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: 4 | ARCHIVED on 30-Sep-2015 | ISR20918 | Implementing Agencies: State Agency on Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture Key Dates Key Project Dates Board 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 9/30/2015 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on 27th August, 2014. No direct activities with benefits for target beneficiaries have yet begun but good progress has been made in a number of activities, especially in the areas that build on the previous successful interventions (animal health and veterinary services, credit line to agribusiness). The project aims to achieve the following result: increase in marketed output in at least 60 percent of the targeted value chain and agribusinesses funded under the project grant facility and credit line. While reasonable progress has been achieved since project effectiveness, it is still too early to report on progress towards development objectives. 9/30/2015 Page 2 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Risks 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 -- -- 20.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments No results yet as no value chain development activities have yet begun. Only one sub-project application has been approved on Sep 4 under the credit line component. Overall Comments No results yet as no value chain development activities have yet begun. Only one sub-project application has been approved by reporting date under the credit line component. 9/30/2015 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Decreasing of prevalence of brucellosis disease in animals (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments Countrywide serosurvey to establish the baseline prevalence of brucellosis disease will be conducted in Oct 2015-Jan 2016. PHINDIRITBL  Volume of Bank Support: Lines of Credit - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.34 12.96 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments Subsidiary Loan Agreements have been signed with the qualified banks in May-June 2015. Only one sub-project application has been approved by now. PHINDIRITBL  SPCS labs upgraded, pest diagnostic and pest risk analysis enhanced (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target SPCS Labs equipped, staff Labs are not sufficiently trained in equipped, limited pest TOR for Lab Specialist modern pest disease diagnostic TA team for upgrading Value has been submitted for disease capacity, no modern pest the SPCS labs recruited review diagnostic and risk analysis methods pest risk applied. analysis methods Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- 9/30/2015 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  New productive partnerships established and supported by the project . (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Apr-2015 -- Comments No results yet, Service Provider for establishing partnerships is expected to be recruited by Dec 30, 2015 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 -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments No direct activities with benefit of value chains have yet begun 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 -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments Qualification criteria for seed farms to get the project support have been developed. Selection of the private seed farms for the project support will be initiated by March 2016. 9/30/2015 Page 5 of 8 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 TOR for lab upgrading TOR for lab upgrading provided to additional equipment and Value specialist has been specialist has been seed lab at training to become ISTA prepared prepared NRICH. Labs compliant meet criteria for accreditation Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- PHINDIRITBL  Client days of training provided (number) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 96.00 866.00 1000.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- PHINDIRITBL  Client days of training provided - Female (number) (Number, Core Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 22.00 200.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- PHINDIRITBL  Volume of Bank Support: Institutional Development - SME (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 565.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments TOR is being prepared for TA to support participating banks 9/30/2015 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) PHINDIRITBL  Number of sub-projects financed by the project credit line (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 85.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments Subsidiary Loan Agreements have been signed in May-June 2015 with all five banks selected for implementation of the project credit line. Only one sub-project application have been received and approved by the reporting period. PHINDIRITBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 418.00 10000.00 Date -- 03-Apr-2015 28-Sep-2015 -- Comments Number of veterinarians benefited from the project training program on vaccination techniques PHINDIRITBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 5.20 20.00 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed 9/30/2015 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (P122812) P122812 IBRD-82860 Effective USD 34.50 34.50 0.00 2.25 32.25 7% 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 Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/30/2015 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy