Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Azerbaijan | Agriculture Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 7 | ARCHIVED on 27-Mar-2017 | ISR27414 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:30-Sep-2013 Effectiveness Date:27-Aug-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date:30-May-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to facilitate the access of agricultural producers to markets by strengthening sanitary and phytosantiary services, enhancing selected value chains and providing financial services to agribusiness enterprises. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Support for sanitary and phytosanitary services:(Cost $19.06 M) Agribusiness value chain development:(Cost $11.94 M) Financial services to agribusiness:(Cost $19.18 M) Project management:(Cost $2.98 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 3/27/2017 Page 1 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Implementation Status and Key Decisions Good progress continues to be made with implementation of a number of project activities. Animal health and credit line components are advancing well. Good progress has been made with the agribusiness value chain development activities. The project aims to achieve the following results: increase in marketed output in at least 60 percent of targeted value chains and agribusinesses funded under the project credit line and grant facilities. Some 50 investment sub-loans in a wide range of agribusiness activities have been issued. The beneficiary agribusinesses financed by the credit line report growth in sales already in the first year of their sub-project implementation. 3/27/2017 Page 2 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) 3/27/2017 Page 3 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) 3/27/2017 Page 4 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Risks 3/27/2017 Page 5 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Substantial  Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in marketed output in at least of 60% of the targeted value chains and agribusinesses funded by the project grant facility and credit line. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 15.00 36.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2015 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments All 12 beneficiary agribusinesses financed by the project credit line in 2015 report increase in sales (36 percent in average) at the end of 2016, the first year of their sub-project implementation. Average baseline value of sales in 51 agribusinesses funded by the project credit line as of Feb 1, 2017is AZN 197.4 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 3/27/2017 Page 6 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  Decreasing of prevalence of brucellosis disease in animals (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.79 0.00 0.00 35.00 Date 10-Mar-2016 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments Baseline data established per results of countrywide serosurvey completed in January 2016. Mass vaccination for brucellosis commenced in May 2016 and expected to be completed by late March 2017 PHINDIRITBL  Volume of Bank Support: Lines of Credit - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.68 8.00 12.96 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments 51 sub-loans have been disbursed to agribusinesses PHINDIRITBL  SPCS labs upgraded, pest diagnostic and pest risk analysis enhanced (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target SPCS lab New SPCS lab is being equipped, staff Labs are not sufficiently built. Laboratory Laboratory equipment trained in equipped, limited pest equipment list list prepared. Needs modern pest disease diagnostic Value prepared. Needs assessment conducted disease capacity, no modern pest assessment conducted for training on pest diagnostic and risk analysis methods for training on pest control. pest risk applied. control. analysis methods Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments The newly issued Presidential Decree on establishing the food safety agency in Azerbaijan calls for division of responsibilities between the food safety agency and Ministry of Agriculture with regard to plant and animal products safety. There is a need to assess the impact of the reform in institutional set up in food safety system on the mandates and responsibilities of SPCS including its laboratory functions and make 3/27/2017 Page 7 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) the necessary adjustments in the project activities on strengthening pest diagnostic capacity of the phytosanitary services and upgrading labs. PHINDIRITBL  New productive partnerships established and supported by the project . (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2.00 15.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 29-Jun-2018 Comments Over 100 groups have expressed their interest to establish productive partnerships. Concept notes for the first four value chain sub-projects have been submitted. Two sub-project proposals have been approved. PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of women participating in sub-projects funded by the project grant facility. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 29-Jun-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Volume of quality seeds increased in total production of seeds using modern seed cleaning equipment in the seed farms supported by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments Procurement of new modern seed cleaning equipment for NRICH stations is expected to be completed by the end of March 2017. 3/27/2017 Page 8 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  NRICH seed lab upgraded and meet criteria for accreditation (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Equipment and training Targeted lab require Procurement of Procurement of provided to additional equipment and Value equipment for NRICH equipment for NRICH seed lab at training to become ISTA lab is underway. lab is underway. NRICH. Labs compliant meet criteria for accreditation Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments The project envisages upgrading the seed quality laboratory to become International Seed Trading Association (ISTA) compliant testing facility. The indicator “NRICH seed lab upgraded and meet criteria for accreditation” would need to be revised in view of changes in institutional set up in seed sub-sector and seed certification system in particular. By the project design, it was planned to upgrade the NRICH lab to make it prepared for accreditation. However, by the organigram of the newly created State Service on Variety Registration and Seed Control (SSVRCS), the premises of the exiting Chemical Laboratory of the SSVRCS will be expanded to house also a new ISTA compliance seed testing laboratory. PHINDIRITBL  Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 906.00 1,064.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 30-Nov-2018 3/27/2017 Page 9 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Core Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 52.00 182.00 200.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 30-Nov-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Volume of Bank Support: Institutional Development - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 71.80 71.80 565.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Number of sub-projects financed by the project credit line (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 40.00 51.00 85.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 28-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 808.00 1,052.00 10,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 01-Sep-2016 01-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2018 Comments Direct project beneficiaries include veterinarians (403) and students of Vet Faculty (110) benefited from the project training program on vaccination techniques and participating in the vaccination campaign, number of new jobs (515) under the agribusinesses financed by the project credit line, and lab staff (24).The number doesn't include participants of the first two value chains sub-project which will receive financing from the project in April-May 2017. 3/27/2017 Page 10 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 12.00 14.00 20.00 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P122812 IBRD-82860 Effective USD 34.50 34.50 0.00 15.19 19.31 44% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P122812 IBRD-82860 Effective 30-Sep-2013 12-Jun-2014 27-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 Cumulative Disbursements 3/27/2017 Page 11 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 3/27/2017 Page 12 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy