Dry Zone Development Program SECTION 1: TOWNSHIP LEVEL DATA Field Survey Results

Question Myingyan Nahtogyi Taungthar Total area of 239,544 acres 374.3sq miles 481.2 324,613 acres 507.21 sq miles Township (km2) Total population 276,190 196,874 240,607 Total male 124,381 93 553 112,660 Total female 151,809 103 321 127,947 under 18 (male) 45,729 28 694 42,089 under 18 (female) 49,877 28 230 43,306 above 18 (male) 78,652 64 859 70,571 above 18 (female) 101,932 75 091 84,641 Rural population 143,820 183,833 223,931 % of Rural 52.07% 93.38% 93.07% Population No. of villages 186 VT-66 193 243 (VT-77)(Ward-8) Rural Poverty (no. & % of poor people and no. & % of poor villages) No of HH & % 40% 7,000 20% 32% No of villages in 50 27% 40 21% 75 30.86% poverty & % Total cropped area 164,830 222,044 235,871 Total area irrigated 5,600 6,842 102,414 % of area irrigated/cropped 3.40% 3.08% 43.42% area Total forest area 18,777 1 190 11,654

Institutions (name, number, location): State-owned banks Nil Myanmar Economic Bank Natogyi-Myingyan road Myanma Economic Bank Kyauk Padaung intersection

Myanmar Agricultural Agricultural Development Natogyi-Myingyan road Kyauk Padaung intersection Development Bank Bank Private banks Nil CB Bank Myingyan- Maithtilar road

MFIs Co-op microfinance group Myingyan Street, MaitHtilar Cooperatives loans ward 5 PACT Myanmar Myingyan- Maithtilar road

IDE proximity ward 5 Co-op microfinance groups Myingyan- Maithtilar road

Livestock markets Myingyan Myoma cattle Town entrance main road Nahtogyi Cattle market WelLaung cattle market WelLaung village market (Once in every 7 days)

Other agricultural Myoma market Downtown Bogyoke road Lan Sone Wholesale market Kyauk Padaung intersection markets Commodity exchange Kyaukpadaung intersection Myoma market Bogyoke road Kyauk Padaung intersection street market

Agricultural / vocational training - -

Crop or animal - - breeding/res. station Other (specify) Myingyan (beside NwarHtoGyi Agricultural research dept. - - road)

Township level technical staff (No.): Planning Officer 1 1 1 Water Specialist 1 1 Agricultural Officer 2 2 1 Livestock Officer 1 1 1 Marketing Specialist - - Community Dev. 2 1 Specialist Other (specify) - -

2013 Expenditures (Kyat 000) Dept of Agriculture - 33,121,000 37,000,000 Dept. of Animal Health - 6,813,000 7,512,710 & Breeding Dept of Irrigation - 32,353,000 71,825,291 Dept of Water Supply - 49,190,000 38,182,000 and Sanitation Dept. of Social Welfare - No office Other rural development - 19,755,000 14,138,333 departments

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Question Myingyan Nahtogyi Taungthar Poverty How is poverty defined and measured by the township authorities? lower per capita income; not having difficulty in agricultural having regular agricultural activities; erratic weather; output; a village that has Limited job opportunities lack of knowledge in many households with casual agricultural labourers. technology/methods.

No agriculture land; available land is not easy to cultivate villages with lower level of HH crops; many casual workers incomes and less fertile lands and no secured job which can provide sufficient income. What are the levels of rural poverty in the The level of poverty in the Various government township level is about departments consider the township, according to the levels of rural poverty is average. In the villages, it is level of rural poverty in established definitions? moderate. Major problem is getting worse due to lack of Taungthar township to be little or no employment irrigation and water for moderate. There are no opportunities. agriculture and unpredictable villages that are extremely weather. poor.

while depending on 1 agriculture, the quality of soil 1 Poor fertility of farm land 1 No agriculture land. and land is not very good

Available land cannot be used lack of access to irrigated erratic climate and no 2 2 2 as farm lands due to lack of water irrigated water irrigated water.

What are the (4 major) characteristics of the While difficulty in agricultural poor(est) villages? What poor knowledge of activities make the rural not enough capital for makes them poor? 3 agricultural methods and 3 3 population poor, most people agricultural inputs technology are depending sorely on agriculture.

Scarcity in employment Not having sufficient opportunities and many 4 4 resources/ capital (cash, households with landless technology) casual labourers

What are the (4 major) characteristics of the No agricultural land while poor(est) households none of the HH members depending on agricultural lack of sufficient employment within villages? What 1 1 could earn enough to support 1 livelihood for main source of opportunities makes them poor? the family income.

