INNOVATION PLAN VIET NAM TEAM
Developing Rural Traditional Trade Village for Pro-poor COCONUT PRODUCT IN BEN TRE PROVINCE
70% population depend on coconut; 30% of them are pro – poor and near poor (24,000) Current group (small scale:10 people) The price is falling Mainly export to China Create more jobs, enhance incomes for the rural; give them livelihoods after the project end Enlarge group (20-30 people) Add value to coconut Export to many markets
Governance: support policy, tax… Enterprises: investment, marketing… Community (rural poor): produce NGOs – IFAD: funding, training, building… capacity for the rural poor
S Natural conditions Large raw material area Diversify products Experiences in making handicraft Wide collecting network Habit of selling raw material Enterprises not interesting Family household production Plating according to traditional model A lot of poor employees O Potential development Large market Investment promotion policies Encourage planting coconut WW T Disease Economic crisis Price competition Unstable labour
Inputs Collectingprocessing Transport Trade Planting -Plant protection Dept. - Fertilizer suppling company - Farmer households -Employees -- Farmer households -Traders - Family enterprises -Farmer households - Enterprises -CIGs -Transport station -Employees -Enterprises -Export -Domestic
Inputs Collectingprocessing Transport Trade Planting
Whole nut Green husk Natural retting White fibre Yarn - MAT Dry husk Soaking/mech extraction Brown fibre T h ảm Chiếu thảm Matting nệm Composite
1. Evaluating training & upgrading coconut value chain - Hold workshops on sharing and learning experiences in developing CVC - Provide training activities to support coconut value chain (DPC) 2. Improve BDS provided to SMEs & family enterprises - Set up a BDS network to support for rural business activities (DOIT, IPA…)
Improve & strengthen functions of business service provision of exisiting public and private institutions and agencies Linking & networking between poor employers & potential enterprises Holding short-term vocation training courses (combining with the local enterprises); training handicraft skill In-depth training related to coconut production techniques to farmers. Provide micro-financial for CIGs
CIGs formed with high participation of poor households Members on new and existing CIGs trained on groups for management, value chain approaches, marketing and savings and credits, business plan formulation. Networking and contract farming promoted among CIGs, buyers, sellers of inputs. Contract farming between CIGs and buyers Evaluate and improve contract farming in coconut product
Provincial Project Management Unit established M&E system established Budget management
Reducing poverty rate annually 30% Attracting investment from private sectors Developing local areas producing handy craft Educating and training for local people Providing jobs and income for local people including 30% poor background people
Component 1: 17 million USD Component 2: 8 million USD Component 3: 2.9 million USD Physical contingencies: 0.2 million USD Price contingencies: 0.5 million USD TOTAL: 28.6 million USD