cvdb laocai en · commune and village development budget (c&vdb) 2000- 2001 a/ general...

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B¸o c¸o ®¸nh gi¸ m« h×nh Quü ph¸t triÓn th«n/b¶n: 2000 - 2001

Evaluation report Commune and village development Budget

(C&VDB) 2000- 2001

A/ general introduction Lao Cai is a boundary mountain province, with an area of 8,049.54 km2, a po population of over 600,000 people including 27 nations. The whole province includes of 11 districts, towns, 180 communes and boundary wards and 131 Zone III communes of special difficulties, with difficult transportation and travel, low knowledge of people, production is self-sufficient affecting adversely the economic development and living quality of people. In order to settle these difficulties, over the last 10 years since re-establishment of province, the Provincial Party Committee and People's Committee have applied the policies on social, cultural and economic development issued by our Government and Party through different international supported programmes and projects; At the same time, many projects have been implemented for the purpose of rural development, especially in upland areas. After 10 years, the living standards of Lao Cai people in general, and of ethnic minority people in particular have been changed a lot. The socio-economic and cultural conditions situations have been improved, step by step increasing the farmers' livelihood. This is very important for contributing to the poverty alleviation of the province in current time. Lao Cai upland development project under Vietnam-Sweden Mountain Rural Development Programme (1996-2001) is one of the Sida-supported programme focused on poverty alleviation in the remote ethnic minority areas in order to increase people's knowledge and improve the living standards of farmers. In order to make an assessment of the gained results after 2 years of implementation, the Fatherland Front Committee of Lao Cai province has combined with Lao Cai Extension Centre to make an assessment of C&VDB after 2 years of implementation. In this report, the Fatherland Front Committee has indicated the basic gained results and the experiences withdrawn from the implementation. The report will include of: • Geographical area • Project organisation • Activity results to 31st December 2001 • Assessment of the gained results - the lessons learnt • Recommendations.


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B. Geographical area I. Geographical area 1. Area, location The province includes of 74,220 households/1,418 villages/180 communes/10 districts and towns. (According to the figures of the provincial authority. June 1994) According to the Programme documents and agreement signed by Vietnamese Government and Swedish Government, the geographical area of Lao Cai upland development project includes of:

District: 5 districts: Bao Thang, Bac Ha, Sa Pa, Muong Khuong, Si Ma Cai Commune: 21 communes belonging to these 5 district: Bao Thang district: 4 communes: Ban Cam, Ban Phiet, Xuan Giao, Phu Nhuan Sa Pa district: 5 communes: Sapa, Trung Chai, Ta Phin, Hau Thao, Lao Chai Bac Ha district: 2 communes: Bao Nhai, Coc Lau Si Ma Cai district: 4 communes: Can Cau, Si Ma Cai, Sin Cheng, Q. Than San Muong Khuong: 6 communes: Pha Long, Ban Lau, Cao Son, Tung Trung Pho, Ta Ngai Cho, Muong Khuong 2. Scale The communes and villages participated in project in 2001 are the old ones participated from 1996-1999, belonging to the upland remote areas, with difficult conditions of transportation. The communes with only 1 village participated in project in the year 2000 is still supported with C&VDB in 2001. For the communes with many villages participated in project: the ones received C&VDB in 2000 are not supported in 2001, the remain ones are supported in 2001. The details as follows: Code

Location Starting year

number of hh

Minority Zone Budget in 2000

Budget in 2001

31 Bao Thang district

1.344 8 8

41 Ban cam commune

1996 428 II

51 Nam Chu village 1998 105 Day III x 52 Ban Lot village 1998 97 Dao III x 53 Nam Chong

village 1996 106 Day II


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54 Nam Tang village

1996 86 M«ng II

55 Na Lang village 1996 34 Dao II 42 Xuan Giao

commune 1996 281 II

51 Giao Binh village 1996 75 Kinh II x 52 Vang 1 village 1996 85 Tay II x 53 Hung Xuan 1

village 1996 121 Kinh II

43 Phu Nhuan commune

1997 312 III

51 Phu An village 1997 87 Kinh III x 52 Phu Hai village 1997 84 Kinh III x 53 Nhuan 2 village 1997 141 Tµy III x x 44 Ban Phiet

commune 1998 323 III

51 Ban Quan village 1998 71 Day III x x 52 Ban Phiet village 1998 56 M«ng III x x 53 Nam Suu village 1998 73 Dao III x x 54 Thuy Dien

village 1999 67 Day III x

55 Bac Ta village 1999 56 Dao III x 16 villages/ 4

commune

Code


number of hh


Budget in 2001

32 Sa Pa district 1.183 9 7

41 Trung Chai com. 1996 388 III 51 Mong Sen village 1996 108 M«ng III x 52 Chu Lin 1 vill. 1996 96 M«ng III x 53 Chu Lin 2 vill. 1996 63 M«ng III x 54 Vu Lung Sung

vill. 1996 61 Dao III

55 Chin Sai vill. 1996 30 Dao III 56 Po Xi Ngai vill. 1996 30 Dao III 42 Sa pa commune 1997 474 III 51 Sa pa vill. 1997 104 M«ng III x 52 Ma Cha vill. 1997 86 M«ng III x 53 Suoi Ho vill. 1997 78 M«ng III x 54 Giang Cha vill. 1997 67 M«ng III x


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55 Sa Seng vill. 1997 69 M«ng III x 56 Sau Chua vill. 1997 70 M«ng III x 43 Ta Phin comm. 1998 44 III 51 Ta Chai vill. 1998 44 Dao III x x 44 Hau Thao

comm. 1998 81 III

51 Hau Chu vill.ngµi

1998 81 M«ng III x x

45 Lao Chai comm. 1999 196 III 51 Lo Lao Chai vill. 1999 56 M«ng III x 52 Ly Lao Chai vill. 1999 73 M«ng III x 53 Lao H. Chai vill. 1999 67 M«ng III x

17 vill./ 05 coomes

33 Muong Khuong district

1.120 12 9

41 Pha Long comm. 1996 61 III 51 Sa Chai vill. 1996 34 Nïng III x 52 Lao Tao vill. 1996 27 Nïng III x 42 Ban Lau comm. 1997 407 II 51 Na Lin vill. 1997 72 M−êng II x 52 Na Nhung vill. 1997 83 D¸y II x 53 Bo Quy vill. 1997 57 Kinh II x 54 Coc Phuong vill. 1999 63 Dao III x 55 Na Loc 1 vill. 1999 57 Dao III x 56 Na Loc 2 vill. 1999 75 Dao III x 43 Cao Son comm. 1997 141 III 51 Ngai Phong Cho

vill. 1997 55 M«ng III x

52 Lo Suoi Tung vill. 1997 44 Nïng III x 53 Lung Chen Lung


44 Tung Trung Pho comm.

1998 202 III

51 Tung Lau vill. 1998 107 M«ng III x 52 Lung Pau vill. 1998 48 M«ng III x Code


number of hh


Budget in 2001


53 Vang Leng vill. 1998 47 M«ng III x


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45 Ta Ngai Cho comm.

