TONLE SAP POVERTY REDUCTION AND SMALLHOLDER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Annual Report 2015
MAFF/NCDD 31/4/2016
Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project
Annual Report 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION AND BASIC DATA .................................................................................................. 1
B.
PROJECT OUTCOME AND IMPACT .................................................................................................. 2
C.
UTILIZATION OF FUNDS .................................................................................................................. 3
D.
ANNUAL PHYSICAL PROGRESS ........................................................................................................ 7 Component 1: COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS............................................. 7 -Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED ............................................................ 12 Component 3: EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ......................................................................... 18
E.
PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF PROJECT OUTPUTS AND OUTCOME ........................... 21
F.
ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND BUDGET FOR 2016 ............................................................................ 24
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB AEA AWPB BMC CAA CEW CARD CC CDF CIG CIP DCU DoA DST DTL EA ECCE GAP GnAP GDA GoF IA IFAD KPC KPT LIG MAFF M&E MCA MPTC NGO PIC PID PST RGC RSPG SRP TA TKM ToT TL TSSD
Asian Development Bank Agro-ecosystems Analysis Annual Work Plan and Budget Banteay Meanchey province Commune Administrative Assistant Commune Extension Worker Council for Agriculture and Rural Development Commune Council Commune Development Fund Common Interest Group Commune Investment Plan Development Coordination Unit Department of Agriculture (District) District Support Team Deputy Team Leader Executing Agency Environmental and Climate Change Expert Good Agricultural Practice Gender Action Plan General Directorate of Agriculture Government of Finland Implementing Agency International Fund for Agriculture Kampong Cham province Kampong Thom province Livelihood Improvement Group Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Monitoring and Evaluation Mobile Commune Access (Program) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Non-Government Organisation Project Implementation Consultants Planning and Investment Division Provincial Support Team Royal Government of Cambodia Rice Seed Producer Group Siem Reap province Technical Assistance Tboung Khmum Training of Trainers Team Leader Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project
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INTRODUCTION AND BASIC DATA
ADB/IFAD/GoF Loan/Grant Numbers
ADB: L 2599 - CAM (SF); G 0186 - CAM (SF) IFAD: L 793 - KH; DSF - 8048 - KH GoF: G 0191 - CAM
Project Title
Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project (TSSD)
Borrower
Royal Government of Cambodia
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) National Committee on Sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS)
Implementing Agencies
MAFF - General Directorate for Agriculture (GDA) NCDDS Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC)
Project Steering Committee
Headed by the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD)
Total Project Cost (USD million)
51.31 (excluding taxes and duties of USD 5 million)
Project Financing (USD million)
ADB Grant Loan
27.30 3.31
IFAD Grant Loan
6.80 6.80
GoF Grant
1.59
RGC 5.50
Date of Loan/Grant Approval by ADB
ADB 8 Dec 2009
Date of Signing of Loan/Grant Agreements
ADB/RGC IFAD/RGC GoF/RGC
Date of Effectiveness of Loans/Grants
ADB: 31 Mar 2010; IFAD 2 Jul 2012; GoF 20 Dec 2010
Closing Date Loans/Grants
ADB 28 Feb 2018; IFAD 31 Aug 2017; GoF 31 Dec 2014
Dates of Last ADB Review Mission
9 - 24 July 2015
Project Impact
Livelihoods in target communes in five provinces in Tonle Sap Basin improved by 2020.
Project Outcome
Increased agricultural productivity and improved access to markets within the Project area.
Components
1. Commune Development through a commune block grant: - Improved rural infrastructure supporting agricultural productivity; - Improved capacity of smallholder farmers; - Strengthened commune project management capacity. 2. Enabling environment for agricultural productivity and diversification: - Improved agricultural policy environment; - Increased availability and access to quality seeds; - Increased access to agricultural information and market data. 3. Project Management
Project Area
The Project covers 196 communes: BMC (32), SRP (58), KPT (45), KPC (40) and TKM (21). Selection of the Project communes was based upon (i) relative poverty; (ii) donor interventions; (iii) synergy and complementarity; (iv) growth potential by agroecological region; and (v) geographical focus.
27 Dec 2009 15 Feb 2010 20 Sep 2010
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PROJECT OUTCOME AND IMPACT
1. The TSSD is designed to foster community-driven infrastructure, and capacity development in 196 communes in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey (BMC), Siem Reap (SRP), Kampong Thom (KPT), Kampong Cham (KPC) and Tboung Khmum (TKM). The Project is assisting the Government in creating: Rural infrastructure to improve agricultural production, market access and quality of life in rural communities; Stronger rural financial services extended to resource-poor smallholder farmers; Better agricultural support services, including research, extension and information delivery services supporting increased agricultural productivity by smallholder farmers; Appropriate policies and regulations that support smallholder farming communities; Effective project management that enables timely completion of the project and achievement of project objectives. 2. The outcome of the TSSD will be increased agricultural productivity and improved access to markets created in 196 communes in five provinces in the Tonle Sap basin. The Project Purpose is to achieve an increase in agricultural productivity and improve access to markets in 196 targeted communes in the five provinces. 3. The Project commenced in March 2010. It is too early to make any assessment of the progress towards the achievement of the Project outcomes and impact at this stage. However, for clarity the Project Outcomes and Impact together with indicators can be summarised as follows: Project Outcome: Agricultural productivity increased and improved access to markets created in 196 communes in five provinces in Tonle Sap basin
By 2017 in participating communes average rice yields increased to more than 3.50 t/ha.
Diversified farming systems reduce share of household income from rice by 20 per cent.
Marketed farm and off-farm products increased by 25 per cent.
Participation in livelihood activities of the poor and poorest groups, including women and female heads of households, at least 10 per cent higher than their percentage of the population in the target communes.
More than 70 per cent of the LIG members graduate to become eligible for formal credit services.
Project Impact: Livelihoods of about 630,000 households in five provinces in Tonle Sap basin improved by 2020
Annual months of food shortage reduced from three months in 2008 to one month by 2020 in target communes
No. of households classified in ID 2 Poor reduced by 50 per cent in 196 project communes by 2020.
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UTILIZATION OF FUNDS
4. The TSSD is funded through grants/loans from ADB, IFAD and Government of Finland (GoF) with a total amount of USD51.31 million as follows: ADB Grant 01866 - CAM (SF)
USD 27.30 million
ADB Loan 2599 - CAM (SF)
USD 3.31 million
IFAD Grant DSF-8048-KH & Loan 793-KH USD 13.60 million
5.
GoF Grant 0191-CAM
USD 1.59 million
Royal Government of Cambodia
USD 5.50 million
The cumulative disbursement to date can be summarised as follows: -
The overall cumulative disbursement to end of 2015 for investment and recurrent costs were USD 30,978,066 (67.0 per cent) and 3,300,608 (72.6 per cent) respectively and the overall disbursement rate was 67.5 per cent.
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The total disbursement during 2015 amounted to USD 9,585,975 which was equivalent to a disbursement rate of 60.6 per cent against the AWPB.
