The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA | Chad | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2024 | Seq No: 1 | Archived on 27-Sep-2024 | ISR01720 Implementing Agencies: Ministry for Agricultural Production and Transformation 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 24-Apr-2024) The project Development Objective (PDO) is “to improve the resilience , competitiveness , and inclusiveness of selected agricultural value chains in project intervention areas in Chad." Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Institutional Strengthening and Enabling Agribusiness Development:(Cost 11,283,800.00) Component 2: Promoting Inclusive and market-led climate-smart Production:(Cost 53,634,200.00) Component 3: Access to Market, Finance, and Value Addition:(Cost 93,410,600.00) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component:(Cost 0.00) Component 5. Project Coordination, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost 21,919,400.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Sep 27, 2024 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Government under the leadership of the Ministry of Production and Agricultural Industrialization is actively working on effectiveness conditions that include: Recruitment of project's staff is launched and the technical team is working on other effectiveness conditions including (i) establishing a steering committee, (ii) An adequate refugee protection framework in place, (iii) Establishing a Project Coordination Unit (“PCU”), including hiring a Project coordinator, a financial management specialist and a procurement specialist, and (ii) a A legal opinion A legal opinion confirming that the financing Agreement has been duly authorized by, and executed and delivered on behalf of, the recipient and is legally binding upon the recipient in accordance with its terms. The Bank team is working closely with the Government to ensuring the effectiveness is declared as planned the latest on November 22, 2024. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Risk Category Approval Package - 25 Apr Proposed Rating 2024 Political and Governance High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Other High High Overall Substantial Substantial Sep 27, 2024 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes to improve the resilience , competitiveness , and inclusiveness of selected agric. value chains. Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 200,000.00 Jul/2030 People with enhanced resilience to Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the total number of people benefitting directly climate risks (CRI) (Number) and indirectly from improved climate risk management and increased climate resilience due to project's investments and activities. People with enhanced resilience 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 60,000.00 Jul/2030 to climate risks-Female (Number) People with enhanced resilience 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 40,000.00 Jul/2030 to climate risks-Youth (Number) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 15.00 Jul/2030 Increase of yields produced by Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the percentage increase of yield for targeted crops targeted beneficiaries among selected (sesame, ground-nut, maize) in the targeted areas compared to the initial value chains (Percentage) baseline. Sesame (Percentage) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 15.00 Jul/2030 Ground-nut (Percentage) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 15.00 Jul/2030 Maize (Percentage) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 15.00 Jul/2030 Incremental sales in targeted value 0.00 Jul/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 30.00 Jul/2030 Page 3 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) chains (Percentage) (Percentage) Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures percentage increase of marketed commodities of beneficiary agribusinesses (aggregated) compared to the baseline. Share of selected commodities sold 0.00 Jul/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 20.00 Jul/2030 through new marketing channels Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the percentage of sales through new channels with (Percentage) the support of the project relative to the total sales of commodities targeted. 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 Beneficiaries satisfied with the project Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the satisfaction rate of project beneficiaries on interventions (Percentage) activities implemented in targeted areas, compared to the initial baseline Beneficiaries satisfied with the 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 project interventions-Female (Percentage) Beneficiary satisfied with the 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 project interventions-Youth (Percentage) Beneficiaries satisfied with the 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 project interventions-Refugees (Percentage) Beneficiaries satisfied with the 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 project interventions - Host Communities (Percentage) (Percentage) Beneficiaries satisfied with the 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 70.00 Jul/2030 project interventions- Internally displaced people (Percentage) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 800,000.00 Jul/2030 Project Direct beneficiaries Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of beneficiaries of agriculture asset and (Number) services as well as non-agricultural asset and services Project Direct beneficiaries- 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 240,000.00 Jul/2030 Female (Number) Page 4 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) Project Direct beneficiaries- 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 160,000.00 Jul/2030 Youth (Number) Project Direct beneficiaries- 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 105,600.00 Jul/2030 Refugees (Number) Project Direct beneficiaries- 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 86,400.00 Jul/2030 Host communities (Number) Project Direct beneficiaries - 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 5,000.00 Jul/2030 Internally displaced people (Number) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Institutional Strengthening and Enabling Agribusiness Development Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 4.00 Jul/2030 Adopted reforms supporting Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures reforms (policy, plan. regulation, law, strategy, agribusiness development (Number) standards, etc.) adopted with the support of the project 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 3,000.00 Jul/2030 Number of public and private agents Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of public and private stakeholders whose trained (Number) capacity was built with the support of the project 0.00 Jul/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 300.00 Jul/2030 Number of Agri-Enterprises Supported by CCIAMA (chamber of commerce) Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the total number of agribusinesses which received (Number) support from the Agri-Enterprise Development and Promotion Center to improve their business including but not limited to the development of Page 5 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) business plans, support for the creation of enterprises, access to finance, training, participation to national international fairs, etc. Component 2: Promoting Inclusive and market-led climate-smart Production Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year 0 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 200,000 Dec/2029 Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of farmers (of agricultural products) who have adopted an improved agricultural technology promoted by operations supported by the World Bank. NB: "Agriculture" or "Agricultural" includes: crops, livestock, capture fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry, timber