Transfer sustainable cultivation technique to community living in the sloping, flooded and low-lying areas of Ky Lo river, Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province
1.1. Overall Objective
Transfer farming techniques to communes located along Ky Lo River to improve adaptation capacity to increased flooding due to climate change impacts, in order to limit desertification and land degradation, maintain agricultural production zone effectively, ensure food security and increase income for farmers living along the river and on hilly terrain of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
1.2. Specific Objectives
- Improve capacity to manage and implement the model, improve awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse effects for the community and local government.
- Develope sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
- Draw lessons learned and compile technical guidelines for project replication.
2. Project Activities
(1) Develope sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions:
- Winter-spring peanut ? summer hybrid-maize ? autumn-winter maize (using thick sowing technique to collect leaves for feeding cattle): scaled up by farmers in Xuan Quang commune, expected to cover 60ha after 2 years.
- Peanut-cassava intercropping on inundated riparian lands to contribute to limiting land degradation due to climate change: expected to successfully achieve 10ha of peanut-cassava after 2 years.
- Grass cultivation, grass processing and agricultural-waste production for cattle feeding: expected to grow 4-ha grass, 60 cows (beef and cattle breeding, including 20 cows contributed from farmers) and provide 36 grass processors after 2 years.
- Agroforestry on hilly terrain: expected to plant 8-ha forest, 8 cows (beef and cattle breeding, including 4 cows contributed from farmers), 7.2-ha acacia forests, 0.8-ha grass, and provide 4 grass processors after 2 years.
(2) Improve community capacity and awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse effects:
- Organize 8 training courses for 320 participants on cultivation techniques and process, climate change knowledge, along with adapation measures in agriculture.
- Organize 8 training courses for 320 participants on training and communications skills.
- Enhance awareness and understanding of the stakeholders on climat change impacts and adaptation measures.
- Distribute project information with the aim to replicate in all production areas of Phu Yen province.
3. Expected Results
1. Strengthen capacity in management and implementation, improve awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse impacts for local government and community.
2. Develop sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
(i) Design sustainable production model with specific technical solutions, and with participation of the community.
(ii) Sustainable production model was demonstrated and assessed in a 82-ha land area.
(iii) Technical advances were transferred:
- Technical solutions were transferred.
- Eight trainings with 320 participants.
- Eight community exchange at field site with 320 participants.
- Technical guideline was developed based on the model results.
3. Technical guidelines, lessons learned, replication plan were assessed and printed for dissemination.
Transfer farming techniques to communes located along Ky Lo River to improve adaptation capacity to increased flooding due to climate change impacts, in order to limit desertification and land degradation, maintain agricultural production zone effectively, ensure food security and increase income for farmers living along the river and on hilly terrain of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
1.2. Specific Objectives
- Improve capacity to manage and implement the model, improve awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse effects for the community and local government.
- Develope sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
- Draw lessons learned and compile technical guidelines for project replication.
2. Project Activities
(1) Develope sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions:
- Winter-spring peanut ? summer hybrid-maize ? autumn-winter maize (using thick sowing technique to collect leaves for feeding cattle): scaled up by farmers in Xuan Quang commune, expected to cover 60ha after 2 years.
- Peanut-cassava intercropping on inundated riparian lands to contribute to limiting land degradation due to climate change: expected to successfully achieve 10ha of peanut-cassava after 2 years.
- Grass cultivation, grass processing and agricultural-waste production for cattle feeding: expected to grow 4-ha grass, 60 cows (beef and cattle breeding, including 20 cows contributed from farmers) and provide 36 grass processors after 2 years.
- Agroforestry on hilly terrain: expected to plant 8-ha forest, 8 cows (beef and cattle breeding, including 4 cows contributed from farmers), 7.2-ha acacia forests, 0.8-ha grass, and provide 4 grass processors after 2 years.
(2) Improve community capacity and awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse effects:
- Organize 8 training courses for 320 participants on cultivation techniques and process, climate change knowledge, along with adapation measures in agriculture.
- Organize 8 training courses for 320 participants on training and communications skills.
- Enhance awareness and understanding of the stakeholders on climat change impacts and adaptation measures.
