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Agriculture Commercialization Project : Social Assessment SFG3874 LAO PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Lao Agriculture Commercialization Project (P161473) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized SOCIAL ASSESSMENT Prepared by Public Disclosure Authorized Department of Planning, Investment and Finance November 7, 2017 CONTENTS CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................................... v Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................... v Key definitions .................................................................................................................................................. vi Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... viii 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project objective ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project components ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project beneficiaries .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Project potential impact & mitigation measures ......................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Potential impact ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.2 Mitigation measures .......................................................................................................................... 2 2. METHODS .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Purpose of the social assessment ...................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Methods .................................................................................................................................................... 3 3. FINDINGS ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Country overview .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Project Province Overview ................................................................................................................ 10 3.3 Socio-economic conditions of the people in the project area ................................................ 14 3.3.1 Ethnic groups in Laos. ............................................................................................................... 14 3.3.2 Economic activities ..................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.3 Water use ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.4 Electricity ....................................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.5 Nutrition Status ............................................................................................................................ 20 3.4 Gender Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 22 3.4.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................. 22 3.4.2 Methods ............................................................................................................................................ 22 3.4.3 Findings from Review of Literature ............................................................................................. 22 3.4.4 Gender Consultation Outcome .................................................................................................... 31 3.5 Potential Impacts of the Project ...................................................................................................... 36 3.5.1 Positive impacts ............................................................................................................................... 36 3.5.2 Adverse impacts .............................................................................................................................. 37 ii 3.6 Safeguards Consultation Outcomes ............................................................................................... 38 3.7 Stakeholders .......................................................................................................................................... 38 4. MITIGATION MEASURES & APPROACH TO ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS ........................................................................................................................................ 39 4.1 Measures for Mitigation ..................................................................................................................... 39 4.2 Approach for Enhancing Development Effectiveness ............................................................. 41 4.3 Gender Action Plan ............................................................................................................................. 50 4.3.1 Approach to developing Gender Action Plan ............................................................................ 50 4.3.2 Gender Chain Results ..................................................................................................................... 50 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................... 51 5.1 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 52 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................................ 58 Annex 1 – Summary of Outcomes of Consultation with Local Peoples .................................... 59 Annex 2 – Sample Minutes of Consultation ....................................................................................... 65 Annex 3 – Gender Action and Monitoring Plan ................................................................................ 79 Annex 4 – Suggestive Gender Action & Monitoring Plan for RAP ............................................. 84 Annex 5 – Model of Five Stages in Innovation-Decision Process (Everett Rogers).............. 86 Annex 6 – Institutional Arrangements ................................................................................................. 87 Annex 7 – Consultation – How to make consultations meaningful ........................................... 91 Annex 8 – Guide questions for Qualitative Inquiries ...................................................................... 92 Annex 9 – Gender based Division of Labor of Maize, Vegetable and Rice Farmers .......... 116 Annex 10 – Consultation Summary of Nutrition Practices of Farmers .................................... 119 iii FIGURES Figure 1 - Average size of agricultural land (Source: 2005 National Population & Housing Census) 19 Figure 2 - Data of IRRI. Graph drawn by author............................................................................. 24 Figure 3 - Monthly consumption of agricultural households, reflected as Proportion of overall expenses (%) by sex of household head. Calculated and graphed by authors using from FAO data. 25 Figure 4 - Access to and Control of Productive Resources .............................................................. 30 Figure 5 - Roles of women in rainfed lowland rice production, PRA field survey 2013 .................... 31 Figure 6 - Labor Division among rice, maize and vegetable farmers - indicated through the number of itemized works of housework and agricultural production .......................................................... 34 Figure 7 - Stakeholders Roles through Project Intervention ............................................................. 39 Figure 8 - Impact Paradigm - From Adverse to Positive (Author) ................................................... 53 Figure 10 - Model by Everett Rogers (2003). Picture prepared by author. ........................................ 86 TABLES Table 1 - Population of Ethnic Groups (households) in five Project Provinces ............................... 14 Table 2 - Participation of women in economic activities - a case of maize farmers with contract farming ..........................................................................................................................................
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