and non-timber forest products. Adoption refers to a change of practice or change in use of a technology that was introduced or promoted by the project. Farmers adopting improved Technology includes a change in practices compared to currently used agricultural technology (Number) practices or technologies (seed preparation, planting time, feeding schedule, feeding ingredients, postharvest storage/ processing, etc.). If the project introduces or promotes a technology package in which the benefit depends on the application of the entire package (e.g., a combination of inputs such as a new variety and advice on agronomic practices such as soil preparation, changes in seeding time, fertilizer schedule, plant protection, etc.), this counts as one technology. Farmers are people engaged in farming of agricultural products or members of an agriculture related business (disaggregated by men and women) targeted by the project. Farmers adopting improved 0 0.00 60,000 agricultural technology - Female (Number) Farmers adopting improved 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 4,000,000 Jul/2030 agricultural technology-Youth Page 6 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) (Number) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 5,300.00 Jul/2030 Land secured for Refugees and Host Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures land negotiated and secured for refugees for rainfed Communities (Hectare(Ha)) crops and vegetables production Female farmers accessing climate- 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 30,000.00 Jul/2030 resilient inputs through the e-voucher mechanism (Number) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 450.00 Jul/2030 Producers' organizations supported in Comments on achieving targets This indicator describe the number of producers' organizations, professional their structuring (Number) farmers organizations, inter-professional organizations, cooperatives, value chains segments organizations, innovations platforms, etc. 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 160,000.00 Jul/2030 Comments on achieving targets This indicator number of people benefiting from the project People with strengthened food and interventions across multiple sectors that strengthen food and nutrition nutrition security (Number) security. These interventions may span the universally accepted dimensions of food and nutrition security, including the availability of food (productivity), access to food, utilization of food and the stability of food systems. People with strengthened food 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 43,200.00 Jul/2030 and nutrition security-Host communities (Number) People with strengthened food 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 64,000.00 Jul/2030 and nutrition security-Female (Number) People with strengthened food 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 32,000.00 Jul/2030 and nutrition security-Youth (Number) People with strengthened food 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 2,500.00 Jul/2030 and nutrition security-Internally displaced people (Number) Page 7 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) People with strengthened food 0 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 52,800.00 Jul/2030 and nutrition security-Refugees (Number) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 5,000.00 Jul/2030 Comments on achieving targets The area the project support helped bring under enhanced conservation, Terrestrial and aquatic areas under sustainable use, and management. This will include work related to protected enhanced conservation and areas, forests, grasslands, wetlands, waterbodies, including private sector led management (Hectare(Ha)) restoration and conservation initiatives, which contribute to sustainable use, enhanced biodiversity and other healthy ecosystem service Component 3: Access to Market, Finance, and Value Addition Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 9.00 Jul/2030 Climate-smart market infrastructure Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of climate-resilient marketing (sale counters) built (Number) infrastructures constructed under the project. No Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 Yes Jul/2030 Agribusiness market information Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the effectiveness and operationality of the integrated system operational (Yes/No) market information system established under the project 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 43,750,000.00 Jul/2030 Climate-Smart based Matching Grants Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of sub-projects financed under the (Amount(USD)) project 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 900.00 Jul/2030 Women MSMEs receiving grants Comments on achieving targets The indicator measures the number of women owned Micro, Small and (Number) Medium enterprises funded under the project Refugees and Host Community 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 607.00 Dec/2029 Microprojects' receiving grant Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of microprojects of refugees and their (Number) host communities' members funded under the project Page 8 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 119.00 Jul/2030 Number of Warrantage schemes Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of Warrantage schemes established and created (Number) functional under the project 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 19,747,900.00 Jul/2030 Private capital enabled Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the total amount in USD (1 USD = 600 XAF) leveraged (Amount(USD)) from partner financial institutions including financing of Productive Alliances, Warehouse Receipt System and Public-Private Partnerships. 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 4.00 Jul/2030 Public-private partnerships to value Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the number of PPPs established and financed under chains development funded the project to promote value addition and support services to value chains (Number) development. Increase in processed output of 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 20.00 Jul/2030 selected value chains by project beneficiaries (Percentage) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 30 Jul/2030 Time to reach, with services and / or Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the efficiency (time to respond) and effectiveness funds, 50% of the targeted (share of target beneficiaries reached) in response to a crisis or emergency. beneficiaries as foreseen in the crisis Response time is defined from the day request is received from the Management Plan (Weeks) Government to the time when 50% of the target beneficiaries is reached, as defined in the intervention plan, Component 5. Project Coordination, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Baseline Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Month/Year Grievances addressed in line with 0.00 Apr/2024 0.00 06-Sep-2024 90.00 Jul/2030 Page 9 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) timelines and protocols established Comments on achieving targets This indicator measures the effectiveness of grievance redress mechanism put (Percentage) in place under the project. It measures the percentage of complaints treated successfully by the project Page 10 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Historical Disbursed Not IDA-E3170 150.00 150.00 0.00 0.00 149.89 0% 150.00 Effective 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing Not IDA-E3170 25-Apr-2024 22-Jul-2024 31-Jul-2030 31-Jul-2030 Effective Sep 27, 2024 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Chad Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (P179238) 8. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 25-Apr-2024 25-Apr-2024 Effectiveness 19-Jul-2024 Mid-Term Review No. 01 22-Nov-2027 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Jul-2030 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Sep 27, 2024 Page 11 of 11