6. The Cumulative Disbursement (for investment and recurrent costs) at the end of the 2015 amounted to USD 25,813,370 for NCDDS (Component 1 & 3), USD 3,112,618 for MAFFGDA (under Components 2 & 3), USD 4,834,328 for MAFF/DCU (under Components 2 & 3) and USD 518,358 for MPTC (Components 2 & 3). This was equivalent to Disbursement Rates of 67.5, 58.5, 74.3 and 72.9 per cent for NCDDS, MAFF/GDA, MAFF/DCU and MPTC respectively. 7. There was a total disbursement during 2015 of USD 7,285,310 through transfers to the 196 communes as Block Grants so that the total amount disbursed is now USD 18,152,724 (representing 58.2 per cent of the total allocation). These funds were partially used to support the rural infrastructure sub-projects, creation of the Group Revolving Funds (GRFs) of the Livelihood Improvement Groups (LIGs) and in meeting the CC administrative costs. The current balance in the commune accounts is USD 3,219,603. During the year there were also contract payments to SSP2 and SSP3 amounting in total to USD 872,582 and 648,057 respectively. Table 1 Status of Commune Block Grants (end 2015) Disbursement from CDF % of total Cumulative to allocation date disbursed
Current Balance of CDF Accounts
Province
No. of communes
Total CDF Allocation
Cumulative CDF Transfers to Q4 2015
Remaining CDF Allocation
BMC
32
5,051,093
3,226,855
1,824,237
2,875,202
56.9%
351,653
SRP
58
9,128,132
5,214,560
3,913,572
4,038,312
44.2%
1,176,248
KPT
45
6,865,272
4,066,320
2,798,952
3,394,026
49.4%
672,294
KPC
40
6,314,286
3,542,543
2,771,743
2,927,080
46.4%
615,463
TKM
21
3,821,000
2,102,446
1,718,554
1,698,501
44.5%
403,945
Total
196
31,179,782
18,152,724
13,027,058
14,933,121
47.9%
3,219,603
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8. An analysis of the cumulative disbursement figures below reveals that the funds for vehicles (cars and motorcycles) and capacity building activities have been almost fully utilized. There was also high expenditure under recurrent costs for incremental staff and there remains an insufficient fund balance under the ADB Grant to support the existing project staffing structure for the remaining three years of the project life. Table 2 Summary of Percent Cumulative Disbursement by Loan Categories and Financier Financier (%) Category
RGC
ADB Loan
ADB Grant
IFAD Loan*
Total
IFAD Grant* Finland Grant Revised Allocation
Disbursement Total
%
I. Investment Costs A. Community Development (CC Block Grant) A1. Civil Works (Social Infrastructure) A2. Livelihood Improvement Funds A3. Commune Project Management Cost B. Agriculture Productivity enhancement D. Rural ICT D1. ICT Equipment D2. Training and Capacity Building D3. Systems Operation (Multi-media) E. Equipment and Furniture F. Vehicles G. Capacity Building H. Surveys, Monitoring, and Auditing I. Consulting Services
Investment (sub-total)
83% 83% 35% 45% 69% 7% 0% 97% 99% 38% -
83% 83% -
79%
83%
74% 83% 61% 38% 97% 94% 105% 33% 67%
49% 49% -
49% 49% -
67% 78% 67% 109% 0% 4% -
31,772.68 13,278.88 13,603.80 4,890.00 2,333.30 1,613.60 989.10 535.60 88.90 819.40 1,735.90 1,887.93 596.76 5,475.73
20,666.33 65% 11,035.45 83% 6,636.93 49% 2,993.95 61% 877.90 38% 1,239.21 77% 715.53 72% 523.69 98% 0.00 0% 796.23 97% 1,635.39 94% 1,968.43 104% 200.09 34% 3,594.50 66%
73%
49%
49%
68%
46,235.30
30,978.08
67%
II. Recurrent Costs A. Incremental Staff B. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) /a
Recurrent Costs (sub-total)
74%
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79% 69%
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-
1,466.99 3,078.13
1,155.65 2,144.96
79% 70%
74%
-
72%
-
-
-
4,545.13
3,300.61
73%
34,278.68
68%
50,780.43
TOTAL ALLOCATION
TOTAL DISBURSEMENT
79%
83%
73%
49%
49%
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Table 3 Summary of Actual Expenditure during 2015 Approved Budget
Category
2015 Annual Budget
Actual Disbursement Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2014
CTD
Budget Balance
Cumulative Disbursement Rate %
I. INVESTMENT COSTS MAFF-DCU MAFF-GDA NCDDS
6,007,400
1,072,350
59,111
203,370
359,283
241,063
862,827
4,508,234
1,499,166
75.0%
3,428,800
1,858,320
105,211
167,616
227,260
117,016
617,102
1,621,046
1,807,754
47.3%
36,459,171
11,103,845
1,422,203
1,188,328
3,257,458
1,017,642
6,885,632
24,644,422
11,814,749
67.6%
339,900
297,426
7,927
1,690
19,425
14,805
43,847
204,364
135,536
60.1%
46,235,271
14,331,941
1,594,453
1,561,003
3,863,426
1,390,526
8,409,408
30,978,066
MPTC Sub Total (I): Investment Costs
15,257,205
67.0%
II. RECURRENT COSTS MAFF-DCU MAFF-GDA
503,204
95,200
27,261
21,628
32,329
16,885
98,104
326,093
177,111
64.8%
1,895,853
552,000
159,988
138,369
137,798
106,255
542,411
1,491,572
404,281
78.7%
NCDDS
1,774,571
694,692
92,280
113,066
141,757
116,041
463,144
1,168,948
605,623
65.9%
371,500
142,380
24,018
5,206
24,936
24,543
78,704
313,994
57,506
84.5%
4,545,128
1,484,272
303,547
278,269
336,821
263,725
1,182,362
3,300,608
1,244,520
72.6%
50,780,399
15,816,213
1,898,000
1,839,272
4,200,247
1,654,251
9,591,770
34,278,674
16,501,725
67.5%
MPTC Sub Total Recurrent Costs (II) GRAND TOTAL (I)+(II)
Overall Cumulative Disbursement Progress (%)
Cumulative Disbursement 2015 (%) 90%
80%
80%
70%
70%
60%
60%
50%
50%
IAs
40% 30%
30%
20%
20%
10%
10%
0%
IAs
40%
0% MAFF-DCU
MAFF-GDA
NCDDS
MPTC
MAFF-DCU
MAFF-GDA
NCDDS
MPTC
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Table 4 Summary of Overall Project status Status of project scope/implementation arrangements compared with those in the report and RRP, and whether major changes have occurred or will need to be made. The Project progress improved during 2015 showed marked improvement on the previous year and there was 68 percent disbursement against the AWPB which was slightly lower than in 2014. Good coordination between the EAs and IAs was maintained as well as between the PID and PAC in each province through the continued conduct of regular monthly Provincial Coordination Meetings. During this year the availability of funding was not such a constraint as in previous years although there remains a need to improve the speed of liquidations from the provincial level. Assessment of the likelihood that the Project purpose will be met in part or in full, and whether remedial measures are required based on the current project scope and implementation arrangements. It is too early to make an assessment of this aspect. The Project purpose focuses on increased agricultural productivity and improved access to markets being created in the 196 communes in five provinces in Tonle Sap basin. This will be achieved through the outcome of the promotion of improved livelihoods, which are focussed on agricultural production, and the creation of improved market linkages for inputs, credit and the sale of agricultural produce. The mechanism for achieving this will be the LIGs that have been established in all target villages and livelihood activities are only just commencing with the provision of the first cycle of loans from the Group Revolving Funds to the LIG members. . An assessment of changes to the key assumptions and risks that affect attainment of the development objectives; and other project developments, including monitoring and reporting on environmental and social requirements that might adversely affect the project's viability or accomplishment of immediate objectives. Assessment of Assumptions and Risks at Output level: -
Decentralisation and de-concentration policy reforms continue to be central to government policy through MoI/NCDDS and there is continued strong support for the empowerment of the Communes to identify their own development priorities and for these to be identified in their Annual Commune Investment Plans (CIPS). Intensive capacity building is being supported in all targeted communes to ensure that the CCs and staff, as well as district teams, have the capability to fully implement Project activities and have a sound understanding of all Project guidelines that they are required to follow.
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MAFF have a continued commitment to the establishment of enabling policies for agricultural productivity enhancement with a particular focus on promoting smallholder productivity. The risk imposed by adverse climate effects will be moderated by careful assessment of the potential for climate change and modification of infrastructure design or adaptation of agricultural technologies to mitigate these effects.
Assessment of Assumptions and Risks at Project Outcome level: -
The RGC remains committed to the success of this Project evidenced through the commitment of substantial personnel resources at national and sub-national level and the provision of adequate counterpart funds.
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ADB and IFAD funding continues to be made available in a timely manner.
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The risk of adverse climatic effects will be mitigated through the introduction of infrastructure design modifications and robust agricultural technology interventions.
Assessment of Assumptions at Project Impact level: -
The political stability within the country has been maintained reasonably well and the implementation of complimentary projects is proceeding without undue delay.
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ANNUAL PHYSICAL PROGRESS
Component 1: COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS Output 1.1: Improved Rural Infrastructure supporting agricultural productivity Activities Planned 1.1.1: Identification of infrastructure needs included in the CIPs for 196 communes and submission of priority list of 185 rural infrastructure sub-projects submitted to the PFT.
1.1.2: Develop designs for approved rural infrastructure sub-projects including field visits, topographic surveys, data collection, safeguard reports and preparation of designs and cost estimates.
Accomplishment -
There were 191 rural infrastructure sub-projects identified from the 2015 CIPs (103 % of target) across the 196 target communes that all responded to the needs of at least one LIG that were submitted to the PFTs for approval.
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The contracts were renewed for the 21 Commune Technical Assistants (CTAs). The CTAs facilitated the conduct of the surveys and the preparation of the designs and cost estimates of all sub-projects. The designs/cost estimates were approved for 189 rural infrastructure sub-projects (103 % of target). Across the four provinces there are 79 target communes that are included on the Ministry of Environment (MoE) Watch List. There were a total of 187 Environment Analysis Reports (EARs) prepared (101 % of target) as supporting documents for the sub-projects that were located in these communes which were a requirement for Technical Clearance. To date 69 per cent of the rural infrastructure sub-projects are concerned with irrigation support mainly involving construction of earth canals and dams.
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Technical Clearance was provided by the relevant line departments for a total of 186 sub-projects (101 % of target) and there were 189 contract awards (103 % of target) made through successful bidding meetings including a few carried over from 2014. This year some the bid meetings were generally conducted in a more satisfactory following clarifications issued by NCDDS on the regulations for withdrawal of bids to all CCs.
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The construction of 182 rural infrastructure sub-projects carried over from 2014 was completed during the year (99 % of target). For the 2015 sub-projects construction was completed for 82 sub-projects (44 % of target).
