Scaling-Up Climate-Resilient Rice Production in West Africa
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RICOWAS Full Proposal [V.1] April 26, 2021 REGIONAL PROJECT PROPOSAL RICOWAS Project Scaling-up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo Title of Project: Scaling-up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo (all countries members of ECOWAS) Thematic Focal Area: Food Security Type of Implementing Entity: Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) Implementing Entity: Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) Executing Entities: Regional level: Regional Coordination Unit based at the Regional Centre of Specialization in Rice sponsored by ECOWAS (RCoS-Rice/IER) in Mali, in partnership with Climate- Resilient Farming Systems program at Cornell University, USA National level: National Coordination Institutions Benin Secrétariat Général du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche (SG/MAEP) / Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB) Burkina Faso Ministère de l'agriculture et des aménagements hydro-agricoles /Direction générale des études et des statistiques sectorielles Côte d'Ivoire Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural / Agence Nationale d'Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER) The Gambia Ministry of Agriculture Ghana CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Guinea Institut de Recherche Agronomique (IRAG) Liberia Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP) Mali Direction Nationale de l’Agriculture (DNA) Niger Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) Nigeria Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) Senegal Agence Nationale de Conseil Agricole et Rural (ANCAR) Sierra Leone Rokupr Rice Research Centre/Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) Togo Institut de Conseil et d’Appui Technique (ICAT) Amount of Financing Requested 14,000,000 in U.S Dollars Equivalent 1 RICOWAS Full Proposal [V.1] April 26, 2021 Content PROJECT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................ 5 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Bioclimatic zones of West Africa ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Topography, Geology and Soils ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Terrestrial Flora and Fauna .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Rice Agriculture and Food Security in West Africa........................................................................................................ 7 Climate change vulnerabilities, impacts and risks ......................................................................................................... 9 Adaptation measures and project approach ................................................................................................................. 14 The RICOWAS project zone identification and description ........................................................................................ 15 Vulnerability assessment and adaptation measures ................................................................................................... 17 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND FINANCING .................................................................................................................................. 23 PROJECTED CALENDAR .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 PROJECT JUSTIFICATION .................................................................................................................................... 24 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT COMPONENTS .......................................................................................................................... 24 PROMOTION OF NEW AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ............................................................ 33 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ................................................................................................................. 34 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ................................................................................................................ 34 CONSISTENCY WITH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ...................................................................................................................... 40 ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL TECHNICAL STANDARDS ................................................................................................................ 44 PROJECT DUPLICATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 52 CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ........................................................................................................................................................... 53 JUSTIFICATION OF FUNDING REQUEST ....................................................................................................................................... 56 PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................................................................................................... 57 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS AND RISKS ................................................................................................................... 57 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 63 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................. 63 MEASURES FOR FINANCIAL AND PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................. 69 MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 70 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS AND BUDGETED M&E PLAN .......................................................................... 76 PROJECT RESULTS FRAMEWORK INCLUDING MILESTONES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS. .......................................................... 81 ALIGNMENT WITH THE RESULTS FRAMEWORK OF ADAPTATION FUND ..................................................................................... 87 DETAILED BUDGET (US$) ........................................................................................................................................................... 89 DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE WITH TIME-BOUND MILESTONES ..................................................................................................... 93 ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENTS AND CERTIFICATION BY THE IE ...................................................... 99 RECORD OF ENDORSEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................ 99 IMPLEMENTING ENTITY CERTIFICATION ...................................................................................................................................... 99 ANNEXES Annex 1 Endorsement Letters ............................................................................................................................................................................... 101 Annex 2 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) ..................................... 114 Annex 3 Gender Assessment and Action Plan ...................................................................................................................................................... 138 Annex 4 Cost Effectiveness Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 162 Annex 5 Regional consultation workshop report ................................................................................................................................................... 174 Annex 6 Synthesis Report of the National Consultation Workshops .....................................................................................................................