Mali - Natural Resource Management Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY MICROFICHE COPY Report No. 10370-MLI Type: (SAR) HALL, J. / X34999 / J9 135/ AF5AG STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT MALI NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT MAY 1, 1992 Africa Region Sahelian Department Agriculture Department lbis 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 EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit i CFA Franc (CFAF) USS 1.00 - CFAF 272 WEIGHTS i MEASURES Metric System GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR Janubry 1 - December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AV Village Association (Association VillagsoiLe) AVV Extension Agent (Anim1teur-VulguLrissteur V&llageois) CCA-ONG Non Government Organization Action Coordinating Comnittee (Comite de Coordination des Actions des Organisations non Gouvernementales) CILSS Sahelian Inter-State Comnittee of Drought Control (Comite Inter-Etat de Lutte Contre la Secheresse dans Is Sahel) CCCE French Central Economic Cooperation Fund (Caikes Centrals de Cooperation Economique) cIMU Central Implementing and Monitoring Unit (Unit# de Mise en Oeuvre et de Suivi) CLD Local Development Committee (Comitl Local de Developpement) CHDT Malian Cotton Company (Compagnie Malianne pour le Developpement du Textile) CRD Regional Development Coanittes (Comitd Regional de Ddveloppement) DAF Administrative and Financial Department of MAZE (Direction Administrative et Financiore du MAZE) DNA National Directorate of Agriculture (Direction Nationale de l Agriculture) DNACOP National Directorate of Cooperatives (Direction Nationale de 1 Action CoopErative) DNE National Directorate of Livestock Production (Direction Nationale de 1 Elevage) DNEF National Directorate of Water and Forestry (Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forets) DNGR National Directorate of Rural Infrastructure (Direction Nationale du Genie Rural) EIS Environmental Information System (Systeme dlInformation our I'Environnement) ESHAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (Programme de Gestion du Secteur Energdtique) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation des Nations Unies pour 1'Agriculture at 1 Alimentation) GIS Geographic Information System (Syeteme dlInformation Gdographique) GTV Village Land Management (Gestion du Terroir Villageosa) GTZ German Technical Cooperation (Cooperation Technique Allemande) IDA International Development Agency (Agence du Developpement International) IER Rural Economy Institute (Institut d Economie Rurale) INSAN Sahelian Institute (CILSS) (Institut du Sahel (CILSS)) MAEE Ministry of Agriculture. Livestock and Environment (MinistEre de l'Agriculture. lElevage et 1PEnvironnement) NRM Natural Resource Management (Gestion des Resources Naturelles) OAPF Forestry Management Operation (Operation d'Amdnagament et Production Foreastiere) OPNBB BaoulE National Park Authority (Office du Parc National de la ioucle du Uaould) PDRH Mopti Area Development Project (Projet de Dveloppement de la Region de Mopti) PNCC Project National Coordinating Comnittee (ComitE National de Coordination) PNLCD National Program of Desertification Control (Programse National de Lutte Contre le Desertification) TST Technical Support Teams (Equip. d'Appui Technique) UNDP United Nations Development Program (Programme de Diveloppement des Nations Unies) UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Culture) UNSO United Nations Sudanno Sahelian Office (Organisation dea Nations Unies pour 1. Sahel Occidental)  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - iii-t REPUBLIC OF MALI NATURAL RESOtRCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Pate No. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ...................................i CREDIT AND PROJECT SUMMARY.................................................. vi 1. BACKGROUNDs . *.o.*o9ooe .os.9oa9ooo#a9* .1 S. Introduction c.m....................................................l B. The Malian Economy .............. C. The Agricultural Sector ............................ D. Natural Resource Management .......... t ...3 E. Government Objectives and Strategy for Natural Resource Management.... 5 F. IDA Strategy ...............................6 0. ExperiencewithPastLending ......................................... 7 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission carried out in Mali from November 18 to December 14, 1991. The mission included World Bank staff: J. Hall (Mission leader), Mo. C. Dejou (Agro-economist), J. Lewis (Ecologist), W. Lusigi (Environmentalist), Q. Doan (Extension), GTZ staffs C. Ehrich (Team leader), Ms. V. Koite (Training), E. Dudeck (Land planner), G. Daraspe (Monitoring and evaluation); Malian Counterpartst S. Bouare (Team leader), M. Diarra (Institutions), Y. Berthe (Environment), D. Sylla (Training), Ag Hamaty (Forestry), Ms. M. Diarra (WID) and Consultants from UNSO: J. Bonnemayer (Environmental information); UNDP: P. Dejace (Bio diversity); and IDA: D. Wall (Adult Training), J. Sabet (Technologies), and Ms. N. Lansry (Gender issue). The mission was accompanied by donor representativest H. Hertel (G72) and V. Papazian (CCCE). Peer reviewers are Messrs F. Falloux (AFTEN), S. Rietberger (APTAG) and J. Silverman (AFTIM). Ms. J. Masterson was responsible for cost, financing, disbursement and procurement aspects and supervised the COSTAB input which was processed by Mrs. Guillemette Rohan-Schieferstein and Ms. Marie-Claire Tsang. Ms. K. Marshall and S. Darghouth are the Department Director and the Managing Division Chief respectively for the operations. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only In the performance of their omcial duties. Its contents may not otherwie be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  - iv - Table of Contents (continued) Pages II. PROJECT BACKGROUNG ................10 A. Institutional Set-up ............... ,,, 1 B. Ongoing Natural Resource Mar.ag8 wnt Projects .........ll C. The Community Natural Ressource Management Approach..13 D. Status of Projact Preparation ... .....14 III. THE PROJECT..,...... ,............16 A. Rationale and Objectives............. .. ... .. ....... . . .16 B. Summary Description .................. . * * ** - **.16 C. Detailed Features 1 7...... ................. 