FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PROGRAM II(AGP-II)
PROGRAMDESIGN DOCUMENT
January 2015
Addis Ababa
TABLE OF CONTENT
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PROGRAM II (AGP-II)
PROGRAM DESIGN DOCUMENT
Addis Ababa
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Executive Summary
PART I: BACKGROUND AND STRATEGIC CONTEXT
1.1.COUNTRY CONTEXT
1.1.1.General Perspective
1.1.2.Sectoral and Institutional Context
1.1.3.Higher Level Objectives to which the Program Contributes
1.1.4.Lessons Learned and Reflected in the Program Design
1.2.PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
1.2.1 Program Objectives
1.2.2 Program Target Areas
1.2.3 Target Beneficiaries
1.2.4 Program Design Approach
1.3ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM DOCUMENT
PART II: PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
1.COMPONENT 1: PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Sub component 1.1 : Institutional Strengthening and Development
1.1.1Establishing and Strengthening Agriculture Development Partners Linkage Advisory Councils (ADPLACs)
1.1.2Support to Agricultural Extension Service
1.1.3Support to Animal Production and Animal Health Services
1.1.4Crop Production and Plant Health Services
1.1.5Support to Natural Resources and Soil Fertility Management Services
Sub-Component 1,2 : Scaling up of Best Practices
1.2.1Identification and Compilation of Best Practices
1.2.2Implementation of Best Practices
2.COMPONENT 2 : AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Sub-component 2.1: Technology Adaptation and Generation
2.1.1Support to Accelerate Release of selected pipe line Technologies ፡-
2.1.2Support to adaptation and generation of demand driven technologies
Sub-component 2.2 :Pre-extension Demonstration and Participatory Research Schemes
2.2.1Support to on-farm pre-extension demonstration activities
2.2.2Establishment and strengthening of Farmers' Research and Extension Groups (FREGs)
Sub-component 2.3-Source Technology Production
2.3.1Production of breeder seed and pre-basic seeds of major crop varieties
2.3.2Mass multiplication of disease and insect free tissue culture materials.
2.3.3Production of source livestock and forage technologies
2.3.4Land and water resources technology multiplication
Sub-component 2.4: Capacity development to enhance technology adaptation, generation, maintenance and promotion (physical and human capacity)
3.COMPONENT 3: SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATIONDEVELOPMENT
Component Overview
Sub-component 3.1: Small-scale Irrigation Infrastructure Development and Improvement
3.1.1Rehabilitation and/or Improvement of Existing SSI Systems
3.1.2MicroIrrigation and Household Irrigation Systems
3.1.3Establishment of New Small-scale Irrigation Systems
3.1.4Capacity Development
Sub-component 3.2: Integrated Crop and Water Management (ICWM)
3.2.1Formation of Irrigation Water Users Associations
3.2.2Introduction of Improved Irrigated Agriculture Management
3.2.3Human Resources Capacity Development
4COMPONENT 4: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT
Component Overview
Sub Component 4.1 : Support Agricultural Input Supply System
4.1.1Support to Promotion and Distribution of Improved Agricultural Inputs
4.1.2Strengthen input /output Regulation and Certification
4.1.3Capacity Building
Sub-component 4.2: Support to Farmers’ Organizations
4.2.1Establishing and Strengthening of Common Interest Group (CIGs)
4.2.2Establishing and strengthening of Primary farmers ‘cooperative and Cooperative Federation
4.2.3Improving access to financial services
4.2.4Capacity Development
Sub-component 4.3: Support Agribusiness Development
4.3.1Support to the Coordination of Value Chain Actors
4.3.2Technical Support to Strengthen Competitive Agribusiness Actors
Sub-component 4.4 Support Market Infrastructure Development and Management
4.4.1Constructing and Modernized Management of Market Centers
4.4.2Support construction and management of warehouses as well as storage, grading and packaging facilities.
