February 2015

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PACT and its ImplicationBRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PACT and its Implication

"Improving Competitiveness of Small Holder Farmers and Agribusinesses ""Improving Competitiveness of Small Holder Farmers and Agribusinesses "

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NAMASTE AND WARM WELCOME

TODAY'S AGENDA

1.1. Brief Introduction to PACT and its Brief Introduction to PACT and its ImplicationImplication

2.2. Selection of Grant Recipients and their StatusSelection of Grant Recipients and their Status

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Project OverviewOverall Objective: To improve the

competitiveness of project supported

smallholder farmers and the agribusinesses

within selected commodity value chains

Date of Agreement:

Original: 21 August 2009

Additional Funding:

Agreement: 13 Feb 2013,

Effective: 18 March 2013

Project Duration : Extended to 30 June 2018

Executing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture

Development

Donor : World Bank 4

Financing Plan

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Source Original AF Total %IDA 20 40 60 73.3.

Beneficiaries 5.82 13.8 19.62 24GoN 0.73 1.5 2.23 2.7Total 26.55 55.3 81.85 100

Grant-US$ 27.3 M (46%)

Credit-US4 32.7 M (54%)

Components

1. Agriculture and Rural Business Development (79% of the total project cost)

2. Support for Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Facilities and Food Quality Management (6.6%)

3. Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation (14.4%)

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Key Achievements

Component 1: Agriculture and Rural Business Development

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Component 1: Agriculture and Rural Business Development

• Third call: Of 1447 PCNs received, 400 PCNs selected for field verification on 28 June 2013, 296 have submitted FPPs, 291 FPPs succeed and 267 sub-projects received and have done agreement.

• Fourth call: 779 Joint Proposals with 2454 PCNs received (1-8 PCNs/JP, 88% (684 have submitted 3 PCNs), 659 JP eligible. Field Verification is going on.

• Fifth Call: Micro-grant (Max US$ 10,000), Guidelines approved, planned to implement in 25 districts as pilot project. 3195 proposals received. Most of the districts listed out the succeed proposals for Field Verification.

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Sub-project performance to date

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Details Call 1 Call 2 Call 3

(1) Number of PCNs received 388 1500 1447

(2) Number of PCNs/FPPs short-listed for FPP 150 458 400

(3) Number of organizations submitting ( No of FPPs received)

142 407 300, continue

(4) Number of FPPs/PCNs approved for field verification

56 234 400

(5) Number of Sub-project (Grant Agreement) 51 204 267

(6) Total Grant Commitment, Rs Million 124 538 -

(7) Grant disbursement, Rs Million 110.8 416.6 NA

(8) Grant disbursement % 89.4 77.4 NA

(9) Number of Sub-projects implementation 49 204 NA

(10) Number of SPs completed 49 25 NA

[1] Preparatory works for field verifications underway

Highlights of Call 1 Sub-projects

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Beej Bridhi Sahakari Sanstha, Kailali

Shree Ram Beej Bridhi Krishak Samuha, Chitwan

Highlights of Call 1 Sub-projects Contd..

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Janakalyan Krishak Cooperative Ltd. Syangja

Agriculture Information Study & Consultancy Center

Highlights of Call 2 Sub-projects

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Namuna Gai Farm (Namuna Cow Farm)

Milijuli Women Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd., Nawalparasi

Highlights of Call 2 Sub-projects contd..

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Highlights of Call 2 Sub-projects contd.

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WB Missions: Picture SpeakEighth Mission Visiting Gravity Ropeway in Syangja constructed through PACT's matching grant

WB Country Director tasting organic tomato produced in Kaski by a PACT's Grant Recipient grant

Visit of World Bank's Mission to a Commercial Vegetable Production and Marketing Sub-project, Luvu, Lalitpur implemented by Amarawati Bagwani Nursery, Lalitpur

WB's Ninth Mission in a Commercial Floriculture Project in Chitwan district supported by PACT through its matching grant

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PACT's Key EventsRight Honorable Prime Minister, Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai during the inauguration of an International Workshop on Agribusiness Promotion, organised by PACT from 8 -10 April, 2012

Mr Nathu Prasad Chaudhary, Secretary, MOAD,(observing PACT's grant recipients' stalls (Commercial Rainbow Trout Production, Manikhel, Lalitpur) in National Agro-Expo , 9-11 March, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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PACT's Key EventsMoAD Secretary, Mr Jaya Mukund Khanal and MoF Secretary, Mr Krishna Hari Baskota responding to press reporter in one of PACT's sub-project visit in Dhading district

First Value Chain Round Table- Coffee being Inaugurated by Mr Jaya Mukund Khanal, Secretary, MOAD on 11 January 2015.

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SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPEINTS

Three Stage Assessment Process Competitive, Transparent and Objective

First- Project Concept Note Stage (20-30% selection)

Second- Field Verification (90+ % Approval)

Third- Full Proposal (75+ % Approval)

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PROJECT CONCEPT NOTE (PCN) STAGE

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SECOND STAGE: FIELD VERIFICATION

Technical Appropriat

eness

Third Stage: FPP Evaluation

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Financial evaluation

Technical evaluation Rejection

Full Project Proposal

(By Applicant)

Approved (Sub-project)

Approved (Sub-project)

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Grant Award Ceremony

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Implementation Start

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Sub-projects

OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS

Organization

Call 1 Call 2 Total by grant category

Overall

TIM ABD TIM ABD TIM ABD Call 1 Call 2 Total

Cooperatives 14 14 58 40 72 54 28 98 126 (49.4)

Farmer groups 5 7 40 15 45 22 12 55 67(26)

Private Firms 4 2 13 35 17 37 6 49 55 (21.6)

Producers Associations

4 1 1 2 5 3 5 3 8 (3)

Total 27 24 112 92 139(54.3)

116(45.7)

51 204 255 (100)

Over 75% funding gone to small farmers and cooperatives

Towards Completion

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Direct Beneficiaries

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Call 1 and Call 2 (SPs)

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Type of Organization

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Beneficiaries By Gender Beneficiaries By Ethnicity

MenWomen Total Dalit Jjati Other Total

1 Cooperatives1807

8 133333141

1 32961122

81688

73141

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2Farmer Groups 3822 2645 6467 704 2583 3180 6467

3 Prod. Assoc 1445 722 2167 341 509 1317 21674 Private Firms 2663 1693 4356 403 1589 2363 4356

  Total2600

8 183934440

1 47441590

92374

74440

1  Proportion 58.6 41.4 100 10.7 35.8 53.5 100

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