Second Agricultural Technology Project

Abstract*

The Second Agricultural Technology Project for Nicaragua will provide rural households and communities with broader access to sustainable agricultural, forestry and natural resource management services and innovations, thereby stimulating higher agricultural productivity. Project components: Component 1) aims to accelerate relevant technology generation and transfer, with an increased focus on marketing, competitiveness, sustainability and natural... Show More

Development Objective

The project development objective (PDO) is to provide rural households and communities with a broader access to sustainable agricultural, forestry and natural resource management services and innovations and to stimulate higher productivity

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P087046
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Augusto Garcia
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Nicaragua
Disclosure Date
February 1, 2005
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
November 29, 2005
Effective Date
September 15, 2006

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 39.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Fiscal Year 3
2006

Commitment Amount
US$ 30.25 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
June 30, 2014

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
January 23, 2014

Associated Projects
P114375

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Environmental policies and institutions14%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Nutrition and Food Security14%
- FY17 - Food Security7%
- FY17 - Nutrition7%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion14%
- FY17 - Indigenous People and Ethnic Minorities14%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development57%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery28%
- FY17 - Rural Markets28%

Project Map

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
International Fund for Agriculture Development	8.25
IDA Grant	10.00
Local Farmer Organizations	1.50
Borrower/Recipient	7.25
IDA Credit	12.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	22.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	22.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	8.25
Total Project Cost**	39.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of June 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of June 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,892.49
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,892.49
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	108,784.47
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	4,764.26
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	4,764.26
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	112,710.32
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	40,153.05
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	40,153.05
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	2,919.12
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	2,919.12
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	118,838.02
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	37,758.45
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-41270	Int Charges	37,758.45
Aug 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	827.93
Aug 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	827.93
Aug 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	111,977.86
Aug 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,052.27
Aug 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,052.27
Feb 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,986.72
Feb 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,986.72
Feb 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	3,152.82
Feb 15, 2019	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	109,817.40
Aug 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Int Charges	35,879.25
Aug 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	1,816.89
Feb 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	110,429.52
Feb 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,438.96
Feb 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,438.96
Feb 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	987.79
Aug 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	304.01
Aug 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	304.01
Aug 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	115,722.43
Aug 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,622.33
Aug 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	38,622.33
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	3,387.45
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	3,387.45
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	117,384.52
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,308.93
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,308.93
Aug 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	113,036.21
Aug 15, 2020	IDA-41270	Int Charges	35,879.25
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	37,197.86
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	2,049.13
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	112,083.73
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	37,197.86
Aug 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	35,097.39
Aug 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	35,097.39
Aug 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	439.20
Aug 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Int Charges	439.20
Aug 15, 2022	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	107,578.23
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	705.25
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	705.25
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	108,552.67
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	34,601.18
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	34,601.18
Feb 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	1,238.90
Feb 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	107,723.59
Feb 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	34,432.47
Feb 15, 2023	IDA-41270	Int Charges	34,432.47
Nov 29, 2005	IDA-41270	Loan Commitment	12,000,000.00
May 10, 2010	IDA-H5370	Loan Commitment	10,000,000.00
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Int Charges	33,949.54
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Int Charges	33,949.54
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	107,530.03
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	246.19
Aug 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	107,134.16
Aug 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Int Charges	31,706.56
Aug 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Int Charges	31,706.56
Aug 15, 2024	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	1,925.28
Dec 1, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Cancel	150,153.78
Jul 24, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	54,591.28
Aug 14, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	168,037.92
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-41270	Int Charges	188.55
Dec 1, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	-150,153.78
Jun 25, 2014	IDA-41270	Loan Cancel	235,300.94
May 12, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	197,297.80
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	121.78
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	46,824.29
Dec 20, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	109,187.57
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	46,824.29
Dec 11, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	500,000.00
Apr 16, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	308,514.12
Jan 27, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	294,403.25
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	121.78
Oct 4, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	324,164.40
Dec 27, 2013	IDA-41270	Loan Disb	245,059.17
Dec 26, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	130,472.73
Jan 30, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	255,580.56
Oct 28, 2013	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	342,330.03
Mar 3, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	266,666.97
Jan 13, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	114,529.50
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-41270	Int Charges	188.55
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-41270	Int Charges	45,982.02
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-41270	Int Charges	45,982.02
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	42,677.45
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	42,677.45
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	431.13
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	431.13
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	47,344.74
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-41270	Int Charges	47,344.74
Jun 19, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	1,036,144.30
Jun 30, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	370,259.06
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	570.26
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	570.26
May 12, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	1,974,020.20
May 14, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	232,068.55
May 27, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	91,425.00
May 30, 2014	IDA-H5370	Loan Disb	545,935.30
Jun 25, 2014	IDA-41270	Loan Disb	-233,829.34
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	41,608.76
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	41,608.76
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	114,515.38
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	23.22
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	41,483.27
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	41,483.27
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,402.08
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,402.08
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,290.25
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	39,290.25
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	1,198.90
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,333.41
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,333.41
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	113,703.49
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	42,212.42
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-41270	Int Charges	42,212.42
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,176.68
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Int Charges	1,176.68
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-41270	Loan Repay	114,664.08