1998 155 III

51 Ta Lu vill. 1998 107 M«ng III x x 52 San Gieo Ngai


53 Hoang Phi Chai vill.

32 M«ng III x

46 Muong Khuong comm.

1999 154 III

51 Sa Pa 10 vill. 1999 52 M«ng III x 52 Sang Chai vill. 1999 35 M«ng III x 53 Sa Pa 11 vill. 1999 67 M«ng III x

20 vill./06 communes

34 Bac Ha district 379 4 5 41 Bao Nhai comm. 1996 265 II 51 Nam Tri Trong

vill. 1996 52 Nïng II x

52 Nam Khap Trong vill.

1996 55 Tµy II x

53 Ban Met Trong vill.

1996 36 Kinh II x

54 Ban Du vill. 1999 32 Nïng III x 55 Trung Do vill. 1999 56 Kinh III x 56 Nam Giang vill. 1999 34 Nïng III x 42 Coc Lau comm. 1999 114 III 51 Ha Tien vill. 1999 26 Kinh III x 52 Minh Ha vill. 1999 34 Tµy III x 53 Lang Chang vill. 1999 54 M«ng III x


35 Si Ma Cai district

146 4 4

41 Can Cau comm. 1997 40 III 51 Tru Sang vill. 1997 40 M«ng III x x 42 Si ma cai comm. 1998 32 III 51 Pho Thau vill. 1998 32 M«ng III x x 43 Sin Cheng

comm. 1999 40 III

51 Mao Sao Phin vill.

1999 40 M«ng III x x


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44 Quan Than San comm.

1999 34 III

51 Lao Chai vill. 1999 34 M«ng III x x 04 vill./04

communes


4.172 37 33

Total: 4.172 hhs/ 66 villages / 21 communes/ 05 district. Of which 37 villages/21 communes/ 05 districts participated in 2000.

33 villages/21 communes/ 05 districts participate in 2001, including: - 11 old villages were supported in 2000 and continue to be supported in 2001. - 22 old villages were not supported in 2000, but supported in 2001.

II/ Implemmentation - Total villages participated in project: 324 villages/ 21 communes/ 04 districts - By December 1999: 66 villages/ 21 communes/ 04 districts - In 2000: 37 villages/ 20 communes/ 04 districts - In 2000: 33 villages/ 21 communes/ 05 districts

Following table indicates the progress in detail:

No District - Commune

Total commu

nes

Participated

comm.

Total villages

Participated

villages

Total households

Participated hhs

I HuyÖn B¶o Th¾ng 15 4 151 16 3.445 1156 1 X· B¶n CÇm 6 5 394 377 2 B¶n PhiÖt 9 5 374 214 3 Xu©n Giao 16 3 1375 356 4 Phó NhuËn 18 3 1302 209 II HuyÖn Sa Pa 18 5 24 17 1.350 839 1 X· Sa p¶ 6 6 415 415 2 Trung Ch¶i 6 6 264 264 3 T¶ Ph×n 5 1 184 44 4 HÇu thµo 4 1 226 48 5 Lao ch¶i 4 3 261 68

III HuyÖn B¾c Hµ 34 6 53 13 2.411 535 1 X· Xi Ma Cai 8 1 241 32 2 C¸n CÊu 5 1 240 40 3 B¶o Nhai 18 6 780 237 4 Cèc LÇu 8 3 469 135 5 SÝn ChÐng 7 1 454 37 6 Quan ThÇn S¸n 7 1 227 54

IV HuyÖn M. Kh−¬ng 16 6 95 17 2.453 821


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1 X· B¶n LÇu 16 6 569 334 2 Pha Long 19 2 395 57 3 Cao S¬n 8 3 260 135 4 Tung Trung Phè 19 3 473 114 5 T¶ Ng¶i Chå 10 3 280 105 6 M.Kh−¬ng 23 3 476 76

21 x·

Tæng céng 83 21 324 66 9.659 3.351

III. The programme objectives 1. The programme vision:

The overall vision is indicated in the Programme document and Specific Agreement between MARD and Sida is: “In order to contribute to the poverty alleviation in the region, the programme should contribute to the re-establishment of green, productive uplands in Northern Vietnam and to the maintenance of the ecological, social and cultural diversity of the programme areas. Land should be managed in sustainable way by healthy farmers who have secure land tenure. 2. The programme objectives

The main focus of programme is to creat an environment 1 in which the poor

households of the mountain community (in the trial area) are capable to get benefit from sustainable and diversified economic activities such as production, processing, services, business and employment in the conditions of emerging market economy. In order to gain this, 3 main objectives are identified as follows: - Institutional development from central to province, district, commune and

village level of the 5 provinces in order to facilitate the households to achieve what they really expect as indicated in the vision and End Results.

- To develop and test the working and production methods in order to change the bare land of 5 provinces into the sustainable productive ones (in the socio-economic, cultural and ecological aspects).

- To formulate policy, recommendations and guidelines for a sustainable upland development based on the lessons learnt from institutional and method formulation in the 5 provinces.

Based on the Programme objectives, the geographical area of Lao Cai upland development project in the last years are under the upland remote areas (of special difficulties) and belong to Zone III according to CEMMA criteria.


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Assessment of targeted implementation: • The project villages follow well the programme targets • The farmer households participated in project account for 70-80% of the poor

households in compared with MOLISA criteria for wealth-ranking. C. Organisation of implementation At province level:

• A Steering board of Lao Cai upland development project has been formulated and headed by the Vice Chairman of PPC. The members of Steering board include the Directors of different sectors such as Agriculture and rural development, Planning, Finance, Cadastral, Forest Protection, Science, Technology and Environment, the Chairman of People’s Committee of the districts: Bao Thang, Bac Ha, Sa Pa, Muong Khuong. Department of Agriculture and rural Development (DARD) is the permanent unit of the Steering Board.

• Lao Cai Project Management Unit is chaired by Director of DARD; the Vice Director of DARD is the Vice Chairman; and includes of the staff: planner assistant, accountant, translator.

• The group of Extension staff headed by the Vice head of Technical division of Extension Centre. The group members are the Division’s staff and responsible for monitoring and guiding the activities of Extension, Credit, Business Promotion, and they are also the trainers of technical training on agro-forestry production, plantation, husbandry and credit fund.

The related sectors: • The sectors of Cadastral, Forest Protection, Farmer Association, Women

Union... combine to implement the project activities and integrate different activities in the same area: Planning, land allocation, Zoning and Regeneration, forest protection, forest plantation, credit...

