Transcript 2 - Market Development Forum Nepal

Rebuilding Key Agriculture Assets
Samarth-NMDP
Guiding Principles
1. Evidenced based interventions
Using rapid assessments of markets affected by the
emergency, and its impacts on markets that the poor are
heavily involved in for their food security and livelihoods
2. Avoid undermining and distorting markets
By working with and through existing market players to
recover quickly, and delivering goods and services to; and
employing and trading with affected people.
3. Facilitation of legitimate market players
Rather than acting as a deliverer of direct goods and services
to affected people. This ensures that recovery is sustainable,
and reinforces the legitimacy of market players in the longterm recovery process.
Analysis of the Impact of the
Earthquake on Agricultural Markets
In May 2015 Samarth-NMDP and industry partners
(CDCAN/PEAN/FEFVEN) conducted RAMs in the:
– Vegetable Sector
– Dairy Sector
– Agricultural Inputs Sector
1. Significant drop in demand
2. Unavailability and increased cost of labour
3. High losses and damage to infrastructure
4. Disruption, availability and cost of transportation
The Intervention
Construction of 1000 livestock sheds and 15 seed and grain
storage facilities upon the request of Ministry of
Agriculture Development (MoAD).
Working districts
– Makwanpur, Lamjung, Tanahu
Implemented through local partners (IPs)
– FORWARD, SAPPROS and DEVTEC Nepal
Intervention challenges
1. Balancing direct intervention and market
facilitation
2. Sustainability of project
3. Feasibility
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Hardest hit areas are rural, remote and scattered
4. Avoiding market distortion
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Weak market supporting functions in affected areas
5. Coordination
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Efficient deployment of resources
Avoiding duplication
Using market facilitation for rebuilding
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Coordinating with key market players at all levels (central,
district, local)
Formulation of Full Business Plans detailing management and
operational structures for year-round and profitable operation
of each community storage facilities.
Training on masonry, supply chain management and resilience
to all involved service providers and tradesman (skill building
to support future demand and absorb subsidy)
In the Seed Summit held on the 14th and 15th of September
2015, the government announced construction of 50
Additional SGSFs (under the same design and guidelines) as
part of expanding rebuilding effort within the present
Nepalese fiscal year
Tourism
Market Restoration Efforts
The Economy of Tourism
3.6%*
522
Direct Employment
Indirect Employment
553,500 jobs
8.2% 1,255,500 jobs
Tourist class hotels
Scheduled
30+ international airlines
5000+ Travel, Trekking, Rafting
agencies
Contribution of
4.3%* tourism to GDP
Maldives: 27% ($1.9 billion)
Investment
4.1% NRs. 12.5 billion
International Airport
1
3 mil passenger movements
Tourist arrivals
0.8 million Maldives: 1 million, Bhutan:
100,000
Average spend per
$42.8 tourist
Bhutan: $152
Tourism receipts USD 13 per capita Nepal population: 35 times lower than Thailand, 6 times lower than Bhutan and 4
times lower than of Sri Lanka
*WTTC: as per MoCTCA’s report it is only 0.15 million registered jobs
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Earthquake April/May ’15
Collateral damage of enterprises; 20% destructions in heritage sites; 15% destruction in trekking areas
High Media Exposure
May/ June'15
Media shows stories of
extreme destruction and
devastation; induces an
image of a country in deep
crisis and unsafe
Travel Advisories
Apr-Jun '15
Key source market
government issues ban to
Nepal
Arrival plummets
Apr-Jul ‘15
Insurance stops covering
Nepal;
TO report cancellations on
booking; arrivals down by
90%; job losses
Tourism recovery
and confidence
building measures
kicks in
May/ June ‘15
onwards
Realignment of Tourism
Intervention
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Recovery
• Inventory of supply and demand
side
• Trail Assessment (through
Miamoto International)
• Enterprise survey for socioeconomic status of enterprises
• Operators meet
• International press visits
• Travel advisories softened; big
operators resumed booking
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Redevelopment
• Prioritised as per degree to which destination
area has been affected
• Affected areas
• Semi-affected areas
• Unaffected areas
• Implementation focus on the development
of safe experiences for visitors
• GHT branded safe trekking system
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GHT Safe Trekking System Implementation
1 Communication
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2 Monitoring
Credit-card sized trail card that is carried by each trekker and is captured
automatically when passing trail management points (gates, bridges,
etc.)
3 Shelters
Resilient and safe shelter at appropriate intervals
4 Rescue
Emergency evacuation system and insurance coverage when utilising
certified trails and trekking agencies
5 Quality
Enterprise
Standards
Resilient building code for accommodation, standard accommodation
units (e.g. mountain huts) and advanced trained guides & porters
6 Resource &
Infrastructure
stability
Stabilised trails (e.g. gabions) and land slights mitigation measures and
management
Mobile phone coverage along trail
Clear and standardised signage
GHT communication hubs
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Thank You
Questions
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