The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Morocco | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2022 | Seq No: 5 | Archived on 27-Jun-2024 | ISR00841 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture - Directorate of Irrigation 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 24-Mar-2022) The project development objectives (PDO) are to: (i) enhance the governance of water in agriculture ; (ii) improve quality of Irrigation services; (iii) increase access to advisory services and to modern on-farm irrigation technologies in the Project Areas. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Enhancement of governance of WIA in a context of increasing water scarcity:(Cost 20,400,000.00) Component 2: Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage services:(Cost 136,590,000.00) Component 3: Improvement of access to advisory services and to modern on-farm irrigation technologies:(Cost 17,520,000.00) Component 4: Project Management:(Cost 5,040,000.00) Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response Component:(Cost 0.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 1 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The status of the project implementation as of end of May 2024 is the following: Hydro-climatic conditions. The Project is evolving in climatic conditions still marked by drought and rationing of the irrigation service in the Large-Scale Irrigation (LSI) schemes with a supply of agricultural water aimed essentially at safeguarding the perennial crops (fruit trees) and maintaining strategic crops (beet and cereal seeds). This situation facilitates the implementation of works that require the interruption of the water service such as the rehabilitation of the SP1 intake works of the dam dominating the perimeter of Massa. However, it delays the implementation of certain innovations such as, for example, the proposed pilot on transferability of quotas and generates a need to readjust agricultural advice to prioritize areas with agricultural activity. Progress on implementation. Component 1 is delayed but the procurement process for the selection of the private partner for the management of the Chtouka aquifer is expected to start in June 2024 with prequalification. Most of the works included in Component 2 have been procured and are under implementation except the rehabilitation of the Zidania Canal for Tadla or the modernization of pressurized system in Massa, both works are to be procured in 2025. Component 3 is also delayed but the technical assistance to the farmers of the Gharb scheme was signed recently and the term of references for Tadla and Massa are under preparation. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 04 - 19 Dec Proposed Rating 25 Mar 2022 2023 Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 2 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Jun 27, 2024 Page 3 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Enhancement of the WiA governance in a context of increasing water scarcity Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 1.00 Jun/2022 1.00 27-Nov-2023 3.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Number of irrigation areas with quota system in place (water cap informed to the farmer at achieving targets the beginning of the season and individually monitored long the irrigation period). Tadla is considered in place. ORMVA of Doukkala is the other scheme targeted, considered that it is in a situation of water scarcity and inter-annual variability, as well as the area of Chtouka Number of irrigation areas (using groundwater). Efforts will be made to expand this system also in Haouz and Souss- with quota system in place Massa but the existence of traditional water rights is an additional difficulty for this new (Number) system. Status in June 2024: the shutdown of irrigation services in the area does not allow to record any progress for this indicator. Improvement of Irrigation and drainage services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 51485.00 Dec/2027 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 (Hectare(Ha)) and (ii) the area provided with improved irrigation and drainage services, expressed in hectare (ha). Jun 27, 2024 Page 4 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Status in June 2024: Not yet due as the modernization works just started in some project areas Area provided with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 51485.00 Dec/2027 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 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 16,480.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Total number of beneficiaries benefitting from modernization of irrigation and drainage achieving targets services. This total avoids double counting when a farmer is benefitted by the modernization Number of beneficiaries from of primary hydraulic asset upstream (ex. pumping station) and by the modernization of modernization of irrigation hydrants or intake. services (without double counting) (Number) Status in June 2024: Not yet due as the modernization works just started in some project areas. 