Social Monitoring Report
Semiannual Report March 2018
People’s Republic of China: Comprehensive Agricultural Development Project
Prepared by Ms. Xuemei Zhang for the State Office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development and the Asian Development Bank.
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 15 March 2018)
Currency unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $6.3181 $1.00 = CNY0.1583
ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank CAD – Comprehensive Agricultural Development COCAD – County office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development EA – Executing agency EMDP – Ethnic minority development plan EMPF – Ethnic minority planning framework FPA – Farmer professional association and/or cooperatives GAP – Gender action plan IA – Implementing agency IPM – Integrated pest management LAR – Land acquisition and resettlement PMO – Project management office POCAD – Provincial office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development PRC – The People’s Republic of China RF – Resettlement framework RP – Resettlement plan SOCAD – The State Office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development WUA – Water users association
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer m2 – square meter ha – hectare mu – a Chinese unit of measurement 1 ha – 15 mu
NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, 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.
Comprehensive Agricultural Development Project
Project Number: 43049 Loan 2943-PRC
Consolidated External Social Monitoring Report Jul-Dec 2017
Xuemei Zhang
March 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Loan for the Comprehensive Agricultural Development (CAD) Project (the project) in the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) was approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 20 November 2012, has been implemented since 2013, to be complete physically by 30 June 2018, and is scheduled to be closed on 31 December 2018.
The impact of the project will be enhanced food security in the PRC. The outcome will be increased agricultural productivity in the project area. The project has three outputs: (i) improved irrigation and drainage infrastructure; (ii) improved agricultural support; and (iii) improved project management.
The project area includes 466 administrative villages in 68 participating counties of the 6 participating provinces. By the end of 2017, the project directly benefits 1,000,172 people, including 997,506 farmers and 2,666 management staff. The farmers got benefits through cultivating the improved low-and-medium-yield farmland, and/or the demonstration agriculture, and/or engaged in the trainings and project created jobs etc. The management staff has participated in the project supported domestic and international trainings and/or study tours.
No land acquisition and resettlement. Permanent land occupation has been minimized through updating the canals and field roads in their original locations as much as possible, and cutting off curves of the canals. As of 31 December 2017, a total of 781.23 mu (equivalent to 52.1 ha) of land have been occupied permanently, with 758.94 mu (97.1% of the total) in Yunnan affected 48,624 people in 12,308 households. Land loss rate for all affected households is less than 1%. Main reasons of the land occupation are newly constructing irrigation canals/ditches and widening field roads. Compensations for most of the affected households are reallocation of same amount of collectively-held farmland in their villages. Some affected households donated their land. Temporary land occupation has been minimized through conducting the construction work during non-farming seasons, using ready-mix concrete for improving the canal structures and roads. All temporarily occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the construction work. Few crops were affected in Anhui and Yunnan, which were compensated by the project contractors.
Ethnic minority people equitably participated in the project activities and benefited from the project. Four EMDPs prepared in the beginning of the project implementation have been implemented as planned except that the actual jobs created are less than the targets because more machines were used.
Gender action plan has been well implemented except that women’s shares in the management bodies of the project supported water user associations (WUA) and farmer professional cooperatives/associations (FPAs) are less than the targets. It needs more attention.
Poverty households equitably participated and received benefits from the project. As of 31
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December 2017, there were still relatively high poverty incidences in some subproject counties. The poor’s participations and benefits also need more attention.
The project updated irrigation systems and agricultural support were mainly managed and maintained by village committees, the WUAs and/or the FPAs. Management capacities of these agencies should be further strengthened, because sustainable function of the irrigation systems, the field roads and the agricultural facilities largely depend on management capacities of these agencies.
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ABBREVIATION
ADB Asian Development Bank CAD Comprehensive Agricultural Development COCAD County office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development EA Executing agency EMDP Ethnic minority development plan EMPF Ethnic minority planning framework FPA Farmer professional association and/or cooperatives GAP Gender action plan IA Implementing agency IPM Integrated pest management LAR Land acquisition and resettlement PMO Project management office POCAD Provincial office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development PRC The People’s Republic of China RF Resettlement framework RP Resettlement plan SOCAD The State Office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development WUA Water users association
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 1
A. The Project 1 B. Participating Provinces and Counties 1 C. The Project Management Organization 1 D. Social Safeguards Assessment 2 E. External Social Monitoring 2 F. This report 3
II. PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 3
A. Progress of Output 1: Improvement of Irrigation & Drainage Infrastructure 4 B. Progress of Output 2: Improvement of Agricultural Support 4 C. Progress of Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 5
III. MAJOR FINDINGS 5
A. Project Area 5 B. Summary Project Activities Completed in Total 6 C. Project Direct Beneficiaries 7 D. Consultation and Participation 8 E. Grievance Redress Mechanism 9 F. Situation of Land Occupation 9 G. Implementation Progress of the EMDPs 11 H. Progress of the GAP Implementation 12 I. Socioeconomic Development of the Project Area 13 J. Poverty Reduction 13 K. O&M of Project Supported Infrastructure and Facilities 13 L. Other Social Concerns 14
IV. KEY ISSUES 14
V. RECOMMENDATIONS 14
VI. FOCUSES OF NEXT MONITORING REPORT 15
VII. APPENDIXES 15
A. Project Area by Province 15 B. Summary Activities Completed 18 C. Beneficiaries by Province 28 D. Land Occupation by Province 32 E. Progress of the EMDPs Implementation by Province 36 F. Progress of the GAP Implementation by Province 53 G. Socioeconomic Development by Province 64 H. Operation of the Project 65
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2: The Project Participating Provinces and Counties As of 31/12/2017 ...... 1 Table 3: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure by the Project ...... 4 Table 4: Improved Agricultural Support by the Project ...... 5 Table 5: Project Area and Population in 2017 ...... 5 Table 6: Summary Project Activities Completed ...... 6 Table 7: Project Direct Beneficiaries-Farmers (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 7 Table 8: Project Direct Beneficiaries- CAD Officials (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 8 Table 9: Farmer Trainings and Study Tours by the end of 2017 ...... 8 Table 10: Permanent Land Occupation as of 31 December 2017 ...... 9 Table 11: Key Socioeconomic Indicators in the project Area ...... 13
A-table 1: Project Area and the Population in Anhui Province in 2017 ...... 15 A-table 2: Project Area and the Population in Heilongjiang Province in 2017 ...... 16 A-table 3: Project Area and the Population in Henan Province in 2017 ...... 16 A-table 4: Project Area and the Population in Jilin Province in 2017 ...... 17 A-table 5: Project Area and the Population in Ningxia (2017)...... 17 A-table 6: Project Area and the Population in Yunnan Province (2017) ...... 18 A-table 7: Summary Activities completed in Total ...... 18 A-table 8: Summary Activities completed in Anhui Province ...... 20 A-table 9: Summary Activities completed in Heilongjiang Province ...... 22 A-table 10: Summary Activities completed in Henan Province ...... 23 A-table 11: Summary Activities completed in Jilin Province ...... 24 A-table 12: Summary Activities completed in Ningxia ...... 26 A-table 13: Summary Activities completed in Yunnan Province ...... 27 A-table 14: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Anhui Province (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 28 A-table 15: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Heilongjiang Province (as of 31/12/2017)..... 29 A-table 16: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Henan Province (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 30 A-table 17: Project direct beneficiaries in Jilin (as of 31 December 2017) ...... 30 A-table 18: Project direct beneficiaries in Ningxia (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 31 A-table 19: Project direct beneficiaries in Yunnan (as of 31/21/2017) ...... 32 A-table 20: Permanent Land Occupation in Yunnan (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 35 A-table 21: Summary Activities Completed in Dumeng County, Heilongjiang Province ...... 36 A-table 22: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dumeng County of Heilongjiang Province 37 A-table 23: Summary Activities Conducted in Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province ...... 38 A-table 24: Progress of EMDP* Implementation in Hailin City of Heilongjiang Province ...... 39 A-table 25: Summary Activities Conducted in Helong City, Jilin Province ...... 41 A-table 26: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Helong City of Jilin Province ...... 41 A-table 27: Summary Activities Completed out in Dunhua City, Jilin Province ...... 43 A-table 28: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dunhua City of Jilin Province ...... 44 A-table 29: Ethnic minority People in the Subproject Areas in Ningxia in 2017 ...... 45 A-table 30: Summary Activities Completed in Lingwu County, Ningxia ...... 46 A-table 31: Ethnic minority Participation in Lingwu in Ningxia (as of 31/21/2017) ...... 46
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A-table 32: Summary Activities Completed in Wuzhong-Shizhi, Ningxia ...... 47 A-table 33: Ethnic minority Participation in Wuzhong in Ningxia (as of 31/21/2017) ...... 48 A-table 34: Participation of Ethnic Minorities (as of 31/12/2017) ...... 48 A-table 35: Summary Activity Completed in Changning County, Yunnan Province ...... 49 A-table 36: Summary Activity Completed in Eryuan County, Yunnan Province ...... 49 A-table 37：Summary Activity Completed in Heqing County, Yunnan Province ...... 50 A-table 38: Summary Activity Completed in Mangshi County, Yunnan Province ...... 51 A-table 39: Summary Activity Completed in Shiping County, Yunnan Province ...... 51 A-table 40: Summary Activity Completed in Yulong County, Yunnan Province ...... 52 A-table 41: Progress of the GAP Implementation ...... 53 A-table 42: Progress of the GAP Implementation in Anhui, Heilongjiang and Henan (as of 31/12/2017)...... 56 A-table 43: Progress of the GAP Implementation in Jilin, Ningxia and Yunnan (as of 31/12/2017)...... 59 A-table 44: Key Socioeconomic Indicators in the Project Area in 2017 ...... 64
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer m2 – square meter ha – hectare mu – a Chinese unit of measurement 1 ha = 15 mu
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. The Project
1. The Loan for the Comprehensive Agricultural Development (CAD) Project (the project) in the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) was approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 20 November 2012. The Loan and the Project Agreements were signed on 5 December 2012 and the Loan became effective on 14 March 2013. The project has been implemented since 2013, and to be complete physically by 30 June 2018. The loan is scheduled to be closed on 31 December 2018.
2. The impact of the project will be enhanced food security in the PRC. The outcome will be increased agricultural productivity in the project area. The project has three outputs: (i) improved irrigation and drainage infrastructure; (ii) improved agricultural support; and (iii) improved project management.
B. Participating Provinces and Counties
3. By the end of 2017, the project supports the government’s CAD program in 681 counties or cities or districts (collectively the project counties) in six participating provinces and Autonomous Region (collectively the participating provinces) to improve agricultural productivity and enhance the nation’s food security. Table 1 presents the participating provinces and the number of the participating counties.
Table 1: The Project Participating Provinces and Counties As of 31/12/2017 Participating Province/Autonomous Region No. of participating Counties Anhui 8 Heilongjiang 16 Henan 9 Jilin 15 Ningxia 8 Yunnan 12 Total 68
C. The Project Management Organization
4. The State Office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development (SOCAD) in the Ministry of Finance is the executing agency (EA), responsible for the overall planning, coordination, and management of the project. A national project management office (PMO) has been set up within SOCAD to take care of the daily project coordination and management. The six provincial Comprehensive Agricultural Developments (POCADs) are the implementing agencies (IAs) at provincial level, responsible for planning, coordination, and management of the subproject in their provinces. A provincial PMO has been established in each of the six
1 It was 69 participating counties before the midterm adjustment.
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participating provincial office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development (POCAD). The participating county offices for Comprehensive Agricultural Development (COCADs) are implementing agencies at county level. Within each of the COCADs, a county PMO has been set up, which are responsible for the daily implementation of project activities in their jurisdiction.
D. Social Safeguards Assessment
1. Social Safeguards Assessment during the Project Preparation Stage
5. The project was classified as category B for both involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples, and as category II, effective gender mainstreaming, in the project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) stage in 2012.
6. Detailed design of the project components could only be prepared when the county PMOs get ready for implementation. Subprojects would be prepared after Board approval. Therefore, an ethnic minority planning framework (EMPF), instead of ethnic minority development plans (EMDPs), and a resettlement framework (RF), instead of resettlement plan (RP), have been prepared for the entire project by the SOCAD in 2012, and approved by ADB. The EMPF and RF provide guides for screening each subproject before its implementation, and preparing EMDPs and/or RP if necessary. A gender action plan (GAP) was developed in the PPTA stage in 2012.
7. The POCADs and COCADs are responsible for screening their subprojects, and preparing EMDP(s) and RP(s) if required. They are also responsible for implementing the GAP in their project areas.
2. Social Safeguards Assessment before the Project Implementation
8. In 2013, before the project implementation, an individual resettlement specialist recruited by ADB advised the POCADs and the COCADs in screening impacts of the project resettlement. The conclusion was that the project just involves some internal voluntary land use and land adjustment, and no land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) would be required in all participating provinces during the project implementation. Therefore, no RP was required for all the six participating provinces.2
9. In 2013, after detailed screening and analysis, four EMDPs had been prepared for four subprojects by the POCADs: two in Heilongjiang and two in Jilin. No EMDP was for the other four participating provinces.3
E. External Social Monitoring
10. External monitoring agencies: Each of the six POCADs has recruited their own external
2 Consolidated External Monitoring Report for Implementation of the Ethnic Minority Development Plans (Q1-Q2 2017) 3 Consolidated External Monitoring Report for Implementation of the Ethnic Minority Development Plans (Q1-Q2 2017)
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monitoring agency during 2013 and 20144, responsible for monitoring the entire subprojects in their provinces, including implementation of the subprojects, implementation of the environmental plans, and implementation of the social plans.
11. Methodology and Methods used for the external monitoring include (i) developed social monitoring information system which is included in the project performance management system (PPMS). The responsible people of the subprojects were trained on use of the PPMS. Implementation progress of the social plans is recorded and reported from COCAD to POCAD and further to SOCAD through the PPMS, which enables the monitors to easily track the differences between what was planned and what is actually happened, and to identify any deviation in a timely manner; (ii) site visit. The external monitoring agencies visited almost all the sites of the subprojects. Implementation of the social plans were checked and emphasized during communication between the agencies and the implementers; and (iii) key informant interview, questionnaire survey on affected households, case study, and other relevant methods The interview and survey focused on the results and effects of the project, such as land occupation and restoration, employment opportunities, participation of different social groups, productivities of the relevant crops, income of the affected people, and any other potential risks. The surveys collected an amount of information on the social aspects which also crosscheck the information reported in the PPMS and ensured the veracity of the data.
12. External Social Monitoring Reports: Each of the six external monitoring agencies has prepared its semi-year external social monitoring reports since 2016. The reports were submitted to ADB by the six participating provinces. A Consolidated External Monitoring Report for Implementation of the Ethnic Minority Development Plans (Q1-Q2 2017) has been prepared by an ADB-recruited consultant in December 2017.
F. This report
13. This report is the consolidated external social monitoring report. The report covers the entire project. It presents implementation progress of the EMDPs, the project land occupations and the GAP; and based on the project progress, assesses the project benefits and beneficiaries, public consultation and participation, operation and maintenance (O&M) of the project supported infrastructure, and socioeconomic development of the project areas, and other social risks.
II. PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
14. The following sections summarize the project implementation progress by output, aiming to understand benefits the project has already generated for especially local farmers, problems and issues needing be addressed timely and adequately, and risks should be paid enough attention.
4 External monitoring agencies were recruited for Ningxia in August 2013, Jinlin in Dec 2014 respectively.
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A. Progress of Output 1: Improvement of Irrigation & Drainage Infrastructure
15. Table 2 presents progress of the output 1. It is from the table that as of 31 December 2017, irrigation conditions in 109,760 ha of farmland has been improved, which should benefit farmers, men and women, non-poor and poor, by increasing agricultural productivities, reducing possibility of drought and/or flooding. Water-saving technology is promoted in 64,465 ha of farmland, which should benefit farmers through reducing production costs and increasing productivities. This report will assess the benefits and beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender and ethnicity. The report will also document the situation of land occupation, and identify issue, if any.
16. One point needs more attention is the water users association (WUA). The project target is to support 68 WUAs, while only 27 WUAs (38%) have been supported by the end of 2017, and no any progress in the second half of 2017.
Table 2: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure by the Project Project As of 30 Jun 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Improved irrigation and drainage ha 117,000 103,300 6,460 109,760 93.8 facility5 Surface water irrigation system ha 56,588 66,267 4,925 71,191 125.8 completed and/or upgraded Tube well (groundwater) irrigation ha 41,183 32,259 1,962 34,221 80.3 systems developed and/or improved6 Water-saving technology promoted ha 74,495 60,699 3,765 64,465 86.1 WUAs supported No. 68 27 0 27 38.2 Sources: the project PAM, RRP, PPMS and communications with the PMOs during Feb-Mar 2018.
B. Progress of Output 2: Improvement of Agricultural Support
17. Progress of the output 2 is presented in Table 3. It shows that as of the end of 2017, 40,926 ha of soil quality has enhanced through land leveling, deep plowing and balanced fertilizer application; 1,901 km of agricultural service roads have been upgraded through field roads repaired and hardened; agricultural practices in 8,214 ha of farmland has been improved through integrated pest management (IPM), and agricultural machines; degradation of over 16,000 ha of farmland has been mitigated or controlled through planting farm shelter belt and environmental protection forest and/or returning straw to farmland; 49 farmer professional association and/or cooperatives (FPA) have been established and/or supported; modern agricultural technologies including greenhouses, pollution-free and organic agriculture have been introduced and demonstrated in 18,328 ha of farmland; and over 4,645 person-months efforts were spent on farmers training.
18. All of the above mentioned agricultural support targeted at the farmland improved under the output 1. These comprehensive measures concentrated on the farmland should greatly enlarger the project benefits than that could achieve by any single measure. Sustainability of the benefits produced by the engineering measures such as improvement of
5 It is mostly named improved Low- and medium- yielding farmland in Chinese-version project documents. 6 Including those irrigated with both surface water and groundwater.
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irrigation conditions and agronomic measures such as improvement of soil quality and service roads largely and highly replies on the good mechanism of management and use of the improved infrastructure and equipment. This report will assess the sustainability.
19. Regarding to farmer trainings, who were trained, inclusively or not, what type of training they received, which will be checked against the relevant plans.
Table 3: Improved Agricultural Support by the Project Project As of 30 Jun 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of Dec 2017 Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Soil quality improved ha 67,138 35,585 5,341 40,926 61.0 Service roads improved km 1,752 1,713 188 1,901 108.5 Agricultural practices improved ha 9,725 9,423 791 8,214 84.5 Land degradation reduced through 34,861 15,525 840 16,365 46.9 Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 66 47 2 49 74.2 Farmer training pm 16,903 3,899 746 4,645 27.5 Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 17,634 15,881 2,447 18,328 103.9 *pm: person month Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the PMOs and external monitoring agencies during Feb-Mar 2018.
C. Progress of Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management
20. An effort of 494 person months was devoted to training of the project management staff domestically. This report will check whether or not women equally participated in the trainings, and if gender- and the GAP related trainings were included.
III. MAJOR FINDINGS
A. Project Area
21. The project area includes 466 administrative villages in the 68 participating counties of the six participating provinces. There were 1.027 million people in the project villages in 2017. Of which, 48.8% are female, 0.9% are ethnic minority, and 3.6% were in poverty (Table 4).
