The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Papua New Guinea | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2020 | Seq No: 8 | Archived on 27-Jun-2024 | ISR00968 Implementing Agencies: Cocoa Board, Coffee Industry Corporation, Department of Agriculture and Livestock 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 21-Apr-2020) To facilitate the development of competitive and diversified agriculture value chains for selected commodities in targeted provinces. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Institutional Capacity Building:(Cost 5,100,000.00) Agriculture Feeder Roads:(Cost 13,400,000.00) Productive Partnerships:(Cost 12,300,000.00) Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost 9,200,000.00) Contingency Emergency Response Component:(Cost 0.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project Development Objective is to facilitate the development of competitive and diversified agriculture value chains for selected commodities in targeted provinces. The project is having steady progress for the last 6 months. There has been very high demand for partnerships and matching grants supported by the Project. A total of 42 partnerships have been signed to benefit 19,080 coffee and cocoa farmers. Six agricultural feeder roads will be rehabilitated under the project in coffee and cocoa growth areas. The project is on track to award contracts for all six roads in late 2024 with work to commence soon after. There has been mixed progress in relation to activities to improve the institutional effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock as well as key industry authorities. The Coffee Industry Corporation has successfully completed activities to strengthening their coffee support systems. However, Department of Agriculture and Livestock and Cocoa Board have not yet commenced several activities. In May and June 2024 the World Bank and the Government of PNG held the seventh implementation support mission for the project. Given the limited time that remains, the mission focused on conducting detailed activity budget and work planning workshops to prioritize the activities that can be implemented by the project closing date of December 31, 2025. Given the very high demand, partnerships and matching grants were identified as a high priority and the Government and the Bank are exploring opportunities to reallocate funds within the project to increase these. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 07 - 20 Dec Proposed Rating 22 Apr 2020 2023 Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Other Substantial Substantial Moderate Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Development of competitive value chains: productivity Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 25.00 Dec/2025 Increase in yield of selected Comments on The targets will not be achieved within the limited time remaining. A restructure and crops (Percentage) achieving targets revision of the Results Framework by July 31 2024. Yield (per hectare) of 0.60 0.00 0.75 cocoa wet beans Comments on The targets will not be achieved within the limited time remaining. A restructure and (Tones/year) achieving targets revision of the Results Framework by July 31 2024. (Tones/year) Yield (per hectare) of 3.00 0.00 3.75 coffee parchment. Comments on The targets will not be achieved within the limited time remaining. A restructure and (Tones/year) achieving targets revision of the Results Framework by July 31 2024. Yield (per hectare) of 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.25 fresh ginger (Metric Comments on The targets will not be achieved within the limited time remaining. A restructure and tons/year) achieving targets revision of the Results Framework by July 31 2024. 8.50 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 11.00 Dec/2025 Increased piglets weaned per Comments on The targets will not be achieved within the limited time remaining. A restructure and sow and per year (Number) achieving targets revision of the Results Framework by July 31 2024. Development of competitive value-chains: access to market Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Jun 27, 2024 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Increase in the annual 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 30.00 Dec/2025 volume of gross sales of Comments on The targets will be revised to reflect limited time remaining. MSMEs and producer achieving targets organizations benefiting from subprojects (Percentage) Development of diversified value-chains Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Farmers from coffee and 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 30.00 Dec/2025 cocoa producing areas Comments on The targets will be revised during restructuring. diversifying to other achieving targets commodities (small livestock, coconuts, spices) (Percentage) Beneficiaries Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 20,000.00 Dec/2025 Direct project beneficiaries Comments on The project has already reached 95% of the end of project target. (Number) achieving targets Direct project 0.00 2308 2308 8,000.00 beneficiaries who are Comments on Achieved 29% of end of project target. women (Number) achieving targets 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Institutional