1.1.3: Review Technical designs, conduct bidding and award contracts for rural infrastructure sub-projects. 1.1.4: Monitor and supervise contractor’s performance, progress payments and assess quality of works for 104 rural infrastructure sub-projects. Issues/Constraint/Actions -
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Observations during recent Missions conducted in 2014 had revealed that there were some instances where rural infrastructure sub-projects had been inadequately designed and the construction has been below standard. This was despite close monitoring of the provincial and district teams including the CTAs. Sub-project designs are all subjected to careful scrutiny before the granting of Technical Clearance. The weakness appears to be after that stage and reflects insufficient capacity on the part of the contractors, district technical staff and commune Project Management Committees (PMCs) to follow the prescribed designs. This is reflected in both design specifications not being followed and/or inferior construction techniques and materials being used which results in unsatisfactory standards of civil works which fail early in their working life. The observation that some of the civil works are already in need of repair within the life of the Project is of particular concern. A thorough investigation of the real extent of the problem was required to examine all sub-projects and to identify the main causes of the problem. This can be used to provide some guidance to NCDDS for application in the future for rural infrastructure improvement is being managed at commune level. It can also provide an indication of capacity building requirements that need to be met in the future. In response the NCDDS recruited two civil engineers (one international and one national) to conduct a thorough investigation of a representative sample of rural infrastructure sub-projects and to make recommendations for improvement in the procedures. Although their recommendations will come too late for the current rural infrastructure sub-projects they will be useful to NCDDS in identifying means of improving the process of commune management of rural infrastructure sub-projects. There were delays in the award of contracts for rural infrastructure sub-projects until just before the onset of the rains in mid-year. It had resulted from the heavy work load of the CTAs and TSOs. However, since 2015 represented the last major cycle of rural infrastructure sub-projects it was unlikely to be an issue again.
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Component 1: COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS Output 1.2: Improved Capacity of Smallholder Farmers Activities Planned
Accomplishment -
1.2.1: Capacity building and mentoring of LIGs.
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1.2.2: Conduct of Agro-ecosystems Analysis (AEA) in 92 communes (Batch 2) incorporating gender and social aspects.
1.2.3: Identification and design of livelihood improvement activities/sub-projects for LIGs.
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The preparation of the AEA reports for all 92 communes has been completed and copies of the reports have been disseminated to each CC for their reference and for use during the preparation of the CIPs. A complete set of the CAEA documents has also been assembled by the MAFF/GDA and is kept at the Department of Extension.
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The TNAs for the LIGs were completed by the CEWs for a total of 1,136 groups (92 % of target) and lists of learning opportunities for the LIGs were compiled by 191 CEWs (97 % of target). The CEWs have assisted the LIGs to prepare their training plans based upon the households Business Plans and this was completed for 1,069 LIGs (86 % of target). There were 319 proposals for non-livestock training activities prepared (81 % of target). The Service Provider for Improved Livestock Health and Productivity (SSP3) completed the preparation of 835 training proposals (130 % of target).
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1.2.4. Implementation of livelihood sub-projects for LIGs. 1.2.5: Support for vaccination program for the communes.
In the 1,196 target villages a total of 1,241 LIGs have been established with total membership of 30,363 households (51 % female members and 21 % Female Headed Households (FHHs)). Following the agreements made during Review Missions in 2014 and the revision to the Guidelines for the Utilisation of the Loans from the GRFs all households have prepared individual Business Plans. Of these 44 % relate to native chicken raising, 25 % to pig raising and 17% to rice production. Assessment of the capacity of the LIGs to manage their GRFs was completed for 823 LIGs (66 % of target). The Service Provider for Capacity Building and Mentoring of LIGs (SSP2) continued to provide support during the year and completed training on financial literacy and business plan for 984 LIGs (79 % of target). SSP2 completed training on internal rules and on communications and facilitation skills for all LIGs (100 % of target). However, training on leadership and conflict resolution will not commence until next year. The Commune Committees for Women and Children (CCWCs) completed awareness raising on gender and nutrition for 1,234 LIGs (99 % of target). SSP2 also provided mentoring on cash recording and bookkeeping at least once per month for all LIGs. All LIGs have been conducting regular monthly meetings which are attended by the SSP2 staff as well as CEWs and CAAs.
A total of 144 non-livestock learning events had commenced or been completed during the year (37 % of target). During the year 595 demonstrations on livestock were designed (mainly concerned with native chicken raising) by SSP3 in cooperation with the CEWs (92 % of target) and 840 learning events had been completed (43 % of target). There were 363 progress reports submitted to the CCs by Service Providers for completed learning events (35 % of target) and 147 completion reports submitted (14 % of target). During the Review Mission conducted in mid-2015 the vaccination program for chickens and pigs was terminated. However, prior to that SSP3 had completed training for 694 Village Animal Health Workers (VAHWs) and had signed contracts with 778 of them for the provision of vaccination services. A total of 967 LIGs (78 % of target) had benefitted from the vaccination program and mortality rates of chicks had been significantly reduced. The remaining funds from the vaccination program were diverted to the establishment of at least one demonstrations on native chicken raising for every LIG.
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Component 1: COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS Output 1.2: Improved Capacity of Smallholder Farmers Issues/Constraints/Actions -
Although all LIGs had established their bank accounts and received the 1st tranche of funds for their GRF and commenced the 1st cycle of lending there were delays in processing the 2nd tranche of funds so that larger loans could be made to the LIG members. The conditions for the 2 nd release of the GRF are clearly stated in the Guidelines for the Utilization of the CDF for Livelihood Improvement and include full repayment of the 1st cycle of loans and satisfactory auditing of gender issues within the LIG. This proved to a constraint since there were no clear guidelines on how to conduct the auditing of gender issues within the LIGs.
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Despite the establishment of the LIGs and the provision of the loans from the GRF there was a continuing tendency for the group members to migrate for work to other areas. This resulted in the disruption of the delivery of training for the LIGs and postponement and changes to training schedules. There was no immediate solution to the problem aside from the expectation that the increasing amounts of the loans which can be provided from the GRF will enable more of the LIG members to improve their livelihoods and reduce the need for frequent migration for work.
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There was an initial tendency of the LIG members to request loans without any clear purpose and business plan. Further training and coaching of the CEWs was required as well as considerable simplification of the format of the Business Plans so that they were more understandable by the LIG members. Nevertheless. the high rates of illiteracy amongst the LIG members represented a continuing challenge to achieving a full understanding of the content of the Business Plan.
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It was found that the CAAs and CEWs lacked adequate financial management skills and it was necessary for SSP2 staff to provide considerable supplementary mentoring mainly through hands-on training for them to enable them to develop a better understanding. However, it was also important to ensure that the financial records of the LIGs were being maintained by the group leaders and this task was not being done for them by the CEW, CAA or SSP2 staff.
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Some of the proposed investments by the LIG members had high risks. However, the requirement that all LIG households must prepare individual business plans before they were granted a loan did improve the selection of better enterprises. SSP2 were required to intensify their training on Business Plan preparation and the CEWs provided substantial assistance to the LIG members in selecting their enterprise and in formulating the Business Plan. This helped to discouraging LIG members from investing in high risk areas, which included retail trading, unless they had received training and coaching. In addition, SSP3 were required to accelerate the livestock raising training programs and the delivery of the vaccination program whilst this was still supported during the first half of the year.
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During the 1st cycle of lending relatively few LIG members used their loans for the purchase of good quality seed from the RSPGs. This was partly due to a limited knowledge of the existence of the RPGs by the LIGs, even when there was a RSPG located in their own commune, and a lack of understanding of the benefits of using better quality seed. The preference of the LIG members who invest in rice production was to spend the money on fertiliser inputs since this was seen to bring more immediate and observable benefits in terms of increased productivity. Rice production demonstrations had been set up to show the benefit of using better quality seed but these now appeared to have had insufficient impact in swaying farmer’s opinions. Additional extension efforts are required to demonstrate to farmers that the cost of the seed is only a small part of the total investment required and yet can bring lasting benefits over the next three seasons. At present the impact of the rice seed production program under the project is not achieving the expected impact in increasing the rice yield of the LIG members.
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The support of SSP3 focussed on the identification and training of Village Animal Health Workers (VAHWs) to implement the vaccination program for all livestock owned by the LIG members. There were some instances where existing VAHWs have declined to sign a contract for the delivery of the vaccination services and the SSP3 staff were left with no alternative but to deliver the vaccination services themselves although clearly this was a completely untenable position and SSP3 staff were incapable of providing these services if more VAHWs declined to support the project. This had the potential to undermine the whole vaccination program for the LIGs. However, despite this problem the targets for chicken and pig vaccination were met and IFAD decided to cease the vaccination program in mid-year.
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The task of providing capacity building for the LIGs was a formidable task and the resources that were available through SSP2 to perform this task were limited. There were also limitations in the capacity of the district and commune staff to provide the needed support to the LIGs. Following the recommendations of recent Missions, the deployment of additional field staff by the SSP2 did help to alleviate the problem and by them having closer cooperation with the CEWs this ensured that improved training and mentoring for the LIGs could be achieved. The Review Mission in mid-year included 37 points for improvement mostly concerned with improvement of SSP2 performance. The issues raised were wide ranging in nature but had a particular focus on the management and utilization of the GRFs that had been established by the LIGs and also the measures for ensuring sustainability of the LIG operations.
