Afghanistan - Emergency Food Security Project : Second Additional Financing

Overview & Synopsis

This project paper seeks approval for additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) in the amount of SDR 72.9 million (US95 million dollars equivalent) for the Second Additional Financing (AF2) of the Afghanistan Emergency Food Security Project (EFSP). The additional financing comprises US55 million dollars equivalent from Afghanistan’s National Performance-Based allocation and US40 million dollars equivalent from the Crisis Response Window. In addition, an amount of US20 million dollars is made available from the Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF), which the ARTF Management Committee approved on January 16, 2025. The Parent Project and the First Additional Financing for the EFSP (AF1) were financed by a US295 million dollar grant from the ARTF. The current Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the resilience of the agriculture production system for target beneficiaries. The project has three components implemented in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan: (i) component 1: restoring agriculture production, (ii) component 2: provision of water and resilience service, and (iii) component 3: implementation support. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implements the project with a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) based in Kabul. National and international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and private sector construction companies are subcontracted by FAO to implement project activities under components 1 and 2.