The World Bank
   West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program 2A (P129565)




                                                                                    REPORT NO.: RES30953

                                    DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK




                                         RESTRUCTURING PAPER
                                                  ON A
                                   PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING

                                                      OF

                       WEST AFRICA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM 2A
                                      APPROVED ON MAY 22, 2012
                                                      TO

 REPUBLIC OF GHANA,REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL,MINISTRY OF FINANCE,MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, FINANCE AND
                                                  PLAN


AGRICULTURE

AFRICA




                          Regional Vice President:     Makhtar Diop
                                 Country Director:     Rachid Benmessaoud
                   Senior Global Practice Director:    Juergen Voegele
                      Practice Manager/Manager:        Marianne Grosclaude
                               Task Team Leader:       Abdoulaye Toure, Aifa Fatimata Ndoye
                                                       Niane, Kadir Osman Gyasi
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           West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program 2A (P129565)



I. BASIC DATA

Product Information

Project ID                                                     Financing Instrument
P129565                                                        Investment Project Financing

Original EA Category                                           Current EA Category
Partial Assessment (B)                                         Partial Assessment (B)

Approval Date                                                  Current Closing Date
22-May-2012                                                    31-Dec-2018




Organizations

Borrower                                                       Responsible Agency
Republic of Ghana,Republic of Senegal,Ministry of
                                                               Technical and Fiduciary Coordination Unit (TFCU)
Finance,Ministry of Economy, Finance and Plan



Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The development objective of WAAPP-2A is to scale-up the generation, dissemination and adoption of improved
technologies in theparticipating countries’ priority agricultural commodity areas.
Summary Status of Financing


                                                                                       Net
Ln/Cr/Tf                  Approval         Signing Effectiveness        Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed

IDA-58110             17-May-2016     28-Jun-2016    29-Jul-2016 31-Dec-2018            20.00       18.47         1.64
IDA-52860              28-Jun-2013    08-Oct-2013 19-Mar-2014 31-Dec-2018               60.00       52.07         3.82
IDA-51350             22-May-2012 24-Aug-2012 20-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2018                   60.00       55.20          .22
IDA-51360             22-May-2012     25-Sep-2012 12-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017               60.00       56.09          .03
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Policy Waiver(s)

Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)?
No


II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES

 The project performance is satisfactory. WAAPP-Ghana has so far reached 875,920 beneficiaries (42% of which are
 women). It has delivered forty-seven (47) improved technologies (including crop varieties of cassava (12), sweet
 potato (6), yam (4), cocoyam (3), tarro (4) and many others in maize, rice and millet) to 527,790 producers (who are
 recorded to have adopted at least one improved technology) covering over 613,500ha of crop land. These
 technologies, in addition to making farmers more productive, help farmers to be more resilient to climate change.
 Mass adoption of these improved technologies could greatly enhance productivity and transform agriculture in Ghana.
 The Ghana Program is almost fully disbursed, with current disbursement at 99.87% (as of October 13, 2017).

 The proposed restructuring is for the extension of the Closing Date for the IDA credit 5130-GH by six (6) months from
 December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018. This is necessary to allow a few remaining activities to be fully completed while
 also ensuring that the existing project team can facilitate the preparation of the West Africa Agricultural
 Transformation Project (WAATP) which is expected to be presented to the World Bank Board of Directors for approval
 by May 2018. The extension has been proposed by the Client, and appraised and recommended by the task team. The
 team is satisfied with the feasibility of the Work Plan and Budget (action plans) that would result in the successful
 implementation of the Project within the newly proposed time frame.




III. DETAILED CHANGES


LOAN CLOSING DATE(S)


                                         Original                Revised             Proposed      Proposed Deadline
Ln/Cr/Tf         Status                  Closing               Closing(s)              Closing        for Withdrawal
                                                                                                         Applications
IDA-51350        Effective           31-Dec-2017             31-Dec-2018
IDA-51360        Closed              31-Dec-2017                                  30-Jun-2018             30-Oct-2018
IDA-52860        Effective           31-Dec-2018
IDA-58110        Effective           31-Dec-2018