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 1,648.00 Dec/2027 of which female Comments on Number of female beneficiaries (Number) achieving targets Number of 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 14,345.00 Dec/2027 beneficiaries from Comments on Number of beneficiaries downstream of hydraulic asset modernized or rehabilitated such as improvement of off- achieving targets pumping station, main canal or distribution network farm water delivery services only (Number) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 6,105.00 Dec/2027 Jun 27, 2024 Page 5 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Number of Comments on Number of beneficiaries from full modernization until the hydrants and/or outlets. This beneficiaries from achieving targets concerns the sectors G5-G9 of Tadla and Sectors 806-809 of Massa. collective reconversion (full modernization) (Number) Improvement of access to advisory services and to modern on-farm irrigation technologies Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 23579.00 Dec/2027 Farmers reached with Comments on This indicator measures the number of farmers who were provided with agricultural assets or agricultural assets or services achieving targets services as a result of World Bank project support. (Number) Status in June 2024: Contract signed for Gharb area on May 14,2024 Farmers reached with 0.00 0.00 2358.00 agricultural assets or services - Female (Number) Young Farmers and 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 4,716.00 Dec/2027 Rural Entrepreneurs Comments on Young farmers and rural entrepreneurs (below 40 years) that receives support for reached with advisory achieving targets Component 3 for their installation and/or training and knowledge about agricultural services (Number) production, transformation, marketing 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Enhancement of governance of WIA in a context of increasing water scarcity Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Jun 27, 2024 Page 6 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 4,000.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Number of wells equipped with operational water meters and in compliance with the quota achieving targets system (i.e., the volume withdrawn by year is not above the annual quota) Number of wells equipped with water meters in Chtouka area (Number) Status in June 2024: Not yet due as the private partner is not yet selected and the wells are not yet regularized by public entities. 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 20.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Number of documents informing policies or change of operational procedures, using analysis Use of data from digital achieving targets and data generated by the digital observatories. observatories to inform policy and operational procedures of WiA Status in June 2024: Not yet due, but there are on-going activities in the digital dimension of (Number) the observatory with remote sensing analysis carried out in Tadla and Haouz. A consultant will be hired mid- CY 2024 to define the concept of the observatories Component 2: Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2022 2.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 Progress of works on Comments on Work progress for intervention on off-farm hydraulic assets. irrigation network achieving targets (Percentage) Status in June 2024: several works contracts under implementation as detailed below. Modernization of G5 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 sector in Tadla Comments on Modernization of G5 sector until the hydrant/outlet (Percentage) achieving targets Jun 27, 2024 Page 7 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Modernization of G9 0.00 Nov/2023 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 sector in Tadla Comments on Modernization of G9 sector in Tadla until hydrants/outlets (Percentage) achieving targets Zidania canal 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 rehabilitation in Tadla Comments on Work progress for rehabilitation of Zidania Canal in Tadla (Percentage) achieving targets Construction of second 0.00 Jun/2022 37.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 tranche of regulating Comments on Construction of 100,000m3 second tranche of regulating reservoir in Tadla reservoir in Tadla achieving targets (Percentage) Rehabilitation of 0.00 Jun/2022 1.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 Pumping Station 1 in Comments on rehabilitation works of SP1 Massa (Percentage) achieving targets Rehabilitation of main 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 canal in Massa Comments on Rehabilitation of Massa canal (Percentage) achieving targets Modernization of 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 irrigation network in Comments on Modernization of irrigation network in Massa scheme Massa (Percentage) achieving targets Modernization of 0.00 Jun/2022 10.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 hydrants in sectors 808 Comments on Modernization of hydrants in sectors 808 and 809 in Massa for 1,793 farmers and 7,750 ha and 809 in Massa achieving targets (Percentage) Modernization of 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 individual outlets in Comments on Modernization of individual outlets in Massa for sectors 806, 807, 808 and 809 for 3,970 Massa (Percentage) achieving targets farmers and 15,550ha 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 100.00 Dec/2027 Jun 27, 2024 Page 8 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Share of hydrants with on- Comments on The indicator measures the share of the area targeted by the project with access to water on- demand or restricted on- achieving targets demand or with restricted on-demand (contrary to the previous access to water on rotation). demand irrigation service Status in June 2024: Not yet due. (Percentage) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 70.00 Dec/2027 Comments on The indicator measures the area targeted by the project for which a request for FDA subsidy achieving targets for improved irrigation technology (drip irrigation, microsprinkler, or sprinkler irrigation) has Farmer with approved been approved. It is expected that not all farmers will submit a request and switch to request for improved improved irrigation systems. The selection criteria for irrigation sectors to be part of the irrigation technologies project is to have 70 percent of agricultural land committed to the project. This threshold is (Percentage) reflected in the indicators’ target values. Status in June 2024: Not yet due. 10.00 Jun/2022 10.00 27-Nov-2023 5.