4.4.3Development of Small Bridges
4.4.4Support the Development of Market Information Systems
5.COMPONENT 5: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING
Sub-component 5.1 Program Management and Institutional Arrangements
-Program Administrations
Sub-component 5.2 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L)
5.2.1 Inputs, Outputs and outcomes Progress Monitoring
5.2.2 Outcome and Impact Evaluation
5.2.3 Participatory M&E Internal Learning
5.2.4 Capacity Development of the Program Coordination Unit
Sub-component 5.3 Capacity Development on Cross Cutting Issues
Sub-component 5.4 Capacity Development Support Facility
6. Program Financial Management and Procurement
6.1 Financial Management
6.2 Procurement Arrangement
7. Environmental and Social Safeguards
Annex I: Progam target Woredas
Annex ii: Result framework and Monitoring plan
List of Tables
Table 1: Distribution of Target Woredas across Regional States
Table 2: Estimated AGP II Beneficiaries Disaggregated by Sex
Table 3: Selected Value chain Products
Table 4: List of Goods Contract Packages to be procured during the initial 18 months of implementation
Table 5: List of Works Contract Package to be procured during the initial 18 months of implementation
Table 6: List of consulting contracts to be procured during the initial 18 months of implementation
List of Figures
Figure 1: Program logical Model
Figure 2: Vertical and horizontal linkage of ADPLACs
Figure 3: Organizational Arrangements for Implementing AGP II
Figure 4: Fund Flow Arrangement
Figure 5: Report flow arrangement
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ADPLACs / Agriculture Development Partners Linkage Advisory CouncilsAECID / Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo ( SpanishAgencyfor International Development)
AGP I / First Agricultural Growth Program
AGP II / Second Agricultural Growth Program
AGP CU / Agriculture Growth Program Coordination Unit
AHD / Animal Health Directorate
AKAPS / Agricultural Knowledge, Attitude and Practices
Made / Agribusiness and Market Development
APFRDD / Animal Production and Feed Resources Development Directorate
ATA / Agriculture Transformation Agency
BCC / Behavioral Change Communication
BDS / Business Development Service
BoA / Bureau of Agriculture
BoH / Bureau of Health
BoWR / Bureau of Water Resource
BP / Business Plan
CAADP / Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program
CASCAPE / Capacity Building for scaling up of evidence based best practices in agricultural production in Ethiopia
CB / Capacity Building
CBSPs / Community Based Seeds and forage Production groups
CDSF / Capacity Development Support Facility
CIG / Common Interested Groups
CLPP / Community Led Planning Process
CPS / Country Partnership Strategy
CSA / Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia
CSA / Climate Smart Agriculture
CU / Coordination Unit
DA / Development Agents
DFATD / Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
DP / Development Partners
DSM / Direct Seed Marketing
EC / European Commission
EIAR / Ethiopian Institute Agricultural Research
EKN / Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
ELISA / Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
EPRDF / Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
ESA / Environmental and Social Assessment
ESIA / Environment Social Impact Assessment
ESMF / Environment Social Management Framework
ESMP / Environment Social Management Plan
EU / European Union
EURAP / Ethiopia Universal Rural Access Program
FAO / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FCA / Federal Cooperative Agency
FCU / Federal Coordination Unit
FHH / Female Headed Household
FM / Financial Management
FPPA / Federal Procurement and Property Administration Agency
FREGs / Farmer Research and Extension Groups
FSC / Federal Steering Committee
FTC / Farmer Training Centre
FTC MC / Farmer Training Centre Management Committee
GAFSP / Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
GAP / Good Agricultural Practices
GDP / Gross Domestic Product
GHG / Green House Gases
GIS / Geographic Information System
GoE / Government of Ethiopia
GTP / Growth Transformation Plan
HACCP / Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
HDI / Human Development Index
HEW / Health Extension Workers
IAs / Implementation Agencies
IBRD / International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICB / International Competitive Bidding
ICT / Information Communication Technology
IDA / International Development Association
IDC / Italian Development Cooperation
IFAD / International Fund for Agriculture Development
IFC / International Finance Corporation
IPM / Integrated Pest Management
ISO / International Organization for Standard
ISP / Investment Support Plan
ISSD / Integrated Seed Sector Development
IT / Information Technology
ITS / Input Trucking System
JRIS / Joint Review and Implementation Support
KDC / Kebele Development Committee
LMD / Livestock Market Development
M&E / Monitoring and Evaluation
MDG / Millennium Development Goal
MDTF / Multi – Donor Trust Fund
ME & L / Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
MFI / Micro Finance Institution
MHH / Male House Hold
MHI / Micro and Household Irrigation
MHIS / Micro and Household Irrigation Systems
MIGA / Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MoA / Ministry of Agriculture
MoFED / Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
MoH / Ministry of Health
MoT / Ministry of Trade
MoU / Memorandum of Understanding
MSP / Multiple Stakeholder Platform
MTR / Mid Term Review
NADSS / National Animal Disease Surveillance System
NAHDIC / National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre
NAIC / National Animal Insemination Center
NARS / National Agricultural research system
NCB / National Competitive Bidding
NGO / Non Governmental Organization
