Resilient Agri-food Clusters Development Project (WB-P178120)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Kyrgyzstan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Chui and Jalal-Abad oblasts, Naryn and Jalal-Abad oblasts
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Apr 8, 2024
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.
Borrower
Government of Kyrgyzstan
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Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
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Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 30.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 25.00 million
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Grant Amount (USD)
$ 5.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 30.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jun 24, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jul 6, 2023

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Project Description
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As stated by the World Bank, the objective of the Resilient Agri-food Clusters Development Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to increase productivity and climate resilience of selected agri-food clusters and in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it.

There are four components to the project, the first component being investment for agri-food clusters development. This component would support investment loans in each selected agri-food cluster by financing producers and productive partnerships among producers and aggregators and processors engaged in production and value addition.

The second component is the strengthening institutions and systems. This component will be implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry (MoWRAPI) to support the two agri-food clusters: (i) dairy cluster in Chui and Jalal-Abad oblasts; and (ii) horticulture cluster in Naryn and Jalal-Abad oblasts. This component includes three subcomponents:
(i) training and capacity building of agri-food clusters;
(ii) seed system improvement; and
(iii) improved livestock breeding and information management system.

The third component is the operational support and project management. This component will support project implementation, including developing a centralized project monitoring and evaluation system that is adopted by the CLMU and ABCC and regional implementation units, a communication and citizen engagement strategy, compliance with environment and social standards and fiduciary requirements, training, and incremental operating costs.

Finally, the fourth component is the contingent emergency response component. The project will include a zero-dollar component that would provide support in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, including climate-related disasters, to reallocate project funds to support emergency response. This component would draw from the uncommitted credit/grant resources under the project from other components to cover emergency response. An emergency eligible for financing is an event that has caused or is likely imminently to cause, a major adverse economic and/or social impact to the Borrower, associated with disaster. 

The project scales up activities of the IDPIP (Integrated Dairy Productivity Improvement Project), particularly those successful activities pertaining to milk quality and milk collection, animal breeding (AI), veterinary support, dairy processors, and farmer demonstrations and training. The project would scale up support for fodder crop planting by providing good quality certified seed to framer groups, with farmers repaying the value of the seed after harvest for further purchase and distribution of seeds.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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According to the World Bank, the project overall E&S risk is 'Moderate'.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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The Stakeholder Engagement Plan mentions multiple private limited liability companies, most of which are dairy producers and/or processors, as well as farmers' cooperatives, public associations, and peasant farms.

Among the dairy producers and processors, there are:
- “Agro Ken” LLC;
- "La Voie Lacte” LLC;
- “Riha” LLC;
- “Artezian” LLC;
- “Ursus” LLC;
- “Kant-Sut” LLC;
- “Umut and Co” LLC; and
- “Ak-Sut” LLC.


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World Bank Team Leaders:

Tahira Syed - Senior Agriculture Economist
Talaibek Torokulovich Koshmatov - Senior Agriculture Economist

Borrower - Ministry of Finance:

Ruslan Tatikov - Deputy Minister
Email: ruslan.tatikov@mof.kg

Implementing Agency - Ministry of Agriculture:

Murat Baidyldaev - Deputy Minister
Email: zam.min2@agro.gov.kg

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