Sectors: The financial and planning sectors combine in introducing project plans into the provincial general plans. These 2 sectors also formulate and implement the Vietnamese contribution in project. 1. At district level: A district project management unit (DPMU) was

established based on the DPC’s decision. The unit includes of 4-5 people: - 1 leader of DPC (Chairman) - Head of Extension Station (Vice head of permanent unit)


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- 1 extension staff (project coordinator and planner) - 1 extension staff (accountant and credit staff) - The other staff are the extension staff responsible for the components of

Research, Market information and Business promotion, organisation development, gender balance, Communication...

2. At commune level: A Commune Project management unit was established

by DPMU including 4 people: - 1 leader of CPC (chairman) - 1 extension staff (planner and extension staff) - 1 commune staff (accountant and credit staff) - The others are extension staff 3. At village level: A Village Management Group (VMG) was established by

farmers including 3-5 people: - 1 head of VMG/head of village - 1 planner - village extension staff - 1 accountant and credit staff - The others are extension staff 4. Project structure

Provincial project steering board (PMU)

Project management unit

Project Director

District project

management unit

Extension centre + Supporting units

Relevant units

District extension station

Côm KN c¸c x· Commune Project management unit


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D/ the gained results by 31/12/2001: 1/ Objectives: - Planning and implementation is done by local levels, with full participation of farmers.

Local contribution including households is mobilized. - To increase management skills of commune and village staff, and making them active

in the use of budget for poverty alleviation. 2/ Guidelines for C&VDB planning After Lao Cai project's APO 2000 was approved and the Project Management Units of district and commune levels were established, Lao Cai upland development project has combined with PBO and advisors to organise training on C&VDB planning for Project management staff of all levels:

Method: The training methods are based Creative process (PTNT 21) which was

introduced in province and district level in 2000. The planning of budget and implementation is based on the geographical area and management level as indicated in following figure:

Main focus and objectives

Policy structure

Programme End Results Criteria for implementation

Vision

Village management groups (VMGs)

Farmer hh

Farmer hh

Farmer hh

Farmer hh

Farmer hh

Farmer hh Farmer

households


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♦ At village level: - Activitties: At village level, the following activities are focused: + Food security: Increase income and improve the living standards of farmers

+ Management and protection of the community’s natural resources: management of the small irrigation works such as canal

+ Construction of the infrastructure: Upgrade the small irrigation works such as canal

+ Management activities: allowance, meeting, conference, stationary... - Budget: The village budget is based on the amount approved by programme and province. Based on the above-mentioned activities, project staff (mainly accountants) of all levels guide and help the village extension group (extension club) to make budget

Commune and Village development budget • APO budget

APO, Ministerial project on capacity building • End Results, activities and budget

APO, District project on capacity building • End Results, activities and budget

APO, Provincial project on capacity building • End Results, activities and budget

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estimation according to the programme’s provincial regulations in order to submit to the provincial and district management units for approval. These steps will be a basic for budget transferred periodically by Provincial Management Unit for utilization. The commune Management Unit makes a contract with Village Management Groups on implementation of village development plans in 2000 ♦ At commune level - Activities: At commune level, the following activities are focused:

+ Provide training to commune/village management staff and farmers. (Training contents: Capacity building and knowledge transfer for staff; techniques on plantation and husbandry; use of credit fund...based on plans made by villages. + Management and protection of the community’s natural resources: management of the small irrigation works such as the inter-villages canal + Infrastructure construction: Upgrading the small irrigation works such as the canal. + Management activities: Allowances, meeting, conference, stationery

- Budget: The village budget is based on the amount approved by programme and province. Based on the above-mentioned activities, project staff (mainly accountants) of all levels guide and help the Commune Management Group to make budget estimation according to the programme’s and provincial regulations in order to submit to the Provincial and District Management Units for approval. These steps will be a basic for budget transferred periodically by Provincial Management Unit to CMG for utilization. The PMU combines and helps CMGs in implementation, liquidation, auditing of the commune development plans in 2000-2001.

3. Implementation progress 3.1 In the year 2000 3.1.1 At province level: - Training for capacity building and supporting levels

Total participants: total 2,482 turns of people. Of which, ethnic minority includes of 1,711 turns of people; women 308 turns of people

- Environment Impact Assessment: total 6 villages - Combine with the provincial Broadcasting and Television Station to introduce the

agro-forestry production models and provide technical training on plantation, husbandry and epidemics prevention. Total 24 programmes including 16 broadcasting programmes, 8 television programmes (in average 3 programme per month)

- Organise field visits to support communes and villages in planning for 2001. Total 66 villages/ 21 communes/ 04 districts.

Organisation of implementation ♦ Capacity building


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+ Organisation: Provincial project combines with the Mountain Rural Development Centre of Phu Tho province, PBO technical staff, Extension Department and the related organisation to organise training courses. + Different activities

- Training of trainers - Extension methods - Socio-economic assessment - Monitor and assessment of project activities based on MILS

Detail results: No Contents of training Unit Amount Prov. Fem

ale Minority

Note

1 Extension methods People 156 5 12 102 2 Credit loan withdrawal People 125 2 9 75 3 Accounting People 146 12 102 4 Planning for 2000 People 146 12 102 5 Abroad study tour People 6 5 6 MILS training People 146 12 102 7 Poverty assessment People 146 12 102 Total 870 12 69 585

♦ Province support • Training:

+ Organisation: Provincial project combines with the Mountain Rural Development Centre of Phu Tho province, PBO technical staff, Extension Department, DMU and the related organisation to organise training courses. + Different activities:

- Training o trainers - Extension methods - Environment assessment - “Credit and Savings book” monitor - Creative method in APO 2000 - SCALA accounting - Socio-economic assessment - MILS system - Creative method in APO 2001

• Other supporting activities: + Communication: Combine with the provincial broadcasting and television station to produce radio tape of diferent contents: agro-forestry production, plantation techniques, husbandry, sloping land cultivation... in Mong, Dao languages, introduce the agro-forestry and fishery models on televisions every month. + Edit and print material/book for training farmers with following contents:


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- Household economy management - Land use planning - Extension methods - Techniques on plantation and husbandry

- Support training on PRA planning, training on tea plantation in programme 135, in Bao Thang district Quantity: 1.000 books/ 01 content/ 20 communes. Total: 7.000 books

Detail results:

No Contents of training Unit Amount

District Commune

Village

1 Credit and savings People 125 8 40 77 2 Training of trainers People 146 12 60 74 3 Extension methods support People 275 275 4 Field visits support People 60 3 20 37 5 MILS workshop support People 60 3 20 37 6 Planning 2000 support People 146 12 60 74 7 Training on techniques of

extension methods and plantation, husbandry in Bao Thang, M.Kh−¬ng

People 800/ 20líp

800

Total 1.612 40 475 1.099 3.1.2/ At district level - Combine with province level to provide training for capacity building and supporting

lower levels: Total: 1,612 turns of people. Of which: - Ethnic minority: 1.126 turns of people

- Female: 239 turns of people - Study tour: 48 people/4 districts - Computer purchase and internet install: 04 sets of computer/ 04 districts - To combine with province level to support commune and village levels in planning

2001 - To support in construction of oven for drying longan and litchi in Bao Thang district: 2

ovens/2 households. Implementation steps: ♦ Capacity building

+ Organisation: To combine with Provincial project and the related organisations to organise training + Contents of training:

- Training of trainers


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- Extension methods - Socio-economic assessment - Monitor and evaluate the project activities based on MILS system - Purchasing computers, provide training on use of computer in MILS and SCALA

+ Number of participants (at district level): 03 people/ 01 course/ 01 district ♦ Support by district level: • Training:

- To assign staff to participate and combine with CMG and VMG to appoint staff to participate in training - To support teachers of commune and village levels + Some other activities: Rotation credit, Joint forest management model, organise field visits, learning and seeing the trial on longan processing and development of handicraft products in some districts... Apart from combining with province level, the district level also organise training by themselves to support commune and village levels.

Detail results are:

No Contents Unit Amount District

Commune

Village

1 Training on computer use based on MILS

Course 4 4

2 Support trainers of Commune and villages training

Course 80 80

Total 84 4 80 3.1.3. At commune and village level: * At commune level: - Combining with province and district levels to organise training courses to support and

increase capacity of village level: + Printing documents, materials or training: 4,000 sets of materials of all kinds + Training: 2,000 turns of people and farmer households

- Finalize, upgrade and purchase equipment for 2 new extension houses. Detail results:

No Contents of training Unit Amount Commune Village Note 1 Extension methods People 1.000 120 880 2 Land use planning People 1.000 120 880 3 Household economy

management People 1.000 120 880

4 Plantation and husbandry techniques

People 1.000 120 880


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5 New design of the traditional handicraft products

People

Total 4.000 480 3.520 * At village level: - Agro-forestry production: Combining with province and district levels to distribute

inputs to households including: + Fruit trees: Mango, persimmon, longan, litchi, plum, peach. pear... + Food crops: hybrid maize, soya bean + Forestry trees: Mangletia, Chumingham ... + Animal: Mong Cai pig, Muong Khuong pig...

- Handicraft development: concentrated on 2 basic contents: Bazaar of handicraft products at Hanoi and training on designing new samples.

Organisation of implementation

+ Training: Assigning staff to participate in training courses organised by province and/or district levels. + Planning for 2000 and 2001: C&VDB plans + Implementation of plans: Contracting with the related organisations and units and guiding farmer households to make preparation for implementation: land preparation, receiving seeds and seedlings, digging holes for plantation, receiving animals...

Detail results: No Contents Unit

Amount Total Total Poor

Plan Plan Villages hhs hhs I Fruit trees 1 Grafted mango Tree 5.850 5.850 10 700 210 2 Grated persimmon Tree 10.465 10.465 9 746 223 3 Grafted longan Tree 5.710 5.710 13 876 262 4 Grafted litchi Tree 3.730 3.730 7 435 130 5 Tam Hoa grafted plum Tree 23.900 23.900 13 602 180 6 French grafted peach Tree 20.180 13.080 10 630 189 7 Tu Xuyen pear Tree 5.895 4.870 16 950 285 II Industrial and food

crops

1 Hybrid maize Kg 1.600 1.600 8 394 118 2 Soya bean Kg 3.365 3.365 8 394 118 3 NPK fertilizer Kg 69.000 69.000 8 356 106 4 Sugar cane top 120.000 120.000 2 112 33

III Forestry trees


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1 Mangletia Tree 197.000 197.000 8 649 194 2 Chuming ham Tree 175.000 175.000 12 711 213

IV Animal 1 Mãng C¸i pig head/Kg 104/1.060 104/1.060 7 104 31 2 M−êng Kh−¬ng pig head 336 101/104hé 3/9 101 30 V Infrastructure

construction

1 Canal upgrade Km 19,5 19,5 10 792 237 2 Upgrade handicraft

shop shop 01 01

VI Poverty alleviation model

Poverty alleviation model

hh 40 40 4 40 40

Total (turns of households)

8.592 2.599

3.2/ Year 2001 3.2.1/ At province level 3.2.1.1 Training - Combining with district level to provide training to commune and village staff: - Training on capacity building: Total: 842 turns of people. Of which: - Ethnic minority: 480 turns of poeple - Female: 198 turns of people - Supporting commune, village levels in planning 2001

Total: 66 villages/ 21 communes/ 04 districts Organisation of implementation: ♦ Capacity building

+ Organisation: Provincial project in combination with Advisor, Extension centre and the related organisations to organise training courses + Different contents:

- Extension methods - Monitor, evaluate the project activities based on MILS - Planning 2001 at commune, village levels - Monitoring book-keeping and credit - Scala accounting system

Detail results:


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No Contents of training Unit Amount

Province

Female

Minority

Note

1 MILS People 178 2 32 115 2 Planning 2001 at commune,

village level People 178 2 32 115

3 Support training at districts People 178 2 32 115 4 Scala accounting system People 116 2 22 77 5 Credit loan withdrawal People 90 2 55 20 6 Market information People 50 2 5 8 7 Conference, workshop People 52 2 20 30 Total 842 14 198 480

+ Preparing curriculum and printing material for training, leaflets, extension manuals for commune level, farmer households. The contents are concentrated on: - Household economy management - Land use planning - Extension methods - Plantation and husbandry techniques + Quantity: - Training materials: 1,000 books/ 01 content/ 2 commune. Total: 3,000 books - Leaflets: 5,000 leaflets for all kinds of Hybrid maize, longan, litchi, mango - Extension manuals: 1,400 manuals 3.2.1.2/ Consolidation • Contents of activity:

Based on Decision No 2101/Q§.BNN/KH, dated on 21/5/2001 of MARD regarding allocating consolidation plans of MRDP with the following topics:

- Project results from 7/96 to 12/2001 - Commune and Village Development Budget - Poverty alleviation in 2000 - SALT model - Capacity building for commune extension staff - Applied research - Micro-finance model

• Implementation steps: - Selecting units for combination

- Organise meeting, workshop with the combined units: point out the topics and prepare the term of reference, organise the implementation, carry out the field activities - Completion time: Before 30 November 2001

* Topics - the combined units:


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STT Topics Combined unit

1 Project result from 7/1996- 12/2001 Provincial extension centre 2 Commune and Village Development Budget Fatherland Front Committee 3 Poverty alleviation 2000 Farmer Association 4 SALT model Phu Tho MRDP 5 Capacity building to the commune extension

staff Phu Tho MRDP

6 Applied research Provincial extension centre 7 Mico-finance model Provincial Vietnam Bank for the

poors 3.1.2 At distict level

Combining with provincial level to organise training courses with the above-mentioned contents. To guide commune and village levels in implementation of C&VDB 2001 and evaluate the activities results from 1996 - 2001 3.1.3 At commune, village levels • At commune level : - Receiving training materials and combining with provincial and district level to

organise training on capacity building to village level; In addition, evaluating the implementation results from 1996 to 2001 and guide the villages to implement C&VDB 2001.

• At village level: - Agro-forestry production: Combining with province and district level to distribute

C&VDB 2001 to households Organisation of implementation:

+ Training: Assigning staff to participate in training courses + Planning 2001: C&VDB 2001 implementation + Organisation of implementation: Contracting to the related organisations and units and guide the farmer households to make preparation for planning: preparing land, receiving seeds and seedlings, digging holes for plantation, receiving animal varieties...

Detail results: No Contents Unit Amount Total Total Poor Plan Implemen

tation Villages households househol

ds I Fruit trees 1 Grafted mango C©y 5.260 5.260 16 1.000 345


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2 Grafted persimmon C©y 4.400 1.600 2 90 38 3 Grafted longan C©y 6.200 6.200 16 1.000 345 4 Grafted litchi C©y 7.000 7.000 16 1.000 345 5 French grafted peach C©y 10.000 10.000 6 305 98 6 C©y §µo ph¸p ghÐp C©y 28.000 28.000 11 646 227 II Industrial and food

crops

1 Hybrid maize Kg 3.375 3.375 9 474 158 2 Tea Tree 15.000 15.000 1 67 20

III Forestry trees 1 Mangletia Tree 299.00

0 299.000 15 1001 337

2 Luong bamboo Tree 3.700 3.700 4 325 103 3 Cinnamon tree 10.000 10.000 1 34 15 4 Thao Qua tree 1.000 1.000 1 60 20 5 P¬ Mu Tree 10.000 10.000 1 44 13 6 Rattan Tree 5.000 5.000 4 325 103

IV Animal 1 Mong Cai pig kg 1.980 1.980 6 427 132 2 Muong Khuong pig Kg 600 600 3 156 52 V Infrastructure

construction

1 Canal repair Km 46 46 17 858 298 Total (turns of

households) 7.812 2.649

E. Assessment- lessons I. General guidelines and provincial guidelines • In order to concretise regulation No 40 of MRDP, Lao Cai project has issued an

official letter for clear guidance or additional recommendations to facilitate the implementation o C&VDB:

Year

Additional guidance and changes made by province

Reasons for changes

2000

* Budget allocation and management: - In Bao Thang district (lower mountain area); follow the programme guidelines - In upland districts of Sa Pa, Bac Ha, Muong Khuong, Si Ma Cai: One commune is selected in

- In upland districts, the commune and village staff have low knowledge which is difficult for management. In order to avoid the deficit


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each district to follow the programme guidelines. For the other communes and villages, C&VDB is managed and utilised by district level. * Voucher management: - Original vouchers are kept at DMU - Copies of vouchers are kept at district, commune and village levels * Criteria for village selection: - Commune: only 1 village participate in project - In the commune with many villages participated in project: 1/3 - 2/3 villages are selected. * Price of materials and varieties: - According to the price unit regulated by province and applied for other programmes and projects. - A basic for guiding communes and villages to make plans, organise implementation and liquidation.

of budget and to use budget effectively, trial implementation is applied, step by step implementation. Experiences are withdrawn for large-scale application in 2001. - Communes and villages are selected as a trial - Agreed on general regulations to get a convenient management of budget and increase the quality of materials and varieties

2001

- Budget transfer: The programme guidelines are applied - Criteria for commune and village selection: + Some communes: only 1 village is selected + Other communes: the rest villages are selected - The other contents are same as in 2000

- Experiences have gained after one year of implementation. This is a basic for transferring budget to all project communes.

Activities 1. Area 1.1. Swedish contribution

Year

C&VDB villages

Average budget per village

C&VDB communes


Average villages in a commune =(2)/(4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1999 2000 37 20 20 17 1,85 2001 33 18,4 21 9,6


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Vietnamese contribution

Year

C&VDB villages


C&VDB communes


Average villages in a commune =(2)/(4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1999 2000 37 7 20 5 1,85 2001 33 5 21 3

Comments: * A large number of communes and villages participated in project, but the supported budget is limited, so the villages take subsequent turns to get C&VDB in 2000 and 2001. However, for the commune with only 1 village participated in project, the village get C&VDB in 2 years * The average supported budget is low in compared with farmers’ demands 2/ Characteristics of villages

1999 2000 2001 Number

of vill. % Number

of vill. % Number

of vill. %

Zone I Zone II 8 22

Zone (CEMMA criteria) Zone III 29 78 33 100

1999 2000 2001 Number

of vill. % Number

of vill. % Number

of vill. %

<30 hhs 5 13,5 2 6 30-60 hhs 15 40 17 52 60-100 hhs 11 30 12 36

Number of households

>100 hhs 6 16,5 2 6

Mixed 16 43 17 52 Dao 1 2,5 1 3,0 Hm«ng 20 54,5 15 45

Ethnic minority

Tay


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Kinh Participation in poverty alleviation in project villages: Code


Number of hh

Minority

Zone

Poor hhs in 2000

Poor hhs in 2001

31 Bao Thang district

1.344

41 Ban Cam commune

1996 428 II

51 Nam Chu vill. 1998 105 Day III 60 39 52 Ban Lot vill. 1998 97 Dao III 50 27 53 Nam Chong vill 1996 106 Day II 54 Nam Tang vill. 1996 86 Mong II 55 Na Nang vill. 1996 34 Dao II 42 Xuan Giao comm. 1996 281 II 51 Giao Binh vill. 1996 75 Kinh II 59 39 52 Vang 1 vill. 1996 85 Tay II 31 16 53 Hung Xuan 1 vill. 1996 121 Kinh II 43 Phu Nhuan

commm. 1997 312 III

51 Phu An vill. 1997 87 Kinh III 57 30 52 Phu Hai vill. 1997 84 Kinh III 48 25 53 Nhuan 2 vill. 1997 141 Tay III 79 41 44 Ban Phiet comm. 1998 323 III 51 Ban Quan vill. 1998 71 Day III 42 23 52 Ban Phiet vill. 1998 56 Mong III 14 8 53 Nam Suu vill. 1998 73 Dao III 32 17 54 Thuy Dien vill. 1999 67 Day III 38 20 55 Bac Ta vill. 1999 56 Dao III 32 15


542 300

Code


Number of hh

Minority

Zone

Poor hhs in 2000

Poor hhs in 2001

32 Sa Pa district 1.183 41 Trung Chai

comm. 1996 388 III

51 Mong Sen vill. 1996 108 M«ng III 62 33 52 Chu Lin 1 vill. 1996 96 M«ng III 37 20 53 Chu Lin 2 vill. 1996 63 M«ng III 41 20 54 Vu Lung vill.sung 1996 61 Dao III 55 Sin Chai vill. 1996 30 Dao III 56 Po Xi Ngai vill. 1996 30 Dao III


