The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Serbia | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 29-Oct-2020 | ISR43794 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 03-Dec-2019 Effectiveness Date: 18-Feb-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-May-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Improve agri-food market linkages of targeted beneficiaries. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improving the value-added of agriculture:(Cost $37700000.00 M) Improving the capacity of MAFWM to support modern agriculture:(Cost $10000000.00 M) Project management, monitoring and evaluation:(Cost $2300000.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project was approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on December 3, 2019 and after the ratification of the Serbian Parliament, the project was declared effective on February 18, 2020. The Project Coordinator has been competitively selected and has begun their activities in this function. The process for selection and hiring of the staff of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) is on going and expected to be completed by the end of October 2020. With the full PIU on board in November 2020, all project activities are expected to begin largely as planned. 10/29/2020 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate 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 Other -- -- Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve agri-food market linkages IN00902840 ►New formal contracts signed between beneficiaries and buyers of their products/services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,230.00 Date 10-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 10-Dec-2024 A one-to-one correspondence between grant approval/business plan and new contract formulation can ideally be assumed - it is expected that the project will support 1,230 grants (1,144 for producers and 86 for producer groups and SMEs) and for each grant, at least one new contract will be formulated, for a Comments: minimum of 1,230 contracts. However, not all business plans will yield a new contract, while some may lead to more than one new contract. Hence, on average, it is expected that 1,230 new contracts are likely to materialize. IN00902901 New formal contracts signed between women beneficiaries and buyers of their products/services (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 IN00902902 ►Increase in the value of beneficiaries’ production (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 10/29/2020 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 10-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 10-Dec-2024 It is expected that with the provided technical assistance, knowledge will improve, productivity will increase and so will product quality, which would lead to value increase. The increase of the value of Comments: production will be captured per awarded grant and the average across all grant value increases will be presented here. Overall Comments PDO As no project activities have yet been implemented, no changes to project results are recorded in this ISR. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1. Improving the value-added of agriculture IN00902903 ►Beneficiaries successfully completing their business plans (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,230.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 A "successful completion" of a business plan constitutes an approved loan, compliance with standards and fulfillment of milestones as defined in the business plan. A successfully completed business plan may Comments: not result in a signed contract. A one-to-one correspondence is assumed between number of grants awarded and number of business plans successfully completed. IN00902905 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,500.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 This indicator measures the number of farmers who were provided with agricultural assets or services as a result of World Bank project support. "Agriculture" or "Agricultural" includes: crops, livestock, capture fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry, timber, and non-timber forest products. Assets include property, biological assets, and farm and processing equipment. Biological assets may include animal agriculture breeds (e.g., livestock, fisheries) and genetic material of livestock, crops, trees, and shrubs (including fiber Comments: and fuel crops). Services include research, extension, training, education, ICTs, inputs (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides, labor), production-related services (e.g., soil testing, animal health/veterinary services), phyto- sanitary and food safety services, agricultural marketing support services (e.g., price monitoring, export promotion), access to farm and post-harvest machinery and storage facilities, employment, irrigation and drainage, and finance. Farmers are people engaged in agricultural activities or members of an agriculture- related business (disaggregated by men and women) targeted by the project. IN00902908 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 10/29/2020 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,375.00 IN00902909 ►Surveyed beneficiary women that report training/advisory services offered were responsive to their needs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 95.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 Comments: The indicator will be measured twice a year IN00902910 ►Beneficiaries reached with financial services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,230.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 IN00902911 Number of previously unbanked adults reached with transaction accounts (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 Date 10-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 10-Dec-2024 IN00902912 ►Productivity increase of beneficiary production (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 Productivity increase will be measured by increase in yield per type of production (per head, per ha) and Comments: per grant received and then averaged across all grants. Component 2. Improving the capacity of MAFWM to support modern agriculture IN00902904 ►Applications accessible from the integrated data platform of MAFWM (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 These constitute the different data inputs to be brought together into one integrated platform, such as 1) price per product; 2) weather data (rainfall and temperature per region); 3) volumes produced / traded per Comments: product; 4) support/advisory services (sub-sets of data on veterinary, SPS, plant protection); 5) incentives; 6) project specific application (business plans information) 10/29/2020 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) IN00902906 ►Users of the integrated information platform reporting satisfaction (satisfied or very satisfied) with the information received via the platform (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 IN00902907 ►Unique users of the integrated information system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 Date 03-Dec-2019 06-Apr-2020 12-Oct-2020 31-Dec-2024 There are 350,000 registered farmers; hence, it is expected that at a minimum there are 10,000 unique Comments: users of the system. Overall Comments IR As no project activities have yet been implemented, no changes to project results are recorded in this ISR. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P167634 IBRD-90230 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 0.12 49.88 0.2% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P167634 IBRD-90230 Effective 03-Dec-2019 09-Dec-2019 18-Feb-2020 31-Dec-2024 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 10/29/2020 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP) (P167634) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/29/2020 Page 6 of 6