NICETT / National Institute for the Control and Eradication of Tsetse &Trypanosomasis
NNP / National Nutrition Program
NRM / Natural Resource Management
NTTCI / National Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Control Institute
O&M / Operations and Maintenance
OIE / Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)
PAD / Program Appraisal Document
PASDEP / Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty
PDO / Program Development Objective
PIF / Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector Policy Investment Framework
PIM / Program Implementation Manual
PSNP / Productive Safety Net Program
QPM / Quality Protein Maize
RARI / Regional Agricultural Research Institutions
RboT / Regional Bureau of Trade
RCP / Regional Cooperative Promotion
RED & FS SWG / Rural Economic Development and Food Security Sector Working Group
RMP / Residue Monitoring Plan
RPLRP / Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Program
RSC / Regional Steering Committee
RUSACCO / Rural Savings and Credit Cooperative
RWH / Rain Water Harvesting
SBD / Standard Bidding Document
SC / Steering Committee
SHF / Small Holder Farmers
SIT / Sterile Insect Technique
SMS / Subject Matter Specialists
SNNPR / Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Regions
SSI / Small Scale Irrigation
STC / Short Term Consultant
TA / Technical Assistant
TAD / Trans-boundary Animal Disease
TC / Technical Committee
ToT / Training of Trainers
TTL / Task Team Leader
UN / United Nations
UNDB / United Nations Development Business on line
UNDP / United Nations Development Programme
USAID / United States Agency for International Development
USD / United States Dollar
VC / Value Chain
VDFACA / Veterinary Drug and Feed Administration & Control Authority
WB / World Bank
WDC / Woreda Development Committee
WoA / Woreda Office of Agriculture
WOFED / Woreda Office of Finance and Economic Development
WSC / Woreda Steering Committee
WUA / Water Users Association
ZOA / Zonal Office of Agriculture
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Executive Summary
Ethiopia has recorded fast economic growth over the past decade, with an average growth rate of 10.7% per year for the period ranging from 2003/04 to 2011/12. Growth reflected a mix of factors, including agricultural modernization, development of new export sectors, strong global commodity demand and government-led development investments. The GoE is currently implementing the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) which sets a long-term goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2025. To achieve the set GTP objectives, the country has followed a “developmental state” model with a strong role for the government in many aspects of the economy. Agriculture remained a dominant sector and an important source of economic growth. According to official statistics, over the past 15 years the average agricultural growth rate has been close to 7% per annum.
Regarding agricultural development investment, concerted efforts have been made by both the GoE and development partners. The Agricultural Growth Program (AGP-I) is a clear example of this collaborative efforts. AGP is a multifaceted investment program supporting agricultural productivity and commercialization focusing on high agricultural potential areas to address some of the key constraints to agricultural growth and thereby contribute to overall economic growth and transformation. It is a program approach and is viewed by Government as the key investment mechanism for development partners and government to collaborate on.
The further growth of the agriculture sector is expected to feature prominently in the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-II), currently under preparation. The proposed program is well aligned with the CPS and would primarily support Pillar One by fostering competitiveness and employment in the agriculture sector as well as addressing cross cutting issues of gender, nutrition and climate change. The Second Agricultural Growth ProgramAGP II would be aligned with GTP II, thereby contributing to the achievement of targets set for agriculture sector growth. The independent impact evaluations, studies and assessments conducted during the first phase have been used in designing the AGP II to improve implementation and maximize the overall impact of the program.
The Program Development Objective is “to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization of small holder farmers targeted by the Program and also contributes to dietary diversity and consumption at HH level.” Alike the preceding Program, AGP II will also give due attention to the increased participation of women and youth. The program contributes to the higher-level goal of sustainable food security and agricultural transformation by developing untapped potential of well-endowed areas. AGP II will operate in 157 woredas selected from 7 national regional states and one city administration of the country which have the highest growth potential, primarily based on agro-ecological conditions and access to markets. The 96 woredas that were benefited from the AGP I interventions will also be the beneficiaries during the AGP II and this will further consolidate past achievements and strengthen capacities built during the second phase. In the second phase of the program, additional 61 woredas are included. The woredas are distributed among the following national regional states and city administration: Amhara, Oromiya, SNNPR, Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, Harari and Dire Dawa city administration. The expansion into the new national regional states and Dire Dawa city administration would consist of two woredas in each of Benishangul-Gumuz and Gambella, and one in each of Harari and Dire Dawa.