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42 Sa pa commune 1997 474 III 51 Sa pa vill. 1997 104 M«ng III 63 31 52 Ma Cha vill. 1997 86 M«ng III 48 25 53 Suoi Ho vill. 1997 78 M«ng III 47 24 54 Giang Cha vill. 1997 67 M«ng III 62 30 55 Sa Seng vill. 1997 69 M«ng III 57 28 56 Sau Chua vill. 1997 70 M«ng III 61 32 43 Ta Phin comm. 1998 44 III 51 Ta Chai vill. 1998 44 Dao III 25 13 44 Hau Thao comm. 1998 81 III 51 Hau Chu Ngµi vill. 1998 81 M«ng III 45 22 45 Lao Chai comm. 1999 196 III 51 Lo Lao Ch¶i vill. 1999 56 M«ng III 39 19 52 Ly Lao Chai vill. 1999 73 M«ng III 45 23 53 Lao H. Chai vill. 1999 67 M«ng III 36 20

17 vill./ 05 communes

668 340


1.120

41 Pha Long comm. 1996 61 III 51 Sa Chai vill. 1996 34 Nïng III 21 11 52 Lao Tao vill. 1996 27 Nïng III 15 8 42 Ban Lau comm. 1997 407 II 51 Na Lin vill. 1997 72 M−êng II 43 21 52 Na Nhung vill. 1997 83 D¸y II 52 25 53 Bo Quy vill. 1997 57 Kinh II 35 17 54 Coc Phuong vill. 1999 63 Dao III 41 20 55 Na Loc 1 vill. 1999 57 Dao III 43 22 56 Na Loc 2 vill. 1999 75 Dao III 52 25 43 Cao Son comm. 1997 141 III 51 Ngai Phong

vill.chå 1997 55 M«ng III 33 16

52 Lo Suoi Tung vill. 1997 44 Nïng III 24 13 53 Lung Chen vill. 1997 42 M«ng III 32 15 44 Tung Trung Pho

comm. 1998 202 III

51 Tung Lau vill. 1998 107 M«ng III 61 32 52 Lung Pau vill. 1998 48 M«ng III 29 14 Code


Number of hh

Minority

Zone

Poor hhs in 2000

Poor hhs in 2001


53 Van Leng vill. 1998 47 M«ng III 35 17


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45 Ta Ngai Cho comm.

1998 155 III

51 Ta Lu vill. 1998 107 M«ng III 39 17 52 San Gieo Ngai vill. 1998 16 M«ng III 13 6 53 Hoang Phi Chai

vill. 32 M«ng III 21 10

46 Muong Khuong comm.

1999 154 III

51 Sa pa 10 vill. 1999 52 M«ng III 11 6 52 Sang Chai vill. 1999 35 M«ng III 23 12 53 Sa pa 11 vill. 1999 67 M«ng III 41 20


664 327

34 Bac Ha district 379 41 Bao Nhai

commune 1996 265 II

51 Nam Tri Trong vill.

1996 52 Nïng II 32 15

52 Nam Khap Trong vill.

1996 55 Tµy II 32 16

53 Ban Met Trong vill. 1996 36 Kinh II 25 12 54 Ban Du vill. 1999 32 Nïng III 24 13 55 Trung Do vill. 1999 56 Kinh III 47 23 56 Nam Giang vill. 1999 34 Nïng III 31 15 42 Coc Lau comm. 1999 114 III 51 Ha Tien vill. 1999 26 Kinh III 15 8 52 Minh Ha vill. 1999 34 Tµy III 30 15 53 Chang Lang vill. 1999 54 M«ng III 44 22


280 139

35 Si Ma Cai district 146 41 Can Cau comm. 1997 40 III 51 Tru Sang vill. 1997 40 M«ng III 25 13 42 Si Ma Cai comm. 1998 32 III 51 Pho Thau vill. 1998 32 M«ng III 23 11 43 Sin Cheng comm. 1999 40 III 51 Mao sao phin vill. 1999 40 M«ng III 31 15 44 Quan than san

comm. 1999 34 III

51 Lao chai vill. 1999 34 M«ng III 42 20 04 vill./04

communes 121 59

66 vill./21comm. 4.172 2.275 1.165 Comments:


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- Nearly 50% of households escaped from poverty - Project support is more effective in the mixed villages because they can learn experiences on agro-forestry production and other social activities from other minorities. Budget allocation:

Unit: 1.000VND 2000 2001 Level

Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Bank account 300 300 202,5 202,5 Total 300 300 202,5 202,5 In cash 22 22 20 20 In kind 768 768 587,5 587,5

District transfer to communes, commune transfer to villages

Total 790 790 607,5 607,5

Comments: - The planed budget and actual budget are not very different from each other because

the planning is based on an unite cost norm, so there is no difference in liquidation. - The households make their plans based on the same cost norm. This is convenient for

liquidation. - For the seasonal activities which have not been able to implement, the same cost norm

is also applied in revision plan. 3. Planed activities and implemented activities 3.1 C&VDB 2000 (implemented by district) Unit: Million VND

Bao Thang Sa Pa M.Khuong Bac Ha Total Plan Actu

al Plan Actu

al Plan Actu

al Plan Actu

al Plan Actual

Agricultural inputs

12 12 20 20 111 111 143 143

Varieties of trees

168 168 109 109 158 158 99 99 534 534

Husbandry/fish 32 32 106 106 138 138

Support to hhs

Models 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 40 40 Social services 10 10 6 6 16 16

Other infrastructures 87 87 87 87

Training 2,4 2,4 2,4 2,4

Management 24 24 27 27 37 37 24 24 112 112

Equipment Total 246 246 247 247 337 337 244 244 1.073 1.073


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3.2 Utilization of C&VDB 2001 (by district)

Unit: Million VND Bao Thang Sa Pa M.Khuong Bac Ha Si Ma Cai

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Agricultural inputs

56 56

Varieties of trees

133 133 80 80 78 78 138 138 21 21

Husbandry/fish 41 41 18 18

Support to hhs

Models Social services

Other infrastructures 70 70 51 51 101 101

Training

Management

Equipment Total 174 174 150 150 203 203 138 138 122 122

Comments: - There is no difference between plan and implementation - The activities plans in lowland districts are diversified, different from each other. - The activities in upland districts are almost the same as each other because the natural

conditions and traditions of these districts are almost same as each other. - The activities plans of districts are different - The activities plans of villages in 2000 are different with in 2001 because the ceiling

budget has been removed. 3.3 Utilization of C&VDB 2000 (by district)