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There were some instances where difficulties occur with some of the LIGs and there was a need for complete transparency so that the difficulties that do occur and recognised and documented and where possible remedial action is taken. These instances need to be documented. Equally where there are issues concerning the performance of a CEW or one of the SSP2 staff these should be acknowledged openly and the remedial action that is taken should be documented. However, despite this there were instances during the year where financial irregularities did occur and this resulted from actions of both SSP2 staff as well as CEWs/CAAs but these were initially not reported and by the year-end they had not been resolved.
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It was a requirement that each LIG household must prepare their own Business Plan before they can qualify for their loan from the GRF. However, it was observed that in many instances the households did not apply for their loan in accordance with their Business Plan. It seems that they have simply changed their mind and invested in a different enterprise. Where this occurs there should be discussion with the CEW, and/or SSP2 field staff, and a new business plan prepared for the new enterprise. The objective of the business plan is to help the LIG members to understand the investment in terms of the expenditure required and the expected profit that they will earn. The data which is being collected on the types of enterprises that are being funded from the GRF loans at present is based upon the business plans. However, due to the incidence of different investments being made this data is no longer an accurate reflection of the types of investments supported from the GRFs. SSP2 should amend their data collection methods so that they gather data on the actual investments being supported rather than relying on the individual business plans.
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The CEWs were given many additional tasks that were not a part of their original ToRs. This was particularly concerning the transfer of the reporting responsibility to SSP2 and the fact that they were given many new responsibilities following this new arrangement. There was a need for prioritisation of their activities and this needed to be discussed during the regular monthly coordination meeting in the commune.
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There were instances where some LIGs were not conducting their regular meeting/banking days and this was mainly the result of there being inactive or absent LIG leaders. Where there instances of the LIG Leaders not fulfilling their responsibilities there were efforts made to replace them by another member who was able to attend to the affairs of the group. However, it was also important to ensure that the members who were selected were literate and this was an added constraint. The CEWs did assist the LIG members to identify individuals within the village who had good levels of literacy and were willing to join the group and take on the responsibility of being the group leader.
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A number of instances were identified where the LIG bank account was in the name of the group leader and not in the name of the group. Considerable effort was made to correct this situation but by the year end there remained some groups that had not yet corrected the bank account name.
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Component 1: COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS Output 1.3: Improved commune capacity for project management Activities Planned 1.3.1. Agreements signed between CCs and the LIGs on the amount of GRF transfers. 1.3.2. Recruitment of C/S staff and conduct of TNAs.
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During Q1 there were agreements signed by each CC with all of the LIGs located in their commune for the amount of the GRF to be transferred to their bank accounts in three tranches with the total mount being based upon the number of members within each group.
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All Commune Clerks, CEWs and CAAs completed the TNA forms and there were submitted to the DFT and PFT for processing.
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A one-day refresher training on the revisions to the Guidelines for the PIM and the Utilisation of the CDF for Livelihood Improvement was conducted by the NCDDS and PIC team for all PFTs, DFTs, CCs, CEWs and CAAs in each province. Refresher training sessions for the PMC members were conducted by the PIC/RIEs, in each target district, on Monitoring and Supervision of rural infrastructure sub-projects for the PMCs. A one-day training on LIG Database was conducted by the NCDDS team for all CAAs in each province. All communes conducted regular monthly coordination meetings that were attended by the CEWs, CAAs, SSP2 and SSP3 staff as well as DFT and DST representatives. All CEWs have participated in trainings in each province on CDF revision and Farmer to Farmer (F2F) learning guidelines which included their roles to work with SSP2 in supporting LIGs and they were explained clearly. Quarterly meetings were organised in each province for refresher training on financial management by the PFTs with support from FA to CC, clerk and CAA. District based trainings on gender data collection, reporting, DV and nutrition were conducted by District Gender Focal Points (DGFPs) for two days with participation from CC, CCWC and CEW.
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1.3.3: Provide capacity building and training for commune staff and CC members.
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Issues/Constraints/ Actions -
No major issues were identified.
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Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED Output 2.1: Improved Agricultural Policy Environment Activities Planned
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PIC members participated in a workshop on Capacity Building of Safe Food Certification System in the GMS supported by ADB (TA-8163), a workshop on Promotion of Safe Vegetable Production for Marketing supported by the Netherland NGO ICCO and the Technical Consultation Workshop on Draft Prakas under Law of Seed Management and Plant Breeders’ Rights which was organised by the Rice Crop Department of GDA under support from HARVEST project. PIC team also conducted a meeting with FAO for discussion on possibility of cooperation related to climate change activities between TSSD & FAO (Life & Nature Project). The PIC TL subsequently prepared a concept paper outlining the need for capacity building training for TSSD’s focal persons.
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Eight district level workshops to disseminate the Promotion of Selected Rice Varieties Production and Rice Export Policy were organized in KPC and TKM. The workshops in BMC and SRP were carried over to 21016.
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Eleven FFSs for GAP Producer groups were completed in SRP and KPC provinces covering long bean, cucumber, eggplant and cauliflower crops were produced by GAP application during which field days were organized (110 % of target). Three ToTs on GAP Principles and Auditing for PDA and DST staff was conducted with the training being provided by MAFF/GDA GAP Office in BMC, SRP and KPT provinces. All GAP Producer Groups are now conducting regular quarterly meetings when the members jointly plan their production programs. Provincial workshops on GAP Dissemination were conducted in BMC and KPT provinces. A consulting firm was selected to conduct the Market Survey and Consumer Awareness on GAP vegetables and fruits in KPC and SRP and a series of meetings with GDA team were conducted to clarify the survey process, sampling size with different categories of respondents, identification of vegetables and fruits to be asked, and finalization of questionnaires for interview of restaurants, wholesalers, retailers and consumers. The survey was completed during Q4.
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Three workshops on Contract Farming Orientation between RSPGs and rice millers was conducted in BMC, SRP and KPC (100 % of target). However, there was only one contract agreement signed between one RSPG and a rice miller (14 % of target). One contract was signed in BMC for grain production but the quality of the rice was low and was rejected by the miller.
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Publication of posters for GAP awareness to consumers and sellers was cancelled because they had not been developed on time by GAP office of GDA. However, an additional 500 copies of the GAP Manual that was produced in 2014 were reprinted.
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The consultants were mobilised in Q3 and presented their draft Inception Report during the Inception Workshop. They conducted workshop in each target province with key stakeholders from private companies involved in crop business, NGOs involved in crop extension and production, farmers involved in rice, industrial crop and vegetable production, RSPGs, agriculture coops and government official (PDA, DOA, Agronomy and Extension staff). At the end of each workshop a vision for each province was developed for crop production in the province by 2030. The information from each province is being consolidated and synthesized by the consultants. The study will conclude in Q1 2016.
2.1.4: Pilot Testing of Agricultural Policies (a) Good Agricultural Practices
2.1.4: Pilot Testing of Agricultural Policies (b) Contract Farming 2.1.5: Publication of GAP manual and selected policy or guidelines
2.1.6: Assist GDA in preparation of 2030 Cambodia Vision for Crop Production
Issues/Constraint/Actions -
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Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED Output 2.2: Improved availability and access to quality seeds Activities Planned 2.2.1: Identification of farmer organisations for seed production
2.2.2: Development of partnerships with relevant research stations for seed production and distribution
2.2.3: Selection of appropriate varieties based on market demands and development of marketing strategies.
2.2.4: Provide capacity building for existing RSPGs to enable them to achieve enhanced seed production and distribution.
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Three new RSPGs were identified, one in BMC and two in KPT provinces (75 % of target). There were six meetings conducted with these new groups to discuss their production plans and to build the capacity of the groups. However, the capacity assessment tool was not yet applied to ascertain the capabilities of the new groups.
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At Balang station Three ha of land was planted with 1.5 ha of Sen Pidor, 1 ha of Chulsa and 0.5 ha of IR66. 13.7 tons of certified seed of three early varieties (IR66: 5.56 tons; Chulsa: 4.3 tons and Sen Pidor: 3.8 tons) were produced in Q3. Seven hectares of medium and late varieties (Phka Rumdoul: 5 ha; Phka Chan Sen Sar: 0.5ha; Raing Chey: 0.5 ha and CAR8: 1 ha) were planted and a field day for RSPGs was conducted to show different rice varieties and SRI techniques to the visitors. 29.5 tonne of good seeds (Phka Rumdoul: 27.4 tons & Phka Rumdeng: 2.0 tons) were bought also from seven RSPGs in KPT as a part of the CF agreements signed in Q3. A flat bed dryer with a size of 12.5 m x 9 m (using power fan) was constructed with a capacity of 10 tons for each cycle (2 - 3 hours). 17.7 tonnes of certified seed (Phka Rumdoul: 11.3 tons; Phka Chansensar: 2 tons; Raing Chey: 1.6 tons and CAR8: 2.8 tons) of mid-term and late varieties were produced by Balang station in wet season 2015 on an area of seven hectares. One field day for RSPGs was conducted to show different rice varieties and SRI techniques.
