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Social Assessment Report for World Bank Financed China Agricultural Technology Project 35126 v 2 Social Assessment Report for World Bank Financed China Agricultural Technology Project Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Sub-report CONTENTS Chapter 1 Summary of Project Design and Execution in Anhui.................................................................... 1 Section 1 Background of Projects in Anhui ................................................................................................. 1 Section 2 Project Design and Execution in Anhui ....................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Project and Interest Groups ........................................................................................................... 2 I. Guangde Quality Nuisance-free Chicken Breeding Demonstration ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. II. Mengcheng Quality Yellow Cattle Resource Utilization Technological Demonstration Project ...Error! Public Disclosure Authorized Bookmark not defined. III. Dangtu Quality Nuisance-free Lean Pork Pig Technological Demonstration ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. IV. Huaibei Meat Duck SM3 Fine Breed Popularization Project ................................................................. 9 V. Shou County Meat Goose Fine Breed Cultivation Popularization ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. VI. Yeji Test Area Goat Industry Technological Demonstration Project.....Error! Bookmark not defined. VII. Feixi Distinctive Nursery Stock Flower Technological Demonstration Base Construction Project ....................................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. VIII. Bengbu Suburb Quality Paddy & Wheat New Variety Development and Popularization Project ....................................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Public Disclosure Authorized IX. Chizhou Nuisance-free Sweet Potato & Beans Industrialization ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. X. Dangshan Pear Green Food Standard Production & Air-conditioning Preservation Technique Demonstration Project .......................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. XI. Feixi Nuisance-free Peanut Production Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project......Error! Bookmark not defined. XII. Farmer-centered Sustainable Agro-tech System Construction, Demonstration & Popularization Project .........................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. XIII. Nanling Farmer-centered IPM Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project........................ 34 XIV. She County Organic Tea Production Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project............... 36 Chapter 3 Opinions and Suggestions of the SA Team.................................................................................. 39 I. Guangde Quality Nuisance-free Chicken Breeding Demonstration ProjectError! Bookmark not Public Disclosure Authorized defined. II. Mengcheng Quality Yellow Cattle Resource Utilization Technological Demonstration Project ...Error! Bookmark not defined. III. Dangtu Quality Nuisance-free Lean Pork Pig Technological Demonstration ProjectError! Bookmark World Bank Financed China Agro-tech Project (Phase II), Anhui Social Assessment not defined. IV. Huaibei Meat Duck SM3 Fine Breed Popularization Project ............................................................... 41 V. Shou County Meat Goose Fine Breed Cultivation Popularization ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. VI. Yeji Test Area Goat Industry Technological Demonstration Project.....Error! Bookmark not defined. VII. Feixi Distinctive Nursery Stock Flower Technological Demonstration Base Construction Project ....................................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. VIII. Bengbu Suburb Quality Paddy & Wheat New Variety Development and Popularization Project ....................................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. IX. Chizhou Nuisance-free Sweet Potato & Beans Industrialization ProjectError! Bookmark not defined. X. Dangshan Pear Green Food Standard Production & Air-conditioning Preservation Technique Demonstration Project.................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. XI. Feixi Nuisance-free Peanut Production Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project......Error! Bookmark not defined. XII. Maoji Farmer-centered Sustainable Agro-tech System Construction, Demonstration & Popularization Project .........................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. XIII. Nanling Farmer-centered IPM Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project........................ 46 XIV. She County Organic Tea Production Technique Demonstration & Popularization Project............... 47 Annexes.........................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Annex I: Attached Table ............................................................................................................................ 48 Annex II: Map Indication of Projects in Anhui.......................................................................................... 56 2 World Bank Financed China Agro-tech Project (Phase II), Anhui Social Assessment Chapter 1 Summary of Project Design and Execution in Anhui Section 1 Background of Projects in Anhui There are 14 established projects in Anhui under the World Bank Financed China Agro-tech Demonstration & Popularization Project, involving 13 districts/cities in Anhui, including 7 planting projects, 5 breeding projects, 2 projects undertaken by associations and 2 technical popularization projects undertaken by the government. Anhui now has a total area of 139,000km2, governs 17 cities (district level cities), 5 county level cities, 56 counties and 44 municipal districts. Anhui is a major agricultural province, where agriculture accounts for a great portion in its economy. As planned in the “Strategic Objectives, Steps of Anhui for Full Construction of Well-off Society and Key Constructions Tasks at the Initial Stage”, the province will further adjust its agricultural structure, highlight stockbreeding and efficient cash crops, and construct 10 major production and supply bases of quality farm products, including special wheat, paddy rice, cotton, “double-low” rape, tealeaf, peanut, vegetable, animal meat, bee products and aquatic products. 11 companies and 2 professional associations in Anhui have participated in the construction of the project. To increase the technological level and ensure the successful execution of the project, each subproject is in cooperation with a province-level or above scientific research institute or university. As technical support units of the project, over 10 research institutes of the 3 province-level scientific research institutes—Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University and Anhui Institute of Forest Sciences—have experts across nearly 40 disciplines (seed cultivation, cultivation, plant protection, gardening, clay fertilizer, biotechnology, stockbreeding, veterinary, agricultural economy) involved in the project, of which above 75% have a senior title and most are middle-aged or young. The projects are mainly distributed in poor areas in Anhui, involving 13 districts/cities out of 17 ones province-wide. Nearly 100,000 farmers participate in the project. Industries of the subprojects are mainly planting, stockbreeding or farm product processing, such as planting flower/sapling, peanut, tealeaf, chicken raising, cattle raising, sheep raising, etc. These are activities suitable for women. Accordingly, all the subprojects can absorb a great number of women for employment, which will help improve the income and social status of women. See Attached Tables 1 & 2 for a summary of the subprojects. 1 World Bank Financed China Agro-tech Project (Phase II), Anhui Social Assessment Section 2 Project Design and Execution in Anhui See Attached Table 3 for the project execution plan of each executive unit, total investment, company benefit, risks, expectation of influence, conclusions and suggestions; see Attached Table 4 for each project’s execution. Chapter 2 Project and Interest Groups I. Guangde Quality Nuisance-free Chicken Breeding Demonstration Project 1. Affected Farmers and Project The affected area of Liudong Town in Guangde County is situated north of the county town and is a major planting and stockbreeding town in Gangfan District; Baidian Town is located south of the county town and is a poorer town in Guangde. The total area of the project demonstration zone is 290km2, governing 60 administrative villages. The project demonstration zone investigated—Zhaocun Village in Qiucun Town, Guangde County—has a total population of 2715 people, 703 families, 1.1mu per capita paddy field, 17500mu tilled land (including barren hill), mainly planting rape, sweet potato, paddy rice, villagers’ per capita annual income is about 1700yuan, this is a poorer village in the town. Farmers are far away from each other, which is convenient for chicken raising (prevention of dissemination of fowl pest), but the traffic is inconvenient. Many farmers have the intent of chicken raising but can
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