Project Unnati (IFC-600872)

Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Oct 14, 2017
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 0.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jan 4, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Dec 15, 2017


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Project Description
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IFC will provide technical assistance and strategic advisory to the client(s) to achieve the following: 1) Develop a farmer support programme for clients to build capacity of smallholder mango farmers to adopt climate smart, water-efficient mango cultivation practices for yield improvements, including Ultra High Density Mango Plantations, wherever appropriate. The Project is expected to demonstrate a 2x increase in farm yields and incomes through the above practices (as compared with mango orchards with traditional agronomy practices) for a representative sample of farmers in the supply-chain of Client(s). 2) Develop a roadmap / strategy for client(s) to sustainably scale-up the outreach of the programme to cover more than 10,000 smallholder farmers with support for modern and sustainable mango cultivation practuces, including Ultra High Density Mango Plantations with particular emphasis on water-efficient mango cultivation practices and technologies. 3) Support client(s) in developing a comprehensive impact assessment framework to be able to track the impact of Ultra High Density Mango Plantations, including the following: (a) Water footprint assessment, (b) Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and (c) Return on Investment (ROI) analysis. This will be done at the farmer and company-level for demonstrating a business case for accelerated adoption of UHDP and other sustainable, water-efficient mango cultivation practices.
People Affected By This Project
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IFC will provide technical assistance and strategic advisory to Jain Irrigation Limited ("Jain") to achieve the following: 1) Develop a farmer support programme for Jain to build capacity of smallholder mango farmers to adopt climate smart, water-efficient mango cultivation practices for yield improvements, including Ultra High Density Mango Plantations, wherever appropriate. The Project is expected to demonstrate a 1.5x increase in farm yields and incomes through the above practices (as compared with mango orchards with traditional agronomy practices) for a representative sample of farmers in the supply-chain of Jain. 2) Develop a roadmap / strategy for Jain to sustainably scale-up the outreach of the programme to cover more than 10,000 smallholder farmers with support for modern and sustainable mango cultivation practuces, including Ultra High Density Mango Plantations with particular emphasis on water-efficient mango cultivation practices and technologies. 3) Support Jain in developing a comprehensive impact assessment framework to be able to track the impact of Ultra High Density Mango Plantations, including the following: (a) Water footprint assessment, (b) Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and (c) Return on Investment (ROI) analysis. This will be done at the farmer and company-level for demonstrating a business case for accelerated adoption of UHDP and other sustainable, water-efficient mango cultivation practices.
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