The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | China | Water Global Practice | Requesting Unit: EACMK (344) | Responsible Unit: SEAW1 (9391) IBRD/IDA | Program-for-Results Financing | FY 2023 | Team Leader(s): Xiaokai Li, Guo Li, Si Gou Seq No: 4 | Archived on 08-Dec-2024 | ISR02584 | Created by: Xiaokai Li on 22-Nov-2024 | Modified by: Ru Xin Zhao on 04- Dec-2024 1. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 31-May-2023) To reduce methane emissions and support climate resilient rice production in China’s Hunan Province. 2. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial 3. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 3.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Following the approval of the Program by the World Bank, the client has established the required management institutions, secured funding for the Program, and prepared the program implementation plan. The implementation entities have started some of the essential activities of high-standard farmland construction such as on-farm irrigation and drainage system improvement, land leveling, promotion of organic fertilizer uses, strengthening of farmer water user associations, as well as farmers’ training on new farming technologies and management practices. The loan agreement is planned to be signed before end of 2024 and to become effective soon after signing. Program launch is expected to be in early 2025. 4. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Apr 13, 2025 Page 1 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) 4.1 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Not IBRD-95230 255.00 100.00 155.00 0.00 100.00 0% Effective 4.2 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing Not IBRD-95230 31-May-2023 13-Mar-2025 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2029 Effective 4.3 Program Action Plan Action Description Develop a detailed trainer’s manual for training farmers on low-methane rice production Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status By loan Technical NA DARA and PPMO Other In Progress effectiveness Completion A copy of the training manual submitted to the World Bank as part of the PIP Measurement Comments Manual under preparation Develop and issue a provincial MRV standard for carbon sequestration and GHG emission Action Description reduction from rice production Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status December 31, Technical NA PPMO and PDEE Other Not Yet Due 2027 Completion An MRV standard issued by the responsible provincial authority. It will be developed in Measurement coordination with the related activities under the GARR (Hubei and Hunan) Program Comments Not yet due Action Description Prepare detailed implementation plans for carbon trading pilots Apr 13, 2025 Page 2 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status CPMOs concerned Technical NA Due Date 30-Dec-2025 Not Yet Due and PPMO Completion A copy of the detailed implementation plans for carbon trading pilots submitted to the Measurement World Bank Comments Not yet due Action Description Prepare detailed implementation plans for water right trading/buy-back pilots Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status CPMOs concerned Technical NA Due Date 31-Dec-2025 Not Yet Due and PPMO Completion A copy of the detailed implementation plans for water right trading/buy-back pilots Measurement submitted to the World Bank An outline implementation plan for the water right trading pilots has been prepared, which will be further detailed in the Comments course of program implementation plan (PIP) preparation and finalization. Issue an official letter/instruction to implementation agencies to ensure no contract will be Action Description awarded to debarred or temporarily suspended firms or individuals Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status By loan Fiduciary Systems NA PDRC and PPMO Other Not Yet Due effectiveness Completion A copy of the high-level official letter or instruction submitted to the World Bank Measurement Comments Not yet due Include in the TOR for annual external audit the task of randomly selecting awarded Action Description contracts to check whether they have been awarded to firms or individuals debarred or temporarily suspended by the World Bank, and ensure Program funds shall be audit Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status By loan Fiduciary Systems NA PPMO Other Not Yet Due effectiveness Apr 13, 2025 Page 3 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Completion A copy of the TOR for the annual external audit submitted to the World Bank as part of the Measurement PIP. Comments Not yet due Use the comprehensive evaluation method for consulting services, subject to the weighting Action Description of financial proposal equal to or greater than 70% of the total weighting, while “the lowest evaluated responsive bid” is encouraged as an alternative option Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Throughout Program Fiduciary Systems NA PPMO and CPMOs Other Not Yet Due implementation stage Completion Semiannual progress reports submitted to the World Bank, including records on the Measurement evaluation methods. Comments Not yet due Integrate the information on HSFCP funds into the MIS so that all budgetary funds Action Description administered by DARA could be managed efficiently Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Throughout Program Fiduciary Systems NA DARA and PPMO Other Not Yet Due implementation stage Completion Semi-annual progress reports submitted to the World Bank, including evidence showing that Measurement information on the HSFCP funds is integrated in the MIS Comments Not yet due Regularly inform the World Bank of any credible and material allegations of fraud and Action Description corruption in the Program progress reports. Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Throughout Program Fiduciary Systems NA PPMO and CPMOs Other Not Yet Due implementation stage Completion Semi-annual progress reports containing information on credible and material allegations of Measurement fraud and corruption, if any, submitted to the World Bank. Apr 13, 2025 Page 4 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Comments Not yet due Integrate the existing mechanism of prevention and control of schistosomiasis into the Action Description Program activities to safeguard health and safety of construction workers & farming operators related to water in the endemic area of Hanshou and Dingcheng. Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status PPMO, Hanshou Environmental and NA County, Dingcheng Recurrent Continuous Not Yet Due Social Systems District Reports of hygienic assessment on schistosomiasis transmission risk prepared; Assessment Completion Reports on snail spread risk prepared; Records of actions timely taken; The implementation Measurement of the above actions are reflected in semiannual progress reports Comments Not yet due Include a specific subsection on environmental and social management in the preliminary Action Description design documents for the Program activities Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Throughout Environmental and Program NA PPMO and CPMOs Other In Progress Social Systems implementation stage The design documents for the Program activities available for World Bank inspections, Completion include: screening and assessment of E&S risks and mitigation measures in bidding Measurement documents; and public consultation documented by township and village committees. Comments Status to be confirmed. For the documentations of non-physical activities with possible downstream adverse impacts Action Description (e.g., agricultural water pricing reform, etc.), set out in the relevant TORs requirements on screening and assessment of downstream E&S risks and impacts Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Apr 13, 2025 Page 5 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Prior to carrying out relevant non- physical activity Environmental and NA PPMO and CPMOs Other throughout In Progress Social Systems Program implementation stage A copy of the TA ToRs submitted to the World Bank, including requirements on screening Completion and assessment of downstream E&S risks; records of farmers and stakeholders engagement; Measurement and appropriate mitigation measures and assistance to vulnerable groups. Comments Status to be confirmed. For water rights trading, conduct survey on farmers’ affordability and willingness to pay for Action Description water use before and during the plan implementation, extensive publicity and public engagement by means of public hearings, mobilizing farmers, and WUAs Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing Value Status Throughout the Environmental and PPMO and CPMOs water right NA Other In Progress Social Systems of pilot counties trading pilot period Documentation available for World Bank inspection: Records on farmers’ affordability and Completion willingness to pay; Evidence material of public engagement on water right trading; Record of Measurement WUA public hearings; Above actions reflected in semiannual progress Comments Status to be confirmed. 5. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 31-May-2023 31-May-2023 Effectiveness 07-Jun-2024 Mid-Term Review No. 01 30-Jun-2026 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2029 Apr 13, 2025 Page 6 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) 6. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 03 - 28 Jun Proposed Rating 31 May 2023 2024 Political and Governance Low Low Low Macroeconomic Low Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Apr 13, 2025 Page 7 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) 7. RESULTS 7.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Strengthened government management system for sustainable development impacts Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year The related Apr/2023 The TORs for 03-Jun-2024 The TORs for 22-Nov-2024 Four key Dec/2029 strategy, developing the developing the standards and standards and strategy, strategy, guiding Strengthening government guiding standards and standards and documents management system for documents guiding guiding developed and water-saving and low- need to be documents documents issued for methane rice production developed or have been have been water-saving (Text) DLI revised drafted for drafted for and low- review. review. methane rice production Reduced GHG emissions in demonstration counties Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Net GHG emission reduction 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 2,396,957.00 Dec/2029 in demonstration counties (Ton CO2 equivalent) (Metric ton) Improved irrigation and drainage services for resilient rice production Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Apr 13, 2025 Page 8 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Beneficiaries reached with 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 647,500.00 Dec/2029 improved irrigation and drainage services in demonstration counties (of whom women) (Number) Female farmers 0.00 0.00 0.00 316,600.00 reached with improved irrigation and drainage services in demonstration counties (Number) 7.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Results Areas Results Area 1: Strengthening management system for sustainable development impacts Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year No provincial Apr/2023 The TORs for 03-Jun-2024 The TORs for 22-Nov-2024 The strategy Dec/2029 Development/issuance of a strategy and developing the developing the and provincial water-saving and implementation provincial provincial implementation low-methane rice plan strategy and strategy and plan issued production strategy and implementation implementation implementation plan (Text) plan have been plan have been drafted. drafted. No integrated Apr/2023 The TORs for 03-Jun-2024 The TORs for 22-Nov-2024 The integrated Dec/2029 Development/issuance of technical developing the developing the standards (provincial) technical standard technical technical approved and standards for water-saving standards have standards have issued Apr 13, 2025 Page 9 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) and low-methane rice