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At Tuk Vill station three ha of early rice varieties were planted, deferred from late-2014, The production was Sen Pidor: 3,700kg from 2 ha (1.85 t/ha); IR66: 1,600 kg from 0.6 ha (2.7 t/ha; and Chulsar: 900 kg from 0.4 ha (2.2 t/ha). 1.5ha of rice field was refilled with fertile soil taken from Tonle Sap Lake. It is expected that, with soil fertility amendment, the yield of rice seed produced in 2015 in the Station would increase. Six tons of good seed (Phka Rumdoul) were bought by the station from three RSPGs in BMC and 16 tons of good seed (Phka Rumdoul) were bought as part of the CF agreements from eight RSPGs in SRP. Five tons of certified seed of medium varieties (Phka Rumdoul: 4,640 kg (1.9 tons/ha); Phka Rumdeng: 120 kg (0.5 tons/ha); Phka Romeat: 240 kg (0.5 tons/ha) were harvested in Q4. Two field days were conducted to show rice seed production techniques and to share problems affecting rice production.
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Total certified seed production from both stations was 36.4 tons (91 % of target).
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There were two workshops conducted with the RSPGs to strengthen the linkages between them and the agriculture stations (100 % of target). There were also 12 meetings conducted between RSPGs, CCs, CEWs, and LIG leaders to raise awareness of the availability of good quality seed and the rice varieties produced by the group members (137 % of target).
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The proposed study tour for RSPG members to Vietnam to visit successful rice seed producers was not implemented.
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There was a training conducted in each province for RSPG leaders on the Operation Manual (100 % of target). Each RSPG was provided with a moisture meter and trained on the use of the meter (96 % of target). In BMC province there was a pond constructed for rain water harvesting for the RSPG members to irrigate their rice seed crops. The construction of the warehouse facilities for 16 RSPGs was deferred to 2016 due to delays in the procurement process. There were 177 quarterly meetings of RSPGs during the year (94 % of target). Only one study tour was organised for RSPG members to visit successful groups in other provinces. There were three RSs conducted on rice seed production for RSPGs (75 % of target). Seed capital in the form of certified rice seed of selected varieties was provided to 32 RSPGs (96 %). There were no trainings on post-harvest technology nor on rice seed marketing for the RSPGs. 33 RSPGs were provided with signboards to increase the awareness of their seed production activities in the area. Eight RSPGs were able to register as agricultural cooperatives (88 % of target).
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Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED Output 2.2: Improved availability and access to quality seeds -
There were four study tours, one for each province, for demonstration farmers to visit other provinces to observe climate change adaptation measures (100 % of target). A total of 100 demonstrations that had been carried over from 2014 were completed with the conduct field days. There were four study tours organised for RSPG members to observe successful animal feed millers in Kratie province and following this there was a demonstration feed milling unit established in one RSP in each province (100 % of target). There were 17 demonstrations on muscovy duck raising (94 % of target) and field days were conducted at 23 sites (62 % of target). There were 144 demonstrations on rice varieties (87 % of target) and there were 318 field days conducted (64 % of target). There were 25 demonstrations on chick production (100 % of target) and there were 37 field days organised (49 % of target). There were 136 demonstrations on native chicken raising (89 % of target) and there were 243 field days conducted (53 % of target). There were 27 demonstrations on sow raising (93 % of target) and there were 35 field days conducted (40 % of target). There were 59 demonstrations on pig fattening (95 % of target) and 128 field days were conducted (75 % of target). There were eight demonstrations on fish raising (67 % of target) and 15 field days were conducted (44 % of target). There were nine demonstrations on frog raising (100 % of target) and 27 field days were conducted (100 %). There were 10 demonstrations on forage crops (100 % of target) and only four field days conducted (13 % of target). There were three demonstrations on mycelium production (100 % of target). There were 487 demonstrations on vegetable production (59 % of target) and 69 field days conducted (29 % of target). There were 21 demonstrations of cash crops after rice harvest (corn, water melon and beans) (62 % of target) but no field days were conducted. There were five demonstrations on steam rice straw production (71 % of target) and two field days were completed (10 % of target). There was only one agricultural trade fair organised in SRP province (20 % of total)
2.2.6: Procurement and distribution of quality seeds
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A total of 52.8 tons of certified rice seed was sold by the agriculture stations to the RSPGs, other farmers and input dealers (132 % of target) with the revenue from these sales being deposited into the station bank account to be used for operational expenses in 2016. The RSPGs produced a total of 736 tons of good rice seed this tea (82 % of target) and their total sales (including some carried over from 2014) were 883 tons (98 % of target). The volume of good rice seed purchased by the LIGs remained rather low at only 8.6 tons (22 % of target) although this is an increased on the previous year.
2.2.7: Publicity campaigns to raise awareness of the Project achievement on seed production
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A video on Rice Seed Production shot under GDA was screened at mid-day on the national television channel (TVK) in mid Dec 2015 and was rebroadcast one week after the first screening. (50 % of target) Three videos on Vegetable Production Techniques (bitter gourd, melon and steamed rice straw mushroom) shot under GDA were screened also on national television channel (TVK) in Nov to mid Dec 2015. Each video was rebroadcast one week after the first screening at noon. The screening time for each video was 25 minutes (150 % of target).
2.2.8: Publication of extension materials
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There were 1,000 copies of the Agricultural Extension Methodology produced and distributed to DSTs and CEWs (100 % of target). Also 1,000 copies of the Pig Feed Formulation Technique Manual were produced and distributed to DSTs and CEWs (100 % of target).
2.2.5: Organisation of on-farm demonstrations and conduct surveys to assess increase in yields
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One of seven demonstrations on GAP vegetable production was severely damaged by pests and disease incidence. Enhanced support from the DST should be made and they should make more frequent visits to the sites to liaise with these farmers and attempt to minimise instances such as this. In order to reduce the impact of drought there should be better selection of the sites where some irrigation can be provided during the dry season.
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There has been a lack of participation by the DST members in the commune monthly coordination meetings. The linkage between the DFT and DST should be improved so that there is better exchange of information and a better awareness of the scheduling of the commune monthly coordination meetings. Social media networks would be the best method of disseminating information on the timing of these meetings and this could be done by the CEWs in advance of the meeting.
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There was found to be a lack of data on RSPG rice seed production programs and the availability of rice commercial seed. The PAMRIC and DST should frequently visit the RSPGs and wherever possible attend their monthly/quarterly meetings and assist them to maintain accurate records of seed production and sales. The information on the availability of seeds should be disseminated through social media networks so that there is wider knowledge of the seed stocks and varieties that are available. CEWs should be provided with information on rice seed availability and make this information available in their commune through the CC and also to the LIG members. Where LIGs are located close to existing RSPGs there should be cross visits organised for the LIG members to visit the RSPG to learn more of their seed production programs
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Commercial rice seed produced by the RSPGs was not being stored satisfactorily in the warehouses which had been constructed. During the training for the RSPGs on the Operational Manual there must also be sessions on the optimum methods for storage seed. This must include warehouse sanitation and the provision of pallets for proper storage. DSTs must also be given further instruction on correct seed storage and they should make regular visits to the RSPGs to follow up on the storage of seed. This will ensure that quality of the seed can be maintained whilst in storage.
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Financial management by the agriculture stations was in need of improvement. Training was provided on the Operation Manual for the Agriculture Stations for all the station staff. However, the financial management procedures which are being introduced were new for these staff and they experienced considerable difficulty in following the procedures described in the manual. There was a need for much more support from the PDA to ensure that there was better management of the station and in particular of the financial transactions. Further refresher training was provided if that was needed and the PAEAs made regular supervisory visits to the stations and conducted rigorous checks on the financial documentation. The TSSD support for the two stations was completed at the end of 2015 after which they are expected to operate as financially autonomous units. Thus it was essential that additional support was provided to ensure that the stations can fulfil the expectations.
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There was found to be poor packaging of commercial rice seed by RSPGs. In order to gain recognition of the commercial seed which had been produced by the RSPGs they needed to be able to package the seed in good quality bags which were clearly labelled with the name of the group, the variety and basic information on the germination and moisture content of the seed. The Procurement Plan was amended so that the items required by the RSPGs for seed packaging could be separately procured form the other items of equipment that are required.
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Commercial rice seed produced by the RSPGs was not being purchased by the LIG members. The absence of any sales of commercial rice seed that had been produced by the RSPGs to the LIGs was disappointing. This was despite the conduct of numerous on-farm demonstrations on rice production in which an attempt had been made to show the benefits of using good seed as well as other improved cultural practices. But the priority for the LIG members was for livestock and other forms of livelihood activity. The few numbers that had invested in rice production had utilised their loans for the purchase of fertiliser inputs which they had apparently viewed as more important to boost yield that buying good quality seed. The extension message which needed to be conveyed to farmers was that the cost of seed is a small part of their overall production cost but using good quality seed not only increased the production potential but also enhanced the benefits that they gained from the use of additional fertiliser and other inputs. The only way to get this message across was through the organisation of many more on-farm demonstrations which need to be planned and organised in cooperation with the LIG leaders. In the past the demonstrations have been organised by the DSTs without reference to the LIGs until the conduct of the field day at harvest. By working in closer harmony with the LIG members in implementing the demonstrations in every LIG village and conducting regular field days during the growing season using a similar approach to the FFS then the interest of the LIG members can be increased and the importance of using good seed can be clearly demonstrated. On the side of the RSPGs they need to improve their marketing activities and increase awareness in nearby communes and villages of the seed that they are producing of varieties that are available for the LIG members to purchase. RSPGs have been supported for marketing purpose with promotional leaflets which have been distributed to some LIGs via CCs, CEWs and village heads.
