Ex ante economic and financial evaluation of PIDACC-BN and PCFAR Ivory Coast

AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT FORESTRYFORESTRY

African Development BankGovernment of Côte d’Ivoire

Services: Diagnostics and feasibility studies

Countries: Ivory Coast

Dates of intervention: 2018/05 - 2018/06

Amount executed: 12 650 €
Total amount of the service: 12 650 €

Main backer: African Development Bank - Client

Main beneficiary: Government of Côte d’Ivoire

Support provider: SalvaTerra

Experts: Olivier BOUYER, Maden LE CROM, Gabriel MORIN

Certificate of satisfactory executionAppui technique dans la préparation du Rapport d'évaluation du PIDACC/BN en cohérence avec le PCFAR et le plan d'investissement forestier de la Côte d'Ivoire

Context of the service

The Forest Capital Restoration and Resilience Improvement Project (PCFAR) aims to increase the carbon sequestration capacity and resilience of populations in the central regions of Côte d'Ivoire. It promotes the development of village agroforestry and resilient agricultural value chains.
The Ivorian component of the Integrated Programme for Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin (PIDACC/BN) aims to restore forest capital and improve the resilience of the Central Regions.
The African Development Bank has decided to merge these programs into a single program. SalvaTerra was asked to conduct the ex-ante evaluation of the results and impacts of this unique programme.

Services provided

The assessment was conducted on the basis of the preliminary studies of the PIDACC/BN multi-purpose infrastructure and the PCFAR feasibility study. Simulations were developed on the basis of theoretical operating accounts on the promoted activities; statistical data on the central regions of Côte d'Ivoire; of technical and economic references in similar contexts. The following analyses were produced:
- Evaluation of wood production, non-timber forest products (NTFPs: mushrooms, honey) and agricultural products (agroforestry, perennial monocultures, annual crops, snails, grasscutters, etc.);
- Assessment of impacts on environmental services (carbon storage, biodiversity, water resources, soil fertility);
- Assessment of financial and economic impacts (jobs and income);
- Assessment of the risks and sustainability of the program.

Summary of the service

Ex-ante evaluation of the results and impacts of the single PIDACC/BN and PCAF programme in the Central Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (PCFAR): Evaluation of timber production, NTFPs and agricultural products; Assessment of impacts on environmental services; Assessment of financial and economic impacts (jobs and income); Assessment of the risks and sustainability of the program.