Mali - Mopti Rice Project

* RETURN TO REPORTS DESK WITFILE COPY Rort No. PA-107a ONE -r" ltv Tb report i for ofcal use only by the lman Gtoup nd rcay authoized orpniztion Of Penoe It maY not be pubihed, quoted or cited without bank Group authoriAtion. The Bank Group does not accept responbty for the accuracy or completenesu of the report. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION APPRAISAL OF THE MOPTI RICE PROJECT MALI November 9, 1971 Agriculture Projects Department  CURRENCY EOUIVALENTS (ExceDt where otherwise stated all figures are quoted in U.S. dollars (ITS$). The project cost estimate is shown in both !TSA and Mali Francs (M!) of 1971.) Currency TJnit: Mali Franc = MP 1 US91 = MF 556 MF 1 = US8O.0018 MF 1 ,0o,non = USA1,8O0 WEICHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC SYSTEM) 1 kilometer (km) = 0.62 miles 1 millimeter (mm) = 0.039 inch 1 meter (m) = 3.28 feet 1 hectare (ha) 2 = 10,000 square meters = 2.7 acres 1square kilometir (km ) -100 ha = 0.386 square miles 1 cubic meter (m ) = 1.31 cubic yards I million cubic meters = 810 acre feet 1 metric ton (ton) = 2,205 lb 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2 lb 1 metric ton of paddy = 660 kg of rice ABBREVIATIONS PAC = Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation -- Development Aid Agency of the French Government TRAT = Institut de Recherches Agronomiques Tropicales -- Research Institute for Tropical Agriculture OPAM = Office des Produits Agricoles du Mali -- Government Marketing Agency for Agricultural Produce OR = Operation Rice -- the Ministry of Production's semi- autonomous rice extension service ORM - Operation Rice Mopti -- the project's management and extension service for the Mopti area ORS Operation Rice Segou RED = Rural Engineering Department SCAER = Societe de Credit Agricole et d'Equippement Rural -- Government Agency for Agricultural Credit and Equip- ment Supplies FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31  MALT MOPTI RICE PROJECT TABLE OP CON1TETS Page No. STUTARY AND CONCLUSIONS .................................. i-li I. DTR1ODTTCTTO ............................................. 1 IT. BACCPTIND .........*...................................... 1 r,eneral .1............................................. I The Agricultural Sector .. 2 'II. T'E PROJTECT AREA ......................................... 3 C.eneral .................................................................. 3 Climate .......................................... .0 3 Hydrology .......................................... . 3 Soils .............................................. . 4 Irrigation Facilities ..... ..................... 4 Ponulation .......................... 5 Farming Systems and Land Tenure ..................... 5 Agricultural Inputs and Credit ... .................. 5 Research and Experiments ..... ................... 6 Transnortation and Marketing ..... ................. 6 T. TPE PROnJECT .............................................. 6 Pro.lect Description ................................. 6 Project W!orks ............................... . 7 New Polders ..................................... 7 Existing Polders ................,............ 7 Land Preparation ................................ 8 Construction of Buildings . . 8 Agricultural Research ...... ............. 8 Second-StaRe Studies ............................ 8 1Mater Supply, Demand and Ouality . . 8 Engineering Design and Construction Schedule .... .... 9 Environment and Health ................... 9 Cost Estimates .................. ................... 10 Financing ........................ ................. 11 Procurement .................... ..................... 12 Disbursements ........ .......... ...................... 12 Accounts and Audits ................ ................. 13 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission, composed of Messrs. A. Otten, C. Le Moigne and J. Marinet (IDA), Messrs. P. van Dooren (rrepft Consultant) and W. Tobin (Public Health Consultant).  -2- Page No. V. ORGANIZATION ANT) MANACEMERT .............................. 13 Project Coordination ................................ 13 Execution of Project Works .......................... 13 OnM Organization and Staffing Requirements .... ...... 14 Agricultural Research ............................... 15 Agricultural Inputs and Credit ...................... 15 Operation and Maintenance ........................... 16 Recovery of Costs ................................... 16 VTT. PRODUCTION, MARKET PROSPECTS, PRICES ANT) FARMERS' INCOMF . 17 Production .......... ................................ 17 Market Prospects ........ ............................ 17 Prices . .............................................. 17 Farmers' Income ........ ............................. 18 VII. BENEFITS ANT) JUSTIFICATION ............................... 19 VIII. AGREEMENTS REACHED AND RECOMMENDATIONS .... ............... 20 1. Climatological Data 2. Hydrology, Water Supply, Demand and Ouality 3. Soils 4. Agricultural Inputs and Credits 5. Description of Project Works 6. Description of Second-Stage Studies 7. Construction Schedule 8. Health Survey in the Project Area 9. Cost Estimates, OEM, Personnel Development and Operating Expenses 10. Schedule of Project Expenditures 11. List of Equipment 12. Estimated Schedule of Disbursements 13. Terms of Reference for RED Consultants 14. Production with and without the Project 15. Comparison of Mali Rice Prices with Expected World Market Prices 16. Farm Budgets 17. Economic Analysis 1MAPS 1. Location Vap 9. Examnle of Project Polder (North Mopti)  MALI MOPTI RICE PROJECT - STAGE I STTWMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 1. This report appraises a project to improve conditions for irri- gated rice cultivation in the Mopti area of the Niger River flood plains in Mali. The projlect would rehabilitate and construct polders covering a rice cultivated area of about 31,0O0 ha, for which it would also provide sunporting services, and would finance a feasibility study for a second- stage rice prolect in the Mopti area. About 7,300 farm families would each, on averaRe, cultivate a plot of 4 ha with rice and continue to grow su'sfstence crons outside orolect lands. it. The flood plains of the Niger River in Mali are an important rice groving area in vTest Africa. Mali has traditionally been an exporter of rice, hut with stagnating production and increasing urban consumption over the last decade, it has become a net imnorting countrv. In order to reverse the trend, Mali has embarked on a Drogram for the construction of polders and the imnrovement of farmers' cultivation methods over an area of some lin,nnn 'ha, about 55,n0n ha of which are located in the Mopti area. The Droposed nroiect would be the first stage of this orogram. iti. Total project costs are estimated at lTSAq.4 million, with an estimated foreign exchange component of IJSA5.6 million (60%). The pro- nosed TDA credit of ITA.6q million would finance approximately 80% of estimated foreign exchanze costs (TTSS4.5 million) and about 63% of local. currenev (7T9S