Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P)

Abstract*

The development objective of the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project for Liberia is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization of smallholder farmers for selected value chains in selected counties of Liberia. The project comprises of three components. The first component, institutional capacity building and strengthening the enabling environment for farmers, state, and nonstate actors aims... Show More

Development Objective

The development objective is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization of smallholder farmers for selected value chains in selected counties of Liberia.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P160945
Status
Active
Team Leader
Kadir Gyasi , Adetunji Oredipe
Borrower 2
Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Country
Liberia
Disclosure Date
June 29, 2017
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
January 15, 2019
Effective Date
June 28, 2019

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 25.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Agriculture
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2019

Commitment Amount
US$ 48.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
N/A
Closing Date
June 30, 2025

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
June 3, 2024

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 change47%
- FY17 - Adaptation31%
- FY17 - Mitigation16%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Finance for Development44%
- FY17 - Agriculture Finance44%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender80%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Enterprise Development35%
- FY17 - MSME Development35%
FY17 - Jobs80%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development71%
- FY17 - Rural Markets71%

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Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	25.00
International Fund for Agriculture Development	23.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	25.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	25.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	23.00
Total Project Cost**	25.00

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$)
May 15, 2021	IDA-63600	Int Charges	8,339.68
Sep 17, 2021	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	2,198,644.00
May 15, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	5,065.43
May 15, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	5,065.43
May 15, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	119,969.92
May 15, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	119,969.92
May 15, 2021	IDA-63600	Int Charges	8,339.68
May 15, 2021	IDA-63600	Int Charges	96,218.76
May 15, 2021	IDA-63600	Int Charges	96,218.76
Apr 14, 2021	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	561,600.00
Nov 15, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	205.95
Nov 15, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	205.95
Nov 15, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	47,777.49
Nov 15, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	47,777.49
Jan 9, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	5,476.39
Jan 9, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	5,476.39
Jun 28, 2019	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	1,006,330.80
Dec 19, 2019	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	197,662.86
Jun 30, 2020	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	500,000.00
Jun 30, 2020	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	4,500,000.00
May 21, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	8,341.59
May 21, 2020	IDA-63600	Int Charges	8,341.59
Jan 15, 2019	IDA-63600	Loan Commitment	25,000,000.00
Apr 23, 2024	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	-85.00
Apr 23, 2024	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	-465,666.62
Jun 18, 2024	IDA-63600	Int Charges	140,999.06
Jun 18, 2024	IDA-63600	Int Charges	140,999.06
Apr 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	2,883,325.00
Apr 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	-2,883,325.00
Nov 21, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	128,138.40
Nov 21, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	128,138.40
Jun 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	129,398.76
Jun 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	129,398.76
Jun 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	3,813.34
Jun 12, 2023	IDA-63600	Int Charges	3,813.34
Dec 7, 2023	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	2,114,000.00
Jan 14, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	691.54
Jan 14, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	691.54
Jan 14, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	102,955.75
Jan 14, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	102,955.75
Sep 27, 2022	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	2,000,000.00
Nov 21, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	119,969.92
Nov 21, 2022	IDA-63600	Int Charges	119,969.92
Dec 22, 2022	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	-857,555.00
Dec 22, 2022	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	-0.48
May 12, 2020	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	1,728,172.80
Oct 7, 2020	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	5,525,000.00
Jul 13, 2021	IDA-63600	Loan Disb	561,600.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-04-05
Financial Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-04-05
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-04-05
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-04-05
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2025-04-05
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-04-05

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Rice; disaggregated by gender Value 1.30 21.40 20.00
Date December 31, 2018 September 19, 2023 November 28, 2024
Comment
Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Oil-Palm; disaggregated by gender Value 1.20 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Vegetables; disaggregated by gender Value 2.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the beneficiary farmers' group disaggregated by gender - Rice Value 0.26 0.57 0.75
Date June 13, 2022 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment

Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the beneficiary farmers' group disaggregated by gender - oil palm	Value	0.28	18.40	4.10
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the farmers' group disaggregated by gender - vegetables Value 0.20 5.94 1.60
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Number of direct project beneficiaries (Number) disaggregated by gender. Value 0.00 40968.00 17500.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
of which women beneficiaries (percentage) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiaries receiving capacity building training (disaggregated by gender) Value 80.00 15299.00 17481.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services Value 0.00 31160.00 10000.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Reports produced through MIS system Value 0.00 12.00 20.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
of which the number of reports used by stakeholders (farmers, FBOs, Agribusiness, NGO, Government) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Beneficiaries receiving capacity building of which women are 35% Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services-Female (CRI, Percentage) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Smallholders/farmers/beneficiaries (farmers or businesses) satisfied with services provided by the project Value 0.00 60.00 75.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Agribusiness capacity strengthened (SMEs and large) during matching grant implementation Value 30.00 202.00 220.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Number of Matching Grants approved Value 0.00 379.00 585.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Business Development Plans (BDPs) developed Value 0.00 350.00 670.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Female farmers satisfied with services provided by the project, % Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
of which the number disbursed (disaggregated by gender) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Business Development Plans developed for women and youth Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Capacity utilization rate of post-harvest processing facilities Value 10.00 60.00 50.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Client days of training provided (disaggregated by gender) Value 400.00 17477.00 40000.00
Date June 13, 2022 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Off-take arrangements delivered and sustained between FBOs and Buyers (by value chain) Value 0.00 72.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
of which the number of productive market linkages sustained after one year of approval Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Agrifinance products and services (credit lines, risk guarantees) developed by Financial Institutions Value 0.00 6.00 9.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 24, 2023 November 28, 2024
Comment
Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology Value 0.00 33060.00 15000.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment
Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - Female Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - male Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Percentage of farmers using market information Value 0.00 22.00 50.00
Date December 31, 2018 March 5, 2024 November 28, 2024
Comment

Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Rice; disaggregated by gender	Value	1.30	21.40	20.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	September 19, 2023	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Oil-Palm; disaggregated by gender	Value	1.20	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Increase in yield per targeted Value-Chain: Vegetables; disaggregated by gender	Value	2.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the beneficiary farmers' group disaggregated by gender - Rice	Value	0.26	0.57	0.75
	Date	June 13, 2022	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Volume of annual sales (Mt) for the target commodities produced by the farmers' group disaggregated by gender - vegetables	Value	0.20	5.94	1.60
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiaries receiving capacity building training (disaggregated by gender)	Value	80.00	15299.00	17481.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Reports produced through MIS system	Value	0.00	12.00	20.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Agribusiness capacity strengthened (SMEs and large) during matching grant implementation	Value	30.00	202.00	220.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Number of Matching Grants approved	Value	0.00	379.00	585.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Capacity utilization rate of post-harvest processing facilities	Value	10.00	60.00	50.00
	Date	December 31, 2018	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

of which the number of reports used by stakeholders (farmers, FBOs, Agribusiness, NGO, Government)	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services-Female (CRI, Percentage)	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

of which the number of productive market linkages sustained after one year of approval	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Client days of training provided (disaggregated by gender)	Value	400.00	17477.00	40000.00
	Date	June 13, 2022	March 5, 2024	November 28, 2024
	Comment

Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P)

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

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Project Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

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

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS