Adapting to Climate Change: Assessing the World Bank Group ...

APPENDIX APIDCountryApprovalYearProject nameReviewedas SLWMportfolioICR reviewoutcomeICR reviewefficacySource Outcomes SLM Interventions SLWM ERRextension. Demonstrationactivities: land managementimprovement, control of erosion,reduction of pollution andcontrol of deforestation.M&E:baselineM&E :controlgroupsM&E: indicatorsand outcomesconnectedGender-povertySustainabilityO&M costs of the main systems.Farmers are only contributing apart of the maintenance cost forthe tertiary systemP006474Brazil1998P056216China19993 rd Landmanagementproject—SaoPauloLoess PlateauwatershedrehabilitationprojectAll SLWMindicatorstargeted.Greatreporting onbiophysicalchangesAll SLWMindicatorstargetedModeratelySatisfactoryHighlySatisfactoryModest Watershed Income—Non project area: netincome increased by 15 %; directbeneficiaries income increased by45 %. Yield—Non project area:productivity increased by 13 %;direct beneficiaries productivityincreased by 45 %. Increase invegetative soil cover is 12% in772 micro-catchments (MC) overarea of 2.6 m ha; and 25%increase in cover of soils used forannual crops due sharp increase inminimum tillage 55 from 100,000ha to 1.0 m ha, 1998-2007. Est.120,000 tons topsoil lossesstopped annually, saving of 50%;(b) soil conservation tech. adoptedin 968 MC; (c) 2,138 erosiongullies stabilized in 258 MC; (d)Riparian re-forestation on 3,783ha; (e) 1,267 km of riverbanksreforested in 438 MC. Improvedsoil conditions due to Projectrecommendedpractices: (a) Soilconservation tech. adopted in 970MC covering 3.3 m. ha; (b) soilstructure improved in 258 MC bystabilizing 2,138 gullies; (c) 1,643km roads repaired, reducing runoffand erosion on bordering landsin 415 MC; (d) soil losses reduced50% p.a.High Watershed Income is 58% higher than in nonprojectareas. In 1999-2004, theaverage annual per capita incomesof project households increasedfrom RMB783 to RMB1,624 (134% of the appraisal). Not yield butproduction per capita increase wasmeasured: 65% to baseline. Theaccumulate sediment retention(total 53.4 million tons or 103 %of the appraisal).i) technology and institutionaldevelopment to increaseawareness of natural resourcemanagement issues and facilitateparticipatory management ofland resources;(ii) adaptive agriculturalresearch to provide technicalsolutions for soil conservation,integrated pest management,disposal of residual inputs andcrop diversification;(iii) incentive program forsustainable natural resourcemanagement and conservationthrough community awarenessbuilding, the provision of grantsfor demonstration plots andgreater enforcement of landlegislation;(iv) erosion control along ruralroads;(v) training of extension agentsand beneficiaries(a) the construction of terracesto create high-yielding leveledfarmland for field cropsand orchards on slopes of lessthan 20 degrees, therebypermitting the replacement ofsome of the areas devoted tocrops on erodible slopelands; (b)the protection of slopelandsfrom grazing and partialplanting with a range of trees,shrubs and grasses to reduce soilloss and to produce fuel, timberand fodder; and (c) the provisionof support to farmers in a rangeof income-generating farmingactivities, including livestockdevelopment in pens, dairycattle, fruit and nut trees, andirrigated agricultural production,to provide sustainable incomealternatives to destructiveslopeland grazing.PAD:20%;ICR: 27%PAD20.9%.ICR: 18-21%yes yes yes There was no explicit focus ongender. The Project’s innovativesocial features reflected thepoverty focus of the CAS,acknowledgment that zones ofhighest erosion and degradationtended to also concentrations ofsmall, poor farmers.yes yes yes No gender objectives, noindicators. Employment ofwomen and their laborproductivity has particularlybenefited from new or expandedlivestock activities.Project interventions willmitigate risks to thesustainabilityProject interventions willmitigate risks to thesustainability99