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REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL WAAPP -2A - Support to Groundnut Value Chain in Senegal (P158265)
Additional Financing
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Environment and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF)
Pest Management Plan (PMP)
I - Project Background Information and Achievement
1. The parent Project (WAAPP-2A) is the second phase of the first series
of countries under the West Africa Agriculture Productivity
Program[1]. WAAPP-2A Senegal was approved by the Board on May 22, 2012
and became effective on December 20, 2012 in Senegal. It is financed
through an International Development Assoication (IDA) credit in the
amount of US$60 million. It is currently under implemention with a
current closing date of December 31st, 2017. 2. The Project Development Objective (PDO) of WAAPP-2A is to scale-up the
generation, dissemination and adoption of improved technologies in the
participating countries' priority agricultural commodity areas. 3. The WAAPP-2A is currently structured around four components, namely:
i) Component 1: Enabling conditions for regional cooperation in the
generation, dissemination and adoption of agricultural
technologies; which aims at strengthening the mechanisms and
procedures for the exchange of technologies, so as to allow
participating countries to benefit fully from the regional
cooperation in technology generation and exchange;
ii) Component 2: National centers of specialization - NCoS; which
mainly finance construction and rehabilitation of core
infrastructure, ISO certification of the NCoS, capacity building,
grants to implement core research activities, etc. with the
ultimate goal of helping upgrading of the NCoS into Regional
Centers of Excellence (RCoE);
iii) Component 3: Support to demand-driven technology generation,
dissemination and adoption; which aims at strengthening priority-
focused demand-driven agricultural R&D (Research and Development),
scale-up technology dissemination and adoption within participating
countries and facilitating access to improved genetic material; and iv) Component 4: Project coordination, management and monitoring and
evaluation. II - Overall Project Performance Rating: 4. The project performance is currently rated "Satisfactory" for progress
towards achievement of the PDO as well as for the Implementation
Progress (IP). At mid-term review, completed on October 30, 2015, the
credit disbursment rate stood at 55 percent and generally progress
continues to be solid accross the project's four component at this
stage of implementation. The first phase of the project (WAAPP-1A) was
completed in December 2012 with also satisfactory ratings for both PDO
and IP. 5. WAAPP-2A is making good progress in meeting the PDO. As of November
2015 the Project has reached directly around 423 000 beneficiaries in
Senegal against a cumulative target of 350 000 beneficiaries at the
end of 2015. About 24 technologies have been generated by the NCOS dry
cereals of Senegal including 12 new climate-smart varieties, early-
maturing, drought-resistant and high-yielding, mechanical, post-
harvest and processing technologies. Around 60% of the beneficiaries
have adopted the new technologies disseminated by the project, and
about 319 000 ha are covered with the improved technologies, mainly
the certified seeds produced with the project support. Women
beneficiaries account for 38% against a target of 40%. Beneficiaries
using the new varieties are experiencing an increase of yield and/or
income ranging from 50% to 150% and important impact on their lives.
WAAPP succeeded to implement an important fellowship program with 170
beneficiairies of which 99 PhD and 71 MSc to build scientific career
development of young researchers and to fill the skill gab observed in
some agricultural research field. 6. Specifically for the seeds sector, WAAPP-2A, among others, has been
instrumental in rebuilding the country's seeds system for a number of
crops of high importance for food security in West Africa (e.g.
millet, sorghum, cowpea/niébé, maize and groundnut) and for which the
country is hosting the Program's National Center of Specialization at
the CERAAS-CORAF's Regional Study Center for Drought Adaptation
Improvement. The project is also playing a key role in the development
of community and private sector led seeds multiplication systems to
facilitate access to improved new varieties by small farmers. As a
result, the country moved from 700MT of certified groundnut seeds in
2012 to 25,000MT (e.g. 62.5 percent of 40,000MT required to secure
minimum seeds capital) of which WAAPP contributed directly with
13,000MT in 2014. III - Proposed Changes from the Original to the Additional Financing (AF): 7. The original PDO and components are still relevant for the proposed
AF. There are no structural changes to the components of this project.
The only changes will be: (i) to reflect the additional specific
activities related to the AF which will be included as part of
Component 3 "Support to demand driven technology generation,
dissemination and adoption"; (ii) to increase the PDO indicator
related to the number of beneficiaries and to add new intermediary
results indicators to the results framework (under component 3) to
measure the impact of the AF activities; and (iii) to extend the
project's closing date by one year from December 31, 2017 to December
31st, 2018. 8. There is no change on the components which are still relevant for the
proposed additional financing. Only the scope of component 3 will be
expanded with new activities related to the AF, namely: i) Strengthening of the national certified seeds production and
marketing systems for groundnuts (US$13.10 million): As part of this
process, the AF will finance costs related to: (1) the acquisition
and distribution of about 50 000 tons of certified groundnut seeds
by matching the Government funding to keep certified seeds prices at
affordable level while expanding the use of an ITC based platform
developed under WAAPP-2A for targeting farmers and ensuring
transparency in the system; and (2) the provision of storage
facilities and agricultural equipment to cooperatives and seed
producers' organizations;
ii) Supporting a comprehensive technical assistance (TA) as a building
block for longer-term sustainability of the groundnut value-chain
and economic diversification in the groundnut producing areas
(US$4.6 million). As part of this process, the AF will finance costs
related to: (1) expertise for establishing a performance contract
between the Government and SUNEOR for the transitional period; (2)
conducting a readiness scoping study with the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) support to provide an updated financial, technical
and legal due diligence status of SUNEOR. This preliminary study
will help to determine how soon and under what conditions a
competitive bidding process could be launch to attract new strategic
partners for SUNEOR. IFC will also assist in the drafting of terms
of reference for a transaction adviser; (3) procuring transaction
advisory services to elaborate the baseline business plan and assist
the GoS in attracting new investors for SUNEOR through a competitive
and transparent process; and (4) helping the GoS updating the 2003
policy development letter for the groundnut value chain, conduct
necessary analysis for the preparation of a longer term strategy
along with an investment program for the economic restructuring and
diversification of the groundnut producing regions (Bassin
Arachidier);
iii) Supporting the GoS in conducting the agricultural enterprises census
(US$2 million) as part of the general census of Senegalese
enterprises aiming at updating the national directory of enterprises
and associations. This census is an important component of the
national initiative to rebase national account figures, adopt the
2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) and obtain updated economic
statistics that better reflect the most recent structure of the
Senegalese economy. The revised macroeconomic aggregates computed
from the SNA reforms will help establish more robust basis for
planning and monitoring political, economic and social interventions
to reinvigorate agro entrepreneurial development in Senegal. The
census will be implemented by the Agence Nationale de la Statistique
et de la Démographie (ANSD - National Agency of Statistics and
Demography).
9. In terms of cost, the components 3 would be mostly replenished and to
some extent the component 4 to cover the staff costs for the
additional year.
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