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|  | | | | Title | Vietnam: Mai Son Rural Development Programme - Replication Phase, Vietnam.
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| Assigning Organisation | DFID - Procurement, Appointments and NGO Department (PAND) | | Project Reference Number | 186-680-019 | |
| Location | VIET NAM; | | Start Date | 06 January 1998 | | End Date | 31 March 2001 | | Project Status | Ongoing | |
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| Funding Organisation | DFID - Procurement, Appointments and NGO Department (PAND) | |
| Other Participating Organisations |  Actionaid UK | |
| Project Manager | Head of SectionProcurement, Appointments and NGO DepartmentDepartment For International DevelopmentAbercrombie HouseEaglesham RoadEast KilbrideGlasgowG75 8EATel: 01355 84 3583Fax: 01355 84 3547 | |
| Project Summary | High rates of population increase, combined with extensive methods of cultivation, have led to serious degradation of natural resources in Mai Son District. Substantial logging by state forestry enterprises, together with extensive "slash and burn" methods of cultivation practised by ethnic minority groups, has resulted in serious deforestation. In Mai Son District, only 13,500 hectares of forest remain (10 per cent of the surface area). Deforestation has led to soil erosion in upland areas and serious flooding during periods of heavy rain.The impact of upland degradation on the household economy is particularly severe, due to the high level of dependence on upland cultivation, especially among the poor households living in highland areas, like the H'Mong and Kh'Mu. Very limited areas of irrigated paddy land, on which more intensive cultivation is possible, are available to such households. Throughout the district as a whole, there are only 1,733 hectares of paddy land - 13sq m per person - of which only 333 hectares can sustain two crops per year.The majority of households in the project area are dependent primarily on upland agriculture: in particular the cultivation of hill rice, maize and cassava. In lower lying areas, the Thai and Kinh populations engage in wet rice cultivation, though the area of wet paddy land available is limited. Richer households in the more accessible areas of Son La have also responded to government campaigns which promote the culivation of cash crops like mulberry, coffee and sugar cane. Principle supplementary income-generating activities include livestock rearing (particularly pigs), fish-rearing, fruit tree cultivation, etc. There also appears to be increasing experimentation by households in low-lying areas, particularly those near the road, in new varieties of rice. Richer households with adequate labour and capital resources are starting to develop "farmsteads" where these sorts of activities are combined. Wage labour opportunities for both the rich and poor are limited but growing, including sugar cane harvesting and road construction. Agricultural wage labour within villages is uncommon.In Mai Son District, state-run seed credit systems remain the primary mechanism for providing inputs. Competition from private suppliers in agriculture inputs appears to be developing rather slowly, largely due to a general distrust of the quality of private goods as well as the higher prices charged as a result of their smaller scale.Private dealers are becoming more active in the purchase of cash crops, or surplus crops and livestock (ie: agricultural outputs). Private buyers increasingly go directly to the villages to purchase any surplus crops. Another recent development is a growing "barter" market, used by poorer households to pre-sell their crops, in order to buy goods on credit in times of shortage, generally on rather unfavourable terms. Such debts incurred are usually repaid in produce at harvest times. While profits increase, particularly for traders dealing with poor farmers, such households often have to sell at a loss in times of shortage to cover their basic needs, creating even greater indebtedness. To improve the socio-economic position of poor households, enabling them to take lasting control over key aspects of their daily life. | |
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Topic Info | | · | ID: 178762 | | · | Visits: 1017 | | · | Added: 03 November 2003 | | · | Updated: 22 July 2004 | | · | URL: http://www.onefish.org/id/178762 | |
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