Unit: Million VND Bao Thang Sa Pa M.Kh−¬ng Bac Ha Total

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Agricultural inputs

Varieties of trees

Husbandry/fish

Support to hhs

Models Dissemination

Other infrastructure

Training 36 36 60 60 72 72 72 72 240 240

Management 9 9 15 15 18 18 18 18 60 60

Materials


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Total 45 45 75 75 90 90 90 90 300 300

3.2 Utilisation of Village budget in 2001 (by district)


Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Agricultural inputs

70

70

106,5

106,5

101

101

Varieties of trees

133,2 133,2 79,8 79,8 77,8 77,8 138,1 138,1 21 12

Husbandry/fish 41 41 18 18

Support to hhs


Other infrastructure

Training

Management

Materials Total 174,2 174,2 149,8 149,8 202,3 202,3 138,1 138,1 122 122

Comments: - There is no difference between plan and implementation . - There are differences in planning for support in lowland and upland areas. This makes

the use of budget is different among the villages. 3.3 Utilise of commune budget in 2001 (by district)


Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Plan Actual

Agricultural inputs

Varieties of trees

Husbandry/fish

Support to hhs


Results report 11,3 11,3 11 11 13 13 5 5 8 8

Training 19,4 19,4 28 28 31 31 9 9 24 24

Management 16,2 16,2 16,2 16,2 20 20 9 9 11 11

Other infrastructure 35 35

Total 46,9 46,9 55,2 55,2 64 64 23 23 78 78


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Comments: - There is no difference between plan and implementation . - This is the last year, so the communes concentrate on reviewing, evaluation and

documentation for expanding and providing training on plantation, husbandry, including management skills for village level. Therefore, the plans of communes in a district are same as each other and the commune development plans in 2000 and 2001 are different from each other.

4. Training activities related to C&VDB (1999) 2000 and 2001 Including training courses on planning and management skills:

Commune trainees

Village trainees

Contents Budget source

Number of days Male Female Male Female

Responsible

Year 2000 653 47 3.707 220 Extension methods Prov. +

District 5 54 6 98 13 Prov. +

District Credit Prov. +


District Accounting Prov. +


District Planning Prov. +


District MILS Prov. +


District Extension methods Commune 5 114 6 850 30 Commune Land use planning Commune 5 114 6 850 30 Commune Household economy management

Commune 5 114 6 850 30 Commune

Handicraft products Commune 5 114 6 850 30 Commune Year 2001 374 43 2.675 175 Credit Prov. +


District Accounting Prov. +


District Planning Prov. +


District MILS Prov. +


District Extension methods Commune 5 57 6 800 25 Commune land use planning Commune 5 57 6 800 25 Commune Household economy management

Commune 5 57 6 800 25 Commune


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Comments: - The number of female participants is low in compared with the male one (Except for

credit activity, the female participants are high at village level) - The training contents are diversified, with practice in the field for applying the learnt

theory. - Additional contents: Training on business promotion and market information for

farmer households, especially for the farm owners. 5. Farmers participation in management and distribution of support 5.1. Commune and Village Management Groups (CMG & VMG); Planning, organisation of implementation and reporting * Planning, monitoring and reporting - Following the PBO formats + Planning: is applied for all levels + Reporting: Compiling at district level. For commune and village level, the formats are more simple based on the plans of each commune, village . - Province (districts) have formulated some guidelines for planning and reporting which

are suitable to the locality because some information should be included such as number of female owner households, ethnic minority households, poor households...

- Communes and villages submit report to DMU on the quarterly basic. - The district staff require allowances for field visits in monitoring, compiling and

preparing reports. - The financial reports are complicated for the upland villages because their knowledge

are low requiring support by district staff. * Infrastructure - Concentrating mainly on irrigation systems. However, the supported budget is limited,

the upgrading activities concentrated only on repairing, but not on consolidating the canal system. Therefore, the systems need to be repaired every year, due to destruction by flood and/or free grazing.

- Designing fees: the programme guidelines are applied - Source of designing fees: taken from village budget * Materials for ago-forestry production and husbandry - There are main sources for materials of different kinds, which are believable.

Especially, the tree and animal varieties are required by village to supply from authorized units, in combination with technical transfer. For example, the Provincial/district extension systems, the Agriculture materials Company, Agro-forestry varieties centre, Plant Protection Department; the Central units such as


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Institute of vegetables and fruits research, the Central Plantation tree varieties Company. For some varieties of forestry trees, special trees, medical trees of cinnamon, mangletia.. are taken from farmers' nursery gardens which provided with technical support by extension staff of all levels.

- The vouchers are provided by supplier-units are legal and appropriate. The quality of materials are ensured.

5.2. Local participation - The commune/village development plans are made by farmers and all the farmers are

informed with the approved plans. Therefore, all the people know well about C&VDB, and what they can use it for and how the plans were made.

- Men have more chances and roles in deciding the planed activities, because they often participate in planning meetings.

- Women have more participation in borrowing loans (in compared with men).

CMG and members

VMG and female members

Infromation provided to all people

Year

Number of comm

% (of all CMGs)

Number of vill.

%(of all VMGs)

Total village meetings in a year

Number of vill.

%

2000 12 20 11 10 12 37 100 2001 10 16 12 12 12 33 100

Comments: - About 70% of village households participate in meetings. This percentage changes

depending on seasonal time and village traditional days. The expenditures for tea, drinking water are provided in these meetings, but not for allowance of participants.

- The VMGs often declare the approved information and the "visible" activities of the meetings in the public boards and apply the democracy at local level.

- The women members of CMGs and VMGs do not have decisive roles and do not change over the time.

- The information on C&VDB are understood by farmers often at village meetinsg or through the public boards (the literate people record the information on their family supported budget from public boards to inform to all the people in the family).

- Farmers often contribute labours in the implementation. 5.3. Benefits and benefit distribution, including subsidy

2000 2001 Total hhs

% (of all hhs)

Total hhs

% (of all hhs)


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Group I+II 295 24 327 29 Group III+IV 943 76 793 71

Agricultural inputs

Total 1.238 1.120 Group I+II 576 24 520 29 Group III+IV 1781 76 1.273 71

Varieties

Total 2.357 1.793 Group I+II 15 4 152 29 Group III+IV 362 96 364 71

Husbandry/fish Total 377 516

Group I+II Group III+IV 10 100

Models

Total 10 Comments: - The poors get more attention and priority from village. Because the supported budget

is limited, so the richer households often borrow loans from other sources for investment. Therefore, the supported budget is to give priority to the poor households.

- The materials taken from the support of previous year and from C&VDB. * Other benefits: - Training: Priority is often given to women and poor people, however the participation

is still limited. - The infrastructure works such as irrigation systems, roads, schools.. often bring in

common benefit for the whole community. However, there are difficulties in protection of public works.

- Some expenditures for unprofessional labours such as allowances for forest protection and management provided by the Government programme.

