PROPOSALS ELIGIBLE FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE LAPSE-OF-TIME PROCEDURE

These proposals are posted for Executive Board representatives' review in accordance with rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, which sets out the lapse-of-time (LOT) procedure for the approval of IFAD-funded projects and programmes, approved by the Executive Board in December 2009 (EB 2009/98/R.15/Rev.1) and further revised in September 2010 (EB 2010/100/R.41/Rev.1), September 2012 (EB 2012/106/R.9), May 2019 (EB 2019/126/R.48/Rev.2), and September 2023 (EB 2023/139/R.16/Rev.1).

IFAD-financed project/programme proposals, eligible for approval through the LOT procedure, shall:

·        Not exceed a financing ceiling of US$50 million;

·        Not be classified as "track 1" (high-risk operations).

IFAD-financed non-sovereign private sector operations, eligible for approval through the LOT procedure, shall:

·        Not exceed a financing ceiling of US$25 million

In accordance with the Policy for IFAD Grant Financing, IFAD-financed grant proposals up to and including US$500,000 may be approved by the President of IFAD, while those in excess of US$500,000 are approved by the Executive Board through the LOT procedure.

Any Executive Board member may request that a proposal submitted for approval through the LOT procedure be submitted to a formal Board session for consideration. In accordance with rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, in the absence of a request from an Executive Board representative for a proposal to be discussed at a formal session of the Board, the proposal is considered approved after the lapse of a period of 21 calendar days from the date of posting of the document and transmission of the communication announcing its posting.

Resource coverage would be ensured for these proposals as attested in the Resources Available for Commitment (RAC) document presented at each December session.

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Approved

Approved

Ecuador: President's Memorandum: Buen Vivir in Rural Territories Programme – additional financing

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Togo: Shared-risk Agricultural Financing Incentive Mechanism Support Project

Approved on Sunday, 27 January 2019


Sierra Leone: Agricultural Value Chain Development Project

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


Honduras: Project for the Economic and Social Inclusion of Small Rural Producers in Northeast Honduras

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


Stichting Agriterra: Management of the Technical Assistance Facility of the AgriBusiness Capital Fund

Approved on Sunday, 30 December 2018


CIP: Strengthening Nutrition in Agri-food Systems in East and Southern Africa through Root and Tuber Crops

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Agridea: Delivering Extension Services to the Last Mile: Improving Smallholders' Access to Innovation and Pluralistic, Demand driven Extension Services

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


WorldFish: Advancing Climate-Smart Aquaculture Technologies

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


AFA: Sustainable Rural Development for the Asian Pacific Farmer's programme

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Sri Lanka: President's Memorandum: Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme – additional financing

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


NEPAD: Strengthening Opportunities for Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Africa

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


SAC: Consortium for Scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Asia

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


IPSARD: Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think Tanks for Countries in Mekong Subregion

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018

Disclaimer: The United States, in light of its policies for certain development projects in countries whose governments are not addressing trafficking in persons, opposes the following project and therefore does not join a Board decision that would support a grant to the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development for the “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think Tanks for Countries in Mekong Subregion.”


Country Specific: GEC: Technical Assistance and Knowledge Exchange for Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems in Malaysia

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


FAO: Mainstreaming Ex-ante Greenhouse Gas Accounting into Investments in Agriculture and their Economic and Financial Analysis

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


InterAction: Strengthening Advocacy for Agricultural and Rural Development to Amplify the Collective Voice of Rural Farmers in Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Türkiye: President's Memorandum: Murat River Watershed Rehabilitation Project – additional financing

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Cabo Verde: President's Memorandum: Rural Socio-Economic Opportunities Programme – additional financing

Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018


Georgia: Dairy Modernization and Market Access Project

Approved on Sunday, 16 December 2018.


Africa Rice: Rice Sector for Poverty Reduction in East Africa through Improved Productivity and Competitiveness of Domestic Rice

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


Kenya: President’s memorandum - Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resources Management Project- additional Financing

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


INBAR: Innovation and Promotion of Bamboo through Action Research Processes for a Resilient Agriculture in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


ICBA: Improving Agricultural Resilience to Salinity through Development and Promotion of Pro-poor Technologies Programme

Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018


Dominican Republic: President’s memorandum - Rural Families’ Productive Inclusion and Resilience Project - additional financing

Approved on 1 December 2018


C4ED: Theory and practice of impact assessment in developing countries

Approved on 1 December 2018


Liberia: Tree Crops Extension Project II

Approved on 1 December 2018


CEFA: Food Security and Sustainability in Fragile Situations programme

Approved on 1 December 2018


CIRAD: Integrating Multiple Water Sources and Local Institutions for Enhanced Food Security in North Africa’s Hinterland by Reinforcing Agricultural and Rural Innovation Systems

Approved on 1 December 2018


ABAUD: Youth Empowerment in Agribusiness and Sustainable Agriculture Project

Approved on 1 December 2018


McGill: project-friendly metrics and technologies for better results in nutrition-sensitive projects

Approved on 1 December 2018


Niger: Family Farming Development Programme in the Diffa Region

Approved on 29 September 2018


Myanmar: Western States Agribusiness Project

Approved on 8 September 2018


Cambodia: President’s memorandum: Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension - additional financing

Approved on 8 September 2018


IFPRI: Programme for Assessing the Gendered Impact of Rural Development Projects

Approved on 8 September 2018


icipe: Alternative livelihoods for Food and Income Security in Four Indian Ocean Island Nations and Zanzibar – Phase II

Approved on 8 September 2018


Mauritania: President’s memorandum: Inclusive Value Chain Development Project - additional grant

Approved on 8 September 2018


Grenada: President’s memorandum: Climate-smart Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Programme - additional financing

Approved on 8 September 2018


Eswatini: Financial Inclusion and Cluster Development Project

Approved on 21 July 2018


Belize: Resilient Rural Belize Programme

Approved on 15 April 2018


Haiti: Agricultural and Agroforestry Technological Innovation Programme

Approved on 15 April 2018


Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Development Project

Approved on 13 April 2018


Central African Republic: Project to Revitalize Crop and Livestock Production in the Savannah

Approved on 5 May 2018


Gabon: Agricultural and Rural Development Project – Phase II

Approved on 19 April 2018


Sierra Leone: President's memorandum: Rural Finance and Community Improvement Programme – Phase II - additional financing

Approved on 13 April 2018


Rwanda: President's memorandum: Project for Rural Income through Exports - additional financing

Approved on 13 April 2018


Brazil: Sustainable Rural Development Project in the Territories of the Zona da Mata and Agreste of Pernambuco (PE-PRODUZ)

Approved on 30 March 2018