Niger - Dosso Agricultural Development Project

Document of FILE COPY The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. P-2659-NIR REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON A PROPOSED CREDIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER FOR A DOSSO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT November 28, 1979 This document has a rsricted distribution and my be use by neipints only in the perfornmce of their ofici dutis. Its COntelst may nt oterwise be disclosd withot Word Bank authorbation.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit: CFA franc (CFAF) US$ 1.00: CFAF 220 CFAF 1,000: US$ 4.55 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 kilogram (kg): 2.20 pounds 1 metric ton: 0.98 long tons I hectare (ha) 2.47 acres 1 kilometer (km): 0.62 miles ABBREVIATIONS APMU Bank Agricultural Projects Management Unit CAFS Project Commercial Administrative and Financial Section CCCE Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique (Bank for Economic Cooperation) CNCA Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole (National Agricultural Credit Bank) FAC Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (Fund for Assistance and Cooperation) FED Fonds European de Development (European Development Fund) ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IFDC International Fertilizer Development Center INRAN Institut National de Recherche Agronomique Nigerienne (National Agricultural Research Institute) MES Project Monitoring and Evaluation Section OPVN Office des Produits Vivriers du Niger RMWA Bank Regional Mission in West Africa (Abidjan) SONARA Societe Nigerienne d'Arachide (National Groundnut Company)  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY REPUBLIC OF NIGER DOSSO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Credit and Project Summary Borrower: Republic of Niger Amount: US$20.0 Million Terms: Standard Project The project comprises a five-year program intended Description: to increase farm incomes and improve the welfare and standard of living of the rural population of Dosso Province and to build up an extension service through (a) the introduction of improved farming practices for rainfed cereals, cowpeas and ground- nuts; (b) the improvement of vaccination coverage, delivery of drugs and feed supplements and animal husbandry practices for beef cattle and work oxen; (c) the construction of small-scale irrigation schemes for 200 ha of bottomlands; (d) the introduction of a Training and Visit extension system; (e) the strenthening of the farm input and implement supply system; and (f) applied research. Training, extension, input supply and credit services would be made accessible to about 80,000 farm families, of whom 25,000 are expected to adopt the recommended improved practices. The main risk is that the estimated rate of adoption of recommended practices ray not be attained due to poor implementation of the Training and Visit system, poor organization of input delivery and/or to inadequate financing of inputs. To minimize these risks, experienced practitioners would be employed to manage the Training and Visit system; input delivery would be managed by the project's own Commercial, Administrative and Financial Section through a special Farm Supplies Fund; and Government's contribution to nonincremental input financing would be payable in advance into the same Fund. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only n the performance of their official duties. Its content's may not otherwise be disclosed without WotA Bank authorization.  - ii - Estimated Cost: 1/ Local Foreign Total -----------US$ Million----------- Training 0.9 1.6 2.5 Extension 1.9 1.7 3.6 Input Supply 7.0 12.3 19.3 Livestock Development 0.7 1.4 2.1 Irrigation Development 0.4 0.8 1.2 Applied Research 0.2 0.5 0.7 Project Management 0.9 1.1 2.0 Base Cost Estimate 12.3 19.4 31.4 Phycial Contingencies 0.3 0.5 0.8 Price Contingencies 3.0 4.1 7.1 Total 15.3 24.0 39.3 % 39 61 100 IDA CCCE/FAC GOV'T CNCA BENEFICIARIES TOTAL