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Project Management	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Overall	Low	2014-07-01
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2014-07-01
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2014-07-01

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 12-30-2014
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Modest
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 09-11-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

At least 80 percent of the project stakeholders express satisfaction with the research and agricultural services received	Value	9 percent	77 percent	80 percent
	Date	November 29, 2005	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment		Last INTA's survey	Target achieved under original Credit

Productivity Indices of participating farmers have increased on average by at least 15 percent	Value	60 percent	15 %
	Date	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Last INTA's survey	Target achieved under original Credit

At least 25,200 farmers participating in agricultural and forestry extension services have adopted at least two new production and/or processing technologies	Value	33250	25200
	Date	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	95 % of 35,000 farmers served by INTA, according to the last INTA's survey.	Target achieved under original Credit

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

At least 50,400 rural producers receive technical assistance	Value	70,806	50,400
	Date	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	INTA (69,973) according to institutional database in 2013; INAFOR (833). FAT-FUNICA attended 7,142 until Dec-2009 when their sub-component was completed	Target achieved under original Credit

INTA's technology inventory is increased by 42 validated technologies	Value	134	193	176
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Number of technologies that were available in INTA's catalog at the beginning of the project	59 new technologies have been included in INTA's catalog, with project support	Target achieved under under original credit

Annual Foundation and registered seed production of food grains exceeds 230 metric tons, while basic and registered vegetable, pasture and tuber seed production covers more than 230 ha	Value	200 metric tons of basic grains. 100 Ha of other c	136 MT	232230 Ha
	Date		November 10, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	2004	To be updated with apante production of basic grains seed and other crops, by the end of 2013	Target achieved under original credit

At least 2500 producers are trained in food processingand/or business administration and marketing	Value	1000	3,204	2500
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	2004	Target achieved	Target achieved under original Credit

Number of producer organizations who received training by INTA and offering TA services in their territories	Value	0	11	7
	Date	November 3, 2009	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment		11 cooperatives and organizations are partnering with INTA for the provision of agricultural extension services	Target achieved under original Credit

30% of the producer organizations that receive TA activities through FAT have access to finance and are linked to produce markets	Value	0	38 percent	30 percent
	Date		November 10, 2013	December 31, 2009
	Comment		Project activities with FAT-FUNICA were completed in Dic 2009	Target achieved under original Credit

At least 20 percent of INTA's indigenous target population are women	Value	0	54 percent	20 percent
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2012
	Comment		Out of 637 indigenous beneficiaries, 347 are women.	Target achieved under original Credit

Number of newly identified forestry seeds sources	Value	160	125
	Date	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2012
	Comment	In addition to 131 sources reported until 2011, 26 new sources were identified in 2012 and 3 new sources in 2013.	Target achieved under original Credit

On average, at least 80 percent of the Government institutions and participating donors involved rate PRORURAL's implementation andmonitoring arrangements as satisfactory	Value	100 percent	80 percent
	Date	January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment	According to PRORURAL mid-term evaluation (2012) and the last PRORURAL Mesa (October, 2013), PRORURAL implementation arrangementsare satisfactory.	Target achieved under original Credit.

