44035-014: Ningxia Irrigated Agriculture and Water Conservation
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Ethnic Minority Development Plan Project Number: 44035-014 Updated in July 2019 PRC: Ningxia Irrigated Agriculture and Water Conservation Demonstration Project – Updated Ethnic Minority Development Plan Prepared by the Project Management Office of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for the Asian Development Bank. This updated ethnic minority development plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Director, Management or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Indigenous Peoples Plan: Ethnic Minority Development Plan Updated in July 2019 PRC: Ningxia Irrigated Agriculture and Water Conservation Demonstration Project Prepared by the Ningxia Department of Finance, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 18 July 2019) Currency unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1453 $1.00 = CNY6.8827 ABBREVIATIONS ACFW – All China Women’s Federation ADB – Asian Development Bank EMDP – ethnic minority development plan GAP – gender action plan M&E – monitoring and evaluation mu – a Chinese unit of measurement (15 mu = 1 ha) YFB – Ningxia Finance Department PIO – project implementing office PRC – People’s Republic of China PMO – project management office SAP – social action plan WUA – water users association 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................. 1 A. Description of the Project ................................................................................ 4 B. Social Impact Assessment ................................................................................ 5 B.1 Economic Conditions ................................................................................ 5 B.2 Socioeconomic Profile of Beneficiaries .................................................... 6 B.3 Special/Distinctive Characteristics of Hui People .................................... 7 B.4 Impact Assessment .................................................................................. 7 C. Information Disclosure, Consultation, and Participation ................................... 8 D. Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 12 D.1 Measures to Enhance Cooperation ........................................................ 12 D.2 Measures to Enhance Productivity ......................................................... 12 D.3 Capacity Building for EMDP Implementation .......................................... 13 E. Grievance Redress Mechanism ...................................................................... 14 F. Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation ........................................................... 14 G. Institutional Arrangement ............................................................................... 15 H. Budget and Financing .................................................................................... 17 I. Summary of the Action Plan ............................................................................. 17 Executive Summary 1. ADB approved a loan of $70.0 million for the project on 14 December 2012. The loan was signed on 7 May 2013 and became effective on 27 June 2013. The original loan closing date is 31 December 2018. In 2018, the loan closing date has been postponed to June 30, 2020. The project’s impact will be improved sustainability of agricultural production in Ningxia. The outcome will be increased quality and value of horticultural crops in Ningxia. The project will have four outputs: (i) established vineyards and Chinese date orchards, (ii) increased grape processing capacity, (iii) improved irrigation system, and (iv) strengthened institutional and capacity development. 2. In Dec 2017, the scope and related organizational changes was approved by ADB. The following components was cancelled: (i) Improvement of the irrigation system of 2,520 ha (42.8% of the planned area) of the farmland farm and Yanchi County; (ii) the vineyard area of approximately 1080 ha (accounting for 85.7% of the original plan) and the restoration of the 540 ha (40.3% of the original plan) of the vineyard; (3) Yanchi County (266.7 ha) and Tongxin County (666.7 ha) development of the Chinese jujube garden. The new project activities include: (1) Building a 440-ha water-saving and water-saving demonstration farm in Yinchuan Binggou; (2) Building a 143-ha comprehensive modern agricultural demonstration farm in Maanshan, Yinchuan; (3) construction of protective forest belt in Binggou (190ha) and Wuhudun (30 ha); (4) construction of 566.7 ha of Xanthoceras sorbifolia Orchard and 50 ha of protective forest belt in Tongxin County. With these changes, the Yinchuan Municipal Government (YMG) was listed as the project implementation agency, and the Yanchi County government no longer participated in the project. As the new project sites (Bingou, Maanshan, Wuhudun) are desert area, there is no villages nearby. The target ethnic minority villages same as before. To further reflect the latest situation and project implementation status, the EMDP is updated in July 2019. 3. Adjusted project sites includes Hongsipu District and Tongxin County in Wuzhong City, Binhexin District and Ningwu city(county level) of Yinchuan City , which has in 2018 a total population of 2,362,600, with an ethnic minority population of 663,100 people, or close to 28.07%. Within the total ethnic minority population of the project area, Hui account for 93.97%, with only some scattered migrant individuals from other ethnic minorities present. 4. The project will benefit around 3,275 households, 12,549 people, including employees directly. There are 2,816 ethnic households and 10,832 ethnic people among these, which account for 86.0% of the households and 86.3% of the beneficiaries of the project according to project implementing offices; there are 2 kinds of beneficiaries, (i) who live in Shangyuan Village in Hongsipu District; and Lipu Village in Tongxin County, in which 100% of the farmer households belong to Hui ethnic minority; (ii) project employees of Yinchuan project. The purpose of the Ningxia Irrigated Agriculture and Water Conservation Demonstration Project is to support the 12th and 13th Five- Year Plan of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government’s goals for increasing production of high-value crops, improving environmental management and water conservation, and pursuing inclusive growth. The outcome from the project will be an increase in high-value irrigated agriculture production. The 1 outputs from the project will be (i) increased rural income in the two project villages for about 2,440 rural households growing grape and Xanthoceras sorbifolia; (ii) increased efficiency of water utility; and (iii) increased resilience to climate change (drought). During project construction temporary workers and employees are additional benefit of project. 5. Hui people have in general less access to education in the project site. The field survey in 2018 shows that Hui people in two project villages, 15.83% of people did not complete primary school-level education, 41.93% of people only have primary school-level education, 38.86% of that have middle school-level education and only 3.35% of Hui people get high school-level education and only 0.04% get college level eduction. Hui people in Ningxia southern mountain area have a general lower education-level than Han. 6. The survey shows that in the project sites, the lower income Hui households accounts for 11.68% of total Hui households, middle income Hui households occupies 67.72%, high income Hui households accounts for 20.6%. In 2018, per capital net income of Shangyuan Villiage of Hongsipu District was RMB 8,600, that of Lipu Village of Tongxin County was RMB 8,300. 7. Constraints faced by Hui farmers include limited access to high-quality education level, lack of water, low productivity, lack of access to improved technologies and credit, and poor infrastructure. 8. The project has established a regular disclosure system of key project information for Hui people in the two Hui project villages. This will improve public awareness and satisfaction by opening village discussions on key project information to Hui people in the two affected villages in Tongxin and Hongsipu, especially options on production arrangements. This will help ensure Hui can participate in and benefit as much as possible from the project. 9. The project has developed some measures to ensure that the Hui people in the project will receive social and economic benefits that are culturally appropriate and gender responsive, and will assist them to reduce poverty and to close the economic gap. 10. Hui people will have opportunities to actively participate in the project and benefit from the project implementation. There will be village group meetings in the 2 Hui villages to discuss production arrangements and other procedures of project implementation; preparation of sites plans will be done by adoption of participatory approach; and meetings will be organized for establishment of cooperatives, associations, and water users association establishment