The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) AFRICA | Ethiopia | Agriculture and Food Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 04-Nov-2019 | ISR39223 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Peace, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 23-May-2019 Effectiveness Date: -- Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 10-Oct-2025 Revised Closing Date: 10-Oct-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To Improve Livelihood Resilience of Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities in Ethiopia Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Integrated Rangeland Development and Management:(Cost $223.40 M) Livelihood Improvement and Diversification:(Cost $109.77 M) Improving Basic Services and Capacity Building:(Cost $75.73 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $42.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project is not yet effective, however, the project implementation preparation is progressing satisfactorily. 11/4/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High -- High Macroeconomic Substantial -- Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial -- Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial -- Substantial Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Substantial -- Substantial Stakeholders Substantial -- Substantial Other Substantial -- Substantial Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve Livelihood Resilience of Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities in Ethiopia IN00764224 ►Land area under sustainable landscape management practices (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 700,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 The indicator measures, in hectares, the land area for which new and/or improved sustainable landscape management practices have been introduced. Land is the terrestrial biologically productive system comprising soil, vegetation, and the associated ecological and hydrological processes; Adoption refers to change of practice or change in the use of a technology promoted or introduced by the project; Comments: Sustainable landscape management (SLM) practices refers to a combination of at least two technologies and approaches to increase land quality and restore degraded lands for example, agronomic, vegetative, structural, and management measures that, applied as a combination, increase the connectivity between protected areas, forest land, rangeland, and agriculture land. IN00764225 ►Increase in yield of targeted commodities (Livestock and Crop) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 25.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 11/4/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) The indicator measures Increase in yield of primary livestock products by project beneficiaries (Camel, Comments: Cattle, Shoats.) and increase in yield of selected agricultural crop productions for project beneficiaries (Maize, Sorghum, Vegetables etc.) IN00764261 ►People with improved access to economic and social Services (of which 50% female and 20% youth) (Number (Thousand), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,250.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 This indicator will measure the number of people provided with improved access to economic and social services dis-aggregated by types of services and by gender. This includes people who benefited either from the economic services under component 1.2 or the basic services under component 3.1. Thus the Comments: type of services can include; rural road, bridges, Small Scale Irrigation Schemes, Water Schemes (Deep Water Wells) and others under component 1.2 and education, health, water supply and sanitation,, veterinary, etc. under component 3.1. From the total target of 1,250,000, at least 50 percent should be female and 20 percent should be youth beneficiaries. IN00764262 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,500,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 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 and fuel crops). Services include research, extension, training, education, ICTs, inputs (e.g., fertilizers, Comments: 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. IN00764263 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 600,000.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Integrated Rangeland Development and Management IN00764264 ►Project beneficiaries with improved access to key natural resources ( of which 50% female and 20 % youth) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 11/4/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) This indicator measures the percent of project beneficiaries who have got Improved access to key natural resources as a result of the adoption of sustainable landscape management practices supported by the project. The key natural resources can include pasture, water, and land. The improved access to land would come from the average 7,000 hectare of land in the target 100 woredas (with a total of 700,000 Comments: hectare) that have been severely degraded and were not in use for any purpose and later healed and become available for productive purposes, and from areas that have been invaded by invasive alien and native plant species, and later managed and become available for other productive purposes, such as fodder production, crop cultivation (as appropriate) and construction of residences. Out of the 50 percent target at least 50 percent shall be female and 20 percent youth beneficiaries. IN00764268 ►Rangeland Management and Investment Plans (RMIPs) under implementation (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 This indicator measures the number of Range land Management and Investment Plans (RMIPs) prepared for integrated and sustainable management of selected range lands across the six LLRP regions, that are Comments: approved by the concerned regional /woreda authorities and Rangeland Management Committees, as per the provision in the LLRP PIM and financed and being implemented by the project. IN00764271 ►Project area with increased NDVI/Biomass Index corrected for weather variability (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 Assesses the percentage of areas under project interventions, showing improvement in vegetation cover with economically important and environmental friendly plant species. It assesses the impact of the project Comments: supported sustainable landscape management practices in the targeted range lands. The indicator will consider the changes related to weather variability to specifically measure the changes attributed to the project investments. IN00764274 ►Number of strategic economic infrastructure investments operational (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 300.