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Number of days required to address and respond to feedback related to irrigation service. Average time required to achieving targets address and respond to feedback related to irrigation service (Days) Status in June 2024: the irrigation service is partially shut down in the intervention areas. Nevertheless,09 complaints related to the work (request to change the arrangement of the terminals) were resolved. 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 5.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Percentage of women in WUA's leadership. Female’s participation in achieving targets WUA’s bureau (Percentage) Status in June 2024: : In The TADLA area, WUAs have been created but in none of them included women as representative so far. Component 3: Improvement of access to advisory services and to modern on-farm irrigation technologies Indicator Name Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Jun 27, 2024 Page 9 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 4.85 DH/m3 Jun/2022 4.85 DH/m3 27-Nov-2023 6.65 DH/m3 Dec/2027 Comments on Average of water productivity increase for PROMER and PMGI beneficiaries. Increase of water achieving targets productivity for PROMER and PMGI beneficiaries (Text) Status in June 2024: No changes as the irrigation service is shut down in most of project areas. Increase of water 4.75 DH/m3 Jun/2022 4.75 DH/m3 27-Nov-2023 6.51 DH/m3 Dec/2027 productivity for Comments on Increase of water productivity for PROMER areas of intervention PROMER beneficiaries achieving targets (Text) Increase of water 4.96 DH/m3 Jun/2022 4.96 DH/m3 27-Nov-2023 6.80 DH/m3 Dec/2027 productivity for PMGI Comments on Average increase of water productivity for PMGI areas of intervention beneficiaries (Text) achieving targets 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 71.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Number of private advisers hired by year. Number of private advisers achieving targets hired by ONCA (Number) Status in June 2024: Not yet due. 14.00 Jun/2022 14.00 27-Nov-2023 42.00 Dec/2027 Comments on This indicator monitors the share of clients (physical persons) using the irrigation information Clients using the irrigation achieving targets system provided to take irrigation scheduling decisions. information system (Percentage) Status in June 2024: No changes. 0.00 May/2023 0.00 27-Nov-2023 99,203.00 Dec/2027 Jun 27, 2024 Page 10 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Comments on This indicator measures the number of farmers who attended a training session multiplied by achieving targets the duration of the session expressed in days. Training should relate to the use and management of improved irrigation technologies, production, marketing and/or value Client days of training addition in agro-processing. This is a non-cumulative indicator; the targets are annual targets. provided per year (Number) Status in June 2024: Not yet due. of which female 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 14,880.00 Dec/2027 (Number) Component 4: Project Management Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 27-Nov-2023 2,255,000.00 Dec/2027 Comments on Cumulative amount of private capital mobilized including the CAPEX and OPEX of the private achieving targets partner for the Aquifer contract in Chtouka and for the private partner or technical assistant Private Capital Mobilized for the platform in Tadla. (Amount(USD)) Status in June 2024: Not yet due. 6.3 Performance Based Conditions (PBC) Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) PBC Name Baseline Closing Period Value Date Value Date Value No No 27-Nov-2023 No 27-Nov-2023 Jun 27, 2024 Page 11 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) 1:Support to the implementation of the Safeguard Allocated 0.00 0.00 3,000,000.00 Decree for the Amount Chtouka Aquifer (Yes/No) PBC allocation 18,000,000.00 2:Development of a Value No No No Pilot platform for tradable water Allocated 27-Nov-2023 27-Nov-2023 allocation in Tadla 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 Amount (Yes/No) PBC allocation 1,200,000.00 3:Development of Value No No No Yes digital instruments Allocated 27-Nov-2023 27-Nov-2023 to support WiA 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 policies (Yes/No) Amount PBC allocation 1,200,000.00 Jun 27, 2024 Page 12 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) 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-93640 Effective 180.00 180.00 0.00 9.22 170.45 5.12% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-93640 Effective 25-Mar-2022 09-Jun-2022 14-Sept-2022 30-Jun-2028 30-Jun-2028 8. KEY DATES Jun 27, 2024 Page 13 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Resilient and Sustainable Water in Agriculture (P175747) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 25-Mar-2022 25-Mar-2022 Effectiveness 14-Sept-2022 14-Sept-2022 Mid-Term Review No. 01 13-Jan-2025 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Jun-2028 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jun 27, 2024 Page 14 of 14