Not having main income Limited number of Large families with many earner in the household (HH 2 2 2 employment opportunities children and little income members with elderly, widow, handicapped)

Casual laborers depend having only one HH member mainly on agriculture and if it 3 3 no farm land 3 as an income earner. is difficult to , there is no alternative. limited job opportunities in the region and local people 4 No financial capital 4 4 No capital. (cash, technology) could do nothing but casual labour. What are the (4 major) characteristics of the most vulnerable people Female-headed households, within households? Depend on others because of 1 and widows as main income 1 being women and children 1 What makes them having no income. vulnerable? earners

Unable to do jobs that are disabled HH member as 2 2 elderly and disabled 2 labour intensive when being a income earner woman, elderly or disabled.

lower level of education in the There are no jobs available being illiterate or little formal 3 HH, and/or lack of educated 3 3 which suits the vulnerable education HH members people.

lack of financial capital and of vocational training causing lack of other vocational 4 them no other employment 4 training/schooling to support 4 Not able to do agriculture. opportunities except casual the livelihood labour

Which are the poorest villages within the - - township? What is the number/% of the following within the township? (a)Female-headed households? 10% 10% 15% (b) Landless 80% 60% 70% households? (c )Households with disabled/elderly 10% 30% 15% member(s)

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Question Myingyan Nahtogyi Taungthar What measures have been taken by the The township works together township to combat with NGO and INGO in village poverty (policies, microfinance projects developments and irrigation institutions, support tsp. government cooperates coordinated by organizations for agriculture. Departments mechanisms, etc.)? with NGOs and INGOs to (Co-ops, INGOs) and from the township work provide small loans for poor assistance on agricultural together to decrease the households. activities (agricultural loans) obstacles that the village is facing and to increase employment opportunities.

provides vocational trainings ( agricultural and technical/mechanical trainings)

renovating dams and reservoirs to improve irrigation in agriculture

Community Development What has been the experience of the In the past, VDCs were township with VDCs? formed by NGOs. Later on, VDCs have been formed Especially progress in there are also village support about a year ago. Some were creating them and their committees formed by the formed by INGOs. VDCs have There are VDCs in most sustainability? township. Even though there been working together with villages. is no support, some of the the villagers to fulfill various committees continue to exist needs of the communities. and some stop functioning due to lack of support.

Since 2012, rural development projects have been carried out and VDCs have been founded and members are elected by the community.

How many villages in the township have there are many VDCs but no functioning VDCs? 40% 50% record of exact numbers.

How many VDCs are still There is none that has externally supported? Don't know Don't know external support. Till when? How many VDCs have operated independently VDCs formed by the current ones have no external for a minimum of 1 Don't know government operate without support. year, after end of any support. support?

How useful have VDCs been in mobilizing/ promoting/managing development activities Good Good Moderate in villages?

In what ways have township authorities worked with NGOs or There are VDCs in the village other organizations to tracts which were formed by tsp authorities keep records support VDC the township. Some NGOs of reported requests made by development and/or Government departments and formed VDCs in some villages VDCs and share those with channel development NGOs give trainings to the and many people participate INOGs in the township activities through VDCs? committee members. in the activities. Township meetings to provide (trainings cover topics such as authorities also encourage to necessary support and to agriculture and accounting) form such VDCs and give include them in the planned support to set up proper rules projects. and regulations.

In what ways have VDCs channeled Committees collect poorest support/facilitated The VDCs have listed the households data and set assistance to the most The most vulnerable in the poorest and most needy priorities accordingly with vulnerable in the villages are given priority in community members and poverty level. Sometimes, the villages? receiving support whenever submitted the lists to the committees make requests to development activities are Township Management in the township government and carried out in the village. order to include them in INGOs to receive help and priority projects. support.

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Question Myingyan Nahtogyi Taungthar Other relevant information on township characteristics or activities

There are microfinance groups in the township. PACT Myanmar have been doing microfinance activities for 3 This township is a major years now. Co-operative district township. Although it group has initiated used to be an agricultural microfinance activities town, soil erosion and erratic Four dams have been built for starting this year, and have weather have made the agriculture. formed microfinance groups farmers to change their and started lending money. livelihood and migrate to They mainly lend money to foreign countries. the poor people and provide them with medical treatments. Eye operations are offered for free once in every 3 months.

As of Auguest 2014, for domestic water usage , 617 tubewells and 22 dug wells have been built in urban area. In villages, 1168 hand-dug shallow tube wells for domestic use, 395 dug wells for drinking water, 2289 deep tube wells and 12 reservoirs have been built in rural area.

Myittamon (Funeral services), Yin Nyein Pan (clinic), Thukha Chanthar (Doctors' association), UNICEF,

There are 15 BEHSs, 21 BEMSs, 19 BEPPSs, 102 BEPSs and 2 private schools.

one 25-bed-hospital, 3 station hospitals, 3 RHCs, 31 Sub- RHCs and 1 dept of combating Malaria

20 villages have received electricity.

