Sustainable Land Management Project

Abstract*

The objective of the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project for Senegal is to contribute to the reduction of land degradation and the improvement of ecosystem functions and services in the target areas by adopting sustainable land management practices through the provision of support to the recipient's research and agricultural and rural consultation system and to producer organizations. There are four components to the project, the first component... Show More

Development Objective

Promote the adoption of sustainable land management practices in selected priority areas in the Groundnut Basin.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P108144
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Aifa Niane
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Senegal
Disclosure Date
August 28, 2008
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
August 25, 2009
Effective Date
March 5, 2010

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 4.80 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2010

Commitment Amount
US$ 4.80 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2012

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
June 28, 2013

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 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management6%
- FY17 - Biodiversity3%
- FY17 - Landscape Management3%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Finance for Development6%
- FY17 - Agriculture Finance6%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development90%
- FY17 - Land Administration and Management84%
- FY17 - Rural Markets6%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Global Environment Facility (GEF)	4.80

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

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

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	4.80
Total Project Cost**	4.80

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of June 30, 2025

No data available.

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Summary Global Objective Rating	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Procurement	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Project Management	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2012-12-16
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2012-12-16

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 09-13-2013
Outcomes
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 06-30-2014	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

New technologies tested and proven successful by the end of the Project	Value	0.00	2.00	3.00
	Date	August 25, 2009	April 16, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		The third technology is in test in farmers field and its effect will be evaluated during coming rainy season (June-October)

SLM activities are integrated into the annual work plan of the Rural Advisory Agency in Rural Councils within the project target area	Value	0.00	8.00	8.00
	Date	August 25, 2009	October 1, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		The target value is reached with SLM well integrated in agricultural and rural advisers work plan.	The target value is corrected to reflect initial objective of 8 rural councils

Project proposals submitted by Producer Organizations to implement SLM technologies are implemented	Value	0.00	23.00	30.00
	Date	August 25, 2009	April 16, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		The 23 sub projects are under implementation and 4 others are identified.	The target will be reached at the project closing.

SLM Investment Framework (SIF) is approved	Value	SIF non-existent	SIF developped, approved and submitted to Agricult	SIF developed and approved
	Date	August 25, 2009	October 1, 2012	December 29, 2012
	Comment		Breves and brochures are in editing as requested by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Increase of organic matter in the soil in target areas	Value	0.20	0.47	0.23
	Date	August 25, 2009	October 1, 2012	June 30, 2012
	Comment	The baseline at the project approval was defined based on secondary data. Analysis done at the beginning of the project showed abaseline of 1.82.	The soil organic material rose on average by 0.47% at the end of the project.	The project induced an increase by 0.47% of soil organic material. The target of 0.23% is widely exceeded.

Increase of land with SLM practices in target areas	Value	0.00	0.00	20.00
	Date	August 25, 2009	November 27, 2012	November 27, 2012
	Comment		Indicator not yet available. Mapping of the area covered by SLM technologies is under going. An increase of 32% found in ruralcommunities mapped.	Indicator under study. Target exceeded in rural community mapped.

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	17990.00	4100.00
	Date	August 25, 2009	October 1, 2012	June 30, 2012
	Comment		The number of direct project beneficiaries is 17990 producers of which 9991 women (55%). A total of 28 producers organizationsbenefited from the project funding for their SLM sub-projects.	Number of farmers targeted not specified but 30 producers organizations were targeted.

Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 9991.00 50.00
Date August 25, 2009 October 1, 2012 June 30, 2012
Comment Direct project beneficaries understood as 'Producers benefited from the project'