/7/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 CCAFS partners will be surveyed to assess their perceptions of the effectiveness of AICCRA-funded partnerships (see IPI 2.2) along multiple dimensions: (i) partnership vision; (ii) institutional leadership; (iii) joint ownership and accountability for results; (iv) communication and collaboration; (v) system alignment, Comments: integration, and sustainability; and (vi) response to local context, and some defined criteria for each dimension. Partnerships will be placed along a Partnership Effectiveness Continuum (PEC) depending on whether they meet all, most, some, or few of the identified criteria. 3. Validating Climate- Smart Agriculture Innovations through Piloting IN00971106 ►IPI 3.1: Validated climate information services and climate-smart agriculture technologies disseminated / made accessible (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 18.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Validated climate information services and climate-smart agriculture technologies (see PDO 2) are proactively shared and made accessible following Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) principles. Examples include: (i) Integrated CSA technologies accessed by national and sub- national public and private sector extension service provider in Ghana; (ii) CIS accessed by NARES Comments: researchers and MoA development agents in Ethiopia; (iii) Water storage information services accessed by both crop and livestock NARES researchers and MoA extension agents in Zambia; (iv) Early warning system accessed by NARES researchers and MoA extension agents in Kenya; (v) Climate-informed agro- advisory system accessed NARES researchers in Mali; and (vi) Best-bet CSA packages accessed by NARES researchers and MoA extension agents in Senegal. IN00971109 ►IPI 3.2: Climate information services and climate-smart agriculture technologies reaching women through customized programs targeting their interests (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 36.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Examples of what would be counted as CIS and CSA technologies include: (i) CSA technology package developed or enhanced for major crop value chains for Ethiopia; (ii) Enhanced digital agricultural observatory platform (KAOP) for Kenya; (iii) National digital agro-climate advisory system (EDACaS) for Ethiopia; (iv) Climate smart livestock systems mainstreamed via large-scale investment projects in Kenya; Comments: (v) Real-time weather monitoring system put in place for Ghana; (vi) NextGen weather forecasting system installed for Zambia; (vii) PICSA effectively implementation in Mali; (viii) Climate smart water management system put in place for Zambia; (ix) Enhanced national meteorological services data archiving and generation systems for Senegal; and (x) Web-managed, real-time CIS dissemination and feedback gathering system using ICTs (Esoko Platform) for Ghana. IN00971112 ►IPI 3.3: Use or adaptation of AICCRA-funded climate-relevant knowledge products, decision-making tools and services stated and confirmed by surveyed partners and stakeholders (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 25.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Evidencing use or adaptation of AICCRA funded climate-relevant knowledge products, decision-making Comments: tools and services IN00971114 4/7/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) ►IPI 3.4: Discussions in Africa-wide and regional events informed by AICCRA funded project outputs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 AICCRA-funded attributable contributions to Africa-wide and regional events. Examples might include: (i) Awareness creation and discussion with continental level organizations (e.g., AUC, ACPC, AUDA- NEPAD); (ii) Awareness creation and discussion with WMO Regional office for Africa; (iii) Awareness creation and discussion with regional economic forums (e.g., IGAD, SADC, ECOWAS, COMESA); (iv) Awareness creation and discussion with regional climate prediction centers (ICPAC, SADC-CSC, AGRHYMET); (v) Awareness creation and discussion with regional agricultural research networks (e.g., ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF); (vi) Awareness creation and discussion with Regional climate forums (e.g., GHACOF, SARCOF, PRESASS); (vii) Awareness creation and discussion with regional universities Comments: forums for capacity building (e.g., RUFORUM, WASCAL, IWRM), African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Regional Centers of Excellence (RCE) in Higher Education; (viii) Awareness creation and discussion with regional and national multi-stakeholder platforms and taskforces (e.g. CSA, agro-meteorology); (ix) Government institutions (MoA, MoECC, MoF,), national meteorological services (NMS), national agricultural research services (NARES), private sector input providers, ICT startups, telecom and insurance (e.g., Esoko, Safaricom, Echnoserve, AICRE Africa); (x) Presentation and discussions at AGRF, ACW, and at other Africa focused global, continental, and national events including COP; and (xi) Presentation and discussions at the AGN/AGNES meetings. IN00971115 ►IPI 3.5: Policy and investment decisions influenced by engagement and information dissemination by AICCRA funded partnerships and capacity building activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 15.00 Date 01-Jan-2021 -- 31-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2023 Number of policies/ strategies/ laws/ regulations/ budgets/ investments/ curricula (and similar) at different scales (international to local) that were modified in design or implementation, with evidence that the change was informed by CGIAR research. Examples: (i) Policy or Strategy: Could be a written decision or commitment to a particular course of action by an institution (policy); or a (government, NGO, private sector) high level plan outlining how a particular course of action will be carried out (strategy); (ii) Legal Instrument: Legal instruments include laws, defined as a Bill passed into law by highest elected body; or regulations, defined as a rule or norm adopted by government and backed up by some threat of Comments: consequences; (iii) Budget or Investment: A budget or investment is an estimate of funds allocated for development; (iv) Curriculum: Curriculum refers to the planned means and materials with which students will interact for the purpose of achieving identified educational outcomes. This can be at any level of education and target group, ranging from university degree course to farmer-field school; and (v) Policies on and investment in Climate Information Services, Climate-smart Agriculture, EW: Agri-food systems resilience in partnership with MoA, NMS, NARES universities, private sector/chamber of commerce, major NGOs). Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 4/7/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) Not P173398 IDA-D7540 USD 60.00 60.00 0.00 0.00 61.29 0% Effective Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Not P173398 IDA-D7540 10-Dec-2020 -- -- 31-Jul-2024 31-Jul-2024 Effective Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/7/2021 Page 8 of 8