Nigeria Scaling Up Sustainable Land Management Practice, Knowledge, and Coordination

Abstract*

The development and global environment objective of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) incremental grant is to improve the enabling environment for scaling up sustainable land management in participating communities. Scaling up Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Practice, Knowledge and Coordination Project will be a three-and-a-half-year incremental GEF grant to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, focused on mainstreaming SLM in Nigeria's agricultural... Show More

Development Objective

The development and global environment objective of the GEF incremental grant is to improve the enabling environment for scaling upsustainable land management in participating communities. The project development objective of the existing approved loan (with which the GEF incremental support will integrate) is to increase the incomes of users of rural land and water resources.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P109737
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Abimbola Adubi
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Nigeria
Disclosure Date
October 27, 2009
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
July 8, 2010
Effective Date
November 25, 2010

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 6.80 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2011

Commitment Amount
US$ 6.80 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
June 27, 2014

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 - Climate change12%
- FY17 - Mitigation12%
FY17 - Water Resource Management5%
- FY17 - Water Institutions, Policies and Reform5%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development83%
- FY17 - Land Administration and Management83%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Global Environment Facility (GEF)	6.80

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	6.80
Total Project Cost**	6.80

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of April 30, 2025

No data available.

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Overall	Low	2013-11-19
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Procurement	Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Summary Global Objective Rating	Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Project Management	Satisfactory	2013-11-19
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2013-11-19

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-28-2014
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Modest
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 10-21-2014	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Unsatisfactory	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

Stakeholder perception of the enabling environment for sustainable land management	Value	0.32	0.56	0.60
	Date	May 14, 2010	August 30, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	This is a composite index ranging from 0 to 1.00 giving expert perception on the extent to which the enabling conditions for SLM(Institutions, Financing, Knowledge, etc) are improving or deteriorating.	An independent tracking of the composite index was conducted May, 2012 to give the national average of 0.563. However, when theoverall mean scores of the states were compared, it was observed that the highest mean score was recorded by Sokoto (6.81) followedby Kwara (6.77), Ebonyi (6.74), Kogi (6.66), Benue (6.53), Ondo (6.44), Taraba (6.32), Osun (6.13), Delta (6.06) and Kaduna (6.05).However, the states with the lowest mean scores were Akwa-Ibom (4.09), Edo (4.59), Kano (4.66) and Jigawa (4.9).

Direct project beneficiaries (% female - Cumulative)	Value	0.00	33743.00	259000.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	August 30, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment		This figure which represent 14.98% achievement of the target is made up of 20,622 males (53%) and 18,183 females (47%).

Participating communities that have selected SLM sub-projects for inclusion in their Local Development Plans (LDPs) (cumulative % of communities)	Value	0.00	24.90	10.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	April 3, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	The project is not yet effective and communities are just being sensitized to SLM practices.	1,096 FCAs out of the 4,402 participating FCAs whose LDPs have been approved for implementation have included a total of 3,076 SLMsub-projects in their LDPs. To date, 2,490 SLM sub-projects have been fully implemented across the participating states.	740 FCAs

Community Associations reached through training and / or communications on SLM practice / planning (# per year)	Value	0.00	5185.00	7400.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	April 3, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment		All FCAs in the baseline project are being sensitized on SLM practice but 1,096 of them are currently adopting SLM.

People reached through training and/or communications on SLM practice / planning (# per year)	Value	0.00	5543.00	4714.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	April 3, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	See details below.	See details below.

Local Government Areas trained in rural land use planning	Value	0.00	30.00	62.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	August 30, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment		Training on land use plan mapping software for the selected Local Government Areas was conducted for 30 Local government Areas i.e.for 15 states. Proposal to train the remaining 32 local government is in progress.

State Governments participating in development of Nigeria's multi-sector SLM Investment Framework (cumulative # of State governments)	Value	Terms of Reference approved by Governement's Natio	About 30 states have reported the formation of the	20 States + federal goverment
	Date	May 14, 2010	April 3, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment		Project has commenced and progress already being recorded.

Improved monitoring tools developed to track adoption of SLM practices and changes in land productivity (# tools)	Value	0.00	1.00	2.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	August 30, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment		Terms of Reference (TOR) for Studies on Monitoring Tool to Track Adoption Rates of Specific Sustainable Land Management (SLM)Practices under Fadama III GEF has been developed; and current evaluation of consultants that would be engaged in the consultancy.

SLM Information System developed (Yes/No) Value No (does not exist) Yes
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment Yes
Additional Area under Sustainable Land Management Value 0.00 100091.00 0.00
Date August 30, 2013
Comment Up to 100,091 ha have been added to SLM management across the 36 states and the FCT.

Percentage of women beneficiaries	Value	0.00	47.00	40.00
	Date	May 14, 2010	August 30, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	This figure should be in percentages and is corrected in the entries.	A total of 18,183 women beneficiaries out of a total of 38,805 beneficiaries, representing 47% are currently implementing SLMsub-projects across the 36 States and the FCT.	The project is targeting 40% female participants out of the total beneficiaries.

Community facilitators Value 0.00 1950.00 2500.00
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment
Extension and advisory staff Value 0.00 479.00 814.00
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment
Local Government Staff Value 0.00 398.00 700.00
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment
State Government Staff Value 0.00 1377.00 5000.00
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment This includes all active members of the already formed 30 states SLM Committee.
Federal Government Staff Value 0.00 25.00 200.00
Date May 14, 2010 August 30, 2013 December 31, 2013
Comment 25 Federal Officers.
Additional Area under Sustainable Land Management Value
Date
Comment