| General Information |
Project/Program |
Program & Project |
| Project Name |
Agriculture Sector Development Program and Project 34380 |
| Duration |
Approval: 26-Nov.-2003 Actual Closed: Loan 2022, 1-July-2009 Loan 2023, 30-June-2010 |
| Donor |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Agriculture |
| Region |
N.A. |
| Financing |
Program Appraisal: USD 25millionProgram Actual: USD 26.956 million Project Appraisal: USD 4.7 million Project Actual: USD 4.2million |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Agriculture Inputs Company, Farmer's Water Use Community, Kampuchea Fishery Import and Export Company, Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology, Project Coordination Unit, Program Support Unit, No involvement of NGOS which could have been used to alleviate the funding constraints (costs of establishing greenhouses and chicken raising facilities). |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
Project aligns with the Socioeconomic Development Plan 1996-2000, Second Socioeconomic Development Plan 2001-2005, government's 2004 Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity, and Efficiency, National Strategic Development Plan, Strategy for Agriculture and Water 2006-2010, Strategic Framework for Decentralization and Deconcentration Reforms 2005, Country Partnership Strategy for Cambodia 2011-2013, government's 2010 Rice Production and Export Policy |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
Ownership of the government was uneven according to the completion report, responsibility of the agencies were not clearly clarified. Lack of local ownership of the project was not realized until the ADB created more specific agencies and departments to give them responsibilities on the project. The completion report strongly urges for decentralized training and skilled local staff to increase components that are implemented on the local level. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
To increase the harmonization of Cambodia's development partners for the increased efficiency of agriculture, the government has initiated above strategy plans. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Program was delayed due to loan signing delays and more time needed to comply with the given ADB 24 conditions; project was delayed due to implementation problems of consultants. Monitoring and evaluations were all conducted in a very constructed manner, with staffs in the project coordination unit. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Program loan had 24conditions (divided into two tranches), which supported elimination of direct government interventions in the agricultural markets. In addition, resettlement costs were not clarified prior to project design and were very time consuming during the project implementation. Performance of the program's consultants were rated unsatisfactory (these consultants needed to create training programs to increase institutional strengthening for agricultural commercialization). |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
ADB insisted very specific conditions that were hard for Cambodia to keep which lead to delays in implementation and slow government negotiations. |