- Distribute project information with the aim to replicate in all production areas of Phu Yen province.
3. Expected Results
1. Strengthen capacity in management and implementation, improve awareness on climate change and adaptation to its adverse impacts for local government and community.
2. Develop sustainable production models, suitable for local conditions of Xuan Quang 2 and Xuan Quang 3 communes, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province.
(i) Design sustainable production model with specific technical solutions, and with participation of the community.
(ii) Sustainable production model was demonstrated and assessed in a 82-ha land area.
(iii) Technical advances were transferred:
- Technical solutions were transferred.
- Eight trainings with 320 participants.
- Eight community exchange at field site with 320 participants.
- Technical guideline was developed based on the model results.
3. Technical guidelines, lessons learned, replication plan were assessed and printed for dissemination.
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
The Farmers’ Associations of Dong Xuan district
Country:
Viet nam
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 47,289.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 6,508.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 125,452.00
Project Number:
VNM/SGP/OP5/Y4/STAR/2015/08
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Project sustainability
Local people in the project had been well aware of the need to shift to the growing of grass for raising cows on seasonally flooded land areas, and change in behaviors towards sustainable and efficient agroforestry. Local people could directly discuss about, and make comments and contributions to the development of technical procedures and the implementation of the model monitoring and evaluation activities. A group of key farmers and those with similar interests was established in the village association of farmers to enable the transfer of technology and the implementation of the model. Through these activities, local farmers had been quite capable of working in groups and independently, widely spreading out technical advancements as technical trainers.
- Fund: a revolving credit fund had been successfully operated to provide the community with non-interest loans valued at VND 544.8 million, accounting for 49% of the project budget (77 households in 1-2 revolving cycles). This fund continues to operating to support the community after the end of the project.
- Market: The cassava growing area of the South Central Coast region (8 provinces from Da Nang to Binh Thuan) accounts for over 100.000 hectares and as of 2017, Phu Yen province had the area of more than 23,000 ha (19,000 ha as planned in 2019), and of which there were 3,700 ha (against 3,100 ha as planned in 2018) in Dong Xuan district. In each of these provinces, there is at least one cassava starch processing factory for export (2 in Phu Yen, 4 in Binh Dinh and 2-3 in Quang Ngai). This shows that the regional output of cassava is very large. In 2018, the regional cassava growing area was expanded due to the increase in the price of cassava. Peanuts are export products. The market price of some agricultural products produced in the project area is usually stable, thus bringing high economic efficiency, while there is the availability of land and climate resources, simple and climate change adaptive techniques, and low investment levels that are favorable for poor farmers? participation.
- Policy: Dong Xuan District People's Committee (DPC) issued its policy on the replication of the project?s techniques in areas with similar conditions across the district. The project?s technical materials were reviewed and disseminated through the channel of agricultural extension communication. In addition, the Dong Xuan Cassava Starch Processing Factory continued to provide the community with varieties of cassava.
Replication of project activities
There is a great potential for replicating the model. An area for expanding the crop rotation system would be 60 hectares with the participation of 411 households times and a total net profit of VND 949 million produced by the model. All the households who had participated in the development of the model wished to continue implementing and expanding the four models, and others who previously were not involved in the project wanted to participate in the adoption of technical advancements deployed by the project. Local communities wished to continue receiving technical and financial supports provided by GEF SGP through the District Association of Farmers.
At the workshop on results gained from the project?s model development, leaders of Dong Xuan DPC, district specialized divisions, and representatives from the Provincial Association of Farmers and local authorities in the project area had committed to continue with and replicate the project?s results through the provincial and district agricultural extension channel with funds that are annually allocated to local agricultural extension programs on various key crops and animals (cassava, grass, cows, forest garden economy, etc.)
Through the piloting of the models in two communes within the project area, the proved socio-economic and environmental results of the project have a great influence on the ability to replicate the models fast and sustainably to other districts and/or communes across Phu Yen province as well as others with similar conditions in the South Central Coast. In addition, capital sources for the poor, the fund for the support of farmers lending loans at preferential interest rates for agricultural production also facilitate the replication of the model.
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