MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES MINISTRY OF COOPERATIVES THE DEVELOPMENT STUDY ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME IN THE CENTRAL DRY ZONE OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR FINAL REPORT (THE PILOT PROJECT) AUGUST 2010 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) SANYU CONSULTANTS INC., TOKYO, JAPAN ＾ Monywa Wetlet S4 S6 Ayadaw S13 S2 Myinmu Ngazum M8 M3 Tada-U Kyakse M1 Myittha M2 G7 Salin Chauk G14 Pwintbyu G13 Minbu G12 Pilot Villages in 2007/08 Pilot TSs in 2007/08 Pilot TSs in 2008/09 Photos for the Pilot Projects A Paddy Demonstration Plot under Integrated Crop Management Dapog Nursery, One of Improved Paddy Cultivation Methods: (Pwintbyu TS): Neighbor farmers are invited to see how to make Dapg nursery can reduce seeds by about 2/3, produce healthy reduced area wet bed nursery, how to grow good seedlings, etc. seedlings, and be easy to ferry to the main field, etc. A Paddy dryer (Legaing Village): Using rice husk, they are now Chick Pea Seed Regeneration with An Improved Seeder (Magyi drying pre-monsoon paddy which is usually harvested during the Village): With the seeder they can try line planting and save seed onset of rainy season, thereby needing drying. by about two thirds. Two Types Treadle Pumps: Left one can push irrigation water up Tubewell Drilling (Magyi Village): A construction of well is to over 13m while right one only 5-6 m but very simple structure being done by using traditional method. The water is to be used which can be produced even in their locality. for vegetable irrigation. i Raised Bed Cultivation for Onion (Khaungkawe Village): After Mushroom cultivation (Legaing Village): Mushroom cultivation the training, a beneficiary started full onion growing by using the does not need farmland but a small space only like house knowledge he acquired during the training. compound. This promotion is therefore meant for landless Bokashi Compost Making (Magyi Village): In this demonstration Sorghum intercropped with Rice Beans (Ar La Ka Pa Village): of Bokashi making, they use molasses, rice bran, rice vinegar, Since rice beans can fix atmospheric nitrogen, the sorghum in the etc. to facilitate the decomposition process. left picture has grown well than the conventional one on right. Goat Raising (Ma Gyi Sauk Village): 5 she-goats are provided to Pig Revolving (Mingan Village): 2 pigs are provided to the 1st each beneficiary of a group, and they have to revolve same 5 generation beneficiaries, and they are required to hand over same she-goats to the second generation beneficiaries. 2 pigs to the 2nd generation beneficiaries. ii An Embroidery Training with Equipment Supply (Ma Gyi Sauk Knitting Production (Ma Gyi Sauk Village): Altogether 50 Village): Resource persons are training village women who are members come up to the 5 knitting machines, and skilled interested in promoting embroideries. members transfer the technology to their peers. Guitar Key Production Improvement (Khaungkawe Village): The Tinsmith and Guitar Key Industry Strengthening (Khaungkawe village has been producing guitar keys and try to improve their Village): Provided with some equipment, the villagers produce products given some new equipment. better products. A Children’s Nutrition Center (North Pabe village): The center A Drinking Place (Ar La Ka Pa Village): Every evening about has become a rural development center where various kinds of 100 – 150 cattle and goat/ sheep come to this water, and also village development activities are carried out. around 50 HHs depend on this for their domestic water use. iii Bio-gas Plant Construction (Khaungkawe Village): They are A Diesel Engine Power Generation (Mingan Village): With this constructing the first tank wherein cow dung is to produce bio power generation, the villagers say they can work additional 3 gas to run diesel engine for power generation. hours for their stone ware production. A Primary School (Mingan Village): It was a joint project A Road Station (Village Product Sales Shop: Legaing Village): contributed a lot by the villagers. The children are no longer in The villagers sell their products to visitors for nearby famous need of commuting a far-away school as before. Pagodas, also improving their rural incomes. An Improved Cooking Stove (North Pabe Village): The stove can A Mid-term Review Workshop: A village representative is now reduce firewood by at least 1/3, and also greatly reduce the risk presenting to the floor their activities, difficulties they faced and of fire, which is one of the big concerns of the CDZ population. lessons learned out of overcoming the difficulties. iv CONTENTS LOCATION MAP PHOTOS CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES PREFACE ................................................................................................................................... 1-1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF THE PILOT PROJECT................................................... 1-1 1.1 Rationale of Its Implementation: Limit, How, Preview ....................................................... 1-1 1.2 Mechanism of the Pilot Project Implementation and Role of Stakeholders ........................ 1-1 1.3 Principle of Selecting Beneficiary: “Public Interest & Pro-Poor”....................................... 1-2 1.4 Overall Schedule of Pilot Project Implementation .............................................................. 1-3 CHAPTER 2 DESIGNING OF THE PILOT PROJECT............................................................ 2-1 2.1 Basic Approaches of Designing the Pilot Project ................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Design of FY 2007/08 Pilot Project..................................................................................... 2-3 2.3 Design of FY 2008/09 Pilot Project..................................................................................... 2-6 2.4 Targeted Beneficiary of the Pilot Project from the Aspect of Gender................................ 2-18 CHAPTER 3 TARGET TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES FOR PILOT PROJECT ................ 3-1 3.1 Townships and Villages for FY 2007/08 Pilot Project......................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Khaungkawe Village ............................................................................................... 3-3 3.1.2 Magyi Village.......................................................................................................... 3-5 3.1.3 Ma Gyi Sauk Village............................................................................................... 3-8 3.1.4 Ar La Ka Pa Village .............................................................................................. 3-11 3.1.5 Mingan Village...................................................................................................... 3-12 3.1.6 Legaing Village ..................................................................................................... 3-15 3.2 Townships and Villages for FY 2008/09 Pilot Project....................................................... 3-18 3.2.1 First Kick-off Workshops (on June 16 and June 17, 2008)................................... 3-18 3.2.2 Second Kick-off Workshops (on June 26 and June 27, 2008)............................... 3-18 CHAPTER 4 FY 2007/08 PILOT PROJECT............................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Selection of Beneficiary of the Pilot Project of FY 2007/08 ............................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Selection of Beneficiary for Agricultural Components........................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Selection of the Beneficiary of Livestock Components.......................................... 4-2 4.1.3 Selection of the Beneficiary of Small-Scale Industries Components...................... 4-4 4.2 Consensus Making on the Components of the FY 2007/08 Pilot Project............................ 4-6 4.2.1 Consensus Formation as a Whole ........................................................................... 4-6 4.2.2 Consensus Formation and Plan Elaboration at Village Level ................................. 4-7 4.3 Overall Progress and Components Changed........................................................................ 4-8 4.3.1 Overall Progress at Activity Level by Sector.......................................................... 4-8 4.3.2 Components Changed............................................................................................. 4-8 4.4 Pilot Project Implementation for Agriculture Sector ......................................................... 4-10 4.4.1 Outputs from the Pilot Implementation................................................................. 4-10 4.4.2 Issues Arisen through the Implementation of Agriculture Pilot Projects .............. 4-12 4.4.3 Post Training Evaluation....................................................................................... 4-19 i 4.5 Pilot Project Implementation for Livestock Sector............................................................ 4-21 4.5.1 Outputs from the Pilot Implementation................................................................. 4-22 4.5.2 Issues Arisen through the Implementation of Livestock Pilot Projects................. 4-25 4.5.3 Post Training Evaluation....................................................................................... 4-31 4.6 Pilot Project Implementation for Cottage Sector ............................................................... 4-33