1. INNOVATION PLAN VIET NAM TEAM

2. Developing Rural Traditional Trade Village for Pro-poor COCONUT PRODUCT IN BEN TRE PROVINCE

4.  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

5.  Governance: support policy, tax…  Enterprises: investment, marketing…  Community (rural poor): produce  NGOs – IFAD: funding, training, building… capacity for the rural poor

6.  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 WW T Disease Economic crisis Price competition Unstable labour

7. 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

8. Inputs Collectingprocessing Transport Trade Planting

9. 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

12. 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…)

13.  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

15.  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

16.  Provincial Project Management Unit established  M&E system established  Budget management

17.  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

18.  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