Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) AFRICA | Malawi | Agriculture and Rural Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2006 | Seq No: 20 | ARCHIVED on 02-Jan-2015 | ISR17527 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Government of Malawi Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:29-Nov-2005 Effectiveness Date:24-May-2006 Planned Mid Term Review Date:05-Oct-2009 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:23-Oct-2009 Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2012 Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2015 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To: (i) raise agricultural productivity and net incomes of approximately 196,550 poor rural households in 11 target districts ofMalawi in a sustainable manner by providing an integrated package of support covering irrigation, agricultural/irrigation advisoryservices, marketing and post-harvest support; and (ii) strengthen recipient institutional capacity for long-term irrigationdevelopment. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured)PHRPDODEL To: (i) increase agricultural productivity of poor rural households in all districts; and (ii) strengthen institutional capacity for long-term irrigation development. Components Name Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development and Catchment Conservation:(Cost $27.52 M) Farmer Services and Livelihood Fund:(Cost $52.96 M) Institutional Development and Capacity Enhancement:(Cost $16.37 M) Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $6.43 M) Contingency for Disaster Risk Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory 1/2/2015 Page 1 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  --  Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions In general, Implementation progress is determined to be Satisfactory. However, there are some critical activities that need to be completed. The last IFA round is well advanced in terms of works. Delivery of inputs needs to be urgently finalized. Institutional support is progressing as planned, and the strategic new assignment developing the irrigation master plan and investment framework is underway. Continued delays were observed particularly in the procurement of studies for Shire Valley Irrigation Project, pipeline feasibility studies for medium and small scale irrigation, and finalization of works on a number of new SSI schemes. Overall, the PCU has been effectively managing the project’s activities. 1. Project finance utilization rate is at 94%. A detailed assessment of commitments, and projections was discussed and it was confirmed that the funds could be disbursed by December 2014 except for the pipeline irrigation studies, and other selected critical activities, for which the Government requested an extension, which was approved following the mission. It was discussed that normal project activities will still close on 31 December 2014, but financing will remain available for these activities under the new project closing date of 30 June 2015. While it was already clear that SVIP preparatory studies cannot be completed during the remaining project period, all other studies and works are scheduled to be completed. 2. Overall, available evidence indicate that the progress towards the project PDO and the IP are satisfactory. The Project has surpassed all the key PDO indicators.The project has a number of additional impacts that is not captured by the above PDO indicators but is expected to be documented and evidence provided through the independent evaluation that started field data collection during the week of November 9th. While the results in productivity enhancement given above are the averages, some schemes (e.g. Domasi) reported a grain productivity of 9,759kg/ha – by any measure this is a major achievement for Malawi small scale irrigation scheme. Additional impacts include enhanced saving of farmers; processing, packing & marketing of products (rice, honey, for example); opened additional areas for irrigation agriculture; enhanced crop intensity; created self-sufficiency (and surplus) in improved rice seed; ensured that all farmers use certified seed; improved food security; introduced a number of new technologies; piloted innovative schemes; supported institutional development including the development of guidelines that are used by farmers, extension agents, other donors and local governments (such as in public works), to mention the most relevant ones. The impacts of the project are many that will be systematically documented as part of the ICR. 3. Against this overall backdrop the Bank rates performance against overall PDO and Implementation Progress as Satisfactory. A number of critical elements need to be resolved urgently or continue to require close attention. This critically includes completion of all works, conclusion of all SVIP procurements, procurement and IFA completion, as well as completion of required activities to satisfactorily close the project. More specific recommendations have been included in the component sections of the attached Aide Memoire. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  --  Substantial 1/2/2015 Page 2 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Macroeconomic  --  --  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  --  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  --  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  --  Moderate Fiduciary  --  --  Substantial Environment and Social  --  --  Low Stakeholders  --  --  Low Other  --  --  Low Overall  --  --  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Crop yield for irrigated maize - % increase and tons/ha (Tones/year, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.60 3.50 3.90 3.20 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Crop yield for irrigated maize -% increase and tons/ha (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 109.00 122.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Crop yield for irrigated rice -% increase and tons/ha (Tones/year, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 3.00 3.60 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 1/2/2015 Page 3 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDPDOTBL  Crop yield for irrigated rice - % increase and tons/ha (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 150.00 180.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 31-May-2013 25-Oct-2013 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in farm sales in targeted rural households for irrigated maize and rice - % increase in local currency unit (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 43.00 43.00 40.00 Date -- 25-Oct-2013 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Adoption of harmonized investment framework for irrigation sector by DoI, linked to ASWAp (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- 677502.00 841235.00 500000.