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 This indicator measures the number of strategic investments planned, implemented and made operational by the project under component 1.2. It can include rural roads and bridges built and or rehabilitated, Comments: number of Small Scale Irrigation Schemes built or rehabilitated, number of water supply facilities and other strategic investments etc. that will be identified during the planning process. Livelihoods Improvement and Diversification IN00764266 ►Beneficiaries participating in additional or alternative diversified income generating livelihoods activities (of which 50 % female and 20 % youth) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 200,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 11/4/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) This indicator measures the number of project beneficiaries (pastorals, agro-pastorals, and other community members) who participate in the project supported diversified livelihoods activities (either Comments: additional income generating activities for pastoral and agro-pastoral households or alternative livelihoods for people currently not engaged in any income generating activity) supported by business plans. Out of the total target of 200,000 people, at least 50 percent should be female and 20 percent youth. IN00764270 ►RUSACCOs and Unions supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 520.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 Measures the number of Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives (RUSACCOs) that are established and or strengthened by the project (500 RUSACCOs (by PY2 and Py3) and are providing rural financial services Comments: to their members well ahead of the project end. The indicator will also measure RUSACCO unions formed (20 Unions towards the end of the project at PY5) that are providing proper services to their member RUSACCOs. IN00764273 ►Project beneficiaries with access to rural financial services (of which 60 % female and 20 % youth) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 Measures the number of project beneficiaries ( can be members of RUSACCOs, CIGs etc) with access to Comments: rural financial services from project supported RUSACCOs, CIGs and MFIs. Out of the total 50,000 target, at least 60 percent should be female and 20 percent youth beneficiaries IN00764275 ►Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 The household irrigation systems will be used for supplementary irrigation of rained agriculture, for diversification of production or for the transformation from a primarily subsidence agriculture towards the production of one or two marketable products, depending on the regional conditions and depending on the farmers' interests. Technical assistance will introduce good agricultural practices adjusted to each situation. These are, among other, the use of organic fertilizer, certified seeds, diversification and shifting Comments: cultivation and will be identified during project implementation. The indicator evaluates if at least one good agricultural practice transferred during technical assistance is being adopted by the farmer. Municipal staff using their site visits will evaluate use of agricultural practices or improved agricultural technology. One year after the completion of the first systems, an independent evaluation will confirm monitoring results of the municipal staff. If needed, an additional independent evaluation will be realized during mid-term IN00764276 review. Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30,000.00 IN00764277 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - male (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70,000.00 11/4/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) IN00764278 ►Increased volume of marketed commodities, in targeted value chains by project beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 25.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 Measures the increased volume of commodities marketed by the project beneficiaries, as a result of the Comments: project support on production, productivity (through technologies, inputs and practices) and commercialization through market linkage, access to market and other related supports. IN00764279 ►Productive alliances established between the producers and the private sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 It measures the number of productive alliances established between the producers and buyers. The producers can include; pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, farmers or other organized producer cooperatives Comments: with marketable products, while the buyers can be aggregators, industrial processors (be it small, medium or large scale), whole sellers or exporters. The project will support the producers and the buyers to establish productive alliances wherein both parties will mutually benefit. Improving Basic Services and Capacity Building IN00764265 ►Community sub-projects operational (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 This indicator measures the proportion of project supported community sub projects that are completed, Comments: functional and have community managed operation and maintenance arrangements. IN00764269 ►Knowledge products with policy implications for Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Systems completed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 Measures the number of knowledge products with policy implications to the pastoral and agro-pastoral Comments: production and livelihoods systems identified, studied, disseminated and/or published with the project support. IN00764272 ►Targeted clients satisfied with livestock, veterinary and agricultural extension services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 02-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 11/4/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) This indicator assesses the targeted clients' level of satisfaction to the livestock, veterinary and agricultural extension services provided by the public entities, that are supported by the project. The indicator Comments: indirectly assesses the impact of the project's capacity building support to the public service providers towards improving their service delivery capacities. Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation IN00764267 ►Project direct beneficiaries (of which 50% female and 20% youth) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,500,000.00 Date 05-Sep-2019 -- 04-Nov-2019 10-Oct-2025 This indicator measure the number of people who directly benefit from any of the project interventions Comments: under the three components of which 50 percent shall be female and 20 percent youth beneficiaries. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Not P164336 IDA-64120 USD 280.00 280.00 0.00 0.00 274.74 0% Effective Not P164336 IDA-D4600 USD 70.00 70.00 0.00 0.00 68.72 0% Effective Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Not P164336 IDA-64120 23-May-2019 03-Jun-2019 -- 10-Oct-2025 10-Oct-2025 Effective Not P164336 IDA-D4600 23-May-2019 03-Jun-2019 -- 10-Oct-2025 10-Oct-2025 Effective Cumulative Disbursements 11/4/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (P164336) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P171626-Rural Economy Diversification and Sustainable Development 11/4/2019 Page 8 of 8