China - Xinjiang Agricultural Development Project

D _Mmut Of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 6425-CiA STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT CHINA xINJIANG AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT February 3, 1987 Projects Department East Asia and Pacific Regional Office This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENT Currency Unit - Yuan (Y) US$1.00 - Y3.70 (September 1986) Y 1.00 US$0.27 FISCAL YEAR January 1 to December 31 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 meter (m) 3.28 feet (ft) 1 kilometer (km) 0.62 miles 1 hectare (ha) - 2.47 acres 1 ton 1,000 kg 2,205 pounds 1 kilogram (kg) 2.2 pounds PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYNS USED ABC - Agricultural Bank of China AITC - Agriculture, Industry and Trade Corporation BSF - Bureau of State Farms CC - Coordinating Committee CNMIEC - China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation FIMO - Foreign Investment Management Office GAIC - General Administration of Industry and Commerce GVAIO - Gross Value of Agricultural and Industrial Output GVAO - Gross Value of Agricultural Output ICB - International Competitive Bidding kW - kilowatt LCB - Local Competitive Bidding mcm - million cubic meter MOF - Ministry of Finance MWREP - Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power PCBC - People's Construction Bank of China PO - Project Office ppm - parts per million PRS - Production responsibility system PU - Project Unit SOE - Statement of Expenditure sq km - square kilometer XAITC - Xinjiang Agriculture, Industry and Trade Corporation XFIMO - Xinjiang Foreign Investment Management Office VARIANT SPELLINGS FOR PLACE NAMES Aibi = Ebinur Kuitun - Kuytun Wusu - Usu Yili - Ili Yining - Ining  FOR OMCIAL USE ONLY CHINA XINJIAMG AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Credit and Project S!ma Borrower: People's Republic of China Amount: SDR 57.3 million (US$70 million equivalent) Terms: Standard Project Description: In support of the Government's policy to speed up development of China's poorer provinces in the north and west, the proposed project would expand the irrigated area for crop production, improve pastures, and promote livestock development on 20 state farms in northern Xinjiang. Specifically, it would construct irrigation works on 32,300 ha to be planted with food, fiber, and fodder crops, improve 4,700 ha of iainfed pasture through fertilizing, fencing and seeding, and introduce Improved animal breeds. To handle the increased production of raw materials, the project would construct and equip agro- processing facilities such as cottonseed oil processing plants, wool processing plants, slaughterhouses, and raisin production facilities. In addition to agro-processing equipment, the project would proviqe tractors, combine harvesters, balers, silage equipment, scrapers with laser- control, bulldozers, fuel tankers and refrigerated trucks. A project-supported training component would be used to train equipment operators, plant managers and workers, and project personnel. At full development, the project would produce annually about 21,300 s:ons of wheat, other grains, and oilseeds, 13,800 tons of cotton and cottonseed, 24,000 tons of grapes, 78,000 tons of feed grain and fodder, 11,300 tons of fresh and preserved mutton, beef, and pork, and 1,100 tons of clean wool, wool tops, and other wool products. It would provide an additional 24,000 full-time jobs and raise annual per capita incomes of farm families to about Y800 and of full-time employees engaged in animal husbandry or agro-processing to about Y1000. The project faces no significant technical, organi- zational or marketing risks. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of thei officil duties Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without WorW Bank authorization.  Estimated Cost: Local Foreign Total . .........($ min)...