Table 4: Project Area and Population in 2017 Participating Participating Project Population province county (#) village (#) Total (persons) Female (%) EM (%) Poverty (%) Anhui 8 61 235,240 47.9 0.0 5.0 Heilongjiang 16 45 70,992 44.8 1.4 4.7 Henan 9 143 219,955 50.6 0.0 4.8 Jilin 15 106 164,157 47.9 6.2 2.9 Ningxia 8 36 63,579 48.7 18.7 0.02 Yunnan 12 76 267,403 49.6 26.8 2.5 Total 68 466 1,021,326 48.8 0.9 3.6 Sources: PMOs of the participating provinces, participating counties and the external social monitoring agencies
7 Registered population.
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in March 2018.
B. Summary Project Activities Completed in Total
22. Summary project activities conducted are presented in Table 5. Completion of these activities could benefit local people through providing employment opportunities, access to improved irrigation and agricultural conditions, enhancement of the irrigation water management, while the construction work might also have negative impact such as land occupation. The benefits and possible negative impacts are assessed in the later sections.
Table 5: Summary Project Activities Completed
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 56,588 66,267 4,925 71,192 125.8 and/or upgraded ó Incremental areas ha 8,650 4,292.37 246.00 4,538,37 52.5 Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 3,852 3,881.80 209.26 4,091.06 106.2 Canal system structures built No. 29,371 18,634 3,885 22,519 76.7 Irrigation pumping stations newly No. 78 42 42 53.9 constructed and/or improved 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation ha 41,183 32,258.88 1,962.33 34,221.10 83.1 systems developed and/or improved ó Incremental areas ha 30,019 22,643.24 1,602.80 24,246.04 80.8 New tube wells constructed No. 7,512 6,548 376 6,924 92.222 Existing tube wells improved No. 799 685 685 85.7 Rural electric cables and accessories 1,781 2614.95 184.8 2,799.75 157.2 installed Transformers installed 921 388 26 414 45.0 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 74,854 60699.42 3,765.41 64,464.83 86.1 Canals lined km 1,665 1790.34 150.46 1,940.80 116.6 Low-pressure pipelines installed km 1,326 1,252.75 94.06 1,346.81 101.6 Sprinkler irrigation installed ha 2,824 1784.20 1,024 2,808.20 99.4 Micro-irrigation ha 4 23.70 23.70 592.5 Small water storage structures developed No. 19 26 55 81 426.32 4. WUAs supported No. 85 27 27 31.8 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 67,138 35,584.98 5,341.16 40,926.14 61.01 6. Service roads improved km 1,752 1,713.72 188.11 1,901.33 108.5 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed storage warehouse m2 7,510 3,200 3,200 261.0 constructed Quality seed production increased Ton 4,414 1313 1,313 29.8 Agricultural machine provided 742 755 177 932 125.6 IPM program introduced on ha 9,725 7,423.29 791 8,214.29 84.5 8. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 2,580 3,013.07 42.83 3,055.90 118.5 Environmental protection forests planted ha 275 183.25 183.25 66.6 Straw returned to farmland ha 34,861 15,525.18 840.00 16,365.18 9. FPA established and/or strengthened No. 66 47 2 49 74.2 10. Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 17,636 15,880.86 2,426.70 18,307.56 103.8 Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 201 29.52 3.73 33.25 16.5 Pollution-free and/or safe agriculture ha 15,088 15,406.67 2,442.97 17,829.64 118.3 demonstrated
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Organic and/or green agriculture ha 2,345 444.67 444.67 19.0 demonstrated Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management Domestic training pm 3,263 471.98 21.53 493.51 15.1 Oversea training pm 36 51.40 0.93 52.33 145.3 Domestic study tour pm 1,666 134.82 17.97 152.79 9.2 Oversea study tour pm 201 6.80 6.80 3.4 Source: The project PPMS, and the external social monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017).
C. Project Direct Beneficiaries
23. By the end of 2017, a cumulative total of 1,000,172 direct beneficiaries comprise 997,5069 farmers in the project area and 2,666 management staff.
1. Direct Beneficiary Farmers
24. The project directly benefit farmers through improving low-and-medium-yield farmlands; demonstrating greenhouses, pollution-free and/or safe agriculture, and organic and/or green agriculture; providing trainings; building and supporting WUAs and FPAs, and creating employment opportunities in the construction and operation phases. Some farmers got benefits from more than one sections. For example, some farmers cultivate the improved low-and-medium-yield farmland, while they might be also involved in the demonstration greenhouses, and/or the demonstration pollution-free agriculture, farmer trainings, and/or work for the project construction works, etc. The project direct farmer beneficiaries are presented in Table 6.
Table 6: Project Direct Beneficiaries-Farmers (as of 31/12/2017) Item Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH (No.) Total Women EM Poverty (persons) (%) (%) (%) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved 242,785 914,968 50.7 11.5 3.8 low-and-medium-yield farmland B. Managers and cultivators of demonstration 2,746 11,845 53.1 2.2 5.5 greenhouses C. Cultivators of the pollution-free and/or safe 18,893 70,725 52.9 4.5 4.0 agriculture D. Cultivators of the organic and/or green agriculture 387 1,757 53.6 100 1.2 E. Pilot solar insect killer lamp 9,548 37,229 50.0 0.0 0.0 F. Farmer trainees 110,867 46.7 12.6 5.8 G. WAU member (27 WUAs) 24,019 74,398 47.9 24.4 0.1 H. FPA members (49 FPAs) 5,265 20,481 41.8 9.6 0.9 I. Project employment ó Project construction workers 20,847 50.8 26.3 8.9 ó Employees for project operation 1,915 1,915 42.7 1.4 0.1 Total 259,260 997,506 51.5 10.6 3.9 Sources: the project PPMS, the six participating provinces’ external monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), communications with the six external monitoring agencies, PMOs of the participating provinces, and some PMOs
9 A very small part of population in the project area migrated away from the project villages to urban areas.
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of the participating counties during Feb-Mar 2018.
2. Direct Beneficiary Management Staff
25. As of the end of 2017, a total of 2,666 management staff have participated in the project supported trainings and study tours domestically and/or overseas. Among the total, 34.9% are women. (Table 7)
Table 7: Project Direct Beneficiaries- CAD Officials (as of 31/12/2017)
Total trainees (persons) Of which, women (%) Anhui 769 40.3 Heilongjiang 408 40.0 Henan 714 26.0 Jilin 389 40.0 Ningxia 215 24.7 Yunnan 171 36.3 Total 2,666 34.9 Sources: the project PPMS, and the external social monitoring reports of the six participating provinces in February 2018.
D. Consultation and Participation
26. During the project implementation, the participating counties and provinces conducted a large number of inclusive consultations through publicity on the project, assessing farmer training needs before development of training details, consulting farmers for making the annual work plans; technical trainings, survey individual households for deeply understanding the project results, and so on.
27. A quantity of farmers participated in the project trainings and study tours. As of 31 December 2017, in total, 696 trainings, publicity and/or study tours, were provided to 110,867 farmers, with inputs of 4,809 person-months. Of the participants, 51.1% are women, and 5.5% were farmers from poverty households (Table 8).
Table 8: Farmer Trainings and Study Tours by the end of 2017 Training Training inputs (person-months) Participants No. Total Publicity Technical WUA FPA Total Women Poverty training (person) (%) (%) Anhui 58 450.40 249.33 196.07 5.00 7,467 55.6 6.5 Heilongjiang 129 1,064.00 712.00 342.00 10.00 32,984 53.4 4.8 Henan 77 251.00 79.80 171.20 5,698 51.2 4.2 Jilin 196 1,015.90 325.30 675.60 15.00 28,583 48.3 4.6 Ningxia 153 1,143.99 639.33 489.47 6.33 8.86 17,029 48.8 3.1 Yunnan 83 884.33 373.00 391.99 28.00 91.34 19,106 51.3 10.0 Total 696 4,809.62 2,378.76 2,266.33 44.33 102.20 110,867 51.1 5.5 Sources: the project PPMS, and the external social monitoring reports of the six participating provinces in February 2018.
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E. Grievance Redress Mechanism
28. The six participating provinces have established their own grievance redress mechanisms during the project implementation. Project related information boards including contact details were set up in the project area. People can complain and ask for solution and/or improvement through the four layers mechanism, from village management committees, up to the project county PMOs, to municipality PMOs, and further to the Provincial PMOs. Farmers can also directly complain to county or provincial PMO. As of the end of 2017, no complain was from the villagers, except some suggests. For example, farmers in Xinli Village in Lingwu subproject area suggest to widen the diameter of one lateral canal in March 2015. The lateral canal was original designed with a 0.6 m of diameter. The farmers though it was narrow and could not meet the irrigation demand. After communication and discussion with the farmers, the project managers and the designers increased the diameter to 0.8 m. Farmers were happy with the solution.
F. Situation of Land Occupation
29. The resettlement framework has been followed by all the participating counties. By the end of 2017, no land was acquired for implementation of the project.
1. Permanent Land Occupation
30. Permanent land occupation was minimized through upgrading the canal system structures and agricultural service roads in their original locations as much as possible, and cutting off the curves of the canals, and so on. In total, 781.23 mu (equivalent to 52.1 ha) of land have been occupied permanently (Table 9). Of which, 758.94 mu (97.1%) is in Yunnan. Actually, in total, improvement of the canals through cutting off the curves saved permanently occupied land.
Table 9: Permanent Land Occupation as of 31 December 2017
Land Affected Affected Affected Land Land occupied occupied villages households people occupied per capita (mu) (No.) (No.) (persons) per HH Anhui 8.2 56 1,732 7,124 0.005 0.001
Heilongjiang 0.5 45 Henan 9.39 115 3,130 12,725 0.003 0.001 10 Jilin 3.2 3 8 22 0.400 0.145 Ningxia 1 36 Yunnan 758.94 38 12,380 48,614 0.060 0.015 Total 781.23 293 17,250 68,485 0.044 0.011 Sources: the project PPMS, the six participating provinces’ external social monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the external monitoring agencies and PMOs at provincial and county levels during Feb-Mar 2018.
31. The main reasons for permanent land occupation in Yunnan include construction of new service roads, new canals and drainage ditches, and widening the old field roads. For example,
10 Part of the land was not farmland, which was occupied by construction of the irrigation pumping stations.
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in Qilin subproject area, construction of a new canal of 36 km long and 1 m wide occupied 55.3 mu of farmland, and widening and lengthening a old service road from 2.1 km long and 2.2 m wide to 13.8 km long and 4.5 m wide permanently occupied 86.3 mu of farmland. Permanent land occupation in the other is little. Main reasons are construction of the new tube wells, irrigation pumping stations, and cutting off curves of the irrigation canals. Actually, cutting off the curves of the irrigation canals saved more farmland than newly occupied. Detailed information on the permanent land occupation by the participating provinces is presented in section D of the appendixes.
32. The compensation measures vary across the provinces and from one subproject to another. In Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, and Jilin, the permanently occupied land was mainly due to construction of the new tube wells and the irrigation pumping stations. Each well occupied 2 m2 of farmland in Henan and Heilongjiang, 0.5 m2 in Anhui, and 0.5 m2 to 8 m2 in Jilin. Heilongjiang, the new tube wells were constructed in the zone between field roads and the farmland. The wells occupied the collectively held land. No individual farm household was affected. The total occupied land area was small and land loss of the households was little. The affected households were given priority to use the irrigation water and maintenance of the irrigation systems with a certain reward. The households did not ask for other compensation.
33. In Ningxia, only cutting-off the irrigation curves lead to a little amount of permanently occupied farmland. The affected households were compensated with either reduction of compulsory labour contribution or getting same amount of the collectively-held farmland.
34. In Yunnan, most of the permanently occupied farmland was compensated with reallocation of pieces of collectively-held farmland. In some subproject areas, the affected households donated the land and did not ask for any compensation. For example, construction of field roads in Yiliang subproject area permanently occupied 0.1 mu farmland cultivated by Mr. Hongbin’s family. His family has over 5 mu of farmland and donated the occupied farmland.
35. As of 31 December 2017, no households complain about the land occupation and the compensation.
2. Temporary Land Occupation
36. Impact of temporary land occupation was minimized by conducting the project construction work in non-growing seasons, occupying non-farmland, using ready-mix concrete, and so on. All the temporary occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the project construction work. As of 31 December 2017, no villagers complain about the temporarily occupied land.
37. Compensation measures vary from one place to another. In Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin and Ningxia, almost all construction work was conducted during off-farming seasons, and restored immediately after completion of the construction. No crops were affected, and all temporarily occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the construction work. No compensation was asked for.
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38. In Anhui and Yunnan, in some project villages, the construction work was conducted during non-growing seasons, and in some project villages, some crops were cleared and some trees were cut down. The trees cut down were given to the affected households. The affected households were compensated with replanting new seedlings by the subproject free of charge. The crop-clearance affected households were compensated with cash by the project contractors.
G. Implementation Progress of the EMDPs
1. Progress of the four EMDPs’ implementation
39. For the activities completed, most actions stated in the four EMDPs have been implemented as planned. The project information was disclosed to both Han and ethnic minority people during the implementation phase. Ethnic minority people were equitably and culturally appropriately consulted in their villages in both Standard Chinese and ethnic minority people’s languages including Mongolian and Korean. Potential negative impact such as land occupation and construction disturbance was mitigated through technical and management measures. For example, improving the canals by cutting off the curves; and upgrading bridges, culverts, and other irrigation system structures in their original locations. Detailed implementation progress of the four subprojects is presented in A-table 22 to A-table 28.
40. The only target which has not yet been met is related to the project created employment opportunities. It is stated in the EMDPs for Dumeng and Hailin subprojects in Heilongjiang that the project would created 390 unskilled employment opportunities for local farmers, with 270 being taken by women and ethnic minority. However, the subproject created only unskilled 30 jobs in Dumeng and 140 unskilled jobs in Hailin, because most of the activities were done by machinery. Moreover, most of the Korean farmers moved away from their villages to South Korea for better jobs. Employment opportunities taken by ethnic minority people are less than the targets, which needs more attention.
2. Participation of the Ethnic Minority People in Ningxia and Yunnan
41. Although no EMDP has been prepared for Ningxia and Yunnan subprojects, this report also assessed participation of ethnic minority people in these two subprojects, because in general, more ethnic minority people are living in Ningxia and Yunnan than in most provinces in China. This report assessed ethnic minorities’ participation in the subproject areas where ethnic minority proportion is over 10% of the total population. Totally, ethnic minorities’ participation in two participating counties in Ningxia and six participating counties in Yunnan were assessed.
42. In Ningxia, ethnic minority rural population accounts for 18.7% of the total rural people in the project area, with 17.4% are Hui minority (A-table 5). The ethnic minority people are concentrated in Wuzhong and Linwu subproject areas, with 44.2% and 75.1% of the total people respectively. Hui villagers can well speak Mandarin. No much difference is between the Hui people and Han people in terms of land contracted, and agricultural activities. In
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these subprojects, the ethnic minorities equitably participated in and benefit from the project. Detailed information is presented in section E of the Appendixes.
43. Although no EMDP was submitted to ADB, the subprojects, especially Wuzhong and Lingwu, have developed several key principles to maximize benefits to the ethnic minority people while minimize the possible negative impact: (i) equal consultation with ethnic minority people; (ii) equal access to the provided trainings; (iii) equal access to the project created opportunities; equal participation in the project supported WUAs; and equal participation in the project supported FPAs. All these principles have been followed during the project implementation except the ethnic minorities’ participation in the project supported trainings. The proportion of ethnic minority trainees is less than the proportion of the ethnic minority people over the total population (A-table 31 and A-table 33).
44. Similar situation is in Yunnan. In the subproject areas, ethnic minority farmers equitably participated in the project trainings. The trainings were provided in both Mandarin and/or ethnic minority languages wherever needed. However, in a few subproject areas, ethnic minorities’ participation needs be strengthened in the remaining time of the project. For example, proportion of ethnic minority trainees over the total was much less than their proportion over the total population in the project villages. Detailed information is presented in the section E of the appendixes.
H. Progress of the GAP Implementation
45. As of 31 December 2017, generally speaking, the GPA has been implemented as planned. The project information was equitably disclosed to both men and women during the project implementation phase. Women and men were equitably involved in the publicity campaigns, equitably engaged in the farmer training needs assessment for development of training details, and equitably consulted for making the annual work plans. As of 31 December 2017, in total, 696 trainings, publicity and/or study tours, were provided to 110,867 farmers, with inputs of 4,809 person-months. Of the participants, over half (51.1%) are women. Of the 669 farmer trainings, 76.6% were organized in the project villages. Of the 20,667 employment opportunities created by the project, 50.8% were taken by women. All were higher than the targets.
46. The project supported and strengthened 27 WUAs, with 24,019 members and 125 managers. Of the total members, 37.3% are women. Of the total managers, 28.0% are women, which achieved the target requirement. The project supported 49 FPAs, with 5,265 members, and 204 managers. Among the members, 34.2% are women. Of the managers, 27.0% are women. Women’s share in the WUA management bodies has not yet met the target.
47. Over 30% of the people engaged in the project consultation and participation during project decision making and implementation are women. Gender-sensitive indicators have been set up in areas of technical trainings, employment, and women’s representation in decision making during the project implementation.
48. Trainings on gender awareness and the GAP implementation provided to the project management staff. The six provincial ACWFs’ capacities in thematic skills related to community empowerment and gender issues was improved through participating in provincial
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level project meetings, workshops, and trainings. Capacities of county and village women federations have also enhanced through participation in the county level project meetings for the project designs, implementation, monitoring, workshops, and trainings related to leadership and thematic skills.
49. Detailed information on the GAP implementation is presented in A-table 41 of the section F in the appendix. GAP implementation by each of the six participating province is presented in A-table 42 and A-table 43.
I. Socioeconomic Development of the Project Area
50. With support of the project, the irrigation and agricultural conditions have been improved, and the farmer’s capacity was enhanced, the grain production has increased by 20% in2017 over that in 2009, the yield of grain, cash crops and vegetable also increased a lot over those in 2010 (Table 10). The rural incomes are at current prices of the years.
Table 10: Key Socioeconomic Indicators in the project Area Targets* 2017 Completion rate (%) Grain production ó Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, and Jilin ton 662,700 713,784 107.7 ó Ningxia and Yunnan ton 211,300 239,608 113.4 Yields ó Grain crop Ton/ha 7.31 8.69 118.9 ó Cash crop Ton/ha 2.41 10.87 451.0 ó Vegetable Ton/ha 32.0 35.47 110.8 Rural net income CNY/person 4,012 9,476 *: targets of yields are for 2018, and production and rural net income are for 2020. Sources: the project PPMS, the six participating provinces’ external social monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the external monitoring agencies and PMOs at provincial and county levels during Feb-Mar 2018.
51. Major grain crops in the project area include wheat, maize, rice, potato, and bean. Major cash crops include tobacco, rapeseed, cotton, water melon, and apple. The figures of outputs and yields of the crops were mainly got from survey of the county and township agricultural departments.
J. Poverty Reduction
52. Rural poverty reduced rapidly over the past years in China including the project area. Although the poverty incidence in the project area as a whole decreased to 3.6% in 2017, in some subproject areas, such as Linquan in Anhui, Fuyu in Heilongjiang, Xiangfu in Henan, Helong in Heilongjiang, and Zhaoyang in Yunnan, there were still a lot of people living in poverty by the end of 2017. Conduction of the remaining project activities should pay more attention to and more benefits these people.
