Transcript PCGs: Towards Better Coherence and Effectiveness

IFAD in Vietnam
Rural and Agricultural
Development
Operations and Challenges
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Vietnam Country Programme
Active since 1993
Supporting 11 Vietnamese provinces
Overall IFAD project costs in Vietnam
USD 347.5 Million
Country Strategic Opportunities
Programme (COSOP) for 2012-2017
IFAD Country Programme - STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
SO1:
INSTITUTION
BUILDING
• Enable poor rural provinces
to carry out market-led propoor rural development
SO2:
MARKET
ACCESS
• Improve access of the rural
poor– particularly women –
to commodity and labour
markets
SO3:
CLIMATE
ADAPTATION
• Enhance the capacity of
poor rural households’ to
adapt to climate change
2005-11 Ha Giang, Quang Binh
Decentralized Program for Rural Poverty
Reduction (DPRPR) USD38.8 mil
2006-12 Ha Tinh, Tra Vinh
Improving Market Participation of the Poor
Program (IMPP) USD37.3 mil
2007-13 Cao Bang, Ben Tre
Developing Business with the Rural Poor
Programme (BDRP) USD50.5 mil
2008-14 Bac Kan
Pro-Poor Partnership for Agriculture
Development Project (3PAD) USD25.3 mil
2009-15 Dac Nong
Sustainable Economic Empowerment of Ethnic
Minorities Project (3EM) USD23.6 mil
Tuyen Quang, Ninh
Thuan, Gia Lai
2010-16
Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas Tam
Nong Support Project (TNSP) USD64.1 mil
Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Ben
Tre, Tra Vinh
2013-
IFAD Country Programme - ACHIEVEMENTS
1. PRIVATE SECTOR
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
2. VALUE CHAINS
AND SUBSECTORS
Commune leadership
capacity
Agriculture services
Market-oriented
participatory SEDPs
Skills and vocational
training system
Rural financial services
including Women’s
SCGs
Small-scale
infrastructure
Pro-poor PPP
models
Market identification
and BDS services
3. ENTERPRISES
AND PRODUCER
GROUPS
Opportunities for
rural enterprises
Start-up of CIGs,
Collaborative
Groups and
Cooperatives
New Women’s
Producer Groups
Key Challenges and Issues
1. Private sector enabling environment
No integration of different programmes’
resources; wasted synergies
Low local
capacities to
support
small rural
enterprises
and producer
groups
Weak financial services for rural small
producers and traders
2. Value chains and sub-sectors
Unclear framework for Public Private
Partnership agreements
No market identification support
system, weak BDS system
3. Enterprises and producer groups
No grant framework to support key
enterprises or farmer groups
No developed structures for provision
of agricultural and BDS services
through private agents
Recommendations to Government
1. Strengthen market-oriented approach in local level.
Encourage reforms in SEDP planning with strategic engagement of the
private sector and value chain application. Support market access of the
poor through infrastructure improvements and market identification;
2. Improve rural financial and business development
services. Enable outreach of financial services to rural smallholder
groups, small producers and traders. Identify and empower BDS delivering
institutions;
3. Base regional strategic planning on applied research.
4.
5.
Support region specific applied research on commodity chains, climate
change adaptation, involvement of private sector actors, impact of savings
and lending, Public Private Partnerships and other key aspects of rural
development. Take effective use of research in policy design and
implementation;
Create synergies between programmes. Use lessons learnt
from international support and incorporate those in nation wide programs
such as the NTP-NRD. A possible concrete first step: adapt and
implement M&E framework of IFAD projects to NTPP-NRD;
Specify poverty reduction efforts for regions. Adopt
different strategies for regions in view of poverty levels, socio-economic
and agro-ecological conditions.
Thank you for attention!
IFAD VIETNAM