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GMS Working Group on Agriculture

Implementing the Core Agriculture Support Program Phase II (CASP 2)

Highlights of Implementation Progress in 2015

The 13th GMS WGA Annual Meeting, Danang, Viet Nam

28 July 2016

Pillar 3:

Bioenergy &

Biomass

Management

Pillar 1:

Food Safety

Trade

Modernization

Pillar 2:

Climate

Friendly

Agriculture

RETA 8163: Implementing

the GMS Core Agriculture

Support Program (2)

RETA 7833: Capacity

Building for the Efficient

Utilization of Biomass for

Bioenergy and Food Security

in the GMS

RETA 6521: Accelerating

the Implementation of the

Core Agriculture Support

Program

RETA 6390: Transboundary Animal

Disease Control for Poverty

Reduction in the GMS

VisionThe Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is recognized as

the leading producer of safe food, using climate-friendly

agricultural practices and integrated into global markets

through regional economic corridors.

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Highlights of Progress

Program Management

• NSSU established & fully

operational in all GMS

countries;

• Enhanced government

ownership and leadership

role through Letter of

Agreement (LOA)

modality;

• Regional cooperation for

regional co-prosperity

strengthened;

LOA and MOU Training in Viet Nam

Facilitate PRC government’s initiatives to enhance

GMS agri-sector resilience to climate change

through capacity development and technological

knowledge sharing for regional co-prosperity

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Program Management

• Increased collaboration with private

sector, Civil Society Organizations,

universities, development partners,

other line ministries (MOC) and

other GMS working groups

• Initiated the revision of CASP 2

result framework and Midterm

Review (MTR)

• Prioritized regional policy - CFA

value chain development strategies

for consideration at the 21st GMS

Ministerial Conference in

collaboration with GIZ initiated.Pilot Farmers in Cambodia Sold

their CFA Products through their

Innovative Mobile Store

Regional Knowledge Exchange

by Cambodia on Biochar

Pillar 1:

Food Safety and Trade Modernization (1 of 3)

• Countries’ capacity to

promote safe food

production and distribution

strengthened – CFA Value

Chain Competitiveness

Training in Bagan, TOT,

Organic Leadership Course,

PGS workshops, IPM, etc;

• LAO and THA business

operators’ capacity on

modern safe-food supply

chain management

strengthened;

PGS Farmer Group Exhibited CFA Products

at a Domestic Trade Fair, Viet Nam

Modern Safe-food Supply Chain Management

Workshop in Lao and Thailand

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Pillar 1:

Food Safety and Trade Modernization (2 of 3)

• Countries’ GAP and Organic

certification system strengthened

(12 PGS pilot sites established,

Organic Inspector Training in

CLM-ongoing):

• Feasibility Assessment of AINS

as GMS e-trade platform - on

going under LOA with PRC;

• E-traceability of chicken (VIE

LOA) and organic vegetable

(THA LOA partner) value chain

and e-tracking of livestock (PRC

LOA) for livestock e-traceability

purpose – on going;

GAP TOT and Auditor Training in

Cambodia

E-traceability Pilot Site of Chicken Value Chain,

Viet Nam

E-traceability Pilot Site of Vegetable Value Chain

Using ACFS System, Thailand

Pillar 1:

Food Safety – Trade Modernization (3 of 3)

• E-trade system development in

collaboration with ESCAP – on

going;

• Facilitated 13 CFA business

operators to international trade

fair in Thailand and PRC; and a

number of farmer groups, NGOs

as well as small business

operators to domestic trade fairs

through LOA activities;

• Feasibility study of emerging

organic rice value chain in THA

completed.GAP and Organic traders from GMS countries

attracted media attention at

the Green & Organic Expo, Beijing

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• 162 Demonstration farms

established in all countries

through LOAs

• 7 MOUs signed with

private sector to promote

market linkages in PRC,

MYA, THA, VIE – 17

Pending

• Soil suitability mapping for

biochar – completed

Pillar 2:

Climate Friendly Agriculture (CFA) [1/4]

Farmer field day at a

demonstration farm, Cambodia

Biochar suitability of the GMS and Hotspots

Pillar 2:

Climate Friendly Agriculture (CFA) [2/4]

• Awareness raising and capacity

building events conducted reaching

over 6,000 persons (35% women)

• Over 32 knowledge products produced

Training of Mater Trainers on CFA with Joint Contribution

from Land Development Department, MOAC, ThailandMr. Sho Oga, the President of Harmony Life Co.

Ltd and TA’s MOU Partner, Trained Farmers on

CFA and Has Been Regularly Purchasing CFA

Products from Them Worth ~ $4,000/Month

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Pillar 2:

Climate Friendly Agriculture (CFA) [3/4]

• Online presence

(i.e., GMS-WGA

website, Facebook,

YouTube)

established;

• Regional knowledge

sharing events

conducted in

collaboration with

national

organizations;

Pillar 2:

Climate Friendly Agriculture (CFA) [4/4]

• Biofertilizer production and

commercialization piloted in

Lao;

• Two Demonstrations of

Community-based Green

Water Management (GWM)

• Green Water Management

proposal through LOA

initiated.

Community-based GWM in Myanmar: Check Dam

Green Water Management Regional

Workshop to Discuss Implementation

through LOA, Bangkok

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Cross-cutting Policy & Regional

Cooperation Initiatives• Policy development and

advocacy – initiated but need

to be strengthened

• Regional cooperation

strengthened

• 1 MOU signed with DP and

three more are under

development: (GIZ, FAO,

Oxfam)

• Collaboration with CEP,

Human Resource PPP, GMS

Business Forum, and DPs

enhanced

Collaboration with JAXA Allows

CASP 2 Program to Have Access to

Its Remote Sensing Data Free of

Charge

Financial Status

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Financial Status TA 8163(As of 31 December 2015)

Funding

Source

Commitment

Cumulative

Contracts

Awarded

Cumulative

Disbursements

ADB 500,000 4,422 3,047

NDF 5,000,000 1,441,858 526,610

Sida 7,500,000 5,709,053 2,875,180

WFPF 1,000,000 23,637 11,284

Total 14,000,000 7,178,970 3,416,121

Source: 2015 GMS CASP 2 Annual Report

Challenges and Opportunities

(i) Accelerate catch-up in program implementation

– non-performing contracts

(ii) Streamline CASP 2 setup and operations

(iii) Strengthen private sector engagement and

PPP in agriculture

(iv) Influence, link and facilitate RIF

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Priorities (till April 2016)

1. Strengthen GWM proposal

and capacity

2. Identify best practices from

LOA & MOU – incorporate

them in GWM plan

3. Policy focused to

mainstream and scale up

CFA value chain

4. Prioritize market linkages for

farmers for maximum impact

5. Revise and streamline result

framework

Berm, Swale & Field (BSF) as

a Potential GWM Model,

Thailand

Special Thanks to Donors and All GMS Countries for their In-Kind and In-Cash

Contributions toward the TA’s Achievements!