Cameroon - Rural Development Fund Project

Report No. 1479-CM Cameroon Appraisal of a Rural Development Fund Project May 26, 1977 Regional Projects Department Western Africa Regional Office FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Document of the World Bank This clocument has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their officiai duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without Worid Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENT US$ = CFAF 245 /1 CFAF 1,000 = US$4.1 CFAF 1,000,000 = US$4,081.63 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Metric System) 1 hectare (ha) = 2.47 acre 1 kilometer (km) = 0.624 miles 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.204 pounds 1 metric ton (t) = 2,204.6 pounds 1 liter (1) = 1.057 U.S. quart ABBREVIATIONS AES Agricultural Extension Service APMU Agricultural Projects Management Unit (IDA) CAMDEV Cameroon Development Corporation CD Community Development Service DEP Direction des Etudes et 'Projects FAC Fonds d'Aide et de Coope:ration (France) FED Fonds Europeen de Developpement FONADER Fonds National de Developpement Rural FSAR Fonds Special d'Actions Rurales HS Hydrogeological Service IRAF Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Forestiere LES Livestock Exension Service ONAREST Office National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique RDF Rural Development Fund RES Rural Engineering Service RMWA Regional Mission in Western Africa SEMRY Societe d'Expansion et de Modernisation de la Riziculture de Yagoua SOCAPALM Societe Camerounaise de P'almeraies SODECAO Societe de Developpement du Cacao SODECOTON Societe de Developpement du Coton au Cameroun SODEPA Societe de Developpement et d'Exploitation des Productions Animales UNDP United Nations Development Program FISCAL YEAR July 1 to June 30 _l Floating rate.  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY CAMEROON RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECT Table of Contents Page No. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .............. .. ................. i-v I. INTRODUCTION .. e . . . ........... * ... . . . ............ 1 II. BACKGROUND ........ ...1 A. General. . l B. The Agricultural Sector .. . 2 C. Institutions ....................................... 3 D. AgriculturaJ Development Strategy . . . 4 IllI. THE PROJECT .................. ...................... 5 A. Project Area and Summary Description ............... 5 B. Detailed Features .................................. 6 C. Organization and Management .13 IV. COST ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS .15 A. Project Costs . . .15 B. Proposed Financing . . .15 C. Cost Recovery . . .17 D. Procurement . . .18 E. Disbursement . . .18 F. Accounts and Audit . . .19 V. FARMERS' BENEFITS AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT .l.. ....19 A. Farmers' Benefits from Productive Subprojects 19 B. Financial Implications for Government .20 VI. BENEFITS, JUSTIFICATIONS AND RISKS . .21 A. Productive Subprojects ..21 B. Village Water Supply .................21............. 21 C. Institutions ................. ...................... 22 D. Risks .......................................... . 22 VII. AGREEMENTS REACHED AND RECOMMENDATIONS.. 23 This document ha a restricted distribution and may be used by rocipients only 'n the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise bc disclosed without Wor1d Bank authorization.  -2- ANNEXES 1. The Project Area 2. The Institutional Framework Table 'L - Resources and Outlays oi FONADER 3. Bottomland Development Table . - Schedule of Implementation and Expenditures Table 2 - Civil Works Costs Table 3 - Farm Family Budget - :addy Production Table 4 - Economic Price of Paddy - 1978 to 1980-85 Table 5; - Economic Costs and Benefits 4. Market Gardening Table 1 - Farm Family Budget Table 2 - Cash Flow Projections Table 3 - Economic Costs and Benlefits Appendix 1 - Guidelines for Crecdit Subproject Documentation Procedures Appendix 2 - Applied Research irLto Onion Production and Storage - Terms of Reference 5. Stall Fattening Table 1 - Cost Summary Table 2 - Farm Family Budget Table 3 - Cash Flow Projections Table 4 - Economic Costs and Benefits 6. Small Dams Table 1 - General Characteristics Table 2 - Schedule of Expenditures Table 3 - Labor Requirements Table 4 - Costs of Labor Requiremrents Table 5 - Equipment, Materials, and Operating Costs Appendix 1 - Health Survey - Terins of Reference 7. Village Wells., Pumps and Boreholes Table 1 - Water Points Requirements and 1977-1981 Development Program Table 2 - Schedule of Implementat,ion and Costs Table 3 - Open Well Brigades - Equipment and Vehicles - Investment Costs  - 3 - Table 4 - Open Well Brigades---Materials Costs and Operati