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Signature Page Upon request from the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will provide technical assistance for the project entitled: “Scaling up Cocoa-based Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Transformative Innovations in Côte d’Ivoire (SCOLUR-CI)” Upon signature of this project document by the duly authorized representatives of both parties, the project will be implemented in accordance with the background, rationale and management arrangements described herein. On behalf of the Government: Côte On behalf of: The Food and Agriculture d'Ivoire Organization of the United Nations Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: 1 PROJECT DOCUMENT Project Title: Scaling up Cocoa-based Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Transformative Innovations in Côte d’Ivoire (SCOLUR-CI) GEF ID: 10247 Lead Implementing Agency : FAO FAO Entity Number: 657440 Project Symbol: GCP /IVC/001/GFF UNDP ID: 6401 UNIDO ID: 200321 Countries: Côte d'Ivoire EOD (Implementation start): 1st October 2021 NTE(Implementation end): 30 September 2025 Environmental and Social Moderate risk Risk Classification: Gender Marker1: G0 G1 G2a G2b Contribution to FAO’s ▪ Strategic Objective/Organizational Outcome: Make agriculture, forestry and Strategic Framework: fisheries more productive and sustainable. (Indicate as appropriate) ▪ Country Outcome(s): Transformed agriculture into a productive and income- generating sector that enable the country to progress towards sustainable, inclusive agriculture, as a driver of industrial transformation. ▪ Country Programming Framework(s) Output(s): FAO’s assistance to Côte d’Ivoire is currently shaped by the 2018-2021 FAO Country Programming Framework (CPF), which is centred on three priority areas: ➨ Improving the productivity and resilience of agro-forestry-pastoral and fishery operations, including the promotion of climate-smart agriculture and the scaling-up of technical innovations and pathways of intensification and diversification; ➨ Enhancing the competitiveness of value chains and promoting effective and inclusive healthy diets to reduce poverty and malnutrition and ensure inclusive growth in rural areas, while managing post-harvest losses; ➨ Supporting the formulation, implementation and monitoring of national policies, plans and programmes to improve the enabling environment for food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture. Regional Initiative/Priority Area: Regional initiative 1: “Zero hunger” challenge for 2025 in Africa; Regional initiative 2: Sustainable intensification of production and value chain development in Africa Project Budget (GEF/SCCF/LDCF): $5,354,587 Co-financing: $66,631,987 1 See Guidance Note on Gender Mainstreaming in project identification and formulation 2 Executive Summary The rapid disappearance of forests in Côte d'Ivoire is one of the most dramatic examples of tropical deforestation in Africa. In the past 50 years, the country has lost nearly 90% of its natural forests—one of the world’s fastest rates of deforestation. Agricultural expansion for the production of cash crops, including export commodities such as cocoa, is the main driver of deforestation and forest degradation in the country. Overall, agriculture contributes to 62% of deforestation. A wide range of projects and initiatives aim to support the efficiency and sustainability of Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector. This includes the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI), which will be an important partner for the present project. Additional notable partners with ongoing projects include the National Agricultural Investment Programme (PNIA2), REDD+ National Council, the Green Climate Fund and GIZ’s Green Innovation Centres, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and various private sector partners, under the overall coordination of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER). Other important initiatives are being designed as Cocoa Integrated Value Chain Development Project (Conseil Café Cacao- WB), EU multi-stakeholder dialogue with Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire for sustainable cocoa and WCF New partnership on Cocoa Farm Rehabilitation in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Enhanced coordination and synergy of multiple projects across defined geographies (landscapes) will be a fundamental value added by the present project. Working in a participatory manner with a full range of landscape stakeholders, and building capacities to enable a full and informed participation of all parties, the project will develop detailed, integrated landscape management frameworks for implementation. They will be designed to orient activities across multiple jurisdictions (villages, sous-prefectures, etc.). Landscape-level plans will help to coordinate broader actions, investments and learning by private sector, donors, etc., including those under the overall CFI umbrella. In parallel with the development of integrated landscape coordination and management systems, the project will develop and test a range of technical solutions to problems of sustainable cocoa intensification and restoration of agricultural and forest lands. These solutions will be sourced from local, national, regional and international levels, the latter with the support of FOLUR’s Global Program. Emerging lessons from pilot areas will be subject to vigorous scale-up efforts aimed first and foremost at triggering landscape-level transformations. Strategies for both piloting and landscape-level uptake of intensification and restoration efforts will be refined through planning processes and implemented. The diffusion of knowledge and innovation--both up and down geographic scales, from individual farm to the FOLUR Global Program, with multiple intermediate scales along the way--will be an essential element for achieving cost‐effective impact at scale. Effective coordination across government agencies, donors, and other stakeholders will be another critical element. Each will rely heavily on CFI and FOLUR mechanisms. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS ................................................................................................................. 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................... 7 PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 9 PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION .......................................................................................................... 15 1.a Project Description ...................................................................................................................... 15 1.b Project Maps and Geo-Coordinates. ............................................................................................. 68 2. Stakeholders ................................................................................................................................. 72 3. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment ............................................................................... 78 4. Private Sector Engagement ............................................................................................................ 78 5. Risks .............................................................................................................................................. 80 6.a Institutional arrangements for project implementation. .............................................................. 97 6.b Coordination with other relevant GEF-financed projects and other initiatives .............................. 99 7. Consistency with National Priorities ............................................................................................ 101 8. Knowledge Management ............................................................................................................. 102 9. Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 105 10. Benefits ..................................................................................................................................... 109 PART III: ANNEXES .............................................................................................................................. 112 Annex A1: Project Results Framework ............................................................................................. 112 Annex A2: Project Budget ................................................................................................................ 118 Annex B: Response to Project Reviews ............................................................................................ 119 Annex C: Status of Utilization of Project Preparation Grant (PPG) .................................................... 122 Annex D: Calendar of Expected Reflows (if non-grant instrument is used) ........................................ 123 Annex E: GEF TF / LDCF/ SCCF Core Indicator Worksheet ................................................................. 124 Annex F: GEF Project Taxonomy Worksheet..................................................................................... 129 Annex G: Work Plan (indicative activities) ....................................................................................... 136 Annex H1: Environmental and Social Risk Certification ...................................................................