1.
IFAD-Laos Project Retreat/Workshop
9-11 December, 2015, Luangprabang, Lao PDR
ADB Grant No: 0144-LAO (SF); IFAD Grant No: 0145-LAO (DSF 8025-LA)

2.
Introduction
• Project approval: 23 February 2009
• Signing of Grant Financing Agreement:
• ADB: 23 March 2009
• IFAD: 18 Feb 2009
• Grant effective:
• ADB: 8 September 2009
• IFAD: 23 July 2009 IFAD
• Closing date:
• ADB: 31 December 2015
• IFAD: 31 March 2017
• Inception Workshop: 17-20 January 2010
• 5 Pilot Subprojects started: April-May 2011
• 66 Subprojects started: January 2012

3.
Project Location
Project web site: http://www.snrmpep.gov.la
GIS website: http://gis.snrmpep.gov.la/

4.
A. Capacity Building in Sector
Management:
a) Land Use-Suitability Planning
b) Support for Producer Groups
c) Policy Development
B. Subproject Investments
a. Commercialization Initiatives
b. Poverty Reduction Initiatives
c. Natural Resource Management Initiatives
C. Implementation Management

5.
Groups Grouping of Sub Projects
Sub
Projects
1
Promotion of service providers for small livestock
raising
6
2
Establishment of Sustainable Livestock Health
Management System
5
3 Integrated Livestock based mixed farming system 12
4 Integrated Rice Based Farming System 22
5 Sustainable upland agriculture development 5
6 Promotion of Organic Coffee Value Chain 4
7 Natural Resource Management 8
8
Organic Vegetable cultivation and value chain
development
6
9 Cash Crop promotion 3
9 Groups of 71 Sub-Projects

6.
Physical Progress Status (%)
Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Focus of Physical progress 10.0 20.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0
Accumulated focus 10.0 30.0 55.0 75.0 90.0 100.0
Actual physical progress 14.2 23.6 24.2 22.9 11.5 6.7
Actual Accumulated 14.2 37.8 61.9 84.8 96.3 103.0
10.0
30.0
55.0
75.0
90.0
100.0
14.2
37.8
61.9
84.8
96.3
103.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Accumulated focus Actual Accumulated

7.
Financial Progress
• Total 100.02% financial
progress
– 99.7% for ADB Grant
– 100.5% for IFAD Grant
– 99.5% for GoL
• IFAD Grant progress is
higher because of
exchange rate benefit US$
427,000 from SDR to US$

8.
Project achievements against DMF
• Outcome achieved
– Appraisal unit for the appraisal for land concession review has been setup
– GIS website http://gis.snrmpep.gov.la/ has been created and being used to
review the land concession.
– Policy analysis has been done
– Government has adopted PPCP concept of SNRMPEP by official decree No.
1791 dated 31 July 2015.
– JWD has been started for the ANR
– IERR analyzed for 71 sub projects
– IEE and EMPs produced for the three B category sub projects..

9.
Project achievements against DMF
• Output-1 achieved
i. Project staff trained for the financial and technical and safeguard analysis.
ii. Land Use Maps prepared for 42 districts
iii. Producer groups have been trained and 80% groups considered to self
sufficient
iv. SNRMPEP actively participating in upland sector development group to
discuss the common agricultural development framework

10.
Project achievements against DMF
• Output-2 achieved
i. 5 Policy papers produced
ii. All 71 subprojects are with more than 12% EIRR
iii. 531 Production groups are Financially and Institutionally sustainable
iv. 67 sub projects out of 71 are considered satisfactory per
v. Land use planning completed in 254 villages of 40 sub projects
• Output-3 achieved
i. 1 NPCO, 5 PPOs have been established and operational
ii. 71 Subprojects are identified, prioritized, and approved
iii. Till now US$20.4 million disbursed.

11.
Bong Persea kurzii Plantation in upland

12.
Factors impeding project performance

13.
• Staffing:
– Frequent quitting of technical staff
– Knowledge gap between ethnic people and staff
• Decentralized implementation
– Project has applied government 3 Sang Policy but district level line agencies still
lack of capacity to implement the project
– The ownership of farmer is very low with some sub-project activity
• Presence of UXO
– UXO limits the expansion of agricultural land especially for the small holder
farmers
• Policy issue
– Taxes on agricultural inputs
– Lack on incentives to promote private sector in agribusiness value chain
– Lack of agricultural marking systems
– Lack of silos, cold storage for the storage of agricultural products
Problems

14.
• Other problems:
– Insufficient paddy land for farmers (Land is undulated and not suitable for
paddy rice until it is leveled);
– Poor soil fertility management;
– Shifting cultivation;
– Lack of equipment and machinery and agro-inputs;
– Lack of availability of improved seeds of crops;
– Very less area under irrigation;
– Poor Technical knowledge and know-how of farmers;
– Extreme poverty in rural farming community resulting less adoption of
knowledge to improve livelihood;
Problems

15.
Resolving problems
to improve project performance and delivery

16.
• Staffing:
– More incentives to staff like good salary and increase government quota to absorb
contracted staff as government staff,
– Recruit more staff from ethnic people, Special training courses for staff before
launch of project.
• Decentralized implementation
– More capacity building to district and provincial level implementation agencies
for project implementation, financial management and procurement
• Presence of UXO
– Increase funding for the UXO clearance, improve coordination with UXO Lao and
other development partners
• Policy issue
– Policy dialogue to reduce taxes on agricultural inputs for farmers
– Government policy to support private sector in agribusiness value chain
– Establish grain market, livestock markets and promote PPCP
– Government and project investment for agriculture infrastructure like silos, cold
storage for the storage of agricultural products
Problems

17.
• Other problems:
– Promote paddy land development, land leveling and increase size of rice field.
– Promote soil fertility management approach like crop rotation (Rice-Legume etc.); in-
situ green manuaring, use of compost
– Promote permanent plantation crops in upland areas like Bong, Black pepper, Coffee,
green cardamom etc.;
– Promote farm mechanization and labour saving equipment;
– Promote private sector up to district level to invest in agro-input business
sector;
– Promote micro irrigation, use of ground water along with recharge system
model;
– On the job training for farmers;
Problems

18.
(We are smill with you)
Thank You
Vinoth Vansy
National Project Director
Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Productivity Enhancement Project
Department of Planning and Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Email: snmapep5@gmail.com and vinus_lao02@yahoo.com