The Monitoring and evaluation System is established and is providing periodic reports	Value	0	100 percent	100 percent
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment		SISEVA is fully operational and has prepared PRORURAL annual operational plans and reports as required over the last 7 years	Target achieved under original Credit

The ratio between technical/non-technical staff of MAGFOR, INTA, INAFOR and FUNICA has improved	Value	MAGFOR 45/55 %INTA 49/51 %INAFOR 63/37%FUNICA 5	MAGFOR 58/42 %INTA 60/40 %INAFOR 67/33%FUNICA	MAGFOR 55/45 %INTA 60/40 %INAFOR 67/33 %FUNICA
	Date		November 10, 2013	December 31, 2012
	Comment		Final figures to be described in the final project report	Target achieved under original Credit

Ten additional Forest Management Plans Approved	Value	0	88	10
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
	Comment		Cumulatively, INAFOR reports 70 FMP approved in 2012 and additional 18 FMP in 2013.	Target achieved under original Credit

Government contribution to the salary of MAGFOR and INTA staff fully budgeted	Value	0	100 percent	100 percent
	Date		January 31, 2014	December 31, 2011
	Comment		Staff that was initially paid by the project is now fully absorbed in the fiscal payroll by the Ministry of Finance.	Target achieved under original Credit

Producers (including women and indigenous) specialized in certified seed production within project context	Value	0	1435 producers, of which 185 are women and 118 are	1,200 producers, of which 240 are women, and 120 a
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As per the AF project Paper	13 percent of producers are women, and 8 percent belong to indigenous communities.	Overall, target was achieved although with lower results in terms of women and indigenous beneficiaries

Seed producer organizations implementing Cooperative Development Plans within project context	Value	0.00	31.00	31.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As per the AF project paper	39 PDCs were financed by the project. Some organizations were able to present two PDCs in different sowing seasons.	Target achieved

Cumulative incremental production of genetic, foundation, and registered basic grain seed	Value	369.00	829.00	1166.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As reported in the AF project paper	460 MT of high quality seed have been produced to respond to the actual demand from producers of certified seeds.	Target achieved at 71 percent. Given the production of registered seeds by private producers, INTA did not need to increase its ownproduction as initially planned.

Cumulative incremental production of certified basic grain seed	Value	1806.00	3713.00	4852.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As reported in the AF project paper	Actual data reflects only the confirmed production of 2013. in 2013, 1907 MT were produced and certified. In the current 2014primera sowing season, another 1,978 MT are being produced for certification. Note that breakdown indicators per type of grain arereported below with 2013 and 2014 data.	At the moment, the target is achieved at 77 percent as MAGFOR reports that 1,978 MT of seed are yet in production at the end of theproject and would be certified for commercialization during the grace period. To be reported in the ICR and the final projectreport.

Maize	Value	206.00	450.00	2364.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As reported in the AF project Paper	Additional 244 MT: 55 MT were produced in 2013 while 189 MT are financed for production in the current 2014 primera sowing season.	The demand for certified maize seed has been much lower than expected. Reasons to be further assessed in the final report and theICR.

Rice	Value	560.00	1480.00	864.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As reported in the AF project Paper	Production of the first 920 MT of rice seed is being financed at the moment and would be certified in a few months.	Final figure to be updated in the ICR.

Beans	Value	1040.00	3760.00	1652.00
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As reported in the AF project Paper	2720 MT of certified bean seeds, of which 869 MT were financed in the ongoing 2014 primera sowing cycle. Beans account for 70percent of total seed production supported by the project.	The project was able to respond to market signals for an increased production of beans seed, given the higher internal and externaldemand.

Value of subcredits for production and processing of certified seed (placed and returned)	Value	0	USD 3,130,000 (placed)USD 422,000 (returned)	USD 4,443,842 placedUSD 3,984,149 returned
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As per the AF project paper	The project allocated all the funds available in the credit line, but only in the final year of implementation. This affected theoriginally planned targets.	Target partially achieved at 70 percent placed, and 10 percent returned.

National Genetic Seed Center (CGS) operating with storage capacity	Value	0	CGS operating with 1806 metric tons of storage cap	CGS operating with 1806 metric tons of storage cap
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As per the AF project paper	The works at the CGS are completed and the processing plant installed.	Target achieved

Inspection capacity of DGPSA	Value	1,180 Ha/year	3,583 Ha/year	3,581 Ha/year
	Date	April 19, 2010	June 16, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment	As per the AF project paper	2,403 Ha/year of project implementation	Target achieved