K. O&M of Project Supported Infrastructure and Facilities
53. Use rights of the project supported irrigation systems, service roads, agricultural machines, demonstration greenhouses etc belong to the local residents in the project area.
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The ownerships vary to some degree across the participating counties. In general, after completion of the construction work, ownership of the project supported canal structures and irrigation systems will be transferred to township governments and/or village committees, who are responsible for managing and maintaining the systems. The project village committees will also take care of the project supported service roads. The project provided agricultural machines are used and managed either by farmer cooperatives, or individual households, or the village as a whole, while ownership of some machines belongs to the township government. For example, 6 tractors provided by the project are used and managed by 6 villages in Woyang County, and owed by the township government. The tractors services for planting and harvest for poor households are free of charge and for non-poor are at market prices. Income generated from the tractor services was shared by the villages and the township government. The township governments utilize the income for poverty reduction in the project area.
54. The project supported farm shelterbelts and environment protection forests either belong to and cared by individual farm households if planted in the individual cultivated land or belong to and cared by villages if planted in the village collectively held land.
55. Some WUAs and FPAs have been established during the project implementation. Management mechanism of these organizations is not yet perfect, and need to be highly strengthened. Capacity of some of the WUAs and the FPAs has been enhanced a lot through the project interventions. However, management capacity of those organizations still needs be further promoted in terms of constitution of the organizations, management system etc.
L. Other Social Concerns
As of the end of 2017, no other social risk has been identified.
IV. KEY ISSUES
56. The following issues are identified and need be appropriately and adequately addressed: (i) operation and maintenance mechanism of the project upgraded irrigation systems and supported agriculture facilities are not yet clearly defined; (ii) management systems of the WUAs and FPAs are not perfect and needs be further improved; (iii) methodology and methods of collecting data on farmer net income, crop production and yields need be made clear and discussed if necessary; and (iv) women’s participation especially in the management bodies of the WUAs and FPAs are lower than the targets in the GAP, and needs be promoted.
V. RECOMMENDATIONS
57. The following recommendations are for the Project
1. Further strengthening management capacity of the WUAs
58. Some WUAs are just established such as in Heilongjiang, and some WUAs’ have extended their responsible irrigation areas. The WUAs are responsible for sustainable
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irrigation of a large amount of farmland. Their management capacity needs be further strengthened. The capacity building will focus on establishing and improving rules and regulations of the WUAs’ operation.
2. Building management capacity of the project villages
59. The project improved irrigation systems and service roads are taken care by the project villages together with water resources administrative departments at township or county levels. Management capacity of the villages is crucial for sustainable function of the above mentioned items. It is better that the project further enhance the villages’ management capacity technically and/or financially. Not every project village has their WUAs. Without WUA, the project supported irrigation systems are and will be managed and maintained by the project villages. Their capacity needs be enhanced.
3. Promoting women’s participation in the WUA&FPAs management
60. In the management bodies of some WUAs and FPAs, women account for less than 35% of the total, which has not yet achieved the GAP targets. To encourage and facilitate more women to participate in the WUAs and the FPAs management, and play more roles.
VI. FOCUSES OF NEXT MONITORING REPORT
61. The next external social monitoring report will focus on the following areas: management situation of the WUAs and the FPAs; (ii) management mechanisms of the project supported irrigation systems, the service roads, the project provided agricultural machines; (iii) methodology and methods of the crop outputs and yields; and (iv) women’s participation in the management bodies of the WUAs and the FPAs.
VII. APPENDIXES
A. Project Area by Province
1. In Anhui
62. The project area in Anhui includes 61 villages in the 8 participating counties, with a total population of 235,240 people in 2017. Of which, 47.9% are female, and 5.0% were in poverty. Poverty incidence in Linquan, Yingquan, Yingzhou and Jieshou was over 5% by the end of 2017 (A-table 1). Participation of the poor and their benefits from the project requires more attention.
A-table 1: Project Area and the Population in Anhui Province in 2017 Participating county Administrative Population Villages (#) Total (persons) Female (%) Poverty (%) Mengcheng 4 27,200 47.2 4.3 Woyang 8 26,000 47.1 1.8 Funan 8 28,300 47.9 4.7 Jieshou 11 36,400 47.8 5.0
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Linquan 6 32,100 48.2 9.0 Taihe 7 21,430 47.3 2.0 Yingquan 7 31,670 48.3 6.0 Yingzhou 10 32,140 49.1 5.2 Total (8) 61 235,240 47.9 5.0 Source: Anhui Provincial PMO and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
2. In Heilongjiang
63. Heilongjiang subproject area includes 44 villages in the 16 participating counties, with a total population of 70,992 people from 21,330 households in 2017. Of which, 44.8% are female, and 4.7% were in poverty. By the end of 2017, poverty incidence in Fuyu subproject area was as high as 16.2%, and in Ning’an, Qing’an and Raohe was all higher than 5% (A-table 2). Participation of the poor and their benefits from the project in these areas should be greatly strengthened during the rest of the project implementation.
A-table 2: Project Area and the Population in Heilongjiang Province in 2017 Participating Administrative Households Population county Villages (No.) (No.) Total (persons) Female (%) Poverty (%) Binxian 4 3,578 15,382 35.0 1.0 Yufu 5 5,034 13,193 47.2 16.2 Hailin 1 264 629 44.4 0.3 Ning’an 3 1,030 3,600 48.0 5.0 Fujin 5 883 2,842 48.5 0 Huachuan 3 2,136 6,211 61.3 2.0 Huanan 1 340 1,057 51.0 1.5 Qing’an 2 843 3,628 45.7 5.3 Wangkui 1 750 3,000 40.0 3.0 Dumeng 1 1,278 3,240 48.4 3.0 Luobei 4 1,216 4,041 46.6 2.3 Suibin 6 734 2,232 47.0 3.0 Baoqing 2 1,425 5,700 40.0 0.5 Raohe 2 263 1,057 40.0 6.0 Hulin 3 844 2,833 53.7 2.0 Neijiang 1 712 2,347 37.5 2.6 Total (16) 44 21,330 70,992 44.8 4.7 Source: Heilongjiang Provincial PMO and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
3. In Henan
64. Henan subproject area covers 143 administrative villages in the 9 participating counties. Total population in the project area was 219,955. Among the total population, 50.6% are female. Subproject areas of Xiangfu and Qixian had more poverty people, who need more attention. (A-table 3)
A-table 3: Project Area and the Population in Henan Province in 2017 Participating county Administrative Population Village (#) Total (person) Female (%) Poverty (%) Zhongmou 5 6,100 49.5 0.4 Changyuan 30 30,012 60.0 1.2 Lankao 12 19,133 49.1 1.1 Mengzhou 5 10,951 50.0 0.5 Qinyang 34 52,906 50.0 2.4 Xiangfu 20 34,425 49.3 16.5
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Qixian 25 41,530 50.0 7.0 Yanjin 8 17,816 50.1 0 Xinzheng 4 7,082 33.3 0 Total (9) 143 219,955 50.6 4.8 Source: Henan Provincial PMO and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
4. In Jilin
65. Subproject area in Jilin Province scatters over 106 administrative villages in the 15 participating counties. There were 164,157 people in the project area in 2017. Of which, 47.9% are female. Over 10% of the total population in Helong and Taobei subprojects were in poverty in 2017. Those people need more attention. Attention also need be paid to 5% of the poor in Dongliao subproject area. (A-table 4).
A-table 4: Project Area and the Population in Jilin Province in 2017 Participating county Administrative Population Village (#) Total (person) Female (%) Poverty (%) Taobei 19 21,000 49 10.0 Jiutai 9 7,365 49.7 0.4 Shuangyang 7 11,900 45 2.5 Dehui 3 9,597 46 2.0 Nong’an 6 13,846 46 0.0 Yushu 7 18,200 45 0.5 Lishu 3 6,540 49 1.4 Dongliao 8 12,050 49 5.0 Dongfeng 3 3,427 49 0.0 Changyi 12 21,832 56 0.1 Liuhe 7 11,825 49.7 0.0 Meihekou 7 8,116 47 1.1 Huinan 7 8,230 45 0.0 Dunhua 4 5,050 48 2.8 Helong 4 5,179 48 19.9 Total (15) 106 164,157 47.9 2.9 Source: Jilin Provincial PMO and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
5. In Ningxia
66. Subproject area in Ningxia consists of 36 administrative villages in the 8 participating counties. Of the total 63,579 people in the project areas in 2017, 48.7% are female, 18.7% were ethnic minority people, and 17.4% were Hui Ethnicity. That is, 93% of the ethnic minority people were Hui Ethnicity. Poverty incidences in the project areas were all less than 1% (A- table 5).
A-table 5: Project Area and the Population in Ningxia (2017) Population Participating Administrative Total Female Ethnic Minority Hui ethnic Poverty county Village (#) (person) (%) (%) group (%) (%) Helan 3 5,051 48.9 6.0 5.1 0 Lingwu 4 4,180 48.5 75.1 70.1 0.26 Nongken 2 3,164 48.9 7.4 6.9 0 Yongning 2 9,043 48.2 1.9 1.5 0 Qingtongxia 6 5,751 46.45 8.2 7.1 0.04 Wuzhong- 7 16,788 49.2 44.2 40.2 0 Shizhi
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Pingluo 5 2,013 48.8 5.0 4 0.45 Zhongwei 7 17,589 49.2 0.3 0.3 0.08 Total (8) 36 63,579 48.7 18.7 17.4 0.02 Source: Ningxia PMO and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
6. In Yunnan
67. Yunnan subproject area includes 76 administrative villages in the 12 participating counties, with a total 74,320 people in 2017. Of the total population, 49.7% were female, and 26.2% were ethnic minority people. The minority population involves 9 ethnic minority groups. Ethnic minority people of Dai, Naxi, Bai, Yi, Lisu, and Miao in some of the subproject villages account for over 10% of the total population (A-table 6). Equitable participation of the ethnic minority people in those participating counties needs more attention. Participation of the poor should also be paid adequate attention.
A-table 6: Project Area and the Population in Yunnan Province (2017) Participating Village Rural HH Population county (#) (#) Total Women Poverty EM Dai Naxi Bai Yi Lisu Miao Hui Tibetan Pumi (persons) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) Changning 7 2,358 8,252 47.4 4 14.4 6.9 7.5 Tengchong 10 5,080 25,400 51.2 0.7 0.3 0.4 Yaoan 6 7,407 29,867 46.7 5.0 3.2 1.6 1.6 Eryuan 13 7,109 21,326 49.9 2.0 78.0 77.3 0.7 Heqing 9 7,953 25,256 50.2 0.92 80.5 0.2 80.1 0.2 Mangshi 1 1,719 8,239 50.0 1.89 95.0 95.0 Shiping 5 9,241 25,226 54.2 40.1 40 .1 Yiliang 6 16,725 54,799 50.1 0.1 0 Songming 2 1,390 5,659 48.8 0 Yulong 8 5,176 22,000 46.9 5.0 63.9 37.8 4.2 19.6 1.3 1 Qilin 5 6,460 24,575 49.6 0 Zhaoyang 4 4,739 16,804 47.9 10.0 0.5 0.5 Total (12) 76 75,357 267,403 49.6 2.5 26.8 3.3 3.1 14.1 4.0 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 Source: Yunnan county PMOs and the external monitoring agency in March 2018.
B. Summary Activities Completed
68. The project activities conducted in total and by province are presented in the following sections. Based on the activities, the project beneficiaries, land occupation situation, implementation of the EMDPs and the GAPs, and other related issues are assessed.
a. Summary Activities Completed in Total
69. Summary activities completed by the project are presented in A-table 7.
A-table 7: Summary Activities completed in Total
As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 Completion Completed Completed Completed Completion
Target rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 56,588 66,267 4,925 71,192 125.8 and/or upgraded ó Incremental areas ha 8,650 4,292 246 4,538 52.5 Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 3,852 3,882 209 4,091 106.2
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Target rate (%) Canal system structures built ó Bridges No. 9,566 6,404 1,161 7,565 79.1 ó Weirs No. 226 6 6 2.65 ó Culverts No. 6,838 4,508 267 4,775 69.8 ó Gates No. 2,580 592 4 596 23.1 ó Aqueducts No. 399 167 2 169 42.3 ó Drop structures No. 98 486 5 491 501.0 ó Inverted siphons No. 15 3 3 20.0 ó Overflow weirs No. 2 6 ó Outlet structures No. 7,161 1,560 2,281 3,841 53.6 ó Tail water No. 2,486 1,131 24 1,155 46.5 Irrigation pumping stations newly No. 78 42 42 53.8 constructed and/or improved ó Newly constructed No. 9 9 9 100 ó improved No. 69 33 33 47.8 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 41,183 32,25911 1,962 34,221 83.1 developed and/or improved ó Incremental areas ha 30,019 22,643 1,603 24,246 80.8 New tube wells constructed No. 7,512 6,548 376 6,924 92.2 Existing tube wells improved No. 799 685 685 Rural electric cables and accessories 1,781 2,615 185 2,800, 157.2 installed Transformers installed 921 388 26 414 45.0 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 74,854 60,699 3765 64,466 86.1 Canals lined km 1,665 1,790.34 108.08 1,898.42 Low-pressure pipelines installed km 1,326 1,253 94 1,347 101.6 Sprinkler irrigation installed ha 2,824 1,784 1,02 4 2,808 99.4 Micro-irrigation ha 4 24 24 592.5 Small irrigation storage structures No. 19 26 55 81 426.3 developed ó newly constructed No. 11 6 53 59 536.3 ó improved No. 8 20 2 22 275 4. WUAs supported No. 85 27 27 31.7 Start-up (CNY10,000) 106 4 4 Buildings m2 244 Training and study pm 929 Water-measuring equipment set 54 2 2 Equipment set 109 109 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 40,926 67,138 35,585 5,341 61.0 Field leveled ha 19,540 8,156 2,199 10,355 53.0 Land deep plowed ha 25,846 13,687 621 14,308 55.3 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 27,546 13,742 2,521 16,262 59.0 6. Service roads improved km 1,752 1,713 188 1,901 108.5 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed production area expanded 1,226 3,200 3,200 261.0 Quality seed storage warehouse 3,200 42.6 constructed 7,510 3,200 Quality seed drying areas constructed 56,400 Quality seed production increased 4,414 1,313 1,313 29.8 Agricultural machine provided 742 755 177 932 125.6 IPM program introduced on ha 9,725 7,423 791 8,214 84.5 ó equipment set 555 1,789 381 2,170 391.0 ó vehicle No. 9 8. Land degradation reduced through
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Target rate (%) Farm shelter belts planted ha 2,580 3013 43 3056 118.5 Environmental protection forests planted ha 275 183 183 66.6 Straw returned to farmland ha 34,861 15525 840 163 65 46.9 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 66 47 2 49 74.2 ó training and study tours organized pm 1,534 120 120 7.8 ó instruments and equipment financed set 412 215 215 52.2 Farmer training pm 16,903 3975.52 596.47 4571.99 ó publicity and start up pm 6,382 1,960 411 2,379 37.3 ó technical training pm 10,521 1,931 335 2,266 21.5 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 17,634 15,881 2,142 18,024 102.2 Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 201 29 4 33 16.5 ó greenhouse equipment provided set 16,971 121 198 319 1.88 ó civil work constructed m2 681,710 4,400 686,110 Pollution-free and/or safe agriculture 118.3 demonstrated, including ha 15,088 15,406 2,443 17,850 ó Equipment provided set 911 159 510 669 73.4 ó Declarations supported No. 16 1 1 6.25 Organic and/or green agriculture 19 demonstrated ha 2,345 444.67 444.67 ó Equipment provided Set 273 ó Declarations supported No. 12 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 3,263 471.98 19.53 491.51 Oversea training pm 36 51.40 0.93 52.33 12.Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tour pm 1,666 134.82 17.97 152.79 Oversea study tour pm 201 6.80 6.80 Sources: the project PPMS and the external monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
b. Summary Activities Completed in Anhui Province
A-table 8: Summary Activities completed in Anhui Province
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 600 8,880 28 8,907 1,484.5 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 1,058 495 495 46.8 Canal system structures built ó Bridges No. 2,675 1,047 68 1,115 41.7 ó Culverts No. 2,639 2,218 40 2,258 85.6 ó Gates No. 61 9 9 14.8 Irrigation pumping stations constructed No. 7 1 1 14.3 ó Newly constructed No. 4 1 1 25.0 ó improved No. 3 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 17,083 10,30712 400 10,707 62.6 developed and/or improved New tube wells constructed No. 3,746 2,968 96 3,082 82.3 Rural electric cables and accessories installed km 16 44 44 275.8
12 Sum of 9306.76+1540
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Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Transformers installed No. 59 39 39 66.1 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 16,626 1,048 20 1,068 6.42 Canals lined km 8 5 5 57.7 Low-pressure pipelines installed km 103 92 1 93 90 .1 Sprinkler irrigation installed ha 15 15 Micro-irrigation ha 24 24 4. WUAs supported No. 30 8 8 26.7 Start-up (CNY10,000) 59 9 9 14.5 Buildings m2 100 Training and study pm 292 Equipment set 4 4 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 550 9,675 200 350 5.7 Field leveled ha 1,200 Land deep plowed ha 2,620 200 200 7.6 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 350 350 6. Service roads improved km 274 259 11 270 98.6 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed production area expanded ha 6 Quality seed storage warehouse constructed M2 450 Quality seed drying areas constructed M2 1,200 Quality seed production increased tons 16 Agricultural machine provided unit 6 6 IPM program introduced on ha 480 480 including equipment and vehicle set 240 240 8. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 336 140 38 178 52.9 Straw returned to farmland ha 10,970 250 70 320 2. 9 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 24 6 6 25.0 ó training and study tours organized pm 13 5 5 34.5 ó instruments and equipment financed set 3 Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 291 249 249 85.6 ó technical training pm 1,164 188 8 196 16.8 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 18.7 2.26 2.26 12.1 ó greenhouse equipment provided set 1 60 61 ó civil work constructed m2 1,000 1,000 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 1,827 60.64 2.13 62.77 3.4 Oversea training pm 4 12.Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tour pm 251 12.26 4.07 16.33 6.5 Oversea study tour pm 35 Sources: the project PPMS and the Anhui monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
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c. Summary Activities Completed in Heilongjiang Province
A-table 9: Summary Activities completed in Heilongjiang Province
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 13,986 10,671 1,188 11,859 84.8 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 507 193.50 54.78 248.28 49.0 Canal system structures built ó Bridges No. 66 23 1 24 36.3 ó Culverts No. 603 687 106 793 131.5 ó Gates No. 133 64 64 48.1 ó Aqueducts No. 15 8 8 53.3 ó Drop structures No. 16 16 16 100 Outlet structures No. 2,599 54 4 58 2.2 Irrigation pumping stations and/or improved No. 2 1 1 50.0 newly constructed 1 Improved 1 1 1 100 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 4,330 2982 229 3211 74.2 developed and/or improved New tube wells constructed No. 249 193 193 77.5 Existing tube wells improved 0 Rural electric cables and accessories installed 36 36 36 100 Transformers installed 16 17 17 106.2 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 12,220 9038 1597 10,635 84.0 Canals lined km 201 128.09 8.21 136.30 67.8 Sprinkler irrigation ha 1,150 777.50 1,024 1,801.50 156.6 4. WUAs supported No. 6 3 3 Buildings m2 4 10 10 Training and study pm 16 Water-mearing equipment set 10 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 7,495 6,147.51 1,081.06 7,228.57 94.5 Field leveled ha 5,329 2,687.51 375 3,062.51 57.5 Land deep plowed ha 4,960 2,000 353.33 2,353.33 47.5 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 4,564 1,460 352.73 1,812.73 39.7 6. Service roads improved km 264 218 59.4 277.4 105.1 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed storage warehouse constructed m2 3,900 3,,200 3,200 82.1 2 Quality seed drying areas constructed m 17,600 Quality seed production increased tons 1,313 1,313 Agricultural machines provided set 137 133 17 150 109.5 IPM program introduced on ha 1,000 2,225 2,225 222.5 including equipment and vehicle No. 27 31 31 114.8 8. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 243 642 642 264.2 Straw returned to farmland ha 1,370 1,185 1,185 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 2 2 2 100 ó training and study tours organized pm 100 ó instruments and equipment financed set 24 5 5 20.8 Farmer training pm 2,059 ó publicity and start up pm 254 671 41 712 280.3 ó technical training pm 1,805 331 11 34 2 19.0 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 4.5 0.5 0.5 9.78