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Question Mahlaing Pakkoku Yesagyo Total area of 402.7 310,937 acres 485.839 sq miles 385.73 Township (km2) Total population 157,674 292,700 234,992 Total male 73 683 134,110 109,769 Total female 83 991 158,590 125,223 under 18 (male) 25 783 45,360 33 343 under 18 (female) 26 129 47,627 33 908 above 18 (male) 47 900 88,750 76 426 above 18 (female) 57 862 110,963 91 315 Rural population 145,607 209,215 211,784 % of Rural 92.35% 71.48% 90.12% Population No. of villages 247 264 245 Rural Poverty (no. & % of poor people and no. & % of poor villages) No of HH & % 27.04% No of villages in 158 60% 45 18.70% poverty & % Total cropped area 180,543 135,450 314,800 Total area irrigated 2,584 9,394 39,249 % of area irrigated/cropped 1.43% 6.94% 12.47% area Total forest area 16 072 27,520 28 627

Institutions (name, number, location): State-owned banks No (2) Government Offices' Myanmar Economic Bank Mahlaing-Maikhtila road Myanma Economic Bank No.8 Myanmar Economic Bank compound

Myanmar Agricultural Myanmar Agriculture Myanmar Agricultural No (2) Government Offices' Mahlaing-Maikhtila road No.3 ward, Htin Tan road Development Bank Development Bank Development Bank compound Private banks KBZ Ward 4, West of Market Kanbawza Bank No.8/No.3/No.11 Myanmar Citizen Bank Ward (2) Global Treasure Bank No.8 Yoma Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku Myawaddy Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku AGD Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku CB Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku Innwa Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku UAB Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku Myoma road, near Myoma Ayarwaddy Bank market Myoma road, near Myoma Myanmar Apex Bank market SME Development Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku First Private Bank Myoma road, Pakkoku MFIs No (2) Government Offices' Cooperatives loans Cooperative group No.1 Cooperatives compound Pact in Myanmar PACT Myanmar No.3 Township Municipal Ward (3) Municipal No.1 OISCA Pakhangyi Village Pact Myanmar Ward (2) Livestock markets Saturday Market Sanay Nai Market Myit Chay cattle market Myit Chay village

Other agricultural Pakkoku wholesale center No.2 ward Yesagyo Township Market markets Commodity exchange Commodity exchange 1 Mahlaing Township Market Pakkoku Myoma market No.9 ward Yesagyo commodity exchange

Commodity exchange 2 Mahlaing Township Market

Agricultural / vocational OISCA (Japan), agricultural - - Phkhangyi village training training Training school for home Paykone village economics Crop or animal - - breeding/res. station Other (specify) Training school on home No.1 economics Technical high school Koe Pin village Training school for weaving No.5 Nursing training school No.4 Computer University Kan Taw village Technical University Pan Tine Chone village Pakkoku University No.6 Township level technical staff (No.): Planning Officer 1 2 2 Water Specialist 1 1 Agricultural Officer 1 2 1 Livestock Officer 1 1 1 Marketing Specialist 1 Community Dev. 0 Specialist Other (specify) Tsp Municipal Affairs Tsp Municipal Affairs 7 4 Committee Committee Tsp Development Support Tsp Development Support 7 3 Committee Committee Members of Parliament 3 Members of Parliament 3 2013 Expenditures (Kyat 000) Dept of Agriculture 37 800 000 41,883 34 755 885 Dept. of Animal Health 7 000 000 - 13 142 & Breeding Dept of Irrigation 51 243 500 245,162 Dept of Water Supply 44 012 100 416,740 144 005 and Sanitation Dept. of Social Welfare - Other rural development 20 174 250 Nil 756 167.8 departments

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Question Mahlaing Pakkoku Yesagyo Poverty How is poverty defined and measured by the township authorities? Poverty is defined as having Having high ratio of HH measured by having Limited high proportion of household members who don't have job opportunities and level of members who cannot afford adequate resources required incomes. to buy basic necessities such for basic needs such as food as food and non-food items. and non food items.

What are the levels of rural poverty in the In Magway Region, the rural The level of rural poverty is township, according to poverty level has decreased moderate. About one third of The level of rural poverty in established definitions? from 43.9% (2005) to 28.2% the total villages are suffering the township is rank (2) (2010). Necessary actions are financial and agricultural 25.66%. being taken to reduce the hardships. poverty rate to 24% in 2015.

no farm land and no water for 1 Underdevelopment 1 Being landless 1 farming

lack of vocational training and too much reliance on 2 2 Food scarcity 2 education necessary to suport agriculture the livelihood.

