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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 CAD-Consolidated external social monitoring report for Loan 2943-PRC i 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. CAD-Consolidated external social monitoring report for Loan 2943-PRC ii 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 CAD-Consolidated external social monitoring report for Loan 2943-PRC iii 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 CAD-Consolidated external social monitoring report for Loan 2943-PRC iv 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