Upper Volta - Niena Dionkele Rice Development Project

Documert of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 7904 PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT BURKIINA FASO NIENA DIONKELE RICE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (CREDIT 1013-BUR) June 30, 1989 Agriculture Operations Division Sahelian Department Africa Regional Office iTis document bas a esticted diLstibution and may be used by recipients only In the perfonnance Of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authoriztion.  ABBREV$ATIONS ADRAO Association for the Development of Rice in West Africa BUNASOLS National Soils Bureau CERCI Center for Experimentation on Rice and Irrigated Crops FAC French Aid and Cooperation Agency IRAT Institute for Tropical Agronomic Research and Food Crops MAE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock MDR Ministry of Rural Development ORD Regional Development Organization ORD HB ORD of Hauts-Bassins (region) ORSTOM French Agency for Scientific and Technical Research RIS3 Rice Industry Support Group SAED Societe Africaine d'Etudes et de Developpement (Burkinab6 consulting firm) SCET Societe Centrale d'Equipement du Territoire (French consulting firm) SNSC National Certified Seed Service  FOR OMCIuAL USE ONLY TKE WORLD BANK Washington, D.C 20433 USA Ollhce o DVWectv.C~. Op. atmn lvakutnn June 30, 1989 MEMORANDUM TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Project Completion Report - Burkina Paso Niena Dionkele Rice Develrpment Project (Credit 1013-BUR) Attached, for information, is a copy of a report entitled "Project Completion Report - Burkina Faso Niena Dionkele Rice Development Project (Credit 1013-BUR)" prepared by the Africa Regional Office. No audit of this project has been made by the Operations Evaluation Department at this time. Attachment 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.  FOR OFFIACIL USE ONLY BURKINA FASO NIENA DIONKELE RICE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE ....................................... ............i BASIC DATA SHEET ............................................ . ii EVALUATION SUMMARY ............................................ iii I. BACKGROUND ................................................ 1 A. The Project in the Context of National Agricultural Strategy..1 B. Previous Rice Projects ........................................ l II. PREPARATION AND EVALUATION .................................... 1 A. Technical Studies and Preparation .............................1 B. Pre-appraisal ................................................1 C. Broad Outlines of the Project .................................2 - Production Component ................................... 2 - Rice Industry Support .................................. 3 D. Costs and Financing ........................................... 3 E. Organization and Management ................................... 3 - Agricultural Production Component ......................3 - Rice Industry Support Group ............................4 - The Director of the Rice Mill ..........................4 III. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ....................................... 4 A. Introduction ..................................... 4 B. Changes after Appraisal ..................................... 5 C. Implementation ................................................ 5 - Managers and Management ................................5 - Production Component ................................... 5 - Rice Industry Support Component ........................ 10 D. Problems Encountered .......................................... 11 - Technical .............................................. 11 - Insufficient Knowledge of the Milieu ................... 12 - Sociological Problems .................................. 12 - Faulty Evaluation of Institutional Dynamics ............ 13 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.  IV. RESULTS ................... 13 K A. Direct ........................................................ 13 B. Indirect ........................................................ 14 V. EXPENDITURES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ......................... 15 A. Project Costs, Financing, and Expenditures .................... 15 B. Economic Results .............................................. 16 VI. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 17 VII. PROjECT SUSTAINABILITY ........................................ 17 VIII. PERFORMANCE OF IDA AND OF THE GOVERNMENT . . 17 A. Government .................................................... 17 B. IDA ........................................................ 18 IX. LESSONS LEARNED ............................................... 18 A. Factors Peculiar to the Niena-Dionkele Project ................ 18 B. General Lessons ...................................... ......... 19 TABLES 1. Distribution of Fertilizer; 2. Annual Rainfall in the Project Area; 3. Development of Area of Rice Production, Number of Trained Farmers, Yield and Production; 4. Rice Seed Production; 5. Farm Budget for Rainfed Rice Production on the Developed Perimeter; 6. Production Charges and Cost Price of the Main Crops in the Project Area; 7. Labor Requirements for the Main Crops grown in the Project Area; 8. Utilization of Finance According to Category and Source; 9. Summary of Costs by Project Component; 10. Summary of Costs and Benefits.  PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT BURKINA FASO NIENA DIONKELE RICE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (CREDIT 1013-BUR) PREFACE This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Niena Dionkele Rice Development Project in Burkina Faso, for which Credit 1013-BUR in the amount of US$ 6.5 million was approved on April 29, 1980. The last disbursement was on July 16, 1987. The Czedit was closed on December 31, 1986, two years behind schedule, and an amount of US$ 2.8 million was cancelled. The PCR was prepared by the Agriculture Operations Division, Sahelian Department, of the Africa Regional Office, and is based, inter alia, on the Staff Appraisal Report; the Credit Agreement; supervision reports, correspondence between the Bank and the Borrower; and internal Bank memoranda. This PCR was read by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). The draft PCR was sent to the Borrower on January 12, 1989, for comments by March 9, 1989, but none were received.  -ii - BASIC OATA StET aAMM FASO - NIt3 0106(8* RIC 0EV8L.064T