Loan No.: 796-NP Grant No.: DSF-8050-NP Government of Nepal Ministry of Agricultural Development High Value Agriculture Project in Government of Nepal Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (Fiscal Year 2013/14) Implementing Partners Project Management Unit (PMU) Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal Phone: 00977 83 520038, Fax: 00977 83 525403 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hvap.gov.np August, 2014 (Annual Progress Report 2013/14) August 2014 Project at a Glance Country Nepal Title of the Report Annual Progress Report 2013/14 Project Title High Value Agriculture Project In Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) Project Number Loan No.: 796-NP; Grant No.: DSF-8050-NP Donor Agency International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Executing Agency Ministry of Agricultural Development, Government of Nepal Partners SNV-Nepal and Agro Enterprise Centre 6 Districts from Mid-Western Development Region and 1 District Location of the Project from Far-Western Development Region of Nepal Fiscal Year/Reporting Year 2013/14 Reporting Period 16 July 2013 to 15 July 2014 Year of Implementation 4th Year Total Project Budget (US$) 18.87 Million Date of Loan Effectiveness 5 July 2010 Date of Project Start 6 Feb 2011 Project Duration 6.5 Years Date of Project Completion 30 September 2017 Date of Financing Closing 31 March 2018 Budget of FY 2013/14 Year NRs. 373.79 Million Financial Achievement of the Reporting NRs. 179.28 Million (48% of the Target) FY 2013/14 Year Cumulative Financial Achievement till NRs. 410.7 Million (31% of the Total Fund allocated-NRs. 1338 Reporting Period Million) Households covered till reporting year 6646 Households/5 Traders (49% of total target :13555) No. of Women Beneficiaries 20974 (42% of total target: 50,400) No. of Dalits and Janajatis Beneficiaries 13121 (63% of total target: 21,000) NRs. 10463 (Target: NRs. 30,000/HH/ year at the end of the Average additional net income per HH project) High Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) Page i August 2014 (Annual Progress Report 2013/14) Figure1: Financial Achievement of the Fiscal Year 2013/14 Financial Achievement % during the FY 2013/14 90 80 70 60 50 40 76 81 Achievement % 30 48 20 40 10 - MoAD SNV AEC Total Financial (NRs. million) Planned Vs Achievement of Fiscal Year 2013/14 400.00 373.79 350.00 295.68 300.00 250.00 200.00 179.28 150.00 119.11 100.00 64.47 50.00 13.64 49.19 - 10.98 MoAD SNV AEC Total Budget Expenditure Page ii High Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) August 2014 (Annual Progress Report 2013/14) Page iv High Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) (Annual Progress Report 2013/14) August 2014 Table of Content Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................ iii Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. ix A. PROJECT OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 1 I. Goal of the project ............................................................................................................ 1 II. Objectives of the Project .................................................................................................. 1 III. Target Group ..................................................................................................................... 1 IV. Project Approaches ........................................................................................................... 1 V. Implementation Modality ................................................................................................. 2 B. PURPOSE OF THE REPORT ........................................................................................................... 3 C. PROJECT RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 4 I. Major Outcomes and Outputs of the Project ................................................................... 4 II. Major Achievements by Components during the Reporting Year and Cumulative ......... 8 1. Pro-Poor Value Chain Development ....................................................................... 8 2. Inclusion and Support for Value Chain Initiatives ................................................ 14 Sub-Component 2A: Group Formation and Strengthening ................................. 15 Sub-Component 2B: Social and Gender Inclusion ................................................ 17 Sub-Component 2C Production/Post Harvest Support ........................................ 20 Sub-Component 2D Value Chain Fund ................................................................. 24 Sub-Component 2E District Participation and Spatial Inclusion ........................... 29 3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Including Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management) .................................................................................... 30 D. IMPLEMENTAION ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ............................................................................ 36 E. MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF NEXT YEAR ............................................................................................ 36 F. CONCLUDING REMARKS............................................................................................................ 37 G. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................... 38 LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: Details of beneficiary HHs supported from project till this year 2013/14 ........................................... 4 Table 2: No. of beneficiary households by value chain ..................................................................................... 5 Table 3: No. of individual beneficiaries in different project year (PY) ............................................................... 6 Table 4: No. of households with increased additional net income of NRs 30,000 by caste/ethnicity. ............. 6 Table 5: Average baseline and after intervention net income in six value chains ............................................. 7 Table 6: Women in Leadership Positions of groups/cooperatives .................................................................... 7 Table 7: No. of market arrangements by value chain ...................................................................................... 10 Table 8: Score obtained in institutional capacity self-assessment before and after HVAP support by district .............................................................................................................................. 13 Table 9: No. of groups and cooperatives increasing market linkage by value chain. ...................................... 15 Table 10: Summary of the achieved score of the NGO’s performance ............................................................. 16 Table 11: No. of participants in different trainings by caste/ethnicity .............................................................. 17 Table 12: Poverty ranking of beneficiary households by value chain and caste/ethnicity ................................ 17 High Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP) Page v August 2014 (Annual Progress Report 2013/14) Table 13: Lead positions by gender .................................................................................................................. 19 Table 14: No. of farmers involving under PPF by caste/ethnicity and value chain ............................................ 20 Table 15: No. of implemented proposals under PPF by Value chain ................................................................. 21 Table 16: No. of participants in technical training by gender and caste/ethnicity ............................................ 22 Table 17: List of action researches and demonstrations and fund by value chain ............................................ 22 Table 18: No. of implemented Business Plans and cost by Value chain under W1 ........................................... 25 Table 19: No. of implemented Business Plans and cost by Value chain under W2 ........................................... 25 Table 20: HVAP investment in production (W2+PPF) by District ....................................................................... 26 Table 21: Value of supply by value chains ......................................................................................................... 27 Table 22: No. of benefited households by caste/ethnicity and value chain ...................................................... 28 Table 23: No. of grantees and disbursed amount by value chain and instalment ............................................ 29 Table 24: List of selected infrastructures for initial study for Spatial Inclusion grants ...................................... 30 Table 25: List of the exposure visits organized till date ..................................................................................... 33 Table 26: List of training to staff by training types ............................................................................................ 33 Table 27: Component wise financial achievement ............................................................................................ 35 LIST OF FIGURES: Figure 1: Financial Achievement of the Fiscal Year 2013/14