Samoa Agriculture & Fisheries Cyclone Response Project

Development Objective

The development objective of the project is to provide recovery assistance to cyclone-affected farmers and fishers throughvouchersand grants with the aim of restoring their lost production capacity, and to enhance preparedness of the agriculture sectorto better respond to future disasters.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P145938
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Kofi Nouve
Borrower 2
Ministry of Finance

Country
Samoa
Disclosure Date
October 17, 2013
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
October 17, 2013
Effective Date
December 30, 2013

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 5.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Region
East Asia and Pacific
Fiscal Year 3
2014

Commitment Amount
US$ 5.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
June 26, 2024
Closing Date
March 31, 2017

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

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 change16%
- FY17 - Adaptation16%
FY17 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management8%
- FY17 - Biodiversity4%
- FY17 - Landscape Management4%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Finance for Development32%
- FY17 - Agriculture Finance20%
- FY17 - Disaster Risk Finance12%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Disaster Risk Management36%
- FY17 - Disaster Preparedness12%
- FY17 - Disaster Response and Recovery12%
- FY17 - Disaster Risk Reduction12%
FY17 - Rural Development24%
- FY17 - Land Administration and Management4%
- FY17 - Rural Markets20%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant from CRW	5.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	5.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	5.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	5.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Oct 17, 2013	IDA-H8850	Loan Commitment	5,000,000.00
Feb 10, 2014	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	3,400,000.00
Mar 11, 2016	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	516,425.75
Sep 12, 2017	IDA-H8850	Loan Cancel	1,961.10
Jun 22, 2016	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	291,141.75
Mar 9, 2017	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	317,352.00
Jul 7, 2017	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	180,305.47
Nov 21, 2016	IDA-H8850	Loan Disb	196,672.92

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2016-12-22
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2016-12-22
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2016-12-22
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2016-12-22
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2016-12-22
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2016-12-22

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 09-27-2017
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Negligible
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 01-30-2018	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Substantial	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	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Negligible	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiary subsistence farming and fishing households acquire farm assets and inputs to recover from cyclone losses. Value 0.00 7.30 7.30
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Percentage of approved recovery plans of commercial enterprises implemented. Value 0.00 93.00 80.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment

Methodology developed and adopted and MAF staff trained on compiling regular agricultural production data, assessing damages & lossfor the agricultural sector and capacities strengthened in DRR/DRM	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	January 30, 2014	September 30, 2016	March 31, 2017
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Percentage of eligible subsistence farmers that have received vouchers. Value 0.00 99.97 90.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Percentage of recovery plans of eligible commercial farmers and aquaculturists approved. Value 0.00 100.00 100.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Damaged MAF facilities repaired. Value 0.00 100.00 90.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Client days of training provided to farmers on technologies and practices for more resilient agriculture. Value 0.00 400.00 300.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Client days of training provided to female farmers on technologies and practices for more resilient agriculture. Value 0.00 200.00 100.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Number of beneficiary subsistence farmers and fishers who have received e-vouchers Value 0.00 7394.00 7300.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment
Percentage of beneficiary subsistence farmers and fisheries receiving e-vouchers that are female Value 0.00 24.30 30.00
Date January 30, 2014 September 30, 2016 March 31, 2017
Comment

Beneficiary subsistence farming and fishing households acquire farm assets and inputs to recover from cyclone losses.	Value	0.00	7.30	7.30
	Date	January 30, 2014	September 30, 2016	March 31, 2017
	Comment

Damaged MAF facilities repaired.	Value	0.00	100.00	90.00
	Date	January 30, 2014	September 30, 2016	March 31, 2017
	Comment