PROJECT PROPOSAL TO THE ADAPTATION FUND Project/Programme Category: Regular Country/ies: Djibouti Title of Project/Programme: Integrated Water and Soil Resources Management Project (Projet de gestion intégrée des ressources en eau et des sols PROGIRES) Type of Implementing Entity: Multilateral Implementing Entity Implementing Entity: International Fund for Agricultural Development Executing Entity/ies: Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Livestock Amount of Financing Requested: 5,339,285 (in U.S Dollars Equivalent) i Table of Contents PART I: PROJECT/PROGRAMME INFORMATION .............................................................. 1 Project Background and Context................................................................... 1 Geography .................................................................................................... 1 Climate ......................................................................................................... 2 Socio-Economic Context ............................................................................... 3 Agriculture ................................................................................................... 5 Gender ......................................................................................................... 7 Climate trends and impacts .......................................................................... 9 Project Upscaling and Lessons Learned ...................................................... 19 Relationship with IFAD PGIRE Project ........................................................ 21 Targeting and Targeting Strategies ............................................................ 22 Project / Programme Objectives................................................................. 25 Project / Programme Components and Financing ....................................... 26 Projected Calendar: .................................................................................... 27 PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ....................................................................................... 28 A. Project Components............................................................................ 28 B. Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits ...................................... 41 C. Cost-effectiveness ............................................................................... 46 D. Strategic Alignment ............................................................................. 51 E. National Technical Standards and Environment and Social Policy ........ 56 F. Duplication with other funding sources ............................................... 58 G. Learning, knowledge management and lessons learned. ..................... 65 H Consultative Process ........................................................................... 66 I Justification for Funding ...................................................................... 69 J Project Sustainability .......................................................................... 72 K Socio-Environmental Impacts and Risks .............................................. 74 PART III: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS................................................................ 82 A. Arrangements for project implementation ........................................... 82 B Financial and Project Risk Management ............................................... 86 C Environmental and Social Risk Management ........................................ 90 ii D Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements ............................................ 91 E Results Framework .............................................................................. 94 F Alignment with the Adaptation Fund Results Framework ................... 100 G Project budget ................................................................................... 103 H Disbursement Schedule ..................................................................... 106 PART IV: ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENT AND CERTIFICATION BY THE IMPLEMENTING ENTITY ....................................................................................................... 107 Annex 1 Gannt Chart ................................................................................ 108 Annex 2 Climate risk analysis ................................................................... 112 Annex 3 Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) ................. 120 Annex 4 Grievance Mechanism ................................................................. 162 Annex 5 Gender Assessment..................................................................... 168 Annex 6 Potential Partner Evaluation Matrix ............................................. 184 Annex 7 Gender Sensitive Design Checklist .............................................. 185 Annex 8 Organigram of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ................................................................................................................. 189 Annex 9 List of persons met ..................................................................... 190 Annex 10 Agenda of the mission and partners met ................................... 196 List of Figures Figure 1 Project area ................................................................................................. viii Figure 2 Annual climate in Djibouti: Precipitation (Left), temperature (Right) ........................ 3 Figure 3 Poverty rate by region ..................................................................................... 5 Figure 4 November 2019 floods. Affected areas in the country and in Djibouti City ............... 11 Figure 5 Monthly temperature and trend (1901-2017) Obock ......................................... 112 Figure 6 Mean temperature and trend (1901-2017) Tadjourah ........................................ 114 Figure 7 Mean temperature and trend (1901-2017) Dikhil .............................................. 116 Figure 8 Mean temperature and trend (1901-2017) Ali Sabieh ........................................ 118 iii List of Tables Table 1 Average Monthly Temperature and Rainfall of Djibouti for 1901-2016 ........................ 9 Table 2 Changes in mean annual temperature and rainfall in 2050 in the Republic of Djibouti . 10 Table 3 Natural disaster statistics in Djibouti: Number of people affected by the 3 main hazards (left) and average distribution of disaster types (right) ..................................................... 12 Table 4 Vulnerability assessment of resources and sectors ............................................... 13 Table 5 Communities Vulnerability/Exposure to Vulnerability ............................................ 14 Table 6 Key Adaptation Measures Recommended for the Agriculture and Water Sectors ........ 15 Table 7 Project components and financing ....................................................................... 26 Table 8 Project calendar ............................................................................................. 27 Table 9 First list of selected IGAs ................................................................................. 37 Table 10 Correlation between project interventions and climate change adaptation measures. 43 Table 11 Shared execution costs between PROGIRES and PGIRE ....................................... 47 Table 12 Quantifiable benefits ..................................................................................... 48 Table 13 Correlation between the PROGIRES activities and the priority axes of the Strategy and the National Action Plan on Biodiversity ......................................................................... 55 Table 14 Priority areas for donor action ........................................................................ 58 Table 15 Summary of Donors funded projects coordinated by the MAEPE-RH ....................... 60 Table 16 Justification for funding ................................................................................. 69 Table 17 environmental and social impacts and risks ....................................................... 74 Table 18 Final risk assessment and proposed mitigation measures .................................... 88 Table 19 Budgeted Monitoring & Evaluation Plan ............................................................ 94 Table 20 Results Framework ....................................................................................... 94 Table 21 Alignment with the Results Framework of the Adaptation Fund ........................... 100 Table 22 Budget of the project .................................................................................. 103 Table 23 Disbursement schedule ............................................................................... 106 Table 24 Adaptation Fund environmental and social checklist ......................................... 124 Table 25 Correlation between AF ESP guidance principles and IFAD SECAP GS, guiding values and principles .......................................................................................................... 131 Table 26 Health Risk Assessment............................................................................... 145 Table 27 Consolidated ESMP ..................................................................................... 148 Table 28 Monitoring and reporting overview ................................................................ 154 Table 29 Adoption of General Environment and