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DSTs were not able to organise the meetings between RSPGs, CCs, LIG leaders and CEWs to enable the LIGs to have access to quality seed. Related to the above it had been noted that the DSTs were providing little support to the RSPGs. There had been no involvement of the DSTs in the training which has been provided to the RSPGs. It had become very apparent that the RSPGs, following the training on the Operation Manual, needed considerable on-going mentoring to enable them to develop their capacity. For example, one of the requirements for the RSPGs to improve their financial management is to open and operate a bank account. But no groups had done this and there was little adoption of the concept of collective marketing by the group members. The aim was to have at least one RSPG operating in each district and it should be the responsibility of the DST, under the leadership of the PDA, to provide the necessary support to the group. This would include facilitating the organisation of meetings between the RSPGs and the commune and LIG leaders in partnership with the CEWs.
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Seed capital provided to the RSPGs was purchased from the agriculture stations. The Project had entered into an agreement for the payment of subsidies towards the actual production costs of the two Agriculture Stations in producing good quality certified seed. During 2015 the RSPGs were provided with a total of 7.7 tons of certified seed which GDA purchased from the Agriculture Stations. Thus in effect the Project funds have been used to pay for the seed twice. Given that the subsidies were provided to the two Agriculture Stations to produce the certified
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Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED Output 2.2: Improved availability and access to quality seeds seed then this seed should have been either purchased by the RSPGs themselves or if there was a policy for providing the seed capital it should have been provided by the Stations to the RSPGs free of charge. This procedure should be followed in future years to avoid a recurrence of this double payment. -
The use of the funds in the bank account of the two agriculture stations for daily operations and rice seed production had not commenced because the stations had not received an official authorization from MAFF/GDA. As a result of discussions during previous Review Missions it had been agreed that the agriculture stations could utilize the revenue from the sale of rice seed to pay for the operational costs of the stations. This decision was made on the basis of the revenue generated was the result of the expenditure of ADB funds and not government funds and thus the revenue did not to be treated as government revenue. It is essential to make these funds available to the stations so that they can attain a degree of self-autonomy. ADB had agreed to provide continuing funding support to the stations for the production of certified rice seed on the assumption that the stations will be enabled to utilise their revenue in this way. An instruction letter on the use of fund belonging to the ASs by strictly following the Operation Manual was drafted by the PIC and was signed by MAFF/GDA DG to allow the stations to utilise these funds but in a fully accountable and transparent manner following the procedures in the Operations Manual of the Stations.
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Occasional and in some cases prolonged drought damaged rice seed production in BMC and delayed the establishment of demonstrations on rice varieties and fish pond establishment. The current El Nino climate cycle, rather than climate change effects, has generated drought conditions in some parts of the Project area and in particular in BMC. Remedial action should include consideration of the suitability of some on-farm demonstrations. It will also necessitate replanning of the rice seed production programs of the RSPGs where they are affected by the drought. In general, it would be preferable that RSPGs include some members who do have access to supplementary irrigation so that their rice seed production programs are not so seriously impacted by the occurrence of drought conditions.
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The outbreak of PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) popularly named the Blue Ear has caused many pig mortalities in SRP. The outbreak is believed to have caused the deaths of over 1,000 pigs in SRP and also has affected some of the pig raising demonstrations sites. As in the case of any livestock disease caused by virus the only recourse is biosecurity measures and these have been applied by the SRP Provincial Veterinary Office of PDA through the use of disinfectants and restriction of movement/mobilization of pigs around one km from any disease affected location. On-farm demonstrations that are affected should not be re-established until after a clearance is provided by the Provincial Veterinary Office. Extra care should also be taken in the disposal of any carcasses from diseased livestock that have died to avoid further spread of the disease.
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The quality of rice grain (125 ha) of 25 members of Tean Kam RSPG (BMC) did not meet the standard agreed in CF. The prolonged drought that occurred in the area resulted in poor quality of the rice grain including short, unfilled, ununiformed and mixed colour grains. These characteristics are typical of poor quality and the grain was unacceptable to the rice miller. Only four tons (harvested on 2 ha) of the two RSPGs were bought by the signing rice miller in BMC. Wherever possible rice grain/seed crops should be planted on land where there is at least some supplementary irrigation available in order to mitigate against the impact of the drought conditions.
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Component 2: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCED Output 2.3: Increased access to agricultural information and market data Activities Planned
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In each province there were contract signed between the PDA and a local radio station for the broadcast of regular monthly programs focussing on selected topics related to the livelihood activities of the LIGs. The radio programs were hosted by a panel of technical specialists who were able to respond to questions that were phoned in by farmers. There were a total of 39 broadcasts during the year (65 % of target).
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These activities were cancelled due to a lack of agreement on the procedure/budget to support CEC by CC. However, the MPTC team repaired computers and updated software for some CECs.
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The MPTC Training team completed the computer skills training programs in each province. There was one ToT on computer security for the MPTC Trainers during Q1 and training on basic computer security was provided in 28 districts for CAA, CCS, DFTs and DSTs (100 % of target). The Level 2 computer skills training was also completed in all districts (100 % of target). During Q4 the Level 3 computer skills training were also completed although some of these trainings were conducted at provincial level because of time limitations (100 % of target).
2.3.1(a): MCA Program / Capacity building for CEW and CAA. 2.3.1 (b): Support for existing TCs (paid by CCs from CDF Block Grants: Output 3.2.1)
2.3.1 (c): Enhancement of computer skills for CAA & Commune Clerks
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There was a complete failure to reach an agreement for providing support to the remaining CECs by the CCs. There remained six CECs within target communes that were still functioning. However, their activities were generally not so much concerned with dissemination of agricultural technical or marketing information as with other revenue generating activities. Since there was no agreement for the CCs to provide financial support to the CECs that were located within their boundaries it was not possible to provide further assistance and this also included the planned provision of replacement equipment which had been proposed by MPTC. The focus of the Project ICT activities should be on maximising the benefits of the Mobile Commune Access (MCA) program and the use of the Project web-site to disseminate information to the sub-national level.
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Component 3: EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Output 3.1: Project Steering Committee functioning effectively Activities Planned
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3.1.1: Support Quarterly Meetings for the PSC and other meetings
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An ADB/IFAD Special Project Administration Mission commenced on March 25th and was concluded in early April. The objectives of the Mission were as follows: (i) review project progress; (ii) monitor the agreed action plan of the last review mission; (iii) review budget allocation and utilization and recommend reallocation; and (iv) identify implementation bottlenecks and recommend measures for project acceleration. A meeting of the PSC was conducted on 25 June 2015. The Chairman made a series of recommendations including the construction of community ponds, tree planting in public areas, strengthening the capacity of RSPGs, sharing project progress through video material, continue to build capacity of agricultural cooperatives so that they are enabled to run their own business, have access to credit and new technologies, improved agricultural extension delivery mechanisms with encouragement to private sector involvement, strengthening of management capacity of LIGs and speed up the release of the GRFs, effective management by linking the project with existing infrastructure and include project activity into government institutions to promote sustainability and improved management and maintenance of commune based infrastructure so that it support increased agricultural productivity and improved livelihoods, continue to implement the AWPB and where necessary EA and IA should discuss with Review Mission and report to CARD on interventions and project should support field missions of CARD members. A Special Administration Mission was completed in mid-July 2015 with the participation of ADB and IFAD. The Mission visited three provinces (Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom and Siem Reap) and included meetings at village, commune, district and provincial level to review the progress since the previous Mission. A close examination of the progress of SSP2 and SSP3 was made of IFAD following the recommendations from the previous Mission and a large number of recommendations for further improvement were recorded.
Issues/Constraint/Actions None identified
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Component 3: EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Output 3.2: Effective coordination and supervision of project activities by national provincial and district teams Activities Planned
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There were four national coordination meetings during the year (100 % of target).
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Provincial monthly coordination meetings were conducted regularly each month with participation of PFT, DFT, DST, TAs, PAC, and PIC representatives. There were a total of 56 provincial monthly coordination meetings (93 % of target). District monthly coordination meetings were also conducted regularly with participation from DFT, DST, CEWs, CAAs and CCs. There were a total of 322 district monthly coordination meetings (96 % of target). Monthly commune coordination meetings were also conducted in all communes with the participation of CAAs, CEWs, DST and DFT representatives and LIG leaders.
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There are Gender Focal Points appointed at national, provincial, district and commune level, 233 in total (100 % of target).
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There were three Quarterly Meetings for GDA staff with PAEAs and PACs (provincial based meetings) (75 % of target).
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There were 47 monthly technical coordination meeting with PAC, PAEA and DSTs (68 % of target).
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There were 12 monthly meetings for PAEAs and PIC (100 % of target).
-
No. of seven regular field monitoring and backstopping from national level to support sub-national level (29 % of target).
-
PFT members conducted 2,138 regular field monitoring and back stopping for project staff in the five target districts and 32 target communes. DFTs conducted 5,353 regular field monitoring visits and back stopping CC, CEW and CAA (80 % of target). There were 47 monitoring visits for environment impact assessment for infrastructure sub-project by PDoE staff (27 % of target). There were 42 visits for field assessment on technical clearance for irrigation sub-projects by PDOWRAM staff (24 %).
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There were three refresher trainings on Monitoring and Supervision of RI sub-projects for DFTs/District TSOs (75 % of target).
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3.2.1: Provincial, District and Commune Coordination Meetings
3.2.2: Support and Monitoring Project Activities
3.2.4: Management and Technical Skills Transfer for DFTs, DSTs, CEWs, CAAs and CCs
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There were four provincial dissemination workshops on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (100 % of target). There was one ToT on domestic violence and child nutrition (100 % of target). There were three TOT on gender and social issues for contractors (75 % of target). There were two trainings for DSTs on Agricultural Extension Methodologies (50 % of target). There were four provincial trainings for DSTs on Marketing and Value Chains provided by the PIC team (100 % of target). There was one training for DSTs on Frog Hatching and Production for BMC DSTs (100 % of target).
3.2.6: Study Tours
-
There were no study tours this year.
Issues/Constraint/Actions -
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Component 3: EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Output 3.3: PPMS established and supported Activities Planned
3.3.2. Use of the PPMS
Accomplishment -
There were two external audits conducted during the year (100 % of target).
-
There were four provincial trainings on PPMS for PGFT/PAC and DFTs/DSTs (100 % of target).
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There were 340 rural infrastructure sub-projects for 2013-2014 with completed data entry (87 % of target). But there were no records yet updated for the 2015 sub-projects.
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The LIG data entry (membership, open account, CB, LIG with infrastructure, etc.,) was completed for all 1,241 groups (100 % of target).
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The data for 168 service contracts had completed data entry in SLIGDS (43 % of target).
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There were 20 Quarterly Progress Reports prepared based upon PPMS and submitted by PPMA/PFT for consolidation (100 % of target).
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There were 336 district Monthly Progress Reports prepared based upon PPMS and submitted to PFT (100 % of target).
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There were 28 district AWPB Planning Workshops conducted, followed by four provincial AWPB planning workshops (100 % of total).
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In December the national AWPB workshop was conducted in Kratie (100 % of target).
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The PIC team provided a total of 88 person-months service during year (81 % of target).
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There 27 person months input by national TAs recruited by NCDDS to work at national level (90 % of target).
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There were four person months input by international/national TAs recruited by DCU to work with GDA at national level (17 % of total).
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There were 108 person months input by national TAs recruited by NCDDS at sub-national level (PPMAs, LGFSAs & LIMCAs) (75 % of target).
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There were 36 person months input by national TAs recruited by DCU to work at sub-national level (50 % of target).
3.3.3: Annual Reflection/Planning Workshops
3.3.4: Consultant Services Mobilised to provide technical and managerial support
Issues/Constraint/Actions -
The was a serious shortage of recurrent funds for MAFF due to high expenditure on DSA during 2015. This was rectified by the transfer of some investment funds to recurrent for 2016 but in the preparation of the AWPBs a limit has been set of three days per month for DSA claims for all staff. This will need to be strictly adhered to during 2016 to ensure that the available funds can be conserved.
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PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF PROJECT OUTPUTS AND OUTCOME
9. For Components 1 and 2 the DMF provides a series of quantitative indicators to measure the achievement of the outputs of each component. The Table below shows the progress that has been achieved up to the end of 2015 (no account is taken of 2010 and 2011 since there was minimal physical progress). 10. Under Component 1, Commune Development through Block Grants, there are nine indicators, seven of which have fully achieved the targets and there are two that have exceeded 30 per cent accomplishment so far. 11. In the case of Component 2, Enabling Environment for Increased Agricultural Productivity and Diversification, there are 11 indicators. Five of these indicators have fully achieved their targets, and there are two which have achieved at least 60 percent accomplishment. 12. Under Component 3, Effective Project Management, there are four indicators. Two indicators have exceeded their targets and the other two have exceeded 50 percent of their targets
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TONLE SAP POVERTY REDUCTION AND SMALLHOLDER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT RESULTS MONITORING FRAMEWORK - PROJECT OUTPUTS (to end 2015) Project Outputs
Unit of Measurement
Baseline
2012
Annnual Achievement 2013 2014
2015
Cumulative Achievement
Overall Target
% accomplishment
Component 1: Commune Development through Block Grants No. of communes with established CDFs supported by Block Grants
#
-
0
196
196
196
196
196
100%
No. of rural infrastructure projects supported from CDF
#
-
14
84
298
196
592
588
101%
No. of km of rural roads constructed
km
-
11
49
118
136
314.3
90
349%
No. of ha of land supplied with water through rehabilitation of irrigation facilities
ha
-
805
10,029
18,058
12,232
41,124
2,500
1645%
No. of LIGs formed with access to extension, quality seeds and rural finance
#
-
0
0
470
771
1,241
1,239
100%
No. of LIGs fully operational with satisfactory organisational assessment
#
-
0
0
1,241
1241
1,241
1,239
100%
Percentage of rural loans taken by women
%
-
0
0
56.3
51.0
51.0
40
128%
No. of livelihood activities supported through CDF
#
-
0
0
0
1,569
1,569
4,956
32%
No. of monthly coordination meetings conducted at provincial level
#
-
0
48
48
56
152
296
51%
No. of manuals/handbooks on rice & seed vegetable production and animal production developed.
#
-
0
3
4
6
13
10
130%
Total quantity of certified rice seed produced
tonne
-
13
23.5
39.6
36.4
112.5
100
113%
kg
-
0
16
0
0
16
2,000
1%
Total quantity of commercial/good rice seed produced
tonne
n.a.
0
189.6
664.8
715.4
1,570
2,500
63%
Total quantity of commercial/good vegetable seed produced
kg
n.a.
0
0
0
0
0
15,000
0%
No. of RSPGs supplying production of certified rice/vegetable seeds to LIGs
#
0
0
0
0
4
4
40
10%
No. of communes equiped with enhanced ICT facilities
#
0
0
0
196
196
196
196
100%
No. of CEWs equiped with mobile devices for dissemination of information on agricultural technologies and market data.
#
0
0
0
196
196
196
196
100%
No. of Commincation and Extension Centres located in TSSD target districts/communes with sustainable operations
#
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0%
No. of districts with enahanced capacities to support MCA program.
#
0
0
0
28
28
28
28
100%
No. of multi-media documentaries on improved agricultural technologies developed.
#
0
0
0
13
0
13
20
65%
No. of quarterly financial and physical progress reports submitted to ADB
#
-
2
4
4
4
14
25
56%
No. of Review Missions completed
#
-
1
2
3
2
8
13
62%
Percentage of compliance with S-curve based upon contract awards/disbursement
%
-
n.a.
n.a.
102
100
100
100
100%
No. of external audits completed
#
-
1
2
2
2
7
7
100%
Component 2: Agricultural Productivity Enhancement
Total quantity of certified vegetable seed produced
Component 3: Project Management
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13. The DMF includes five indicators that relate to the achievement of the outcome of the project: Agricultural productivity increased and improved access to markets created in 196 communes in five provinces in Tonle Sap basin. 14. The only indicator against which progress can be assessed relates to the levels of rice productivity, where estimates of overall productivity across both wet and dry seasons have been extracted from official MAFF estimates for 2015. Progress towards the other indicators should now become available as the project impact strengthens but there will be a need for targeted surveys to be done to collect this information at end of 2016 and 2017.
TONLE SAP POVERTY REDUCTION AND SMALLHOLDER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT RESULTS MONITORING FRAMEWORK - PROJECT OUTCOME (to end 2015) Annual Achievement 2013 2014 2015 Agricultural productivity increased and improved access to markets created in 196 communes in four provinces of Tonle Sap basin Project Outcome
Target
% accomplishment
2.88
3.50
84%
0
0
20
0%
0
0
0
25
0%
-
0
0
0
10
0%
-
0
0
0
70
0%
Unit of Measurement
Baseline
Average rice yield in target communes (t/ha)
1.4 (WS) and 2.8 (DS very small sample)
2.89
2.94
% of household income from rice
-
0
Average value of marketed and off-farm products
-
Participation in livelihood activities by poorer households (including female headed of households) at least 10 per cent higher than their percentage of population in target communes
% of ID2 Poor Households as members of LIGs
More than 70 per cent of the household members of the LIGs become eligible for formal credit
% of LIG members accessing credit from MFIs
Rice yields have increased to more than 3.50 (t/ha)
Reduced share of household income from rice by 20 per cent through adoption of diversified farming systems
Marketed farm and off-farm products increased by 25 per cent
Cumulative Achievement
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ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND BUDGET FOR 2016 Summary of Work Plan 2016 Outcome/Output
IA
Activities
Component 1: Commune development through Block Grants Output 1.1: Improved rural infrastructure supporting agricultural productivity
NCDDS -
A total of 204 rural infrastructure sub-projects will be implemented comprising 110 carried over from 2015 and 94 new sub-projects for 2016. During Q1/Q2 the SSP2 in collaboration with the CEW will conduct a survey of rural infrastructure needs of the LIGs.
