Additional Financing to the Food System Resilience Program, Phase 2 Ghana (WB-P181488)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Chad
  • Ghana
  • Sierra Leone
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Jun 29, 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
Regional
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 15.77 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 15.77 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.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 19, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Apr 29, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to increase preparedness against food insecurity and improve the resilience of food systems in participating countries.

Components:

Digital Advisory Services for Agriculture and Food Crisis Preventionand Management
Sustainability and Adaptive Capacity of the Food System's Productive Base
Regional Food Market Integration and Trade
Contingent Emergency Response (CERC)
Project Management

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The environmental risk rating of this AF is substantial which aligns with the rating of the parent project. This rating has considered the inherent risks and impacts of the proposed activities, the sensitivity of the environment, the project's nature, and the capacity of the implementing agency. The project’s environmental risks will largely emanate from the activities proposed under components 1 and 2. Component 1 comprises farmer registration and development of a Network Operating Centre (NOC) which will involve procurement of IT equipment including laptops for 261 District Departments, 16 Regional Departments, 50 District Extension Officers (DEOs), and 3,000 tablets for Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs). The batteries, metals, plastics, and other components of these equipment, at the end-of-life stage, will pose substantial risk to the environment if they are not properly managed. Interventions under component 2 include support for research and development (R&D), farm productivity (500ha is envisaged) and value addition in the tomato sector. The potential environmental risks and impacts associated with these interventions include solid and liquid waste generation, noise, contamination of water bodies with agrochemicals, loss of biodiversity, exposure of personnel to agrochemicals e.g., pesticides, and other occupation health and safety risks such as animal attack, exposure to physical and mechanical hazards. Given that adaptive trials on tomatoes will be conducted in the northern zone, it could potentially lead to the introduction of non-native pests in the target regions which could be devastating to other unintended crops. These impacts will largely be localized, and temporary but those associated with water contamination from agrochemicals, and accidental introduction of pests could go beyond the project boundaries and may have long-lasting impacts.

Investment Description
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A proposed additional financing in the amount of us$15.77 million from the food systems 2030 multi-donor trust fund.


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World Bank

Ashwini Rekha Sebastian
Senior Agriculture Economist

Katie Kennedy Freeman
Senior Agriculture Economist

Md Mansur Ahmed
Senior Economist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Republic of Chad

Republic of Ghana

Republic of Sierra Leone

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Agricultural Development - Chad
Abdelkhadir Altidjani KOIBORO
Secrétaire Général du Ministère du Développement Agricole
bordaba2021@yahoo.com

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Sierra Leone
Dr. Abu Bakarr Karim Karim
Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
abkarim@maf.gov.sl

Ministry of Food and Agriculture - Ghana
Mr Paul Siameh
Acting Chief Director MOFA
paul.siameh@mofa.gov.gh

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