To achieve its objectives, AGP II will follow: (a) Comprehensive schemes responding to national strategic goals; (b) demand driven and decentralized (participatory) approach; (c) focus on selected areas and value chains; (d) considers cross cutting issues particularly, gender, nutrition and climate smart agriculture; (e) sustainable approaches through enhancing capacity of actors development; (e) mechanisms that enhance complementarities and linkages within and between the different components of the Program, and other Programs and projects within MOA.
Program Components
The Program will build on experiences and lessons learnt through the implementation of AGP I and is composed of the following five components: (i) Agricultural Public Support Services; (ii) Agricultural Research ; (iii) Small Scale Irrigation; (iv) Agricultural Marketing and Value Chain, and (v) Program Management, Capacity building and Monitoring and Evaluation. In addition, the program would support the mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues (gender, nutrition and CSA) throughout the above components.Description of each of the components is highlighted below.
Component 1: Agricultural Public Support Services
Agricultural public support services component aimsatincreasing access to public agricultural services. The component is broadly classified into two sub components; namely, institutional strengthening and development; and scaling up of best practices.
Sub-component 1.1 Institutional strengthening and development
This Sub component is intended to improve the extension delivery services to be more effective, efficient and demand driven. Key proposed interventions are:
- Establishing and Strengthening ADPLACs: - This activity would establish and strengthen ADPLACs at regional, zonal and woreda levels. Existing ADPLACs will be strengthened, while new ones will be established in the new national regional states and zones where councils were not established under AGP1.
- Supporting agricultural extension services through
i) Rehabilitation and equipping of FTCs,
ii)Demonstration of improved agricultural technologies;
iii)Capacity Development of extension services through bridging physical and skill gaps for smallholder farmers, FTC’s Management Committees, DAs and Subject Matters Specialist (SMS).
- Animal production and Animal Health services:- To increase productivity and production of animals , as well as reduce the prevalence of animal diseases, key areas of Program interventions are as follows:
i)Animal production services (a) the establishment of small-scale modern bee queen rearing demonstration and training centers (b) establishment of fish hatchery centre in Amhara region (c) and strengthening National Artificial Insemination Centres (NAIC);
ii)Animal Health Services :- The Program would support the following institutions and systems:
a)National & regional laboratories. (i)Improving poultry disease diagnostic laboratory; (ii) )strengthening the Central Veterinary Drug and Feed Quality Control Laboratory; (iii) strengthening the diagnostic and analysis capacities of the National Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Institute; and (iv) )strengthening diagnostic capacities of the NAIC to ensure appropriate testing of the quality of semen according to the recommendations of the World Organization of Animal Health.
b)Strengthening regional animal health laboratories, clinics and health posts;
c)Diseases Surveillance of major trans-boundary and zoonotic diseases, and diseases information system
d)Human resources and physical capacity development through a special focus on training of trainers on animal production and product processing, animal disease surveillance and health management etc.
- Crop production and plant health services include: promotion of crop productivity enhancing technologies and strengthening of plant health services.
i)Establishment of nurseries: The Program will use approaches developed under AGP1 to promote and support the establishment of coffee, vegetable and fruit nurseries.
ii)Strengthening Plant Health Services: This intervention is targeting plant health services with an aim to reduce smallholder crop losses, ensure the supply of safe food for the citizens and support plant health for domestic and international trade of plants, plant materials and their products. This will be implemented through
- establishment of plant quarantine stations, plant health clinics and the supply of critical equipment such as clean and healthy seeds and pesticides;
- support to the establishment of crop loss data-base through the provision of consultancy services for the establishment of the data base in the Plant Health Regulatory Directorate;
- the purchase of critical laboratory equipment and supplies for the establishment of an International Standard Pesticide Laboratory;
- strengthening the Federal Plant Protection Laboratory and regional plant health clinics through the provision of the critical equipment and supplies; and
- Support to the national seeds quality analysis laboratory through the provision of the critical equipment and supplies.
iii)Capacity development for crop production and plant health services. Activities will initially include the assessment and identification of training needs including workshops, awareness creation activities, and experience sharing visits (local and abroad).