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) ó greenhouse equipment provided set 36 10 104 114 316 .7 ó civil work constructed m2 348,500 4,400 352,900 Pollution-free and/or sage agriculture 693.6 demonstrated, including ha 2140 13,247 1597 14,844 ó Equipment provided set 124 1 1 0.8 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 75 109.97 15 125 166.6 Oversea training pm 4 30 30 750.0 12.Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tour pm 92 20.4 20.4 22.2 Oversea study tour pm 16 5 5 31.2 Sources: the project PPMS and the Heilongjiang monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
d. Summary Activities Completed in Henan Province
A-table 10: Summary Activities completed in Henan Province
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 500 1,467 1,467 293.4 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 514 515.22 26.59 541.81 105.4 Canal system structures built ó Bridges No. 855 904 70 974 113.9 ó Culverts No. 1,603 253 253 15.8 ó Gates No. 20 2 2 10.0 Irrigation pumping stations improved No. 15 10 10 66.7 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 16,813 17，157 1,333 18，490 110.0 developed and/or improved New tube wells constructed No. 3,215 3,130 280 3,410 106.1 Existing tube wells improved No. 788 685 685 86.9 Rural electric cables and accessories installed km 1,694 2,504.05 184.80 2,688.85 158.7 Transformers installed set 823 296 24 320 38.9 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 13,510 15,003 0.56 15,003 111.0 Canals lined km 26 32.98 32.98 126.8 Low-pressure pipelines installed km 1,171 1,138.80 50.70 1,189.50 101.6 Micro-irrigation ha 3 Movable flexible pipes supplied km 222 4. WUAs supported No. 1 1 0 1 100 Start-up (CNY10,000) 2 2 Buildings m2 60 Training and study pm 2 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 18,193 10,395.37 566.67 10,962.04 60.3 Field leveled ha 2826 333.33 566.67 900.00 31.8 Land deep plowed ha 5620 5,686.64 5,686.64 101.1 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 6837 4,375.4 4,375.4 64.0 6. Service roads improved km 628 629.56 18.55 648.11 103.2 7. Agricultural practices improved through IPM program introduced on ha 606 3,343 0 3,343 551.6 including equipment and vehicle Set 1,160 0 1,160 8. Land degradation reduced through No. 9
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Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Farm shelter belts planted ha 578 2,160.15 0 2,160.15 373.7 Straw returned to farmland ha 12,846 9,917.21 0 9,917.21 77.2 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 7 6 6 85.7 ó training and study tours organized pm 177 ó instruments and equipment financed set 65 60 60 92.3 Farmer training pm 2,290 196.00 55.00 251.00 11.0 ó publicity and start up pm 711 39.80 40 79.80 11.11 ó technical training pm 1,579 156.20 15.00 171.20 10.8 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 672 118 118 17.6 Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 71.8 18 18 ó greenhouse equipment provided set 1,499 ó civil work constructed m2 0 184,550 184,550 ó declarations supported No. 3 Pollution-free and/or safe agriculture 16.7 demonstrated, including ha 600 100 100 ó Equipment provided set 300 125 125 41.7 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 868 162.5 4.4 166.9 19.2 Oversea training pm 4 11.3 0.9 12.2 305.0 12.Study tour of project management staff Domestic study tour pm 733 29.3 6.0 35.3 4.82 Oversea study tour pm 12 1.8 1.8 15.0 Sources: the project PPMS and the Henan monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
e. Summary Activities Completed in Jilin Province
A-table 11: Summary Activities completed in Jilin Province
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 14,484 17,113 1,907 19,020 131.3 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 449 983 49 1,032 230.0 Canal system structures built ó Bridges No. 159 306 159 465 292.5 ó Culverts No. 141 352 3 356 252.5 ó Gates No. 155 380 5 385 248.3 ó Aqueducts No. 26 9 9 34.6 ó Drop structures No. 4 3 5 8 200.0 ó Inverted siphons No. 14 2 2 14.3 ó Overflow weirs No. 2 ó Outlet structures No. 916 380 5 385 42.1 Irrigation pumping stations No. 17 16 16 94.1 Newly constructed No. 1 5 5 500.0 improved No. 16 11 11 68.8 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 2,508 1,813 1,813 72.3 developed and/or improved ó Of which, incremental area ha 2,300 1,472 1,472 64.0 New tube wells constructed No. 302 236 236 78.2 Transformers installed 31 31 Rural electric cables and accessories installed 62 62 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 11,446 7,267.76 345.90 7,613.66 66.5
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Canals lined km 201 108.92 11.49 120.41 59.9 Low-pressure pipelines installed km Sprinkler irrigation ha 992 992 992 100 Micro-irrigation Ha 1 Movable flexible pipes supplied km 20 Small water storage structure improved No. 8 19 19 237.5 4. WUAs supported No. 10 2 2 20.0 Start-up (CNY10,000) 9 Buildings m2 80 Training and study pm 619 Equipment set 39 39 Water-measuring equipment set 44 2 2 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 7665 4822.33 666.66 5488.99 71.6 Field leveled ha 4525 1180 666.66 1846.66 40.8 Land deep plowed ha 1400 1856.66 1856.66 132.6 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 1786 1785.67 1785.67 100 6. Service roads improved km 155 246.74 63.70 310.44 200.3 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed storage warehouse constructed ha 1700 Quality seed drying areas constructed M2 11600 Quality seed production increased tons 25 Agricultural machines provided set 208 301 7 308 102.3 IPM program introduced on ha including equipment and vehicle No. 20 134 161 295 1,475.0 8. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 673 30 30 4.5 Environmental protection forests planted ha 65 174.99 174.99 Straw returned to farmland ha 2540 668 270 950 37.4 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 30 22 22 73.3 ó training and study tours organized pm 804 15 15 1.9 ó instruments and equipment financed set 131 134 134 102.3 Farmer training pm 3431 925.90 75 1000.90 29.2 ó publicity and start up pm 1751 300.30 25 325.30 18.6 ó technical training pm 1680 625.60 50 675.60 40.2 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 5.6 2.29 1.03 3.32 59.3 ó greenhouse equipment provided set 337 110 34 144 42.7 Pollution-free and/or sage agriculture 0.7 demonstrated, including ha 2989 20 20 ó Equipment provided set 83 12 9 21 25.3 ó Declarations supported No. 6 Organic and/or green agriculture demonstrated ha 1575 ó Equipment provided set 133 ó Declarations supported No. 7 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 270 32.03 32.03 11.9 Oversea training pm 4 12.Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tour pm 235 Oversea study tour pm 30 Sources: the project PPMS and the Jilin monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
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f. Summary Activities Completed in Ningxia
A-table 12: Summary Activities completed in Ningxia
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 10,696 13,779.8 13,779.8 128.8 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 1183 1,615 69.31 1,684.31 142.4 Canal system structure built No. ó Bridge No. 2861 2130 81 2211 77.3 ó Weirs No. 226 ó Culvert No. 174 298 21 319 183.3 ó Gate No. 536 517 4 521 97.2 ó Aqueduct No. 357 147 0 147 41.2 ó Drop structure No. 78 467 0 467 598.7 ó Inverted siphons No. 1 ó Outlet structures No. 3646 517 4 521 14.3 ó Tail water outlets No. 2486 1131 24 1155 46.5 Irrigation pumping stations improved No. 26 10 0 1 0 38.5 2. Tube well (groundwater) irrigation systems ha 205 developed and/or improved Rural electric cables and accessories installed Km 29 2 0 2 6.9 Transformers installed No. 22 2 2 4 18.2 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 10151 12,769.43 12,769.43 121.5 Canal lined km 787 1,174.59 83.3 1,257.9 159.8 Low-pressure pipelines installed km 8 Sprinkler irrigation installed ha 366 4. WUAs supported No. 30 6 6 20.0 Start-up (CNY10,000) 30 Training and study pm 2 4.33 6.33 equipment set 64 64 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 17,744 13,238.29 1,280.1 14,518.39 81.8 Field leveled ha 5110 3882.84 166 4048.84 79.2 Land deep plowed ha 9828 3943.82 268 4211.82 42.9 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 7140 5411.63 846.1 6257.73 87.6 6. Service roads improved km 204 119.04 5.93 124.97 61.3 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed storage warehouse constructed M2 1260 Quality seed during areas constructed M2 26000 Quality seed production increased Tons 4048 Agricultural machines No. 111 86 37 123 110.8 IPM program introduced to ha 4909 3,141.29 151 3,292.29 67.1 including equipment and vehicle No. 198 80 220 300 151.5 8. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 550 40.71 2.91 43.62 7.9 Environmental protection forests planted ha 54 Straw returned to farmland ha 5100 2,875.97 2,875.97 56.3 9. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 2 3 2 5 250.0 ó training and study tours organized pm 265 8.86 8.86 3.3 ó instruments and equipment financed set 154 16 16 10.3 Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 290 530.50 54.47 584.97 201.7 ó technical training pm 471 384.73 86 470.73 99.9 10.Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 7702
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Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 84.8 ó greenhouse equipment provided set 15,021 8.77 8.77 Pollution-free and/or safe agriculture 33.0 demonstrated, including ha 7617 1,993 521.97 2,514.97 ó Equipment provided set 179 22 22 12.3 ó Declarations supported No. 1 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 11.Training of project management staff pm Domestic training pm 48 92.04 92.04 191.8 Oversea training pm 16 10.13 10.13 63.3 12.Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tour pm 180 21.06 4.43 25.49 14.2 Oversea study tour pm 60 Sources: the project PPMS and the Ningxia monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
g. Summary Activities Completed in Yunnan
A-table 13: Summary Activities completed in Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completio n rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed and/or ha 16,322 15,824.05 1,801.95 17,626.00 108.0 upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 141 79.6 9.49 89.09 63.2 Irrigation system structure No. ó Bridge No. 2,905 1,994 782 2,776 94.1 ó Culvert No. 1,678 700 96 796 47.4 ó Gate No. 1,675 586 2,268 2,854 170.3 Irrigation pumping station newly constructed and No. 11 updated ó Newly constructed 3 3 3 100 ó Improved 8 1 1 12.5 2. Tube well irrigation systems developed and/or ha 244 improved New tube wells constructed No. 3 3 Rural electric cables and accessories installed km 6 2.77 2.77 46.1 Transformers installed Set 1 3 3 300 3. Water-saving technology promoted ha 10,542 15,573.56 1,801.95 17,375.51 164.8 Canal lined km 442 341.14 47.45 388.59 87.9 Low-pressure pipeline installed km 44 22.39 42.06 64.45 146.5 Sprinkler irrigation stalled ha 316 Small water storage structure developed (new) No. 11 7 55 62 563.6 4. WUAs supported No. 8 4 4 50.0 Start-up (CNY10,000) 8 Training and study pm 28 28 100 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 5. Soil quality improved ha 6,366 781.48 1,396.67 2,178.15 34.2 Fields leveled ha 550 72.48 424.67 497.15 90.4 Land deep plowed ha 1,418 Balanced fertilizer application introduced hq 7,219 709 972 1,681 23.3 6. Service roads improved km 227 240.97 29.27 270.24 119.1 7. Agricultural practices improved through Quality seed production area expanded ha 1,220
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completio n rate (%) Quality seed storage warehouse constructed M2 200 Quality seed production increased tons 307 Agricultural machines provided No. 286 235 110 345 120.6 8. IPM program introduced on ha 3,210 459 640 1,099 34.2 ó including equipment and vehicle No. 310 175 175 56.5 9. Land degradation reduced through ó Farm shelter belts planted ha 200 2.4 2.4 1.2 ó Environmental forests planted ha 156 8.26 8.26 5.3 ó Straw returned to farmland ha 2,035 617 500 1,117 54.9 10. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 1 8 8 800 ó training and study tours organized pm 175 91.34 91.34 52.2 ó instruments and equipment financed set 35 Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 3,085 240 133 373 12.1 ó technical training pm 3,822 258.99 133 391.99 12.1 11. Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha 2,528 Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 15.6 ó civil work constructed m2 26,700 26,700 Pollution-free and/or sage agriculture ha 1,742 66.7 304 370.7 21.3 demonstrated, including ó Equipment provided set 225 500 500 222.2 Declarations supported No. 5 Organic and green agriculture demonstrated ha 770 444.67 444.67 57.8 Equipment supported set 140 Declarations supported No. 5 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 12. Training of project management staff pm ó Domestic training provided pm 175 14.8 14.8 8.5 ó International training provided pm 4 13. Study tour of project management staff Pm Domestic study tours undertaken pm 175 51.77 3.47 55.24 31.6 International study tours undertaken pm 48 Sources: the project PPMS and the Yunnan monitoring reports for Jul-Dec 2017.
C. Beneficiaries by Province
1. In Anhui
70. As of the end of 2017, the Anhui subproject directly benefits 191,931 rural people, comprising 191,162 rural people and 769 project management staff. Of the rural people, some also got benefits from the project demonstration greenhouse, the farmer trainings, and the project supported WUAs and the FPAs (A-table 14).
A-table 14: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Anhui Province (as of 31/12/2017) Item Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH Total Women Poverty (No.) (person) (%) (no.) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved low- 54,147 191,162 47.9 6.0 and-medium-yield farmland B. Owners and employees of demonstration greenhouses 300 1,200 46.0 3.0 C. Trainees i. Trained farmers 2,478 7,467 55.6 6.5
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ii. Trained project staff 769 769 40.3 D. WAU member (8 WUAs) 883 3,108 38.4 2.3 E. FPA member (5 FPAs) 494 1,738 47.9 1.0 F. Project Employment i. Project construction worker 1,839 56.7 ii. Employees for project operation* 71 7113 42.3 2.0 Total 54,916 207,354 52.1 6.0 * include managers and operators of the WUAs and FPAs. Source: the project PPMS, the Anhui external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Anhui PMO and the external monitoring agency.
2. In Heilongjiang
71. As of 31 December 2017, the Heilongjiang subproject directly benefits a total of 53,798 direct beneficiaries, including 53,381 rural people and 408 project management staff. Part of the rural people also got benefits from the project supported other activities, such as demonstration greenhouses, demonstration pollution-free and/or green agriculture, farmer trainings, the WUAs and the FPAs (A-table 15).
A-table 15: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Heilongjiang Province (as of 31/12/2017) Item Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH Total Women EM Poverty (No.) (person) (%) (%) (no.) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved 13,780 53,381 54.0 1.5 4.8 low-and-medium-yield farmland B. Cultivators of the demonstration greenhouses 2,350 10,345 54.0 2.4 9.0 C. Pollution-free and/or green agriculture 13,780 53,381 54.0 1.5 4.8 D. Trainees i. Farmers 32,984 53.4 1.4 7.5 ii. Project staff 408 408 E. WAU member (3 WUAs) 110 426 54.5 * F. FPA members (2 FPAs) 250 968 54.5 ditto G. Project employment i. project construction worker 1,250 51.0 6.0 5.8 ii. Employees for project operation 26 26** 50.0 Total 14,188 64,135 53.7 1.5 4.9 *: the three WUAs are all not in ethnic minority area ** include managers and operators of the WUAs and FPAs. Source: the project PPMS, the Heilongjiang external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Heilongjiang PMO and the external monitoring agency.
3. In Henan
72. As of 31 December 2017, a total of 240,209 direct beneficiaries in Henan subproject include 239,495 rural people and 714 project management staff. Of the rural people, some got benefits from various project activities such as the pilot solar insect killer lamps, the demonstration pollution-free and/or sage agriculture, the farmer trainings, the WUA, and the FPAs (A-table 16).
13 These long-term workers are managers of the project supported WUAs and FPAs, with 33 managers of the FPAs, and X of the WUAs.
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A-table 16: Beneficiaries of the subprojects in Henan Province (as of 31/12/2017) Item Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH Total Women Poverty (No.) (person) (%) (no.) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved low- 42,383 182,726 50.8 5.2 and-medium-yield farmland B. Pilot solar insect killer lamp 9,548 37,229 50.0 C. Cultivators of demonstration pollution-free and/or 1,100 4,686 50.1 safe agriculture D. Trainees i. Trained farmers 5,698 50.9 4.2 ii. Trained project staff 714 26.0 E. WAU member (1WUA) 215 925 48.5 F. FPA member (6 FPAs) 518 2,228 48.5 G. Project employment i. project construction worker 4,390 62.1 ii. Employees for project operation* 1,613 1,61314 45.0 Total 59,767 240,209 50.8 5.2 * include managers and operators of the project supported WUAs, the FPAs, the irrigation systems, agricultural equipment etc. Source: the project PPMS, the Henan external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Henan PMO and the external monitoring agency.
4. In Jilin
73. As of the end of 2017, Jilin subproject directly benefits 160,389 people, comprising 160,000 rural people and 389 project management staff (A-table 17). In addition to the benefits from the improved low-and-medium-yield farmland, some of the rural people also received benefits from the demonstration greenhouses, the pollution-free and/or safe agriculture, the trainings, and the project supported WUA and FPAs.
A-table 17: Project direct beneficiaries in Jilin (as of 31 December 2017) Item Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH Total Women EM Poverty (No.) (person) (%) (%) (no.) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved 37,160 160,730 48.6 6.8 2.9 low-and-medium-yield farmland B. Greenhouse demonstrated 12 45 48.6 C. pollution-free and/or safe agriculture demonstrated 23 86 48.6 0 D. Trainees i. Trained farmers 28,583 39.3 3.6 4.6 ii. Trained project management staff 389 389 40 E. WAU members (2 WUAs) 1,970 5,910 48.5 F. FPA members (22 FPAs) 1,005 3,719 48.5 G. Project employment i. project construction workers 2,320 29.4 ii. Employees for project operation 49 49* 20.1 Total 37,549 161,119 48.6 6.8 2.9 * include managers and operators of the WUAs and FPAs. Source: the project PPMS, the Jilin external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Jilin PMO and the external monitoring agency.
14 Including managers and care takers of the WUAs, the FPAs, the irrigation systems, etc.
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5. In Ningxia
74. In total, by the end of 2017, the Ningxia subproject directly benefits 63,794 people including 63,579 rural people and 215 management staff (A-table 18).