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- 48.50 46.40 40.00 1/2/2015 Page 4 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Area provided with irrigation and drainage services (ha) (Hectare(Ha), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4188.00 10720.00 3000.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Area provided with irrigation and drainage services - Improved (ha) (Hectare(Ha), Core Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1820.00 1820.00 1820.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 -- PHINDIRITBL  Water users provided with new/improved irrigation and drainage services (number) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 38734.00 45266.00 17000.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 -- 1/2/2015 Page 5 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDIRITBL  Water users provided with irrigation and drainage services - female (number) (Number, Core Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 48.20 48.20 40.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Number of water users provided with irrigation and drainage services - disaggregated by % female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 46.00 40.00 Date -- -- -- -- PHINDIRITBL  Area under priotized hotspots conserved under cathment protection technologies (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1849.00 2762.00 3000.00 Date -- 25-Oct-2013 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Technologies demonstrated in the project areas (number) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2013 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 1/2/2015 Page 6 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDIRITBL  Number of FBOs supported under the project, and still functional and generating benefits to members (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 134.00 134.00 125.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 -- PHINDIRITBL  Number of FBOs supported under the project, and still functional and generating benefits to members (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- 85.00 85.00 80.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 -- PHINDIRITBL  Number of farmers directly benefiring from the inputs for Assets voucher program (#disaggreagted by % female) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 532642.00 672415.00 442000.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Number of farmers directly benefiring from the inputs for Assets voucher program (#disaggreagted by % female) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49.00 43.00 40.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 1/2/2015 Page 7 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDIRITBL  Roads constructed, Rural (Kilometers, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10101.00 12325.00 5000.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Operational water user associations created and/or strengthened (number) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 56.00 73.00 75.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Number of people trained, of which % female (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- -- Date -- 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Number of people trained of which % female - Extension Services (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49898.00 57337.00 25500.00 Date -- 31-May-2013 30-Apr-2014 31-Dec-2014 1/2/2015 Page 8 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDIRITBL  Number of people trained, of which % female - Extension services (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 43.00 44.00 40.00 Date -- 02-Nov-2012 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Technical Staff Training (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1570.00 1704.00 1500.00 Date -- 02-Nov-2012 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Marketting and Agribusiness training (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 18252.00 20649.00 30000.00 Date -- 02-Nov-2012 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Irrigation Master Plan and Investment Framework Developed for use by Department of Irrigation (Y/N) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N/A N N Y Date 05-Jul-2012 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 1/2/2015 Page 9 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) PHINDIRITBL  Timely and acceptable reports generated by the M&E system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 19.00 19.00 22.00 Date 05-Jul-2012 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Procurement and Financial Management Functions of the project rated at least Satisfactory (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y Y Y Date 05-Jul-2012 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Timely and acceptable project impact evaluation report (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 Date 05-Jul-2012 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 PHINDIRITBL  Funds available for emergency response within 6 weeks of declaration of emergency (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y N N Y Date 05-Jul-2012 30-Apr-2014 30-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2014 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance 1/2/2015 Page 10 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P084148 IDA-48060 Effective XDR 8.60 8.60 0.00 8.59 0.01 100% P084148 IDA-51410 Effective XDR 16.60 16.60 0.00 15.87 0.73 96% P084148 IDA-H1900 Effective XDR 27.60 27.60 0.00 27.60 0.00 100% P084148 IDA-H7930 Effective XDR 16.60 16.60 0.00 16.60 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P084148 IDA-48060 Effective 20-Sep-2010 18-Mar-2011 17-Jun-2011 30-Jun-2012 30-Jun-2015 P084148 IDA-51410 Effective 17-Jul-2012 22-Aug-2012 07-Sep-2012 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2015 P084148 IDA-H1900 Effective 29-Nov-2005 05-Dec-2005 24-May-2006 30-Jun-2012 30-Jun-2015 P084148 IDA-H7930 Effective 17-Jul-2012 22-Aug-2012 07-Sep-2012 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2015 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History 1/2/2015 Page 11 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (P084148) Level 2 Approved on 01-Dec-2014 Related Project(s) P121120-Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project ,P131760-Irrigation Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project AF II 1/2/2015 Page 12 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy