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Project Goals

Poverty Reduction. Improve Status for Women

 

Project Objectives

Improve communication and village level infrastructure. Improve living standards particularly of small landholders and landless people by enhancing household incomes through improved Agriculture and Natural Resource Management.

 Improve rural livelihood opportunities and alternatives through measures to boost access to social and economic resources. Assist to establish sustainable village level development structure.

Measure to Address Poverty

Economic growth. Better distribution of available resources

 

CONSTRAINTS:

Productive assets. Human capital development (education & health). Organizational capacity

 

Project Support

 Develop Infrastructure to increase production and reduce cost for access to social services and markets

Increase in Agriculture Production Small scale income generating activities

Project Approach

Demand driven (communities identify & implement). Sustainability factors: low cost, skills and institutional capacity. Project stresses the mainstreaming of women in society through gender sensitive programming. Participation in institutions at community and district level. Improved access to health and education .Production opportunities.

Status of Women

Economic contribution goes unrecognized. Heavily discriminated against in terms of access to basic services for health and education. No role in decision making

Project Feature

The Project is based on participatory frame work where community will be involved in the identification of schemes implemented by Line Departments. Decentralized decision-making involving line agencies and NGOs working together at District and UC levels in partnership with Village Organizations. Village organizational development to enable village and Mohallah-level management of development activities. Diversified package of development initiatives that respond to needs at community, group and household level.

Project Execution

Sponsoring Agency:                                       Government of NWFP

 Donors:                                                              Asian Dev: Bank & International Fund for

                                                                               Agriculture Development

Executing Agencies:                                       Line Departments, NGOs & Participating

                                                                               Financial  Institutions.

 Implementation Period:                                  2001-2008

 

Project Area

The Project will directly benefit approximately 830,000 beneficiaries. Indirect benefits will reach significantly beyond the direct beneficiaries in the following administrative districts and one tribal agency:

Haripur                                    Kohat

Abbottabad                            Hangu

Mansehra                                Karak

Battagram                               Bannu

Kohistan                                 Lakki Marwat

                                                  Orakzai Agency

Project Financing

(Rupees in million)

 

 

Source

Total Cost

Percent(%)

ADB

IFAD

Government of NWFP

PFI*

Beneficiaries

                                            Total

3188.4

  905.4

1225.9

    75.1

  674.5

6069.3

 53

 15

 20

   1

  11

100

 *PFI = participating financial institutions.

Project Components

Rural Infrastructure                          Rs. 2465 m

Village Level Development             Rs. 779 m

Rural Financial Services                 Rs. 692 m

Agriculture and NRM                       Rs. 1352 m

Institutional Support                        Rs. 666 m

Village Level Development

Village Organization Development

To provide a forum for organizational development in the form of Mohallah Committees, Women Organization and Village Organization where the community can plan, discuss and participate in the decision making and also facilitate the public sector interventions.

Scope

Formation and operation of 850 male VOs and 500 female VOs. Training of 5,500 activists and 10,500 community organization office bears. Establishment of Community linkages with line agencies, participating financial institution (PFI), and non-government organizations (NGOs). Training in gender mainstreaming; village teacher; traditional birth attendant; and livelihood skills. Health and Education outreach program in Kohistan.

Implementation Arrangements

NGOs will be contracted to provide community mobilization services, training and rural finance outreach. There will be ten contracts one for each District/Agency .The NGOs offices will be called District Programme Office (DPO) and will be headed by District Program Officer. There will be 27(2 to 3 per district) SOUs which will be manned by one male, one female Social Organizer and one Micro-Credit Officer.

Rural Financial Services

Scope

Mobilize Savings and provide Credit (short and medium term) to the target communities. Disbursement of Rs. 650 million, out of which 30 percent will be extended to female borrowers. 80% of the loans will be channeled through partners NGOs. Short term loans of upto Rs. 6500 for seasonal crops, livestock production needs, trading activities. Medium term credits upto Rs. 20,000 for range of assets investments including farm machinery, tree crops, establishment of nurseries and micro enterprises. Business loans upto Rs 30,000 .

Infrastructure

Sub Component

Roads                                                            

Irrigation Systems                            

Drinking Water Supply/School Sanitation

Micro-hydel schemes

Rural Roads

To provide improved access to social services and reduce transportation costs of farm produce, agriculture inputs and various commodities of daily use. Two standards of roads are planned to serve the rural areas:

 

Shingle Roads                                   

Black Topped Roads

Irrigation

In order to develop appropriate irrigation infrastructure to enhance yields, cropping intensities and expand cultivable areas the following will be achieved.

 

Tubewells                                                      

Dugwells

Surface Irrigation Channels.

Irrigation Ponds.

 

Drinking Water Supply/Sanitation

To provide clean drinking water and improve hygienic conditions in the Project area.

 

Gravity based Drinking Water Supply

Hand pumps                                                  

Tubewells                                                      

Sanitation

 

Micro-Hydel

To enhance social and economic activities and to improve the quality of life in the target villages. Schemes under this component are proposed in Kohistan, Battagram, Mansehra and Orakzai Agency.

Physical Targets

Participatory Small Scale Infrastructure

 

Rural Roads:

Feeder tracts                                                                      

Link roads black topped                                                  

 

Irrigation:

Irrigation schemes                                                                  

 

Drinking Water Supply:

Gravity and Tubewell based                                                 

Hand pumps based                                                                 

 

Micro-hydel:

Micro-hydel systems                                                               

 

Sanitation

School based Sanitation schemes                                          

 

Natural Resource Management

 

Agriculture Extension/ Research

Increased Crop Production and improved Horticulture practices will be achieved through.

 Seed multiplication & demonstration plots. Field Days Training of village  agriculture extension workers. Establishment of Seed Farm at Sarai Naurang in Bannu District. Adaptive research trials. Drought management (resistant verities, land preparation). Termites control (integrated pest management).

Horticulture

Top working of Olive and Ber. Date palm orchards. Off-season Vegetable demos and Kitchen Gardening. Trainings in preservation of Fruits, vegetables and in farmer-managed fruit plant nurseries. Establishment of a Fruit Nursery in Kohistan. Asparagus cultivation

Soil & Water Conservation

To protect soils from erosion, use the available water efficiently and recharge the diminishing underground water the following will be implemented.

 Protection spurs, Protection bunds, Check dams, Water ponds and Inlet/Outlet    

 

Livestock

Breed Improvement, Animal Nutrition, Poultry Improvement and Upgrade Animal Health

 

Community Forestry

Trainings in rangelands, medicinal plants, seed technology, extension techniques, agro-forestry, nursery techniques and bee keeping. Community afforestation and farmer plantation. Establishment of potted and bed nurseries.

Physical Targets

Agriculture Extension

Seed multiplication and demonstration plots                                                     

Field Days                                                                                                                        

Training of village agriculture extension workers                                           

 

Agriculture Research

Establishment of Seed Farm                                                                                       

Adaptive research trials                                                                                                

 

Horticulture Extension:

Vegetable demos and Kitchen Gardening Trainings                                          

Fruit Orchards (date palm demonstration)                                                           

Fruit and vegetable preservation and nurseries management training          

Establishment of Fruit Nursery in Kohistan                                               

 

Soil and Water Conservation:

Protection spurs and bunds                                                                                         

Check dams and Water ponds                                                                                       

Inlet/Outlet                                                                                                         

 

Livestock Production Extension:

 

Breed Improvement

Semen for artificial inseminations                                        

Establishment of small-scale frozen semen production labs               

Goat, sheep                                                   

Poultry improvement                                                       

 

Animal Health

Vaccinations and deworming                                                     

Training of Women and extension workers                     

Fodder demonstrations plots                                                   

Field days                                                                    

 

Community Forestry:

Forestry Extension Training                                                    

Community and Farmer  afforestation;                           

Establishment of potted and bed nursery

 

Beyond the Traditional Approach

The Project will introduce innovative ideas like:

Improvement of Olive through top working in Hangu, Orakzai Agency, Kohat, Karak and Haripur areas. Mazri (Chatai Palm) cultivation and development in the southern low rainfall areas. Under the breed improvement. Angora Goat will be introduced in hilly areas and Beetal Goat in southern areas. For wool purpose sheep breeds like Rambo velet and Kaghani will be increased in the hilly areas. Rhizobial inoculation of Legumes for soil fertility. Promotion of indigenous medicinal herbs and shrubs. Water Use efficiency (Drought Management). Precision Leveling through laser techniques. ii. Adoption of minimal or zero tillage in low rainfall areas. Maximum utilization of available moisture. iv. Promotion of low water requiring crops i.e Olive, Pulses, Asparagus, Phalsa and pomegranate (Miho). Drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. vi. Inter cropping vegetables in fruit orchards laid out on drip systems.