75. All the irrigation conditions improvement and agricultural support targeted at the 1,3779.8 ha of low-and-medium-yield farmland. Of the total rural beneficiaries, 48.8% were female, 18.7% were ethnic minority people.
76. Besides, some of the above beneficiaries also get benefits from the demonstration greenhouses, the demonstration pollution-free agriculture, the project provided trainings, the project created jobs, and the project supported WUAs, and FPAs (A-table 18).
A-table 18: Project direct beneficiaries in Ningxia (as of 31/12/2017)
Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH (No.) Total Women EM (%) The poor (person) (%) (%) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved 20,611 63,579 48.8 18.7 0.02 low-and-medium-yield farmland B. Managers and cultivators of the 3 demonstration 48 123 48.8 12.3 0.01 greenhouses C. Cultivators of the demonstration pollution-free 3,390 10,172 48.4 14.9 0.02 and/or safe agriculture D. Trainees i. Trained farmers 5,676 17,029 48.0 14.3 0.03 ii. Trained project staff 215 215 1.0 E. WAU members (9 WUAs) 20,611 63,579 48.4 28.4 0.02 F. FPA members (6 FPAs) 1,109 3,327 48.4 18.7 0.03 G. Project employment i. project construction worker 3,516 50.6 15.3 0.02 ii. Employees for project operation 75 75* 29.3 12.5 0.01 Total 21,408 63,794 48.8 18.7 0.02 * include managers and operators of the WUAs and FPAs. Source: the project PPMS, the Ningxia external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Ningxia PMO and the external monitoring agency.
6. In Yunnan
77. As of 31 December 2017, a total of 263,774 direct beneficiaries in the Yunnan subproject include 384 management staff and 263,390 rural people. The beneficiary rural people living in 76 administrative villages in the 12 project counties got benefits from the improved 17,626 ha of the low-and-medium-yield farmland, where the project supported irrigation related activities and agricultural support were conducted. Of the beneficiary farmers, some also got benefits from the project supported demonstration greenhouses, demonstration pollution-free and/or safe agriculture, demonstration organic and/or green agriculture, FPAs, WUAs, trainings, and the project created jobs (A-table 19).
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A-table 19: Project direct beneficiaries in Yunnan (as of 31/21/2017)
Beneficiary Beneficiaries HH (No.) Total Women EM (%) The poor (person) (%) (%) A. Farmers: cultivators/contractors of the improved 74,704 263,390 53.6 30.9 2.5 low-and-medium-yield farmland B. Cultivators of the demonstration greenhouses15 36 132 53.6 0 8.3 C. Cultivators of the demonstration pollution-free 600 2,400 53.6 37.4 10.1 and/or safe agriculture16 D. Cultivators of the demonstration organic and/or 387 1,757 53.6 100 1.2 green agriculture17 E. Trainees i. Trained farmers 19,106 40.6 52.8 10.1 ii. Trained project staff 384 384 F. WAU members (4 WUAs)18 110 450 32.7 13.7 1.9 G. FPA members (8 FPAs)19 1,889 8,501 31.7 15.8 1.9 H. Project employment i. Project construction worker 7,532 49.3 64.7 23.3 ii. Employees for project operation 81* 21.0 20.9 0.9 Total 74,320 263,774 53.6 30.9 2.5 * include managers and operators of the WUAs and FPAs. Source: the project PPMS, the Yunnan external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Yunnan PMO and the external monitoring agency.
D. Land Occupation by Province
1. In Anhui
78. Permanent land occupation was mainly due to the newly constructed 3,082 tube wells, 0.5 m2 per well. Other activities with permanent land occupation include one newly constructed irrigation pumping station-occupied 42 m2 of land, and improvement of canals through cutting off curves, and upgrading the field roads. In general, cutting off curves of the canals increased farmland while permanently occupied a little cultivated land.
79. In total, 8.2 mu of land was permanent occupied by the end of 2017. The land areas were scattered in 56 villages, affected 7,124 people from 1,932 households. Every household lost less than 1 m2 of land. The affected households donated the land, and did not ask for any compensation.
80. Impact of temporary land occupation was minimized through constructing the irrigation system structures in their original locations as much as possible, in non-growing seasons, and restoring immediately after completion of the project construction work. Most
15 8 greenhouses with total 40 mu (2.67 ha) of land area in Zhaoyang District were supported by the project through conducting the civil work. 16 The project provided 610 sets of equipment for the demonstration pollution-free and/or sage agriculture. The equipment was provided to 600 farmer households in Yao’an County. 17 The project mainly provided technical training on organic agriculture, such as fishing in paddy fields, physical prevention and control of pests and diseases, to farmer to demonstrate organic and/or green agriculture in Hunong Village of Mangshi City. 18 3 WUAs in Changning District and 1 WUA in Tengchong County were supported by the project with 28 persons- months of training 19 2 FPAs in Mangshi City and 6 FPAs in Zhaoyang District were supported by the project with 63.34 person- months training.
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of the temporarily occupied land was unused land, and occupied for keeping the construction materials. The occupation time varied from few days to dozen of days. A large share of the temporarily occupied land was unused land and was free of charge. A little of farmland temporarily occupied were compensated by the project contractors in cash.
81. There were 233 trees being cut down for improvement of four bridges, affected 16 households with 62 people. The timbers were given to the households. After completion of the bridges, tree seedlings were planted by the project as compensation to the affected households.
82. As of 31 December 2017, no complain about land occupation was in Anhui project area.
2. In Heilongjiang
83. In Heilongjiang, except the newly constructed 193 tube wells which permanently occupied land, the other irrigation structures and agricultural roads were all improved in their original locations and did not lead to new land occupation. All the new tube wells are small. The diameter of the each well is only 0.4 m, occupied 0.5 m2 of land. In total, less than 100 m2 of land were permanently occupied. All the wells were located in the zones between the farmland and the field roads. The land areas were collectively held, and were not contracted to individual households. The occupied land did not directly affect individual households. The ownership of the land areas still belong to the villages. No compensation was required.
84. Impact of temporary farmland occupation has been minimized through conducting all the project construction work in the off-farming seasons which was usually during April and May, and using ready-mix concrete for the project construction. All temporarily occupied land was restored immediately after completion of the construction work. No crop and other structure were affected.
3. In Henan
85. By the end of 2017, in total, 9.39 mu of farmland has been permanently occupied, which was mainly due to the newly constructed 3,410 tube wells, about 2 m2 per well. The other activities leading to permanently land occupation are the improving the irrigation systems and field roads. All the canal system structures and field roads were improved in their original locations. The canal were improved by cutting off the curves, which saved permanently occupied land for some households while occupied a little, less than 1 mu, of farmland belong to other farmer households. The occupied land is scattered over 115 villages in the 9 subprojects, affected 3,130 households with 12,725 people, 0.3 mu per household on average.
86. All the newly constructed tube wells are located in farmland contracted by individual households. All the affected households were compensated with “first using the well for irrigation and first available for being recruited to maintain the irrigation system” instead of cash.
87. Impact of temporary farmland occupation has been minimized through using ready-
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mix concrete for improving the bridges, culverts, and roads, and no construction material is kept in the construction sites. Transformer stations were established on the roadside and did not occupy cultivated land. Electric cabals and accessories were installed during off-farming seasons and completed within 3 to 5 days. All temporarily occupied land was restored immediately after completion of the construction work. No crop and other structure were affected.
4. In Jilin
88. By the end of 2017, construction of the subprojects in Jilin permanently occupied 3.2 mu of land, which was due to the newly constructed 236 tube wells, the 5 irrigation pumping stations 20 , improvement of the canals, and field roads. The 90 tube wells in Taobei subproject area have no well house. Each occupies 0.5 m2 of farmland. The 84 tube wells in Nong’an subproject area have well houses. Each occupied 8 m2 of farmland. The 62 tube wells in Lishui subproject area also have well houses. Each occupied 9 m2. The 3 irrigation pumping stations, each being 60 m2 in size, were established at the beginning of the canal systems, partly occupied the canals, and partly occupied the sides of the canals. The stations do not farmland was newly occupied.
89. Very little land was occupied by upgrading the irrigation canals and structures, and the other agricultural support. The permanent occupied farmlands by the tube wells were scattered in four subprojects 21 , affected 22 people from 8 households. The affected households are highly happy with construction of the wells and did not ask for any compensation. In the other words, they donated the land to construction of the wells, because the wells will make their farmland access to good irrigation conditions.
90. Impact of temporary land occupation was minimized through constructing the irrigation system structures in off-farming seasons, usually was during later March to early May. All the temporary occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the project construction work. No crop and other structure were affected.
5. In Ningxia
91. Very little land was occupied permanently due to improvement of the irrigation canals through cutting off the curves. No new tube well was constructed. All the other irrigation structures and agricultural roads were improved in their original locations. Farm shelterbelts and environmental protection trees were planted in places adjacent to but outside farmland. All the land is collectively held, and did not affect individual households. Total permanent occupation land was about 1 mu, which were scattered over the 36 project villages. For example, improvement of 22.69 km of canals in Zhongwei subproject in March 2017 permanently occupied 0.08 mu farmland, and improvement of and 28.23 km of canals in Pingluo subproject occupied 0.1 mu farmland.
92. The affected households were compensated either by reallocating a piece of
20 The 5 irrigation pumping stations were in Meihekou City, Tonghua Municipaity. 21 They are Beian. Taobei, Lishu and Meihekou subprojects.
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collectively-held land, or by reducing compulsory labor contribution to the village activities. For example, Yaofu Village in Pingluo subproject area compensated the affected 2 households with the village collectively-held farmland, while affected households in villages in Zhongwei subproject area were compensated with reduction of their compulsory labor contribution to the village.
93. Impact of temporary land occupation was minimized through constructing the irrigation system structures in off-farming seasons. All construction work of the subprojects was carried out in non-growing seasons, that is, at the end of the first year (after harvest) and/or at the beginning of the next year (before planting). All the temporary occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the project construction work. No household asked for compensation. No crop and other structure were affected.
6. In Yunnan
94. The permanent farmland occupation has been minimized through keeping the irrigation system structures and agricultural service roads in their original locations as much as possible, and designing the lines of the roads and irrigation canals with full consultation of the affected famers.
95. As of 31 December 2017, in total, the subprojects permanently occupied 742 mu of land, which were mainly resulted from newly construction and upgrade of the service roads. The permanently occupied land areas are scattered over 38 administrative villages, affected 12,380 farmer households with 48,614 people. On average, 0.06 mu of land per household, or 0.015 mu of land per capita, was permanently occupied (A-table 20). The land loss rate is about 1%.
A-table 20: Permanent Land Occupation in Yunnan (as of 31/12/2017) Participating Land permanently Affected Affected Affected people Of which, EM county occupied (mu) village (No.) household (No.) (person) people (%) Eryuan 13.0 2 145 435 84.8 Mangshi 325.0 15 41 163 92.0 Qilin 148.74 5 4,522 17,203 0.0 Yao’an 180.0 6 7,407 29,867 3.1 Yiliang 9.4 8 46 158 0.0 zhaoyang 82.8 2 219 788 0.0 Total 758.94 38 12,380 48,614 3.0 Sources: the project PPMS, the Yunnan external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with PMOs of the project counties in March 2018.
96. The affected households either donated their land if the land area is small, or compensated by reallocating same amount of collectively held farmland in their villages. The villages have pieces of collectively held farmland.
97. The specific implementation schedules of the subproject were made based on full consultation of households who were possibly affected. Impact of temporary land occupation was minimized through using ready concrete, using wasteland to store construction materials and facilities, and constructing the irrigation system structures in non-growing time. If temporarily occupied farmland could not be avoided, the subproject managers and the village
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committees discussed with the possibly affected households together to delay or not plant any crop in the land area. Income loss from the affected crops or due to delay or no planting was compensated by the project contractors.
98. The construction work periods vary from a few days to about three months. All the temporary occupied land has been restored immediately after completion of the project construction work.
E. Progress of the EMDPs Implementation by Province
1. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Heilongjiang
99. There are two EMDPs in Heilongjiang. One is with Dumeng subproject and the other is with Hailin subproject
a. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dumeng Subproject
100. Summary Activities Completed in Dumeng: By the end of 2017, totally 2.2 km of canal in the project area has been upgraded. The improved canal service 226 ha of farmland, cultivated by 1,278 households in Taihe village. Farmers, Han and ethnic minority, men and men, in the village were trained on techniques of saving water resource (A-table 21).
A-table 21: Summary Activities Completed in Dumeng County, Heilongjiang Province Items Unit Completion As of 30/06/2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 Target Conducted Conducted Conducted Completed/ Target (%) 1. Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Surface water irrigation system ha 226 226 226 100 completed and/or upgraded Canal Improved and/or built km 2.2 2.2 2.2 100 2. Improved Agricultural Support Soil quality improved through ha ó Fields leveled ha 154 0 0 0 ó Land deep plowed ha 154 0 0 0 Farmer training pm 20 20 20 100 ó publicity and start up pm 16 16 16 100 ó Technical training pm 4 4 4 100 Sources: the project PPMS and Heilongjiang external social monitoring report for Jul-Dec 2017.
101. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dumeng: by the end of 2017, for the activities completed, most actions in the EMDP have been implemented as planned, except created employment opportunities. The project information was disclosed to both Han and ethnic minority people during PPTA phase and the project implementation phase. Ethnic minority people were equally and culturally appropriately consulted in their villages in both Standard Chinese and Mongolian. Potential negative impact such as land occupation, construction disturbance was mitigated through technical and management measures. The project benefits to the ethnic minority people were maximized by following the affirmative action requirements, such as at least 40% of the farmer trainees will be women and ethnic minority people. The EMDP estimated that the subproject could create 390 jobs. Actually, the
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subproject generated only 30 jobs (A-table 22). Most of the construction work was done by machines and by the employees of the contractors. Local women farmers did not prefer to work outside in the cold during later March to early May. The 5 women workers for the project are all something related to logistics. Many ethnic minority migrated away from the village to urban areas for wage work.
A-table 22: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dumeng County of Heilongjiang Province Proposed action and Indicator and Target Progress by end of 2017 indicators 1. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation Project information will be Ethnic minority people in Done disclosed to ethnic minority the two project villages ó During PPTA, a number of consultations people in the project villages. with ethnic minority people ó During implementation, project information disclosed to the project village through village meetings in local dialect, farmer group discussions, etc. Equal and culturally Ethnic minority farmers in Done appropriate consultation of the two villages ó Before and during the project ethnic minority people on implementation, inclusive consultations project implementation with Han and Ethnic minority people, women and men, non-poor and poor in the villages in both Mandarin and Mongolian 2. Mitigation Measures Minimize land occupation, In the two project villages Done. permanent and temporary ó The planned 2.2 km of canals has been improved before 2016. Improvement of the canal was had no permanent land occupation. ó The canal was improved during off-farming season, which minimized impact of temporary land occupation. Restore the temporarily Ditto Done occupied farmland timely Very little, less than 0.5 mu of farmland was occupied temporarily during the construction. All the temporarily occupied land had been restored immediately after completion of the construction,. Protect ethnic monitories Ethnic minority people in Done from the project construction the project area The canal is located far away from the interference, such as noise, residential communities. The project dust construction had no negative impact on the ethnic minorities. Minimize project Farming transport in the Minimized. construction disturbance to two project villages The canal was conducted in non-farming farming transport seasons, which had no disturbance to farming transport 3. Beneficial Measures Create 390 unskilled jobs Create 270 jobs provided to Of the created 30 jobs. Of which, 16.7% during the project women and ethnic minority were taken by women, and 20% by ethnic implementation, and provide people minority people. 270 jobs to women and ethnic minority people Improve irrigated area for Irrigation conditions in the Done 6,579 people in 2 two villages benefiting The project was implemented only in Taihe administrative villages 3,090 Mongolians Village, not two villages. Of the total including 47% of Mongolians population, 88.07% are Han ethnicity, 11.72 are Mongolian ethnicity, and 0.21% was the other ethnic minority people. The project
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Proposed action and Indicator and Target Progress by end of 2017 indicators improved irrigation conditions of 226 ha of farmland, which are cultivated by the villagers, including all the Mongolians. Provide training to farmers Farmer training given in Done. on water-saving and Mandarin and Mongolian ó The trainings were in both Chinese and agricultural techniques in Mongolian both Chinese and Mongolian, At least 40% of trainees are ó 58% of trainees are women with at least 40% of women women ó 15% of the trainees are ethnic minorities, trainees and ethnic which is higher than 11.93%, the percentage minorities of ethnic minority people in the total population. *The original EMDP was separated in various areas. This EMDP is reformatted form of the original EMDP by the external social monitoring specialist in March 2018. Sources: Monitoring report on EMDP implementation in Dumeng County by the external monitoring agency for the subprojects in Heilongjiang, and the project PPMS.
b. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Hailin Subproject
102. Summary activities completed in Hailin subproject is shown in A-table 23. By the end of 2017, a number of canal system structures, such as bridges and culverts, were built. Agricultural service roads were upgraded, machines were provided, and modern agricultural facilities and techniques such as greenhouse and pollution free agriculture were introduced in the project villages. The improved irrigation conditions and agricultural facilities are concentrated on the 906 ha of farmland, cultivated by 264 households in Sanjiazi Village22. Farmers, Han and ethnic minority, men and women, in the villages were trained on techniques of water saving related techniques, cultivation of facility agriculture, and so on.
A-table 23: Summary Activities Conducted in Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province
As of 30/06/2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 unit Completion Conducted Conducted Completed Completion Targets rate (%) 1. Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Surface water irrigation system ha 1,666 834 72 906 54 completed and/or upgraded Canal system structure built ó Bridges no. 623 6 6 100 ó Culverts no. 20 2024 20 100 ó Gates no. 5 5 5 100 ó Drop structures no. 10 10 10 100 Water-saving technology km 16 12 4 16 100 promoted through canals lined 2. Improved Agricultural Support Service roads improved km 7 7 7 100 provision of tractors unit 1 1 1 100 Farmer training pm 54 54 54 100 ó publicity and start up pm 41 36 36 88 ó Technical training pm 13 18 16 138
22 The current Sanjiazi Village is combination of the previous Sanjiazi Village and Liltte Sanjiazi Village in the PPTA phase. 23 Spans of the bridges vary from 4 to 10 m. 24 Diameters of the culverts vary from 0.6 to 1 m.
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As of 30/06/2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 unit Completion Conducted Conducted Completed Completion Targets rate (%) Demonstration greenhouses ha 4 3.11 3.11 78 constructed Pollution-free and/or safe ha 1,666 834 72 906 54 agriculture demonstrated 3. Improved Project Management ó Domestic training provided Pm 5 4 1 5 100 Sources: the project PPMS and Heilongjiang external social monitoring report for Jul-Dec 2017.
103. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Hailin subproject. For the activities completed in Hailin, the proposed actions included in the EMDP have been completed as planned by the end of 2017. The project information was disclosed to both Han and ethnic minority people during PPTA phase and the project implementation phase. Ethnic minority people were equally and culturally appropriately consulted in their villages in both Standard Chinese and Korean. Potential negative impact such as land occupation, construction disturbance was mitigated through technical and management measures. The project benefits to the ethnic minority people were maximized by following the affirmative action requirements, such as at least 40% of the farmer trainees will be women and ethnic minority people. Progress of the EMDP implementation in Hailin City is presented in A-table 24.
A-table 24: Progress of EMDP* Implementation in Hailin City of Heilongjiang Province Proposed Action Indicators and Targets Progress by the end of 2017 1. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation Project information will be Ethnic minority people Done disclosed to ethnic minority in the two project ó During PPTA, a number of consultations with people in the project villages. villages ethnic minority people ó During implementation, project information disclosed to the project village25 through village meetings in local dialect, farmer group discussions, etc. Equal and culturally Ethnic minority farmers Done appropriate consultation of in the two villages ó Before and during the project implementation, ethnic minority people on inclusive consultations with Han and Ethnic project implementation minority people, women and men, non-poor and poor in the villages in both Mandarin and Korean 2. Mitigation Measures Minimize land occupation, In the two project Done. permanent and temporary villages ó The canal system structures such as the bridges, culverts, were upgraded in their original locations, which minimized permanent land occupation ó The construction work was conducted during non- farming seasons, which minimized impact of the temporary land occupation. Adequately compensate or Ethnic minority ó Update of the irrigation system and field roads adjust farmland within the households in the two were all done in their original locations and did villages for those whose project villages not lead to permanent land occupation. farmlands are permanently occupied by the project Timely restore the Farmland in the two ó All the construction work was carried out in off- temporarily occupied project villages framing seasons. No crop was affected. All the farmland temporarily occupied land had been restored immediately after completion of the construction,
25 In the
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Proposed Action Indicators and Targets Progress by the end of 2017 Protect ethnic minority Ethnic minority people Done people from the project in the project area The sites of construction work were far away from construction interference, the residential communities. The project such as noise, dust construction had no negative impact on the ethnic minorities. Minimize the project Farming transport in Minimized. construction disturbance to the two project villages The construction work was conducted in non- farming transport farming seasons, which had no disturbance to farming transport 3. Beneficial Measures Improve irrigated area for Irrigation conditions in ó The target two villages in the project PPTA stage 3,622 people in 2 the two villages which were merged into one village: Sanjiazi Village. administrative villages, benefits 1,521 Koreans ó The project improved irrigation conditions of 906 including 42% of Koreans ha of farmland, which are cultivated by farmer households in Sanjiazi Village, with 629 people including 640 Koreans (97.9% of the total) Save irrigation water for Irrigation water saved Yes people in the project area Irrigation water is saved a lot with the improved irrigation conditions. Create 390 unskilled Create 390 unskilled ó As of 31/12/2017, the subproject created 140 jobs employment opportunities jobs, of which, 270 during the project implementation, which is less during project provided to women than estimated 390 unskilled jobs. Of the total implementation, and provide and ethnic minority jobs, 20 (14.2%) were taken by women, and 15 270 jobs to women and people (10.7%) by ethnic minority. ethnic minority people Provide training to farmers Farmer training given in Done. on water-saving and Mandarin and Korean ó The trainings were in both Chinese and Koreans agricultural techniques in ó 5,718 farmers were trained including 3,208 (56%) both Mandarin and Korean, At least 40% of trainees women, and 1,133 (20%) ethnic minority people. with 40% of women trainees are women * The original EMDP was separated in various areas. This EMDP is reformatted form of the original EMDP by the external social monitoring specialist in March 2018. Sources: the project PPMS, the Heilongjiang external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the PMOs at provincial and county level, and with the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
2. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Jilin Province
104. Two EMDPs were developed and implemented in Jilin Province. One is in Helong subproject and the other is in Dunhua subproject. a. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Helong Subproject
105. Summary activities conducted in Helong Subproject. As of 31 December 2017, the canal system was improved by upgrading 17 culverts and 20 gates. Agricultural services were improved by introducing 25 machines and 92 set of IPM equipment. Land degradation was reduced by returning straw to 270 ha of farmland. The improved irrigation conditions and agricultural support service 1,333 ha of farmland, cultivated by 1,610 households in the villages. Facilities for nursing seedling were installed in 0.32 ha of farmland. Civil work for 0.1 ha of greenhouse was carried out. Efforts of 25 pm publicities and 50 pm of technical trainings were provided to farmers, Han and ethnic minority, men and men, in the four villages. (A-table 25)
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A-table 25: Summary Activities Conducted in Helong City, Jilin Province
Unit Completion As of 30/06/2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 Targets Conducted Conducted Conducted Completion rate (%) 1. Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Surface water irrigation system ha 1,333 1,333 1,333 1,333 completed and/or upgraded Canal system structure built ó Culverts no. 17 17 17 100 ó Gates26 no. 20 20 20 100 Water-saving technology promoted Km 13.2 13.2 13.2 100 through canals lined WUAs supported no. 2 0 0 0 Water-measuring equipment provided set 2 0 0 0 2. Improved Agricultural Support Facilities for seedling nursery provided ha 0.32 0 0.32 0.32 100 Agricultural machine provided unit 25 25 25 100 IPM equipment introduced set 92 92 92 100 Straw returned to farmland ha 270 0 270 270 100 Silage done m3 200 0 200 200 100 FPA established & strengthened set 6 0 0 0 Farmer training pm 75 75 75 100 ó publicity and start up pm 25 25 25 100 ó Technical training pm 50 50 50 100 Civil work done for demonstration ha 0.127 0.1 0.1 100 greenhouses 3. Improved Project Management28 CNY 86.80 32.62 Sources: the project PPMS, the Jilin project monitoring reports (Jun-Dec 2017), and communications with the PMOs at provincial and county levels, and the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017..
106. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Helong Subproject. As of 31 December 2017, for activities completed, all proposed actions included in the EMDP have been implemented as planned. The project information was disclosed to both Han and ethnic minority people during PPTA phase and the project implementation phase. Ethnic minority people were equally and culturally appropriately consulted in their villages in both Standard Chinese and Korean. Potential negative impact such as land occupation, construction disturbance was mitigated through technical and management measures. The project benefits to the ethnic minority people were maximized by following the affirmative action requirements, such as at least 40% of the farmer trainees will be women and ethnic minority people. Progress of the EMDP implementation in Helong City is presented inA-table 26.
A-table 26: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Helong City of Jilin Province Proposed Action Indicator and Target Progress as of 31 Dec 2017 1. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation Project information will be disclosed Ethnic minority Done to ethnic minority people in the people in the six ó During implementation, project information project villages. project villages disclosed to the four29 project villages through village meetings in local dialect, farmer group discussions, etc.
26 The 20 gates are all for lateral and sublateral canals. 27 1,080 m2. 28 The budget and actual expenses include design fee, project management fee, project supervision, and does not include training expenses. 29 Number of the project villages is reduced to 4 from 6 planned in the project PPTA stage.
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Proposed Action Indicator and Target Progress as of 31 Dec 2017 Equal and culturally appropriate Ethnic minority Done consultation of ethnic minority farmers in the six ó Before and during the project implementation, people on project implementation villages inclusive consultations with Han and Ethnic minority people, women and men, non-poor and poor in the villages in both Mandarin and Korean 2. Mitigation Measures Minimize land occupation, In the six project Done permanently or temporarily villages ó the culverts and the gates were upgraded in the original location, and no permanent land occupation ó the construction work were done in non-farming season, which minimized impact of the temporary land occupation Make adequate compensation or Ditto No permanent land occupation, and no crop land adjustment for the households damage whose farmland are occupied by the project Restore temporarily occupied land Ditto Done timely ó All land temporarily occupied has been restored immediately after completion of the construction work Protect ethnic minorities in the Ethnic minority Done project area free from Construction people in the ó Location of most construction work is far from Interference, such as noise, dust project area communities. Activity near to community was not allowed to be done at night 3. Beneficial Measures Encourage especially ethnic minority Ethnic minority Done women’s participation in the project women in the six ó Participation of ethnic minority women was activities project villages enabled by publicizing project information in the villages and provided most of the trainings in the villages ó The subproject created 200 jobs. Of which, 36% was taken by women, and 78% by ethnic minority people. Improve agricultural infrastructure Improved Done in the project villages for 6,777 agricultural ó All the irrigation and drainage infrastructure and people, including 4,850 ethnic infrastructure in the agricultural support targeted at the 1,333 ha of minority people project villages farmland, which benefits all the 5,179 villagers benefiting 4,850 including the all the ethnic minority people in ethnic minority the four villages. 99.9% of the ethnic minority people people are Koreans. Provide trainings to rural labour in Training provided to Done the project area including 3,783 3,783 ethnic ó Among the total 2,250 farmer trainees, 35% are ethnic minority people minority farmers women, and 80% were ethnic minority people Prevent and control communicable Ethnic minority Done diseases people in the ó The Helong County CDPC provided training to project area the villagers on preventing and controlling communicable disease during the project implementation. The local women federations keep communication with the villagers, especially women and children to prevent from any communicable diseases. CDPC: Center for Disease Prevention and Control Source: the project PPMs, the Jinlin monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Jilin PMO, Helong County PMO, and the external social monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
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b. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dunhua Subproject
107. Summary Activities Completed in Dunhua Subproject: as of 31 December 2017, the canal system was improved by upgrading or newly built of 17 bridges, 132 culverts, 50 gates and 3.62 km of canal. 26 sets of facilities were provided to the water user association. Agricultural services were improved by upgrading 31.9 km of service road, and providing 14 tractors and 1 set of IPM equipment. Land degradation was reduced by applying balanced fertilizer to 166.7 ha of farmland and planting environmental protection forest in and/or along the edge of 20 ha of farmland. The improved irrigation conditions and agricultural support service 1,240 ha of farmland, cultivated by 793 farm households in the four villages. Agricultural greenhouses were constructed in 0.29 ha of land. Efforts of 25 person-months publicities and 50 person-months of technical trainings were provided to farmers, Han and ethnic minority, men and men, in the four villages. (A-table 27)
A-table 27: Summary Activities Completed out in Dunhua City, Jilin Province
unit Completion As of 30 Jul-Dec By the end of 2017 Targets Jun 2017 2017 Conducted Conducted Conducted Completion rate (%) 1. Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Subproject surface water irrigation system ha 1,333 1,120 120 1,240 93 completed and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 12.9 12.9 12.9 100 Canal system structure built ó Bridge no. 17 16 1 17 100 ó Culverts no. 132 129 3 132 100 30 no. 50 50 ó Gates Water-saving technology promoted through ó Canals lined Km 3.62 3.23 3.23 89 Water users associations (WUAs) supported no. 1 1 1 100 ó Facilities set 26 26 26 100 ó Training and study pm 2. Improved Agricultural Support Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 166.7 166.7 166.7 100 Service roads improved km 31.9 19.1 12.8 31.9 100 Tractor provided unit 14 15 Equipment for IPM programe introduced set 1 1 1 100 Environmental protection forests planted ha 20 20 20 100 ó requiring saplings purchased 000’s 40 40 40 100 Farmer training pm 75 75 75 100 ó publicity and start up pm 25 25 25 100 ó Technical training pm 50 50 50 100 Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 0.29 0.29 0.29 100 3. Improved Project Management31 CNY 115.9 65.9 Sources: the project PPMS, the Jilin external social monitoring report (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the PMOs at provincial and county level, and with the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
108. Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dunhua Subproject. As of 31/12/2017, for
30 The 20 gates are all for lateral and sublateral canals. 31 The budget and actual expenses include design fee, project management fee, project supervision, and does not include training expenses.
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activities completed, all proposed actions included in the EMDP have been implemented as planned. The project information was disclosed to both Han and ethnic minority people in the four villages during the project implementation phase. Ethnic minority people were equally and culturally appropriately consulted in their villages in both Standard Chinese and Korean. Potential negative impact such as land occupation and construction disturbance was mitigated through technical and management measures. A-table 28
A-table 28: Progress of EMDP Implementation in Dunhua City of Jilin Province Proposed Action Indicator and Target Progress as of Dec 2017 1. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation Project information will be disclosed Ethnic minority Done to ethnic minority people in the people in the four ó During implementation, project project villages. project villages information disclosed to the four project villages through village meetings in local dialect, farmer group discussions, etc. Equal and culturally appropriate Ethnic minority Done consultation of ethnic minority farmers in the four ó Before and during the project people on project implementation villages implementation, inclusive consultations with Han and Ethnic minority people, women and men, non-poor and poor in the villages in both Mandarin and Korean 2. Mitigation Measures Minimize land occupation, In the four project Done permanently and/or temporarily villages ó the canal system structures were upgraded in their original locations, and no permanent land occupation ó The construction work was done in non- farming seasons, which minimized impact of the temporary land occupation. Make adequate compensation or Ditto ó No permanently occupied land land adjustment for the households ó All temporarily occupied land has been whose farmland are occupied by the restored immediately after completion of project the construction work. Affected ethnic minority households did not ask for any compensation. Restore temporarily occupied land Ditto Done timely ó All land temporarily occupied has been restored immediately after completion of the construction work Protect 5,050 people including 242 242 ethnic minority Done ethnic minority people in the people in the project ó Location of most construction work is far project area from the construction area from communities. Activity near to interference community was not allowed to be done at night. ó Warning signs were set up in the construction sites 3. Beneficial Measures Encourage 2,374 women including Ethnic minority Done 114 ethnic minority women in the women in the project ó Participation of ethnic minority women project villages to participate in the area was enabled by publicizing project project activities information in the village and provided most of the trainings in the villages ó Totally 2,250 participants in the 75 person- months of training, with 53% of women, mainly ethnic minority women Improve agricultural infrastructure 242 ethnic minority Done in the project villages for 5,050 people ó All the irrigation and drainage people, including 242 ethnic infrastructure and agricultural support
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minority people targeted at the 1,333 ha of farmland, which benefits all the 5,050 villagers including the all the ethnic minority people in the four villages. Provide trainings to rural labour in 242 ethnic minority Done the project area including 242 people ó In total, 2,250 farmers were trained, ethnic minority people including the ethnic minority people. Prevent and control communicable Ethnic minority Done diseases people in the project ó The Dunhua City CDPC provided training to area the villagers on preventing and controlling communicable disease during the project implementation. The local women federations keep communication with the villagers, especially women and children to prevent from any communicable diseases. CDPC: Center for Disease Prevention and Control Source: the project PPMs, the Jinlin monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the Jilin PMO and the Dunhua County PMO.
3. Ethnic minority Participation in Ningxia
109. The ethnic minority population in the subproject areas in Ningxia is presented in A-table 29. Lingwu and Wuzhong-Shizhi subprojects have more ethnic minority, with 44.2% and 75.1% of their total beneficiaries respectively. The majority of the ethnic minority people are Hui ethnicity, who can well speak Mandarin and read and write standard Chinese characters. All ethnic minority people have equitable rights as Han people in the agricultural activities.
A-table 29: Ethnic minority People in the Subproject Areas in Ningxia in 2017 Participating Total population Ethnic Minority people Hui ethnicity county (person) (%) (%) Helan 5,051 6.0 5.1 Lingwu 4,180 75.1 70.1 Nongken 3,164 7.4 6.9 Yongning 9,043 1.9 1.5 Qingtongxia 5,751 8.2 7.1 Wuzhong-Shizhi 16,788 44.2 40.2 Pingluo 2,013 5.0 4 Zhongwei 17,589 0.3 0.3 Total 63,579 18.7 17.4 Sources: the Ningxia external social monitoring report for Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with the provincial PMO, and the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
110. Although these subprojects do not prepare EMDPs, they established several key principles for equitably consulting with ethnic minority people. All the subprojects have made efforts to ensure equal consultation with and participation of ethnic minority farmers. a. In Lingwu County
111. A number of project activities were carried out in Lingwu County. Summary of the activities are shown in A-table 30.
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A-table 30: Summary Activities Completed in Lingwu County, Ningxia
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 1,766 1,766 1,766 100 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 179.32 175.17 0.06 175.23 97.7 Canal system structure built No. ó Bridge No. 115 111 111 96.5 ó Culvert No. 125 125 ó Gate No. 75 80 80 106.6 ó Aqueduct No. 15 14 14 93.3 ó Drop structure No. 9 9 9 100 ó Outlet structures No. 303 294 294 97.0 ó Tail water outlets No. 145 137 137 94.5 ó others No. 14,776 13,681 13,681 2. Water-saving technology promoted ha 1,434 1,434 1,434 100 Canal lined km 160.06 156.82 0.06 156.88 98.0 3. WUAs supported No. 1 Training and study pm 4 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 4. Soil quality improved ha 1,666.70 1,671.39 1,671.39 100.3 Field leveled ha 666.70 665.82 665.82 99.9 Land deep plowed ha 666.70 665.82 665.82 99.9 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 333.30 339.75 339.75 101.9 5. Service roads improved km 4.50 4.50 4.50 100 6. Agricultural practices improved through Agricultural machine No. 9 6 3 9 100 7. IPM program introduced to ha 100 100 100 100 including equipment No. 15 20 20 133.3 8. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 1 1 100 ó training and study tours organized pm 4 0 ó instruments and equipment financed set 6 6 6 100 Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 80 82.30 82.30 100.3 ó technical training pm 20 32.60 32.60 163.0 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 9. Domestic study tour of project pm 2.1 management staff 3.5 2.1 Sources: the Ningxia external social monitoring report for Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with the provincial PMO, and the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
112. Improvement of the canals and the system structures, and the field roads created 600 jobs, with 78% being taken by the ethnic minority people. Among the members of the WUA and the FPA, 77% and 78% are ethnic minority people respectively. (A-table 31) All these figures are higher than the share of the ethnic minority people in the total population (75.1%). One point should be paid adequate attention
A-table 31: Ethnic minority Participation in Lingwu in Ningxia (as of 31/21/2017) Total (person) Ethnic minority people (%) Farmer trainees 3,447 31 Project construction workers 600 78 Project supported WUA (1 WUA) ó Members 942 77 ó People in management bodies 4 100 Project supported FPA (1 FPA) ó Members 7 78 ó People in management bodies 3 100
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Sources: the project PPMs, the external social monitoring report for Ningxia during Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with the monitoring agency.
b. In Wuzhong-Shizhi
113. Various project activities were conducted in Wuzhong-Shizhi subproject area. A-table 32 is the summary of the completed activities.
A-table 32: Summary Activities Completed in Wuzhong-Shizhi, Ningxia
Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017
Target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 1,562 1,562 1,562 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 226.84 226.84 226.84 100 Canal system structure built No. ó Bridge No. 319 309 309 100 ó Culvert No. 2 2 2 100 ó Gate No. 51 51 51 100 ó Aqueduct No. 3 3 3 100 ó Drop structure No. 5 5 5 100 ó Outlet structures No. 608 600 600 100 ó Tail water outlets No. 38 38 38 100 ó others No. 13,222 12,750 12,750 2. Water-saving technology promoted ha 1,350 1,350 1,350 100 Canal lined km 160.24 156.84 156.84 3. WUAs supported No. 1 1 100 Training and study pm 2 2 2 100 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 4. Soil quality improved ha 2,020 2,401.19 2,401.19 Field leveled ha 900 900 900 100 Land deep plowed ha 800 903.98 903.98 Balanced fertilizer application introduced ha 320 597.21 597.21 5. Service roads improved km 11.2 11.2 11.2 100 6. Agricultural practices improved through Agricultural machine No. 10 10 10 100 IPM program introduced to ha 200 180 20 200 100 including equipment and vehicle No. 6 20 20 7. Land degradation reduced through straw ha 200 261.97 261.97 returned to farmland 8. Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 2 2 2 100 ó instruments and equipment financed set 6 6 6 100 Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 73 99.67 99.67 ó technical training pm 23 54 54 9. Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha Demonstration greenhouses constructed ha 6.1 5.99 5.99 ó civil work constructed m2 61,200 59,900 59,900 Pollution-free and/or safe agriculture 200 160 40 200 100 demonstrated, including ha ó Equipment provided set 22 22 22 100 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 10.Domestic study tour of project management pm 2.93 staff 3.5 2.93 Sources: the Ningxia external social monitoring report for Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with the provincial PMO, and the external monitoring agency during Feb-Mar 2017.
