PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT TEMPLATE

1 1 PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT TEMPLATE BASIC INFORMATION Country: Bangladesh PROJECT Name (Full name & Acronym): Integrated Agricultural Productivity PROJECT Technical Assistance Component, IAPP-TA Supervising Entity (SE): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Task Team Leader Contact (Name & Email): Benoist Veillerette BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION (costs in US$1,000) Total PROJECT Cost 3, Of which GAFSP Amount 3, Total Disbursed Amount 3,668,134 Of which GAFSP Amount 3, Co-financiers (if any, cost amount for each) N/A SE Approval Date 30 September 2011 PROJECT Effectiveness Date 30 November 2011 Date of First Disbursement (of GAFSP funds) 1 November 2011 Official Restructuring Date(s) (if any) N/A Closing Date 30 September, 2016 1.

2 PROJECT Development Objective (original) The PROJECT s Impact1 was set as more effective, inclusive and country-owned agriculture, food and nutrition investment programmes . Its Outcome was strengthened human and organizational capacities to deliver increased and more effective public and private investments in agriculture and food and nutrition security, in particular in the Country Investment Plan (CIP) priority thematic areas. 2. Revised PROJECT Development Objective (if any) Neither Impact nor Outcome was revised. 3. Name and SE of Associated GAFSP Investment PROJECT Integrated Agricultural Productivity PROJECT (IAPP), World Bank 1 Impact is the highest hierarchy of the FAO Results Framework, which reflects the FAO s higher programmatic outcome, to which the PROJECT contributes.

3 The next level, Outcome, is defined as the specific and immediate beneficial changes achieved by the PROJECT for its target group(s) given its scope, duration and resources. This REPORT refers to both Impact and Outcome in assessing the PROJECT performance and results. 2 4. PROJECT Development Objective of the Associated Investment PROJECT To enhance the productivity of agriculture (crops, livestock and fisheries) in pilot areas (in Rangpur, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts in the North and Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalkathi districts in the South) 5. Revised PROJECT Development Objective of the Associated Investment PROJECT The PDO of the IAPP was not revised. 6. Major Deviations from Original PROJECT Design and Reasons (if any) No major deviations from the original PROJECT design were made.

4 Specific activities went through adjustments in response to: (i) requests from the IAPP to include capacity building supports beyond the initially envisaged technical areas; and (ii) challenges for FAO to provide technical services due to political turbulences and hartals (general strikes). 7. Changes Made to the Original Results Framework (if any, on indicators or values) 2 The hierarchical structure and narratives of the Results Framework (RF) remained unchanged. Indicators were refined and finalized at the inception stage which immediately followed the PROJECT effectiveness date. The inception stage RF is considered as the original. The mid-term review mission added several new indicators and set numerical values for all the indicators in order to improve tracking of the PROJECT s progress (newly added indicators are marked in the attached final RF).

5 8. Summary of PROJECT Components and Activities PROJECT COMPONENTS3 ACTIVITIES Component 1: Enhanced organizational and human capacities to own, design, implement, monitor and evaluate investment operations in agriculture and food and nutrition security Trainings / Training of Trainer (ToT) sessions: Short and medium term training sessions on a variety of topics including results-based PROJECT management, monitoring & evaluation, Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps), public expenditure reviews and participatory approaches to investment programmes; ToT sessions on the above mentioned topics, as well as on training delivery itself, including trainings dedicated to the IAPP Community Facilitators (module development and training course delivery) on community mobilization and M&E; Technical Assistance (TA) from FAO Investment Centre on investment programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, SWAps and public expenditure reviews, including specific learning events for the IAPP (eg: 2 A Final Results Framework needs to be submitted together with this TEMPLATE (see remarks at the end of this document).)

6 3 In the FAO RF, the term Outcome rather than Component is used. 3 coaching for the operations manual, M&E system) and guidelines and tools for formulation, implementation, M&E and coordination of investment projects; Multi-stakeholder study tours to two World Bank projects in Tamil Nadu, India, to learn about PROJECT management as it has been conducted in similar initiatives; Institutional needs assessment/evaluation to define bottlenecks and come up with strategies to address them (in order to further elaborate activities under this outcome); Mentoring of staff from key Government offices. Component 2: Enhanced organizational and human capacities in technical areas related to investment operations, specifically irrigation and water management, seed sector quality assurance and integration of nutrition into agricultural investments Short and medium term training on technical areas; Technical Assistance (TA) from FAO technical departments on irrigation and water management, seed sector quality assurance and integration of nutrition into agricultural investments, including stocktaking of past experiences in seed and water sector as well as extension.

7 Higher education degrees (Masters and PhDs) in topics relevant to improving capacities to manage investments in agriculture and food security. Component 3: More inclusiveness and increased participation of key stakeholders, including those from the farming community, in investment PROJECT design and implementation processes Short and medium term hands on training on participatory approaches to investment programmes, including TCI s RuralInvest; Technical Assistance (TA) from FAO (potentially Regional Office) to farmer organizations in order to strengthen organizational capacities; Study tours to Kenya and the Philippines for Farmers Organization (FO) leaders and government staff to visit successful farmer organizations and then share experiences.

8 National farmer-to-farmer (peer-to-peer) field visits to share experiences on establishing and strengthening farmer organizations; Workshops with wide audiences to inform and stimulate participation and contributions to the design and implementation of investment operations; Informational campaigns sharing the benefits of, as well as explaining how to establish, farmer organizations. 4 9. PROJECT Ratings 4 Highly Satisfactory (HS); Satisfactory (S); Moderately Satisfactory (MS); Moderately Unsatisfactory (MU); Unsatisfactory (U) RATING JUSTIFICATION FOR RATING5 A SE self-assessed PROJECT ratings towards the achievement towards own PROJECT Development Objective (PDO) S Achievements towards both Impact and Outcome are rated satisfactory.

9 IMPACT LEVEL: The PROJECT s contribution to Impact more effective, inclusive and country-owned agriculture, food and nutrition investment programmes is rated satisfactory on the grounds that three out of the four impact-level indicators were achieved, as follows: Indicator : Achieved Shortly after PROJECT inception , two farmers began attending the PROJECT Steering Committee (PSC) of the associated investment PROJECT (IAPP) and continued their participation throughout the full duration of the IAPP. This inclusion of farmers representatives in the IAPP PSC met the target of Indicator ,6 ensuring that at least 2 [farmers] actively participate in the IAPP PSC.

10 Indicator : Achieved The CIP Monitoring REPORT (2016) shows that Bangladesh invested more than USD billion in agricultural, rural development and food security (ARDFS) activities over the past five years of the CIP s implementation, equating to just over 70% of the total planned budget and meeting the target for Indicator Indicator : Achieved The IAPP met all of its four PDO indicators, meeting the target of the IAPP-TA s Indicator As of April 2016, three of the related investment PROJECT s four PDO Indicators were overachieved. IAPP recipients of TA training went on to implement the IAPP PROJECT and conduct outreach/community mobilization which resulted in a total of more than 226,000 farmers increasing their agricultural productivity.