What are the (4 major) characteristics of the poor(est) villages? What unsuccessful in working on makes them poor? 3 3 Poor living standards 3 limited job opportunities agriculture

Lack of vocational education poor infrastructure for 4 no external support/help 4 and of employment 4 transportation and opportunities communication

What are the (4 major) characteristics of the poor(est) households large number of landless within villages? What 1 No capital 1 Woman headed household 1 makes them poor? casual workers

Households with disabled large number of households 2 No farm land 2 and/or handicapped family 2 with children and dependent members HH members

the sore income earner is Households with many large number of HHs with 3 female or not in good health 3 3 dependent family members disabled HH members or disabled.

large households with low households of landless casual large number of female 4 4 4 income. workers headed households

What are the (4 major) characteristics of the most vulnerable people within households? cannot make adequate Income and expenses are not 1 1 1 limited job opportunities What makes them income. balanced vulnerable?

income doesn’t cover the 2 being disabled 2 Poor health knowledge 2 expenses

being too old or too young to people with little or no formal 3 3 No formal schooling 3 make money schooling

Poor employment people who have little health 4 being female or illiterate 4 4 opportunities knowledge.

Which are the poorest villages within the 80 township? What is the number/% of the following within the township? (a)Female-headed households? 9527 21.40% 19.50% (b) Landless 10284 23.10% 21.70% households? (c )Households with disabled/elderly member(s)

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Question Mahlaing Pakkoku Yesagyo What measures have been taken by the township to combat poverty (policies, Township administration has institutions, support Formed village support Implementing the 8 plan of been forming committees and mechanisms, etc.)? committees and provide actions for poverty reduction. sub committees and support in coordination with Coordination with NGO/INGO implementing the 8 plan of INGOs. organizations. actions to fight poverty.

Coordination with The township/village/ward Parliamentary Members and support committees and Township Development Provide vocational trainings INGOs cooperate together committees to fulfill the with people in order to satisfiy needs of 264 villages and 15 the local needs. wards within the community.

Provide loans and starting capital. Cooperate with CSOs, INGOs and government for external support Community Development What has been the experience of the VDCs were formed with township with VDCs? elected representatives from Especially progress in the citizens by following the VDCs are founded and creating them and their There are many VDCs in many President's directions. VDCs members are elected by the sustainability? villages founded by work together with the village people,following the government and INGOs. administrators in order to instruction of the President. effectively implement the community development activities.

Some VDCs founded by INGOs have stopped functioning Those committees have been however some VDCs founded cooperating with VTAs in by government are still development projects. functioning.

How many villages in the township have functioning VDCs? 80% 264 245

How many VDCs are still They might not know how to externally supported? 213 (PACT) August-2014 get supported externally. Till when? How many VDCs have operated independently for a minimum of 1 N/A 51 year, after end of support?

How useful have VDCs been in mobilizing/ promoting/managing development activities Good Good Good in villages?

In what ways have township authorities worked with NGOs or Township management other organizations to committee has been support VDC The VDCs are helpful as they coordinating with township Township authorities are now development and/or could report the needs of the development committee, cooperating with Township channel development community; and INGOs and township municipal development/management activities through VDCs? government departments committee, Parliamentary committees, INGOs and MPs, concerned provide support members, NGOs and VDCs, and priortizing necessary based on the information and priotizing local projects. provided by the VDCs. development projects based on the availability of budget.

In what ways have VDCs channeled support/facilitated Some VDCs have listed poor VDCs has been supporting assistance to the most VDCs are now cooperating villages and submitted those and facilitating various vulnerable in the with Township administration, lists to organizations and they necessary projects in villages? committees, INGOs and MPs also do fund raising activities coordination with MPs, to support various necessary to provide services such as township administration and projects based on priority. health care. INGOs.

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Question Mahlaing Pakkoku Yesagyo Other relevant information on township characteristics or activities

Pakkoku township has gained In order to increase job There are many acres of land momentum in development opportunities, OISCA is where no crops of any kind since after the Ayarwaddy providing agriculature/aqua- could be cultivated. bridge was built. culture trainings.

Pakkoku Tsp has been developing every year due to improvements in telecommunication/ transportation, implementing Dept of Rural Development is People don’t know what urban development plans, collaborating with the techniques should be used to following village development twonship GAD, INGOs and prevent soil contamination manuals and coordination NGOs for water security and (Alkali soil). among township road improvements. administration, township development committees, Parliament members, Action Aid groups and other development organizations.

Crops have been destroyed if people use water flowing over those contaminated soil.

The number of migrant workers has been increasing as there are not regular seasonal employment opportunities while rural population is growing.

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