been drafted been drafted production (Text) for review for review No irrigation Apr/2023 The TORs for 03-Jun-2024 The TORs for 22-Nov-2024 The water- Dec/2029 quota for developing the developing the saving irrigation water-saving provincial provincial quota for rice Development/issuance of rice production water-saving water-saving production provincial water-saving irrigation quota irrigation quota approved and irrigation quota for rice for rice for rice issued production (Text) production production have been have been prepared for prepared for review. review. Draft guiding Apr/2023 The draft 03-Jun-2024 The draft 22-Nov-2024 Guiding Dec/2029 Issuance of a provincial document guiding guiding document guiding document on water under document is document is approved and use right trading (Text) preparation under review under review issued for finalization. for finalization. Demonstration counties No formal Apr/2023 Preparatory 03-Jun-2024 Preparatory 22-Nov-2024 Annual Dec/2029 establishing and maintaining coordination work is under work is under implementation an agriculture and water mechanism way for way for of coordination sector coordination establishment establishment mechanisms in mechanism for high- of the of the six standard farmland coordination coordination demonstration construction and O&M mechanism. mechanism. counties (Text) DLI Results Area 2: Reducing GHG emissions for low-methane development Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Apr 13, 2025 Page 10 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Increase in new/upgraded 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 51,183.00 Dec/2029 high-standards farmland area in demonstration counties (Hectare(Ha)) Farmers trained on the low- 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 13,238.00 Jun/2029 methane rice cropping package solution/technologies (of whom women) (Number) Rice areas where both AWD 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 117,198.00 Jun/2029 technology and deep returning of rice straw are used (Hectare(Ha)) DLI Increase in rice field area 12,030.00 Apr/2023 12,030.00 03-Jun-2024 12,030.00 22-Nov-2024 59,030.00 Jun/2029 applying organic fertilizer (Tones/year) Counties which pilot carbon 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 03-Jun-2024 3.00 Dec/2029 trading (Number) Results Area 3: Improving irrigation and drainage services for resilient rice production Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Demonstration counties 0.00 Jun/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 6.00 Dec/2029 completing a comprehensive agricultural water pricing reform (Number) DLI Rice production area with 42,891.00 Apr/2023 42,891.00 03-Jun-2024 42,891.00 22-Nov-2024 125,899.00 Dec/2029 sustainable irrigation and drainage services (Hectare(Ha)) DLI Apr 13, 2025 Page 11 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Qiyang 20%, Apr/2023 Qiyang 20%, 03-Jun-2024 Qiyang 20%, 22-Nov-2024 Qiyang 51%, Dec/2029 Percentage of irrigated areas Jiahe 20%, Jiahe 20%, Jiahe 20%, Jiahe 60%, managed by farmer Lukou 20%, Lukou 20%, Lukou 20%, Lukou 55%, cooperative organizations Louxing 20%, Louxing 20%, Louxing 20%, Louxing 55%, (%) (Text) Hanshou 65%, Hanshou 65%, Hanshou 65%, Hanshou 90%, Dingcheng 0%; Dingcheng 0%; Dingcheng 0%; Dingcheng 50%; Qiyang 20%, Qiyang 20%, Qiyang 20%, Qiyang 50%, Jiahe 5%, Lukou Jiahe 5%, Lukou Jiahe 5%, Lukou Jiahe 20%, of which with women 30%, Louxing 30%, Louxing 30%, Louxing Lukou 40%, on management team, 30%, Hanshou 30%, Hanshou 30%, Hanshou Louxing 50%, % (Text) 5%, Dingcheng 5%, Dingcheng 5%, Dingcheng Hanshou 30%, 0% 0% 0% Dingcheng 60% Counties that pilot water 0.00 Apr/2023 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 3.00 Dec/2029 rights trading or buy-back (Number) 7.3 Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLI) Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) PBC Name Baseline Closing Period Value Date Value Date The related guiding 1:Strengthening The related guiding The related strategy, documents, government documents, strategy standards and strategy and All documents management system and technical Value guiding documents technical standards 03-Jun-2024 22-Nov-2024 developed and for water-saving and standards have yet need to be have yet to be issued. low-methane rice to be developed or developed or revised developed or production (Text) revised, and issued. revised, and issued. Apr 13, 2025 Page 12 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount DLI allocation 11,760,000.00 2:Demonstration Six demonstration No county has counties establishing No formal No county has official counties have official and maintaining an Value coordination coordination maintained the coordination agriculture and water mechanism mechanisms coordination mechanisms sector coordination 03-Jun-2024 22-Nov-2024 mechanism mechanism for high- standard farmland Allocated construction and 0.00 0.00 1,960,000.00 Amount O&M (Text) DLI allocation 9,800,000.00 3:Farmers trained on Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 13,238.00 the low-methane rice cropping package Allocated 03-Jun-2024 22-Nov-2024 solution/technologies 0.00 0.00 3,757,480.00 (of whom women) Amount (Number) (Number) DLI allocation 19,610,000.00 4:Rice areas where Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 117,198.00 both AWD technology and deep Allocated 03-Jun-2024 22-Nov-2024 returning of rice 0.00 0.00 4,463,961.00 straw are used Amount (Hectare(Ha)) DLI allocation 24,510,000.00 Value 0.00 0.00 03-Jun-2024 0.00 22-Nov-2024 6.00 Apr 13, 2025 Page 13 of 14 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Methane-Reducing and Water-Saving Paddy Rice Program for Results (Hunan) (P178796) 5:Demonstration counties completing a comprehensive Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 agricultural water Amount pricing reform (Number) DLI allocation 14,710,000.00 6:Rice production Value 42,891.00 42,891.00 42,891.00 125,899.00 area with sustainable irrigation and Allocated 03-Jun-2024 22-Nov-2024 drainage services 0.00 0.00 3,556,510.00 Amount (Hectare(Ha)) DLI allocation 19,610,000.00 Apr 13, 2025 Page 14 of 14