17 1. Community Resource Management ..................... 17 2. Baoule National Park and Biosphere Reserve ........19 3. Institutional Support for Government Services .....19 4. Skills Development and Public Awareness ...........21 5. Technical Assistance and Research...........o.s.21 F. Procurement ....................................... 24 G. Disbursements .......................................28 IV. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ........... .. .. . .... ....... .30 A. Project Organization ............... ......... . , . 30 B. Implementation of Project Components ................32 C. Coordination with Other Projects and Programs.......37 D. Monitoring and Evaluation .......................39 E. Financial Management, Accounting, and Audits ........40 F. Supervision and Mid-term Review .....................42 G. Environmental Impact ................. . 43 V. PROJECT BENEFITS. RISKS. AND SUSTAINABILITY ............. 45 A. Benefits ............................................ 45 B. Ri skees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . * . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . . . . . . . . 0 * . . 46 C. Project Sustainability .............................. 47 V. AGREEMENTS TO BE REACHED AND RECOMMENDATIONS .... 48 ANNEXES 1. Natural Resource Management 2. List of Pilot Operations 3. Menu of Appropriate Technologies 4. Project Area 5. Project Cost Tables - Table 1s Summary Accounts Cost Summary - Table 2: Project Cost Summary - Table 3S Summary Accounts by Project Component - Table 4: Summary Accounts by Year 6. Schedule of Disbursement. 7. Project Implementation Schedule 8. Project Supervisiont Schedule 9. Project Key Indicators 10. Organisation Chart  11. Proposed Technical Assistance 12. Content of the Project Implementation Volume MU IDED No. 23503 I4aliP Sois and Rainfall IBID No. 23502 The Project Area  - vi - MALI NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEIENT PROJECT CREDIT AND PROJECT SUMMARY Borrower Republic of Mali Beneficiaries s Farmers and herders (approximately 95,000 persons in 150 villages located in 3 regions of Mali Amount : SDR 15.0 million (US$20.4 million) Terms : Standard, with 40 years maturity Project Descri2tion : The Project is the first five-year timeslice of a long-term national program to provide the necessary support to village communities to enable them to establish, implement, and monitor village management plans covering the natural resources in their communities. The main components of the Project are: (a) village- level investments to stop the degradation of soil, water, and natural vegetation and to establish infrastructure, and productive facilities with immediate, direct impact on the communities' quality of life, in about 150 villages within three of Mali's eight administrative regions; (b) modification of the boundaries of the Baoule National Park and implementation of a long-term management plan; (c) support to Government services at regional and local levels to assist villagers to set up, implement, and monitor community natural resource management plans; (d) support to the newly created Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, in establishing an environmental information system; (e) implementation of a training and public awareness program; and (f) technical assistance, consultant services, applied research and technical studies. Economic Rate of Return a Not applicable Benefits and Risks The Project will help improve the quality of life of about 95,000 rural people living in the project area by (a) improving agriculture,  - vii - forestry, and livestock production performance; (b) strengthening local management capabilities and empowering villagers to manage their own development; and (c) restoring ecological stability and introducing a sustainable land-use system which would seek to balance production against resource consumption. Environment and resource management experiences would be available for extension to other parts of Mali not covered by the Project. Mali's capacity to improve the use of natural resources and to monitor changes over the short and long-term would be strengthened. The preservation of Mali's biodiversity for future generations would be tided through the sound management of the Baoule National Park with the participation of local population. The Project would lay an excellent foundation for the development of a National Environmental Action Plan for Mali. RISKS: The risks are: (a) a possible falloff in the degree of political commitment shown by the Government; (b) insufficient understanding and poor implementation of the community natural resource management approach, since it requires skills very different from those involved in conventional top-down practices; and (c) insufficient authority of the Central Implementation and Monitoring Unit, which might undermine its efforts to build up a national capacity to coordinate natural resource management activities. To minimize these risks, the following actions will be taken: (a) together with other donors, IDA will encourage reforms likely to contribute to effective adm:nistrative aecentralization; (b) project implementation will be supported by well focussed supervision; and (c) future developments aiming at addressing environmental issues comprehensively will be closely monitored and encouraged.  - viii - Estimated Costs and Financins Plan Estimated Costs !/ Local Foreiat _ Total Village Level Investments 6.1 9.5 16.6 Baoul* National Park 0.8 1.1 1.9 Field Technical Support 2.2 0.8 3.0 Central Implementation and Monitoring Unit 0.6 0.2 0.7 Skills Development and Public Awarones. 2.0 - 2.0 TA, Research and Studies 0.6 2.8 2.9 National Environmental Monitoring Unit 0.2 0.6 0.7 Refinancing of PPF 0.2 0 0.2 Total Base Costs 12.6 14.4 27.0 Physical Contingencies Pric- Contingencies 0.8 1.8 2.1 Total Project Costs 1.2 1.8 3.0 146 I 17-. 32.1 I/ Not of identifiable taxes and duties (US$ m) _____ Financing Plan- Local Foreign Total Beneficiaries 4.0 - 4.0 IDA 5.4 15.0 20.4 Norway 3.3 1.7 5.0 Germany 1.0 0.2 1.2 UNDP 0.9 0.6 1.6 TOTAL ii7