Establishment of Farmers’ Enterprise Communities Selection methodology and results

FE Selection procedure in 1 Selection Process of the potential beneficiary communities / business idea

• Phase I – Selection of the 50 beneficiary communities from the three districts by the Councilor of Ministries of KK region and Hokimiats of Karauzeak, and rayons.

• Phase II – Selection of 15 potential beneficiary communities based on a survey and questionnaires among community leaders – in cooperation with the ELS’s component 2 empowering communities) and 1 (regional development strategies)

• Phase III – Selection of 3 potential beneficiary communities based on the qualitative research with focus groups.

• Phase IV – Business plans preparation and selection of business proposal- investment project.

• Phase V – Negotiation of the Memorandum of Agreement with selected partners and establishment of farmers’ enterprise

FE Selection procedure in 2 Karakalpakstan Phase I Selection of 50 communities from three districts by the ELS Project’s staff and Councilor of Ministries of KK region and Hokimiats of Karauzeak, Kegeyli and Shumanay rayons.

All three components of ELS Project will focus their interventions on those 50 communities.

Rayon Karauzyak Kegeyli Shumanay Total # Selected Communities 17 17 16 50

FE Selection procedure in 3 Karakalpakstan Phase II Selection of 15 potential beneficiary communities based on the survey (questionnaires among community leaders) and farmers – in cooperation with the ELS SCORING PROCEDURE

Rayon Karauzyak Kegeyli Shumanay Total

# Selected Communities 5 5 5 15

FE Selection procedure in 4 Karakalpakstan Communities selected in Karauzyak rayon

potential # # of active for agri- extern # of popula people in producti al Community farmers tion community on market score

# % VСС Karabuga, Temirkhan aul 3 1320 635 48% 4 3 674 VCC Berdakh, Shaykhanakopir aul 5 4000 1993 50% 4 3 770 VСС Esimozek, Arbetken aul 16 1045 468 45% 3 2 540 VСС Karauzyak, Birdem aul 18 1638 753 46% 3 2 831 VСС Madeniyat, Madeniyat aul 8 2285 963 42% 4 3 710

FE Selection procedure in 5 Karakalpakstan Communities selected in Kegeyli rayon

potential # of # of active for # of populati people in agri- External Community farmers on community production market Score

# % VCC Aktuba, Tamgaly village 3 422 253 60% 3 3 420 VCC Aktuba, Karasiyrak village 3 1133 680 60% 3 3 717 VCC Kushanataw, Tortkul village 7 680 350 51% 4 3 405 VCC Erkindariya, Erkindariya vilage 2 2352 1174 50% 4 3 408 VCC Kazanketken, Erik- bag village 6 682 348 51% 4 3 400

FE Selection procedure in 6 Karakalpakstan Communities selected in Shumanay rayon

potential for # of # of active agri- # of populati people in producti External Community farmers on community on market Score VCC "Diykhanabad" Pakhtashi village 2 1128 319 28% 4 3 359 VCC "Diykhanabad" Diykhanabad village 2 1146 324 28% 1 1 344 VCC "Diykhanabad" Sattar village 2 278 287 28% 1 1 307 VCC "Sarmanbay-kul", Kiyat village 3 1119 563 50% 3 2 596

VCC "Mamiy", Toguy village 9 1882 964 51% 3 3 1019

FE Selection procedure in 7 Karakalpakstan Number of respondents by 3 rayons

Shumanay 15%

Karauzyak Karauzyak Kegeili Kegeili 55% Shumanay 30%

FE Selection procedure in 8 Karakalpakstan Distribution of respondents by age more than 50 20-30 years years 4% 22% 31-40 years 26%

41-50 years 48%

FE Selection procedure in 9 Karakalpakstan Phase III Selection of 6- 3 potential communities based on qualitative research with focus groups.

Rayon Karauzyak Kegeyli Shumanay Total

# Selected Communities 1 1 (2) 1 3 (4)

FE Selection procedure in 10 Karakalpakstan Business ideas from the selected communities in Karauzyak district

Selected Business ideas communities Repair consultin cattle bakery warehouse/ agri-product Green Fishing workshop g granary for processing house agri-products VСС X Karabuga, Temirkhan aul VCC Berdakh, X Shaykhanakop ir aul VСС X Esimozek, Arbetken aul VСС X X X X X Karauzyak, Birdem aul VСС Madeniyat, Madeniyat aul

FE Selection procedure in 11 Karakalpakstan Business ideas from selected communities in Kegeyli district

Selected Business ideas communities Repair Consul cattle bakery warehouse/ Agri Green Fishing Work ting granary for Produt house hop agri-products processi ng VCC Aktuba, Tamgaly village X X VCC Aktuba, Karasiyrak village X X VCC Kushanataw, Tortkul village X VCC Erkindariya, Erkindariya vilage VCC Kazanketken, Erik-bag village X X X

FE Selection procedure in 12 Karakalpakstan Business ideas from selected communities in Shumanay district

Selected Business ideas communities Repair Consu cattle bakery warehouse/ Agri Green Fishing Work ting granary for product house hop agri-products procesi ng VCC X "Diykhanabad Pakhtashi village VCC X X "Diykhanabad“ Diykhanabad vilg. VCC X "Diykhanabad " Sattar village VCC "Sarmanbay- X X kul", Kiyat village VCC "Mamiy", X X X Toguy village FE Selection procedure in 13 Karakalpakstan Next steps :Phase IV & V • Phase IV – Business plans development and selection of the business proposal to be implemented. – A business planning training session will be delivered to the ELS staff in order to build their capacity in business plans development based in the selected business Idea – A scoring procedure of the forecasted business plans indicators will be developed in order to allow the selection of the project to be implemented. See attached the scoring procedure

• Phase V – Negotiation of the Memorandum of agreement with selected partners and establishment of the farmers’ enterprise

FE Selection procedure in 14 Karakalpakstan