6. Linkage with the other MRDP activities - The linkage of C&VDB and the supporting plans by district level: the district budget is

to cover the implementation of village plans. For example, training course and other activities such as transportation of seeds and seedlings

- PRA is the main tools for C&VDB planning and it is used by villages to develop the annual plans and apply in the non-MRDP projects such as British OXFAM, WB...

IV. General assessment Under the guidance by PMU, the project management units combined with the sectors, DPCs to implement the project activities, with support provided by the sectoral units Plant Protection Department, Extension Centre, Varieties Centre, Extension


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Stations. Therefore, the activities are implemented well, following well the annual plans and bringing in good resutls: • Combining and exchanging experiences with the related units in the selected areas • Participation of farmers is high in land allocation and land use planning. The project

has combined with the district Cadastral Division and Forest Protection for a good implementation. These two units are in charge of not only the sectoral issues, but also the project activities. Therefore, a good combination has been done in the pilot commune. This allows to exchange experiences and agree upon the methods and define that the farmer participation play the main roles.

• The extension methods with farmer participation have broght in good effects in the project communes and villages. These methods have been expanded by provincial extension system even to the non-programme areas. The project support facilitate farmers appropriately through PRA method. The other support such as seedlings, seeds, fertilizer have pushed up the design of pilot models in order to withdraw experiences, evaluation, and in- and out- programme expansion. The applied research programmes have selected some varieties of trees, animal of high quality and productivity such as Muong Khuong pig, Sind cow, fish... The fruit trees: Tam Hoa plum,, Longan, litchi, grafted mango, non-seed persimmon... Anti-temperature pear. Agricultural crops: Khau rice, hill rice, potato, mangletia, Forestry trees: H«ng, cinnamon...

• Credit activities have facilitated farmer households in community and households development through extension works. The farmer association and Women Union play an active role in collateral, encouraging women to participate in project activities.

• The Business promotion and Market information component has actually supported and settled difficulties in output consumption. This component has facilitated farmers to find out an production approach which is suitable to the consumption market, facilitated farmers to bring into play the internal forces such as what kinds of tree to plant, what kinds of animal to raise and develop the available potentials of the localities such as handicraft products or rattan products...

• The training is considered as the “most successful” of project, because: - For staff: training has strengthened capacity building and project management skills to

the staff of all levels; provided them with methods on knowledge transfer to various objectives, participatory extension methods, and methods on guiding, following-up, monitoring and evaluating the projects’ effectiveness, methods on sharing experiences with the other programmes and projects in the area. This is the most important resource for implementing and expanding the programme from 2001-2005 ???? and sharing the project’s methods with the “Poverty alleviation” programme in current time.

- For farmers: Training has increased knowledge and awareness on science, agro-forestry techniques, effective management and use of credit loans, selection of tree and animal varieties of high quality which are suitable to the natural conditions and consumption markets.


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2/ The combining and supporting sectors • The Accounting and Planning sections have actually facilitated the project activities to

follow the Provincial general guidance, bring in a “Sustainability” of project in the coming phase.

• The Provincial Broadcasting and Television Station and Lao Cai newspaper have made contribution in dissemination of project activities.

• The Chairmen of People’s Committee of the selected districts, members of the Provincial Steering Board, have actually guided the project activities in the district area, with the main support of Extension Station.

• The PBO staff play key roles in monitoring, evaluating and guiding the implementation of MILS report, especially providing detail guidance for making annual plans.

• The Advisors play important roles in combining, guiding, exchanging experiences and field activities: training on MILS, SCALA, handicrafts development, extension and dissemination; providing training on research, gender, extension methods...

• The project activities have been supplemented and finalized creating a close cycle in order to support farmers in project area: Land use planning - Land allocation - Credit - Training - Participatory business promotion. This is typically different from other programmes in the province area, and is a basic for defining the success of Lao Cai upland development project which could not found in any others.

• In a commune, a village is selected for participating in project in order to expand to other villages because commune is an administration unit and is a basic for construction of the local extension network meeting the demands on consolidation and extension in current time.

• Lao Cai upland development project is an extension project under the guidance of DARD indicating clearly through the province contribution;

• Contributing to environment protection: land of project communes have been planning, land has been allocated to the project households and used effectively. Over 10 million of agro-forestry seedlings have been supported by project. Over 10.000 ha of bare land and denuded hill has been covered. This reduced land erosion, protected water sources and contributed to the environment protection.

• Contributing to the provincial programme on Poverty alleviation: + The hunger households have been removed in project villages + The poor households have been reduced by 50% In general, the gained results so far have met the project End Results and become

suitable to farmers’ expectations. v. Conclusion: Under the guidance by PBO, Provincial Steering Board, Lao Cai upland development project has closely combined with Project Management Unit of all levels


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and the sectorial units: Plant Protection Department, Extension Centre, Agro-forestry varieties centre, Extension Stations to implement the activities in the year 2000 bringing in good results: • Combining and sharing experiences in different activities with the related units in the

selected commune. Especially, combining with and supporting the Programme 135 in the communes of special difficulties and the extension policies implemented by the Provincial Extension Centre.

• The extension activity for making the community development plan is implemented through model on Village development fund with participation of farmers. This is the main activity of project in 2000 in order to increase the management skills of the district, commune and village levels in the implementation of the model meeting the project requirements on decentralization.

• The Provincial Broadcasting and Television Station and Lao Cai newspaper have made great contribution in training, dissemination of the project activities to a large number of farmers, especially to the upland and remote areas.

• The Chairmen of People’s Committee of the selected districts, members of the Provincial Steering Board and heads of the DMUs, have actually guided the project activities in the district area, with the main support of Extension Station.

• The PBO staff play key roles in monitoring, evaluating and guiding the implementation of the MILS revision to make it suitable to the new situations, especially providing detail guidance for making APO 2001.

• The Advisors play important roles in combining, guiding, exchanging experiences and field activities: training on MILS, SCALA, handicrafts development, extension and dissemination;

• In a commune, a village is selected for participating in project in order to expand to other villages because commune is an administration unit and is a basic for construction of the local extension network meeting the demands on consolidation and extension in current time.

• The model on Village Development Fund has been succeeded after 2 years of implementation. This is one of the basics for evaluating the management and guidance activities of project management units of all levels and the participation of farmers in planning and implementation.

Over the last 5 years (7/1996 - 12/2001), Lao Cai Upland Development Project has

been implemented effectively contributing to the poverty alleviation in the upland and remote areas. The project has contributed to the improvement of the socio-economic and cultural conditions, especially the global environment. It is believable that under the close guidance of the Provincial Steering Board, the combination of different sectors and the efforts made by project staff, Lao Cai Upland Development Project will achieve the End Results of MRDP programme (1996-2001), as well as continue the preparation for the new cooperation programme (2002-2006) in an effective way.

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