114. Of the 236 jobs generated by the subproject for the local farmers, 52% were provided to ethnic minority people. Among the WUA members, 44.2% are ethnic minority people.
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Both percentages are higher than the proportion of the ethnic minority people in the total population (44.1%). Of the total farmers trainees, 14% were ethnic minority people, which is less than the share of the ethnic minorities in the total population. It is suggested that the subproject will encourage more ethnic minority people to participate in the training activities.
A-table 33: Ethnic minority Participation in Wuzhong in Ningxia (as of 31/21/2017) Total (person) Ethnic minority people (%) 培训的农民 3,680 14 参与项目建设农民 236 52 支持的用水者协会 (1 WUA) ó 成员 682 44.3 ó 管理人员 6 16.6 支持的合作社 (1 FPA) ó 成员 280 25 ó 管理人员 8 12.5 Sources: the project PPMs, the external social monitoring report for Ningxia during Jul-Dec 2017.
4. Ethnic minority Participation in Yunnan
115. Like in Ningxia, although no specific EMDPs have been developed in the beginning of the project implementation in Yunnan, all the subprojects paid great attention to participation and consideration of ethnic minority people in the project areas. The trainings were provided in local languages, either languages of ethnic minorities or local dialects. Among the 12 participating counties, proportions of ethnic minority people in 6 counties were higher than 5%: Changning, Eryuan, Heqing, Mangshi, Shiping and Yulong. Participation of the ethnic minority population in these 6 subprojects is presented in A-table 34, which is briefly assessed in the following sections based on the project activities completed in the subproject areas.
A-table 34: Participation of Ethnic Minorities (as of 31/12/2017) Participating Beneficiary Trainees Farmer working for the project county Total (person) EM (%) Total EM (%) Total EM (%) Changning 8,252 14.4 750 9.5 200 25.0 Eryuan 21,326 78.0 0 0 1.080 83.3 Heqing 25,256 80.5 570 90.7 1,050 88.4 Mangshi 8,239 95.0 1,600 93.5 480 53.0 Shiping 25,226 40.1 1,400 60.0 1,025 60.0 Yulong 17,603 63.9 12,456 56.8 280 53.6 Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the subprojects in March 2018. a. In Changning County
116. Summary Activity Completed in Changning County is presented in A-table 35. In total, 40 culverts were improved, 49 km of canals was lined, and 28.1 km of field road was upgraded. These activities created 200 jobs. Of which, 20% were given to the ethnic minority people, which is 10 percentage points higher than the proportion of ethnic minorities in the total
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population. The 3 WUAs consist of 2,358 members32. Of which, 15% are ethnic minority people. The 750 members who participated in the WUA-related training, 9.5% are ethnic minority people. It is suggested that in the subproject will involve more ethnic minority people in the future trainings related to the WUAs.
A-table 35: Summary Activity Completed in Changning County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 Target Conducted Conducted Conducted Completed/ Target (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system ha 1,865 1,865 1,865 100 completed and/or upgraded Covert No. 40 40 40 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted km 49 49 49 100 through canal lined 3. WUA supported through No. 3 3 3 100 Training and study pm 27 27 27 100 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 4. Field roads improved km 28.1 28.1 28.1 100 Output 3: Improved Project Management 5. Domestic study tour pm 5 5 5 100 Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Changning subproject in March, 2018.
b. In Eryuan County
117. Summary activities completed in Eryuan County are presented in A-table 36. Improvement of the irrigation system and field roads created 1,080 jobs. Of which, 83.3% were provided to ethnic minority people, that is 13 percentage points higher than the share of the ethnic minorities in the total population.
A-table 36: Summary Activity Completed in Eryuan County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 1,326 1,299 10 1,309 100 and/or upgraded Irrigation and/or drainage canals dredged km 79.6 79.6 79.6 100 Irrigation system structure constructed No. and/or improved ó Bridge No. 137 136 136 99.3 ó Culvert No. 104 104 104 100 ó Gate No. 83 83 83 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted km 42.90 41.60 0.40 42.00 97.9 through canal lined Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 3. Soil quality improved ha 400 418 418 100 Balanced fertilizer application introduced hq 400 418 418 100 4. Service roads improved km 12.98 12.70 0.08 12.78 100 5. IPM program introduced on ha 340 340 340 100 including equipment and vehicle No. 6. Land degradation reduced through Farm shelter belts planted ha 3 2.4 2.40 80.0 Straw returned to farmland ha 500 500 500 100
32 The WUAs cover all households in the project villages.
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) 7. Farmer technical training pm 40 0 8. Modern agri. technologies demonstrated ha Pollution-free and/or sage agriculture ha 300 304 304 100 demonstrated, including ó Equipment provided set Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 9. Domestic study tour of project Pm 5 0 management staff Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Eryuan subproject in March 2018.
c. In Heqing County
118. Summary activities conducted in Heqing County are shown in A-table 37. Improvement of the irrigation systems, and the agricultural support generated 1,050 jobs, with 88.4% taken by the ethnic minority farmers, which is little bit lower than the share of the ethnic minority people in the total population. Of the 570 farmer trainees, 90.7% are ethnic minority people, which is higher than the share of the ethnic minority in the total population.
A-table 37：Summary Activity Completed in Heqing County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 1,618 612 1006 1,618 100 and/or upgraded Irrigation system structure constructed No. and/or improved ó Bridge No. 1,029 422 607 1,029 100 ó Culvert No. 98 27 61 88 89.8 ó Gate No. 2,295 37 2,258 2,295 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted km 39.74 17.10 26.64 43.74 109.4 through canal lined Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 3. Soil quality improved through fields ha 188.89 64.22 124.67 188.89 100 leveled 4. Service roads improved km 21.83 9.86 15.72 25.58 100 5. Farmer technical training pm 15 19 19 126.7 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 6. Domestic study tour of project Pm 5 5 5 100 management staff Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Heqing subproject in March 2018.
d. In Mangshi
119. Summary activities conducted in Mangshi City are given in A-table 38. Construction and improved the canal structures and the field roads generated 480 jobs. Of which, 43% were taken up by ethnic minority farmers, that is lower than the proportion of the ethnic minority people in the total population. The project should encourage the ethnic minority people to actively make full use of the project employment opportunities. Among the 1,600 farmers
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who attended technical trainings and FPA related trainings, 95% are ethnic minority people.
A-table 38: Summary Activity Completed in Mangshi County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system ha 1,627 1,627 1,627 100 completed and/or upgraded Irrigation system structure constructed No. and/or improved ó Bridge No. 2 2 2 100 ó Culvert No. 52 52 52 100 ó Aqueduct No. 2 2 2 100 ó Others No. 3,298 3,298 3,298 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted ha 67.27 66.59 0.03 66.62 99.0 through canal lined Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 3. Service roads improved km 34.75 34.73 34.73 99.9 4. . Farmer capacity improved through FPA established and/or strengthened No. 2 2 2 100 ó training and study tours organized pm 13.34 13.34 13.34 100 ó instruments and equipment set financed Farmer technical training pm 13.33 13.33 13.33 100 5. Pollution-free and/or sage agriculture ha 66.67 66.67 66.67 100 demonstrated, including ó Equipment provided set 6. Organic and green agriculture ha 444.67 444.67 444.67 100 demonstrated Equipment supported set Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 7. Study tour of project management Pm staff Domestic study tours undertaken pm 6.4 4.2 4.2 65.6 Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Mangshi subproject in March 2018.
e. In Shiping
120. A number of activities were conducted in Shiping County, which is summarized in A- table 39. In total, 1,025 jobs were created for local farmers, with 60% of jobs taking up by the ethnic minority people, 20 percent points higher than the proportion of the ethnic minorities in the total population. Of the 1,400 farmer trainees, 60% are ethnic minority people.
A-table 39: Summary Activity Completed in Shiping County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system ha 1,420 1,420 1,420 100 completed and/or improved Irrigation system structure constructed No. and/or improved ó Bridge No. 201 201 201 100 ó Culvert No. 121 122 122 100 ó Gate No. 30 30 30 100
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Irrigation pumping station improved No. 1 1 1 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted ha through Canal lined km 17.39 17.39 17.39 100 Low-pressure pipeline installed km 1.03 1.03 1.03 100 Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 3. Soil quality improved ha 500 200 300 500 100 Fields leveled ha 300 300 Balanced fertilizer application introduced hq 500 200 200 4. Service roads improved km 27.28 27.28 27.28 100 5. IPM program introduced on ha 600 300 300 600 100 ó including equipment and vehicle No. 55 25 25 50.0 6. Land degradation reduced through farm ha 2.81 0 0 shelter belts planted 7. Farmer training pm ó publicity and start up pm 23.33 23.33 23.33 100 ó technical training pm 23.34 23.34 23.34 100 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 8. Domestic study tour of project Pm 5 3 3 60.0 management staff Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Shipiing subproject in March 2018.
f. In Yulong County
121. A lot of activities were conducted in Yulong County, which is summarized in A-table 40. Carrying out the activities generated 280 jobs33 for the local farmers. Of the total jobs, 53.6% were given to the ethnic minority farmers, a little bit less than the percentage of the ethnic minority people in the total population (57.5%). Among the 12,456 farmer trainees, 56.8% are ethnic minority people. It is suggested that the subproject will pay more attention to the participation of the ethnic minority people in the project employment opportunities and the project supported trainings in the future. For example, when the WUAs will be supported, to include more ethnic minority people in the WUAs and in the related trainings.
A-table 40: Summary Activity Completed in Yulong County, Yunnan Province Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure 1. Surface water irrigation system completed ha 1,350 676.75 673.25 1,350 100 and/or upgraded Irrigation system structure constructed and/or improved ó Bridge No. 102 56 56 100 ó Culvert No. 29 18 18 62.1 ó Aqueduct No. 1 1 1 100 2. Water-saving technology promoted through ha Canal lined km 32.23 13.16 20.56 33.72 104.6 Low-pressure pipeline installed km 66.64 19.56 41.88 61.44 92.2 Small water storage structure developed No. 64 55 55 85.9 ó Newly constructed No. 62 53 53 85.5 ó Improved No. 2 2 2 100 3. WUAs supported through No. 2 0 Training and study pm 6 0
33 The 280 jobs are did not include those who worked for the project less than one month.
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Completion As of 30/06/ 2017 Jul-Dec 2017 By the end of 2017 target Completed Completed Completed Completion rate (%) Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support 4. Soil quality improved through balanced ha 758 509 509 67.2 fertilizer application introduced 5. Service roads improved km 7.12 3.65 3.59 7.24 102.0 6. Agricultural practices improved through Plant protection equipment distributed unit 150 235 235 156.7 7. IPM program introduced on ha 550 159 159 28.9 ó including equipment and vehicle No. 150 150 8. Land degradation reduced through straw ha 1,206 617 617 51.2 returned to farmland 9. Farmer training pm 320 320 266 586 183.1 ó publicity and start up pm 216.67 216.67 133 349.67 161.4 ó technical training pm 103.33 103.33 133 236.33 228.7 Output 3: Improvement of the Project Management 10. Domestic study tour of project management Pm 5 2.5 50.0 staff Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports for Yunnan in Jul-Dec 2017, and communications with PMOs of the Yulong subproject in March 2018.
F. Progress of the GAP Implementation by Province
1. Project Progress of the GAP Implementation in Total
A-table 41: Progress of the GAP Implementation Gender Equality Outputs and/or Targets Progress as of 31/12/2017 Component Activities 1. Output 1: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Gender-balanced Project information Women beneficiaries will be ó During implementation, 4,809 information will be disclosed to informed about opportunities to person-months of farmer disclosure and women. access project funds, technical training including publicity participation advice, training, and employment campaigns were conducted, with opportunities. 51.1% of women participants Consultation of ó Women were equitably women on project Women will be consulted about consulted for their priority and implementation how irrigation and drainage for developing annual work plans infrastructure will be made more of the project. beneficial to them. Employment Employment At least 50% of employment Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the ó 20,667 jobs created by the made equally project will be taken up by women. project construction, with 50.8% accessible to both taken by women. women and men. Capacity and Women will have About 50% or more of training Done skills equal access to all opportunities will be provided to ó 83,024 farmers trained development training programs. women. technically in 2,266.33 person- At least 1/3 of the training sites months with 51.4% of women. Programs will contain will be selected in the local ó 669 farmer trainings organized, gender-sensitive communities and at times sensible 76.6% located in villages curricula. to enable active participation of ó Training needs including content, both men and women. time, location, and methods Women will be consulted about assessed through inclusive how capacity development consultations with women and content will be adapted to their men needs. Participation of Women will About 35% or more women ó 27 WUA supported women participate equally in participating in WUAs, with ó 24,019 members including 37% the strengthening relevant participation in the WUA of women and/or formation of management bodies. ó 143 managers including 28% of
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Gender Equality Outputs and/or Targets Progress as of 31/12/2017 Component Activities all WUAs. women, less than the target 2. Output 2: Improved Agricultural Support Gender- Project information Women beneficiaries will be ó During implementation, 4,809 balanced will be disclosed to informed about opportunities to person-months of farmer information women. access project funds, technical training including publicity disclosure and advice, training, and employment campaigns were conducted, with participation Consultation of opportunities. 51.1% of women participants women on project ó Women were equitably implementation Women will be consulted about consulted for their priority and how agricultural support will be for developing annual work plans made more beneficial to them. of the project. Employment Employment At least 50% of employment Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the ó 20,667 jobs created by the made equally project will be taken up by women. project construction, with 50.8% accessible to both taken by women. women and men. Capacity and skills Women will have At least 50% of training Done development equal access to all opportunities will be provided to ó 83,024 farmers trained training programs. women. At least 1/3 of the training technically in 2,266.33 person- Programs will contain sites will be selected in the local months with 51.4% of women. gender-sensitive communities and at times sensible ó 669 farmer trainings organized, curricula. to enable active participation of 76.6% located in villages both men and women. ó Training needs including content, Women will be consulted about time, location, and methods how capacity development assessed through inclusive content will be adapted to their consultations with women and needs. men Participation of Women will About 35% or more women will be ó 4934 FPAs supported women participate equally in participating in FPAs, with relevant ó Totally 5,265 members including the strengthening/ participation in FPA management 34.2% of women formation of all FPAs. bodies. ó Totally 204 managers including 27% of women, less than the target 3. Improved Project Management Strengthen gender Staff training includes Staff training curricula for 6 Done awareness among gender awareness provincial and 69 COCAD35s ó Staff training for the project staff and the GAP. include capacity enhancement management staff include measures for gender awareness capacity enhancement measures and the GAP implementation. for gender awareness and the GAP implementation Enhance the Effective Three or more provincial and six or Done ACWF’s role implementation and more county and/or village ACWF ó ACWF staff in six provinces was monitoring of gender- offices will be upgraded by trained on the related topics related activities and providing staff training on through participating in the actions leadership and thematic skills provincial trainings, workshops, Effective related to community project meetings, etc. implementation and empowerment, ethnic minorities ó County WFs and all village level monitoring of gender- (where applicable), and gender WFs participated in the project related activities and issues. trainings related to leadership actions The county ACWF chairwoman will and thematic skills be a member of the county-level ó County WFs participated in the project leading group. county level project meetings for the project designs, implementation, monitoring, etc. Ensure women’s Women’s economic At least 30% female Yes rights in project and political representatives should run for ó Over 30%
34 Include 49 farmer professional cooperatives and 1 farmer professional association in Anhui. 35 Number of the participating counties has been reduced to 68 from the original 69 during the midterm adjustment.
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Gender Equality Outputs and/or Targets Progress as of 31/12/2017 Component Activities decision making empowerment in the village council elections to ensure and community consultation and participation implementation during project decision making and implementation. Sex- disaggregated Gender-sensitive Gender-sensitive indicators will be Done M&E indicators will be set up in areas such as access to Gender-sensitive indicators were included in the technical advice and training, set up in areas of consultation, project M&E system. employment and income, and participation in WUAs and FPAs, women’s representation in access to employment decision making. opportunities. ACWF = All-China Women’s Federation, COCAD = county and/or city office for comprehensive agricultural development, FPA = farmer professional association, GAP = gender action plan, M&E = monitoring and evaluation, NGO = nongovernment organization, WUA = water users association. Sources: the project PPMS, the six participating provinces’ monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), communications with the six participating provinces’ external monitoring agencies, and communications with the county PMOs during Feb -Mar 2018.
2. Progress of the GAP Implementation by Province
122. Progress of the GAPs implementation in Anhui, Heilongjiang and Henan is presented in A-table 42, and in Jilin, Ningxia and Yunnan is presented in A-table 43.