NCDDS
Further releases of funds (3rd tranche to the first 400 LIGs; 2nd and 3rd to the remaining 841 LIGs) will be made to the LIGs formed and SSP2 will provide on-going training and mentoring services to these LIGs to enable them to manage their groups effectively. - There will be 3,661 new members joining many of the existing LIGs and 1st and 2nd cycle loans from the GRFs be made available for them. - Two rounds of comprehensive TNA will be completed (in Q1 and Q4) for all LIGs to provide better information on the technical learning requirements of members. - SSP2 will conduct refresher training on LIG financial literacy and business plan preparation for all LIG members and commune-based training on leadership and conflict resolution for all LIG leaders. - SSP2 and CCWCs will organize awareness raising on DV and nutrition, safe migration and gender implication of climate change with all LIGs. - Monthly coaching/mentoring (on group statute, internal rules and cash recording) will be conducted for all LIGs, as well as regular monthly meeting. - In addition to some (on-going/carried over from 2015) about 140 livelihood learning activities, there will be around 2,000 learning activities (60% on livestock), and around 6,000 learning (field day) events be organized in total by SSP2, SSP3 and CCs/CEWs. - There will 61 chick production units established by SSP3, with (731) regular monitoring/followed-up support visits. SSP3 will organize 86 semester meeting engaged VAHWs and monthly follow-up support visits (over 14,420 visits) to all village livestock demonstrations.
NCDDS
- Commune block grants will continue to be transferred to the commune accounts based upon needs and approval by the Provincial Facilitation Team (PFTs). - CCs will enter into agreements with each of 1,100 LIGs concerning the remaining balance of the funds to be transferred to the GRFs. - Supplementary TNAs will be conducted to determine further training needs of commune staff including the CCWC of the CC. - PFTs/DFTs in cooperation with SSP2 will conduct performance evaluations of all commune contractual staff (CEWs and CAAs) to determine contract renewals in following year. CAAs will not work for CCs after June 2016. - Refresher training on Farmer-to-Farmer (including revised TNA methodologies) guidelines and training on gender implication of climate change will be organised by NCDDS team. - SSP2 will prepare supplementary training materials and deliver training for CEWs and Commune Administrative Assistants (CAAs) to further strengthen their roles in supporting the LIGs. - CCWCs at commune level will be mobilised for needs based awareness raising on DV and nutrition and gender implication of climate change for LIGs.
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Output 1.2: Improved capacity of smallholder farmers Output 1.3: Improved commune capacity for project management
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Summary of Work Plan 2016 Outcome/Output
Output 1.1: Improved rural infrastructure supporting agricultural productivity
IA
Activities -
CCs will conduct monthly follow-up support visits to each LIG and will host quarterly meeting with LIG leaders and local stakeholders (like input suppliers - rice seed, chick) and CCWCs to review progresses and identify issues for their attention to make improvements.
-
A total of 204 rural infrastructure sub-projects will be implemented comprising 110 carried over from 2015 and 94 new sub-projects for 2016. During Q1/Q2 the SSP2 in collaboration with the CEW will conduct a survey of rural infrastructure needs of the LIGs.
NCDDS -
Component 2: Agricultural productivity enhanced
Output 2.1: Improved agricultural policy environment
Output 2.2: Increased availability and access to quality seeds
MAFF/GDA
- National dissemination workshops will be organised on agricultural extension policies, on regulations under seed law and on CamGAP information and plan. For CamGAP, there will be provincial dissemination workshops organized in each target province. - The pilot study on GAP will continue with expansion into additional existing vegetable/fruit producers and groups in all target provinces. Provincial workshop to present GAP piloting results will be organized in each target province. - There will be five more FFSs for new GAP groups. - There will be a series of province-based training for GAP groups on pesticide use and impact, value chains and marketing, farmer marketing school for vegetables and on management and small business plan. - There will be provincial workshop to present results of market research and consumer survey organized in KPC and SRP. - There will be 12 GAP groups assessed and promoted to be registered as agricultural cooperatives. - There will be 21 Contract Farming agreements between RSPGs and Agriculture Stations and RSPGs and rice millers facilitated for rice seed and rice grain. Total volume commercial seed under CF agreement between the ASs and RPSGs is planned to be at least 60 tons - There will be continuation of work on formulation of the 2030 Master Plan for Crop Production in 2030 and two national workshops to review the preliminary draft of the vision and to endorse the final document.
MAFF/GDA
- There will be construction of 11 warehouses for selected RSPGs and small items of equipment for all 24 RSPGs for seed processing and storage (carried over from 2015). - There will also a construction of drying pavement for 1 RSPG in BMC for seed processing and drying of their rice seed. - A capacity assessment of five newly identified RSPGs will be conducted to determine their training and production facility needs which will be provided during 2016 including small items of equipment where appropriate simple storage facilities. - There will be two FFSs on rice seed production and (refresher) training on OMs for all RSPGs. - Further support will be provided to Balang and Tuek Vil Agriculture Stations for the production of 40 tonnes of certified seed in total, three hectares of cash/vegetable crop for seed production, and support for two field days organised at harvest for RSPG members, rice millers and seed/input dealers. - Consultative meetings will be organised in SRP and KPT to strengthen linkages between RSPGs and the Agriculture Stations. Biannual meetings will be organised in each province to improve linkages between RSPGs and rice millers. All RSPGs will conduct regular quarterly meetings with their members to discuss their seed production programs. - In addition to completion of 195 on-going/carried-over demonstrations, a total of 340 on-farm demonstrations will be organised on improved production practices for vegetables, cash crops, mushroom, integrated farming system (IFS), aquaculture (fish and frogs) and livestock (forage crops, animal feed formulation, chicken, duck and pigs).
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Summary of Work Plan 2016 Outcome/Output
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Activities - There will be additional extension materials published - technical manuals and training posters on large plastic sheets. - Five RSPGs will be assessed and promoted to be registered as agricultural cooperatives.
Output 2.3: Increased access to agricultural information and market data MAFF/GDA
- Enhanced marketing assistance will be provided to the LIGs, RSPGs and Agriculture Stations including awareness raising; promotion of products through social media; participation in local trade fairs; assessment of existing supply chains and marketing linkages; improved visibility of the project-assisted products (GAP vegetables) through booth improvement and linkage with favourable market (MART); strengthening linkages between input suppliers, collectors, retailers and buyers; and facilitation of pre-production agreements (contract farming). - Provincial regular radio programs, 12 provincial TV programs, two more training videos will be produced and Project visibility (achievements) will be enhanced through national TV programs. - Collection and dissemination (and sharing on Social Media) of market price of key produces in each province - Regular collection/generation and updates of contents onto the project website.
Component 3: Effective project management - Regular biannual meetings of the PSC will be organised by CARD to review Project progress and resolve issues/challenges.
All
- Semi-annual national meeting between EAs to assess progresses/achievements of implementation of the 2016-AWPB. - Monthly coordination meetings will be continued at provincial, district and commune level to ensure continued good coordination between all stakeholders. - Separate quarterly management meetings for NCDDS/Component-1 and GDA/Component-2 both conducted on a rotational basis in each of the target provinces. PIC representatives will be invited to participate. - Further technical training for DSTs will be provided by MAFF/GDA team and/or through external resources. - Training on gender implication of climate change for gender focal points and on farmer cooperatives for component 1 team. - Study tours will be organised to other provinces to visit other projects, including IFAD funded ones. - The PPMS will be updated based upon the AWPB for 2016 and orientation provided to the sub-national teams. - A fully participatory process will be applied for the production of the AWPB for 2017 with provincial and national planning workshops. - The PIC team and other national consultants will continue to provide technical support to each of the IAs during the year.
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15. The total annual budget for 2016 is estimated at $ 12.55 million. The fund allocations between the IAs are 80, 13, and 7 percent for NCDDS, MAFF/GDA, and MAFF/DCU respectively. The fund allocations for ADB contributions are 4 and 47 percent for Loan and Grant respectively; for IFAD the contributions are 21 percent for both Loan and Grant; and the RGC counterpart contribution from RGC is 7 percent. TONLE SAP POVERTY REDUCTION AND SMALLHOLDER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Annual Budget 2016 (USD) ALL PROVINCES Implementing Agency
Cost (USD) Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
4,834,374
1,942,796
2,272,225
967,425
10,016,820
GDA
705,427
442,957
215,367
285,567
1,649,318
DCU
248,724
212,719
208,919
218,219
888,581
5,788,525
2,598,472
2,696,511
1,471,211
12,554,719
257,455
228,734
0
0
486,189
ADB Grant
2,119,888
1,701,681
984,612
1,100,762
5,906,944
IFAD Loan
1,505,650
167,550
823,233
145,833
2,642,265
IFAD Grant
1,505,650
167,550
823,233
145,833
2,642,265
399,882
332,956
65,434
78,784
877,056
5,788,525
2,598,472
2,696,511
1,471,211
12,554,719
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY NCDDS
SOURCE OF FUNDS ADB Loan
RGC TOTAL
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