Capacity Building Jun 27, 2024 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Coffee, cocoa, small 2.00 Sept/2020 3.00 31-May-2024 3.00 31-May-2024 5.00 Dec/2025 livestock, coconuts and Comments on Achieved 60% of end of project target spices regulatory frameworks achieving targets reviewed and updated (Number) Coffee, cocoa, small 1.00 Sept/2020 1.00 24-Nov-2023 5.00 Dec/2025 livestock, coconut and spices Comments on Achieved 40% of end of project target. strategies and action plans achieving targets developed and/or updated (Number) Commodity Board and DAL 0.00 Sept/2020 32.00 24-Nov-2023 1,000.00 Dec/2025 staff (national, regional, Comments on This indicator is being revised to r provincial, district) trained achieving targets (Number) Agriculture Feeder Roads Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Feeder roads rehabilitated to 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 50.00 Dec/2025 be climate resilient Comments on Only 54% of the end of project target will be achieved (Kilometers) achieving targets Feeder roads have 0.00 Sept/2020 83.00 24-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2025 Memorandum of Comments on Target has been achieved. Understanding established achieving targets between private and public parties (Percentage) 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 3,000.00 Dec/2025 Jun 27, 2024 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Households benefiting from Comments on The progress towards achieving the target will be established after mobilization of works. rural feeder road achieving targets rehabilitation (Number) Productive Partnerships Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Sept/2020 16.00 24-Nov-2023 35.00 Dec/2025 Partnerships under Comments on The targets to end of the project have been exceeded. implementation (Number) achieving targets MSMEs or producer 0.00 Sept/2020 21.00 31-May-2024 21.00 31-May-2024 20.00 Dec/2025 organizations implementing Comments on The target has been exceeded. subprojects (Number) achieving targets Number of women 0.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 owned MSMEs or Comments on 60% of the target at project end has been achieved. women-led producer achieving targets organizations supported through the project (Number) MSMEs and producer 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 30.00 Dec/2025 organizations receiving Comments on Not yet started Technical Assistance achieving targets (Number) Number of women 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 owned MSMEs or Comments on Not yet started women-led producer achieving targets organizations receiving Technical Assistance (Number) 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 6,000.00 Dec/2025 Jun 27, 2024 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Farmers adopting improved Comments on 19,080 farmers have been registered. The target is expected to be exceeded. technologies or agricultural achieving targets practices (Number) Partnerships’ coffee tested 10.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 100.00 Dec/2025 for specialty coffee grading Comments on Not yet achieved (Percentage) achieving targets Cocoa dryers among PPAP 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 75.00 Dec/2025 and PACD partnerships that Comments on Not yet achieved are made of stainless kiln achieving targets pipes (Percentage) Coconut-processing MSMEs 3.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 10.00 Dec/2025 certified Hazard Analysis Comments on Not yet achieved Critical Control Point (HACCP) achieving targets (Number) Increase in women and 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 20.00 Dec/2025 children reaching minimum Comments on not yet started diet diversity (Percentage) achieving targets Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Beneficiaries that feel project 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 24-Nov-2023 75.00 Dec/2025 investments reflect their Comments on The target expected to be achieved needs (Percentage) achieving targets Grievances registered related 0.00 Sept/2020 0.00 31-May-2024 0.00 31-May-2024 100.00 Dec/2025 to delivery of project benefits Comments on The target expected to be achieved that are addressed achieving targets (Percentage) 0.00 Sept/2020 2.00 24-Nov-2023 6.00 Dec/2025 Jun 27, 2024 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Communication strategies Comments on A communication strategy was developed, awareness materials leading up to the first calls for and public awareness achieving targets proposal for both Component 3.1 and 3.2. campaigns developed and implemented (Number) Jun 27, 2024 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-64660 Effective 40.00 40.00 0.00 6.74 31.77 16.86% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-64660 Effective 22-Apr-2020 21-Jul-2020 17-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 31-Dec-2025 8. KEY DATES Jun 27, 2024 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (P166222) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 22-Apr-2020 22-Apr-2020 Effectiveness 31-Jul-2020 17-Dec-2020 Mid-Term Review No. 01 13-Nov-2023 13-Nov-2023 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jun 27, 2024 Page 11 of 11