Malawi - National Rural Development Program (NRDP) Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 6797 PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT MALAWI NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PHASE 1 (CR. 857-MAI) June 2, 1987 Eastern & Southern Africa Projects Southern Agriculture Division 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.  ABBREVIATIONS ADD = Agricultural Development Division ADMARC - Agricultural Development & Marketing Corporation ASA - Annual Survey of Agriculture CADO = Chief Agricultural Development Officer CAS - Controller of Agricultural Services CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency CSC - Cold Storage Company DA = Development Area DRIMP = District Roads Improv4ment Program DLVW = Department of Land Valuation and Water EDF - European Development tund EPA = Ecological Planning Area FRG - Federal Republic of Germany GOM - Government of Malawi IADP - Integrated Area Development Project LLDP - Lilongwe Land Development Project LRDP - Lakeshore Rural Development Project MOA a Ministry of Agriculture MOW = Ministry of Works and Supplies MU a Management Unit NRDP - National Rural Development Program RMEA/RMESA = Regional Mission for Eastern Africa/ Regional Mission Easterr. and Southern Africa/ IBRD/IDA, Nairobi, Kenya RDP - Rural Development Project SMS = Subject Matter Specialist TA - Technical Ass'stant TO - Technical Officer ODA = Overseas Development Administration, U.K. USAID - United States Agency for International Development  FOR OFCIL USE ONLY THE WORLD BANK Washington. DC 20433 U.S.A. Ovce d Ofectcwmcal Opw atu EvAwtmn June 2, 1987 MEMORANDUM TO ThE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Project Completion Report - Malawi National Rural Development Program Phase 1 (Credit 857-MAI) Attached, for information, is a copy of a report entitled "Project Completion Report - Malawi National Rural Development Program Phase 1 (Credit-MAI)" prepared by the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. Under the modified system for project performance auditing, further evaluation of this project by the Operations Evaluation Department has not been made. Attachment Yves Rovani by Ram K. Chopra This document has a restricted distibution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its conzcits may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank autboriation.  FOR OMCIUL USE ONLY MALAWI NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - PHASE I - CR. 857-MAI PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Table of Contents Page No. Preface i Basic Data Sheet ii Mission Data iv Evalu& ion Summary v I. BACKGROUND 1 II. FORMULATION AND APPRAISAL 3 III. IMPLEMENTATION 6 Effectiveness and Start-up 6 Revisions 7 - Project Organization 7 Implementation Results 7 - Institutional Development 7 - Roads Construction and Improvement 7 - Lilongwe Land Development Projects: Land Registration 8 - Extension Services 8 - Supply of Agricultural Inputs 9 - Credit 9 - Animal Health and Production Services 10 - Health Facilities 11 - Domestic Water Supply 11 - Monitoring and Evaluation System 11 Studies and Performance of Consultants 11 Project Cost, Financing and Disbursements 12 Procurement 12 Reporting, Accounting and Auditing 13 IV. PROJECT IMPACT 13 Agricultural Impact 13 - Maize 13 - Groundnuts 14 - Tobacco 14 Economic Impact 14 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.  Page No. Ve INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT 15 Bank Performance 16 VI. LESSONS LEARNED 17 ANNEX 1 Table 1 - Estimated and Actual Project Costs Table 2 - Estimated and Actual Disbursements Table 3 - Expected and Actual Input Use Under the Project Table 4 - Areas of Crops Receiving Different Inputs Table 5 - Smallholde- Cropping Patterns Table 6 - Crop Yields (Expected and Actual) Table 7 - Maize Yields (Sample Survey 1982/83 & 1983/84) Table 8 - Incremental Production Table 9 - Incremental Maize Production Table JO - Seasonal Credit by Project Area (Period 1979/85)  - i - MALAWI NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - PHASE 1 (CREDIT 857-MAI) PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Preface This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) of the National Rural Development Program (NRDP) Proj^-t--Phase 1, in Malawi. The project was appraised in December 1977, and for which an IDA Credit, No.857-MAI, for US$22 million, was approved by the Board on November 18, 1978. The Credit was closed on June 30, 1986, two years and nine months behind the original schedule; an unused balance of US$2.89 million was cancelled. This phase of NRDP was supported by IDA and four other donors, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), for whom IDA was the Administrator. Although joint donor supervisions had been envisaged at appraisal, this did not prove to be practicable, and there had not been much exchange of information between the donors during implesenta- tion. Consequently the PCR relates mainly to the IDA/CIDA financed portion of the project. The PCR has been prepared by staff of the Southern Agriculture Division in the Eastern and Southern Africa Projects Department. It has been based on a review of basic documents (including Staff Appraisal Report No.2075 dated November 13, 1978, President's Report No.2377 dated November 6, 1978, relevant a'greements, correspondence with the Borrower, and supervision reportfi), data gathered during a specific PCR mission in October-November 1985, information received from officials of the Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi, and interviews with Bank staff associated with the project. A draft PCR was sent to the Borrower in March 1987, for comments; none were received. This project has not been subjected to an audit by OED.  - ii- MALAWI NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - PHASE I (Cr. 857-MAI) PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Basic Data Sheet Key Project Data Item Appraisal Actual or Estimate Current Estimate Total Project Cost (US$ m) 66.0 n/a IDA/CIDA Financing (US$ m) 24.6 20.3 Underrun (%) - 17% Credit Amount (US$ m) 22.0 19.1 Cancelled (US$ m) - 2.9 Date Physical Components Completed 03/31/82 03/31/85 Proportion completed by the above Date (%) Civil works 95% Roads 78% Bridges 100% Number of Beneficiaries (Farm families) 104,000 295,000 Economic Rate of Return (Z) 43% marginal Other Project Data First Mention in Files (1973) Government's Application 09/77 Negotiations 09/78 Be rd Approval Date 11/18/78 Credit Agreement Date 12/21/78 Effectiveness Date 04/05/79 Closing Date 09/30/83 06/30/86 Borrower Republic of Malawi Executing Agency Ministry of Agriculture Fiscal Year of Borrower April 1 - March 3! Follow-on Project NRDP II-V Credit Numbers 992, 1183, 1343, 1626 MAI Staff Inputs ---------------------------- In Staif Weeks ----------------------