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A-table 42: Progress of the GAP Implementation in Anhui, Heilongjiang and Henan (as of 31/12/2017) Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Anhui Heilongjiang Henan Component 1. Project Component: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Gender-balanced Project information will Women beneficiaries will be Done Done Done information be disclosed to women. informed about opportunities to ó The information on the ó The information on the ó The information on the disclosure and access project funds, technical subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed participation advice, training, and employment to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries Consultation of women opportunities. through efforts of 58 through efforts of 129 through efforts of 77 on project farmer trainings including trainings including trainings including implementation Women will be consulted about publicity with 450 person- publicity, with 1,064 publicity, with 251 person- how irrigation and drainage months inputs. Of the total person-months inputs. Of months inputs. Of the total infrastructure will be made more 7,467 participants, 55.6% the total 32,982 5,698 participants, 51.2% beneficial to them. were female participants, 53.4% were were female. ó Women were consulted for female. ó Women were consulted development of annual ó Women were consulted for for development of annual work plans development of annual work plans work plans Employment Employment At least 50% of employment Done Done Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the ó Of the total 1,839 project ó Of the 1,250 project ó Of the 4,390 project made equally accessible project will be taken up by women. created employment created employment created employment to both women and men. opportunities, 56.7% were opportunities, 51% were opportunities, 62.1% were taken by women. taken by women taken by women Capacity and Women will have equal About 50% or more of training Done Done ó 2,968 farmers trained skills access to all training opportunities will be provided to ó 4,928 farmers trained ó 33,261 farmers trained technically in 171.2 development programs. women. technically in 196.07 technically in 342 person- person-months, with 51% person-months, with 56% months, with 53% of of women At least 1/3 of the training sites will of women women ó 77 farmer trainings Programs will contain be selected in the local communities ó 58 farmer trainings ó All the 129 farmer trainings organized, 9.1% in local gender-sensitive and at times sensible to enable organized, 75.9% in local organized in local communities curricula. active participation of both men and communities communities ó Women were consulted women. ó Women were consulted for ó Women were consulted for for the training details the training details before the training details before before development of Women will be consulted about development of training development of training training plans how capacity development content plans plans
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Anhui Heilongjiang Henan Component will be adapted to their needs. Participation of Women will participate About 35% or more women Done Done ó 1 WUAs was supported women equally in the participating in WUAs, with relevant ó 8 WUAs were supported ó 3 WUAs were supported ó Of the 215 members, strengthening participation in the WUA ó Of the 1,003 members, ó Of the 110 members, 54.5% 46.5% are women and/or formation of all management bodies. 37.9% are women are women ó Of the 6 people in the WUAs. ó Of the 38 people in the ó Of the 12 people in the management bodies, management bodies, 39.5% management bodies, 50% 16.7% are women, less are women are women than the target 2. Project Component: Improved Agricultural Support Gender- Project information will Women beneficiaries will be Done Done Done balanced be disclosed to women. informed about opportunities to ó The information on the ó The information on the ó The information on the information access project funds, technical subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed disclosure and Consultation of women advice, training, and employment to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries participation on opportunities. through efforts of 58 through efforts of 129 through efforts of 77 project implementation farmer trainings including trainings including trainings including Women will be consulted about publicity with 450 person- publicity, with 1,064 publicity, with 251 person- how agricultural support will be months inputs. Of the total person-months inputs. Of months inputs. Of the total made more beneficial to them. 7,467 participants, 55.6% the total 32,982 5,698 participants, 51.2% were female participants, 53.4% were were female. ó Women were consulted for female. ó Women were consulted development of annual ó Women were consulted for for development of annual work plans development of annual work plans work plans Employment Employment At least 50% of employment Done Done Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the ó Of the total 1,839 project ó Of the 1,250 project ó Of the 4,390 project made equally accessible project will be taken up by women. created employment created employment created employment to both women and men. opportunities, 56.7% were opportunities, 51% were opportunities, 62.1% were taken by women. taken by women taken by women Capacity and skills Women will have equal At least 50% of training Done Done ó 2,968 farmers trained development access to all training opportunities will be provided to ó 4,928 farmers trained ó 33,261 farmers trained technically in 171.2 programs. women. At least 1/3 of the training technically in 196.07 technically in 342 person- person-months, with 51% Programs will contain sites will be selected in the local person-months, with 56% months, with 53% of of women gender-sensitive communities and at times sensible of women women ó 77 farmer trainings curricula. to enable active participation of ó 58 farmer trainings ó All the 129 farmer trainings organized, 9.1% in local
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Anhui Heilongjiang Henan Component both men and women. organized, 75.9% in local organized in local communities Women will be consulted about communities communities ó Women were consulted how capacity development content ó Women were consulted for ó Women were consulted for for the training details will be adapted to their needs. the training details before the training details before before development of development of training development of training training plans plans plans Participation of Women will participate About 35% or more women will be Done Done ó 6 FPAs were supported women equally in the participating in FPAs, with relevant ó 6 FPAs were supported ó 2 FPAs were supported ó Of the 518 members, strengthening/ formation participation in FPA management ó Of the 494 members, 38.9% ó Of the 250 members, 52% 32.2% are women of all FPAs. bodies. are women36 are women ó Of the 55 people in the ó Of the 33 people in the ó Of the 14 people in the management bodies, management bodies, 39.4% management bodies, 50% 18.2% are women, less are women are women than the target 3. Project Component: Improved Project Management Strengthen gender Staff training includes Staff training curricula for 6 Done Done Done awareness among gender awareness and provincial and 69 COCADs include ó Trainings on gender ó Trainings on gender ó Trainings on gender project staff the GAP. capacity enhancement measures for awareness and the GAP awareness and the GAP awareness and the GAP gender awareness and the GAP implementation provided implementation provided implementation provided implementation. to the ACWF staff. to the ACWF staff. to the ACWF staff. Enhance the Effective implementation Three or more provincial and six or ó Over 6 village WFs in Anhui ó Over 6 village WFs in ó Over 6 village WFs in ACWF’s role and monitoring of more county and/or village ACWF were trained on thematic Heilongjiang were trained Henan were trained on gender-related activities offices will be upgraded by skills related to community on thematic skills related to thematic skills related to and actions providing staff training on development, and gender community development, community development, Effective implementation leadership and thematic skills issues and gender issues and gender issues and monitoring of related to community ó County ACWF participated ó County ACWF participated ó County ACWF participated gender-related activities empowerment, ethnic minorities in the county level project in the county level project in the county level project and actions (where applicable), and gender meetings for project design, meetings for project meetings for project issues. implementation, and design, implementation, design, implementation, The county ACWF chairwoman will monitoring. and monitoring. and monitoring. be a member of the county-level project leading group.
36 The FPAs consists of household members. 494 members mean 494 households. The households registered either use name of husband or wife or other household members. 38.9% of women members mean that 38.9% of households registered with women’s name.
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Anhui Heilongjiang Henan Component Ensure women’s Women’s economic and At least 30% female representatives Done Done Done rights in project political empowerment in should run for village council ó Over 30% of female ó Over 30% of female ó Over 30% of female decision making the community elections to ensure consultation and representatives have representatives have representatives have and participation during project decision engaged in the project engaged in the project engaged in the project implementation making and implementation. consultation and consultation and consultation and participation during project participation during project participation during decision making and decision making and project decision making implementation implementation and implementation Sex- disaggregated Gender-sensitive Gender-sensitive indicators will be Done Done Done M&E indicators will be set up in areas such as access to ó Gender-sensitive indicators ó Gender-sensitive indicators ó Gender-sensitive indicators included in the project technical advice and training, were set up in the areas of were set up in the areas of were set up in the areas of M&E system. employment and income, and consultation, employment consultation, employment consultation, employment women’s representation in decision opportunity, WUAs, and opportunity, WUAs, and opportunity, WUAs, and making. FPAs in the implementation FPAs in the FPAs in the implementation. implementation. ACWF = All-China Women’s Federation, COCAD = county and/or city office for comprehensive agricultural development, FPA = farmer professional association, GAP = gender action plan, M&E = monitoring and evaluation, NGO = nongovernment organization, WUA = water users association. Sources: the project PPMS, the Anhui, Heilongjiang, and Henan monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), communications with the Anhui, Heilongjiang, and Henan external monitoring agencies, and communications with the county PMOs during Feb-Mar 2018.
A-table 43: Progress of the GAP Implementation in Jilin, Ningxia and Yunnan (as of 31/12/2017) Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Component 1. Project Component: Improved Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Gender-balanced Project information will Women beneficiaries will be informed Done Done Done information be disclosed to women. about opportunities to access project ó The information on the ó The information on the ó The information on the disclosure and funds, technical advice, training, and subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed participation employment opportunities. to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries Consultation of women through efforts of 196 through efforts of 153 through efforts of 83 on project Women will be consulted about how trainings including trainings including publicity, trainings including
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Component implementation irrigation and drainage infrastructure publicity, with 1,015 with 1,143.99 person- publicity, with 884.33 will be made more beneficial to them. person-months inputs. Of months inputs. Of the total person-months inputs. Of the total 28,583 17,029 participants, 48.8% the total 19,106 participants, 48.3% were were female. participants, 51.3% were female. ó Women were consulted for female. ó Women were consulted development of annual ó for development of work plans ó Women were consulted for annual work plans development of annual ó Women were consulted work plans for development of annual work plans Employment Employment At least 50% of employment ó Of the 2,320 farmer Done Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the project workers for the project ó Of the 3,516 farmer ó Of the 7,352 farmer made equally accessible will be taken up by women. construction, 30% are workers for the project workers for the project to both women and men. women construction, 50.6% are construction, 49.3% are women women Capacity and Women will have equal About 50% or more of training Done Done ó 11,272 farmers trained skills access to all training opportunities will be provided to ó 19,445 farmers trained ó 11,150 farmers trained technically in 391.99 development programs. women. technically in 675.6 technically in 489.47 person-months, with 51% person-months, with 51% person-months, with 48% of women At least 1/3 of the training sites will be of women of women ó 83 farmer trainings Programs will contain selected in the local communities and at ó 142 farmer trainings ó All the 153 farmer trainings organized, 69.9% in local gender-sensitive times sensible to enable active organized, 72.4% in local organized in local communities curricula. participation of both men and women. communities communities ó Women were consulted for ó Women were consulted ó Women were consulted for the training details before Women will be consulted about how for the training details the training details before development of training capacity development content will be before development of development of training plans adapted to their needs. training plans plans Participation of Women will participate About 35% or more women participating ó 2 WUAs37 were ó 9 WUAs were supported ó 4 WUAs were supported women equally in the in WUAs, with relevant participation in supported ó Of the 20,611 members, ó Of the 110 members, strengthening the WUA management bodies. ó Of the 1,970 members, 36.8% are women 32.7% are women, a little and/or formation of all 40.3% are women ó Of the 40 people in the bit less than the target
37 One in Yushu City and the other in Dunhua City
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Component WUAs. ó Of the 32 people in the management bodies, 25% ó Of the 15 people in the management bodies, are women, less than the management bodies, 13.3% 18.8% are women, less targert are women, less than the than the target target 2. Project Component: Improved Agricultural Support Gender- Project information will Women beneficiaries will be informed Done Done Done balanced be disclosed to women. about opportunities to access project ó The information on the ó The information on the ó The information on the information funds, technical advice, training, and subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed subprojects was disclosed disclosure and Consultation of women employment opportunities. to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries to female beneficiaries participation on through efforts of 196 through efforts of 153 through efforts of 83 project implementation Women will be consulted about how trainings including trainings including publicity, trainings including agricultural support will be made more publicity, with 1,015 with 1,143.99 person- publicity, with 884.33 beneficial to them. person-months inputs. Of months inputs. Of the total person-months inputs. Of the total 28,583 17,029 participants, 48.8% the total 19,106 participants, 48.3% were were female. participants, 51.3% were female. ó Women were consulted for female. ó Women were consulted development of annual ó for development of work plans ó Women were consulted for annual work plans development of annual ó Women were consulted work plans for development of annual work plans Employment Employment At least 50% of employment ó Of the 2,320 farmer Done Done opportunities will be opportunities created under the project workers for the project ó Of the 3,516 farmer ó Of the 7,352 farmer made equally accessible will be taken up by women. construction, 30% are workers for the project workers for the project to both women and men. women construction, 50.6% are construction, 49.3% are women women Capacity and skills Women will have equal At least 50% of training opportunities Done Done Done development access to all training will be provided to women. At least 1/3 ó 19,445 farmers trained ó 11,150 farmers trained ó 11,272 farmers trained programs. of the training sites will be selected in technically in 675.6 technically in 489.47 technically in 391.99 Programs will contain the local communities and at times person-months, with 51% person-months, with 48% person-months, with 51% gender-sensitive sensible to enable active participation of of women of women of women curricula. both men and women. ó 142 farmer trainings ó All the 153 farmer trainings ó 83 farmer trainings Women will be consulted about how organized, 72.4% in local organized in local organized, 69.9% in local
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Component capacity development content will be communities communities communities adapted to their needs. ó Women were consulted ó Women were consulted for ó Women were consulted for for the training details the training details before the training details before before development of development of training development of training training plans plans plans Participation of Women will participate About 35% or more women will be ó 22 FPAs were supported ó 5 FPAs were supported ó 8 FPA was supported women equally in the participating in FPAs, with relevant ó Of the 1,005 members, ó Of the 1,109 members, ó Of the 1,889 members, strengthening/ formation participation in FPA management 27.1% are women 39.9% are women 31.7% are women of all FPAs. bodies. ó Of the 68 people in the ó Of the 35 people in the ó Of the 50 people in the management bodies, management bodies, 34.3% management bodies, 14% 23.6% are women are women are women 3. Project Component: Improved Project Management Strengthen gender Staff training includes Staff training curricula for 6 provincial Done Done Done awareness among gender awareness and and 69 COCADs include capacity ó Trainings on gender ó Trainings on gender ó Trainings on gender project staff the GAP. enhancement measures for gender awareness and the GAP awareness and the GAP awareness and the GAP awareness and the GAP implementation. implementation provided implementation provided to implementation provided to the ACWF staff. the ACWF staff. to the ACWF staff. Enhance the Effective implementation Three or more provincial and six or more ó Over 6 village WFs in Jilin ó Over 6 village WFs in ó Over 6 village WFs in ACWF’s role and monitoring of county and/or village ACWF offices will were trained on thematic Ningxia were trained on Yunnan were trained on gender-related activities be upgraded by providing staff training skills related to thematic skills related to thematic skills related to and actions on leadership and thematic skills related community development, community development, community development, Effective implementation to community empowerment, ethnic and gender issues and gender issues and gender issues and monitoring of minorities (where applicable), and ó County ACWF participated ó County ACWF participated ó County ACWF participated gender-related activities gender issues. in the county level project in the county level project in the county level project and actions The county ACWF chairwoman will be a meetings for project meetings for project design, meetings for project member of the county-level project design, implementation, implementation, and design, implementation, leading group. and monitoring. monitoring. and monitoring. Ensure women’s Women’s economic and At least 30% female representatives Done Done Done rights in project political empowerment in should run for village council elections to ó Over 30% of female ó Over 30% of female ó Over 30% of female decision making the community ensure consultation and participation representatives have representatives have representatives have and during project decision making and engaged in the project engaged in the project engaged in the project implementation implementation. consultation and consultation and consultation and participation during participation during project participation during project project decision making decision making and decision making and
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Progress as of 31 December 2017 Gender Equality Outputs and/or Activities Targets Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Component and implementation implementation implementation Sex- disaggregated Gender-sensitive Gender-sensitive indicators will be set Done Done Done M&E indicators will be up in areas such as access to technical ó Gender-sensitive ó Gender-sensitive indicators ó Gender-sensitive indicators included in the project advice and training, employment and indicators were set up in were set up in the areas of were set up in the areas of M&E system. income, and women’s representation in the areas of consultation, consultation, employment consultation, employment decision making. employment opportunity, opportunity, WUAs, and opportunity, WUAs, and WUAs, and FPAs in the FPAs in the implementation FPAs in the implementation implementation ACWF = All-China Women’s Federation, COCAD = county and/or city office for comprehensive agricultural development, FPA = farmer professional association, GAP = gender action plan, M&E = monitoring and evaluation, NGO = nongovernment organization, WUA = water users association. Sources: the project PPMS, the Jilin, Ningxia, and Yunnan monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), communications with the Jilin, Ningxia, and Yunnan external monitoring agencies, and communications with the county PMOs during Feb-Mar 2018.
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G. Socioeconomic Development by Province
123. Major grain crops cultivated in the subproject area of Anhui are wheat, maize and soybean. Major cash crops include cotton and oilseed rape. The PMOs got the figures from the Township Comprehensive Agricultural Service Stations in the subproject area.
124. Major grain crops in the subproject area of Heilongjiang are rice and soybean. No cash crops were cultivated there. The grain yield was calculated based on sample household survey. 5 sample households were selected in each of the project administrative village.
125. Major grain crops in the subproject area of Henan are wheat and maize, and major cash crop is peanut. The township government survey the outputs and the yields of the project villages, then report to the county PMOs; after consolidated, the county PMOs report to the provincial PMO. The external monitoring agency crosschecks the results by sampling household survey in the project area: 5 villages each participating county, 9 households every sampling village.
126. Major grain crops in the subproject area of Jilin are rice and maize. No cash crops were cultivated there. Total grain output and grain yield were got from sampling survey done the county agricultural bureau.
127. Major grain crops in the subproject area of Ningxia are wheat, maize and rice. The grain outputs and yields were calculated based on 120 sample household survey conducted by the external social monitoring agency, the data surveyed by the WUAs and the data surveyed by the county agricultural technical extension bureau. The household survey samples village in each of the participating county, and 15 sample households from each of the 8 sample villages.
128. Crops cultivated in Yunnan vary across the participating counties. Major grain crops include wheat, maize, rice, potato, and broad bean, and major cash crops include tobacco, garlic, water melon, oilseed rape, and various fruits. Methods and ways of getting the grain output and yields also vary across the participating counties. Most used the results surveyed by the county agricultural technical extension centres.
A-table 44: Key Socioeconomic Indicators in the Project Area in 2017 Total Anhui HeiLJ Henan Jilin Ningxia Yunnan Grain production ton 953,392 221,470 169,768 143,729 178,817 110,597 129,011 Yields ó Grain crop Ton/ha 8.69 10.15 9.24 7.66 9.25 8.96 6.86 ó Cash crop Ton/ha 10.87 4.84 N.A. 3.43 8.60 19.77 15.44 ó Vegetable Ton/ha 35.47 29.12 N.A. 35.73 N.A. 51.14 25.61 Rural net income CNY/person 9,476 71,98 13,718 9,182 10,600 9,187 6,970 Sources: the project PPMS, the external social monitoring reports (Jul-Dec 2017), and communications with the PMOs and the external monitoring agencies during Feb-Mar 2017.
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H. Operation of the Project
1. In Anhui
129. The village committees and the township government operate and maintain the project supported irrigation systems. The village committees are in charge of the project supported field roads. After completion of the construction work, the project planted farm shelterbelts will be transferred to local township governments, and/or village committees, who will care for the trees. The project demonstrated 60 greenhouses were operating by Xingwang Farmer Cooperative, in Woyang County.
2. In Heilongjiang
130. The township governments are in charge of the irrigation systems. After completion of the construction work, all the updated and newly constructed canal structures will be transferred to township governments, who will further operate and maintain the systems. Village committees are responsible for maintenance of the project supported field roads. The project supported farm shelterbelts and environmental protection forests belong to individual farm households, who will take care of the trees.
131. The project demonstrated about 350 greenhouses which are operating by individual farm households.
132. The three WUAs in three subprojects in Heilongjiang are all newly established with support of the project. The WUAs have 110 household members, and cover about 3,200 ha of farmland. Totally 12 managers are in charge of the WUAs. Capacity of the WUAs need be further enhanced
3. In Henan
133. After completion of the construction, the project improved service roads and irrigation systems will be transferred to the township governments and the village committees, who will take care of the systems. Farmers only pay for electricity bill for irrigating their farmland, and do not need to pay for the water resources. Every household buy their smart power cards for using irrigation system automatically. The villages committees are responsible for the maintenance.
134. The project supported farm shelterbelts which next to cultivated land belong to individual farm households who will take care of the trees. The project supported farm shelterbelts in roadside are taken care by the village committees.
135. Capacity of the village committees in maintaining the roads, the irrigation systems, and the trees is crucial to sustainable function of the items.
4. In Jilin
136. The village committees are responsible for taking care of the improvement irrigation
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systems, and the environmental protection forests. The project provided machines are used and maintained by farmer cooperatives. Of the 132 demonstration greenhouses supported by the project, 58 are operating by village committees and the others are operating by farmer cooperatives.
5. In Ningxia
137. Every project village has its own WUA. The WUAs are in charge of use and maintenance of the irrigation system. Capacity of some WUAs is not good enough to well manage the system, and needs be enhanced.
138. The project provided agricultural machines are managed by farmer cooperatives. Of the three demonstration greenhouses, one in Wuzhong City is managed by farmer cooperative, and the other two are managed by village committees, one in Helan County and one in Yongning County. The project also supported 6 farmer cooperatives by providing equipment and trainings.
139. Currently, the WUAs and the FPAs have not yet established good management regulations and mechanism. Management capacity of the farmer cooperative and the village committees need be further strengthened.
6. In Yunnan
140. The 88 demonstration greenhouses are all managed by Liqun Vegetable Farmer Cooperative in Zhaoyang District, and operating by individual farm households. The project also supported 8 FPAs. Some are farmer-owned and some are enterprise-owned38 . The cooperatives provide agricultural services to individual members in a unified manner.
38 Many named farmer cooperatives are not really farmer-owned cooperatives in China.
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