Project Overview Dr. Abha Mishra

SRI-LMB 1.   Objective and purpose and

geographic location

2.   Expected results

3.   Organizational structure 4.   Major activities and time

frame 5.   work plan

6.   Coordination and governance

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1.1 Objective and Purpose

•  Project title: Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around

the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin

•  Overall objective: To contribute to enhance resilience of rainfed farmers of LMB region

confronting climate change

•  Purpose: Increased crop yield, productivity and profitability on sustainable basis at smallholders

farmers’ field in rainfed areas of LMB region

1.2 Geographic location

Rainfed areas of Lower Mekong River Basin

2. Expected results

1.   Multi-institutional-multi-stakeholders networking developed and strengthened from local to regional level ;

2.   Science based, pro poor profitable crop management practices developed, demonstrated and disseminated on larger

scale in 4 LMB countries;

3.  Co-generated knowledge and learning disseminated and pro-poor policy briefs with emphasis on women and landless developed

and shared with policy makers; and

4.   National research-extension capacity strengthened and training capacity of farmer trainers, national trainers and local,

involved in smallholder farmer extension programme, improved

3. Organizational structure

National  innovation  platform  

 

National  innovation  platform    

 

National  Innovation  platform  

National  innovation  platform  

 

P1

D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3 D1 D2 D3

LIP  

CFPAR  

FPAR  

NIP

 

Regional innovation platform

Regional innovation

platform

Regional innovation

platform

RI P  

N-S partnership

S-S partnership

P2

P3

P1

P3

P2

P1

P2

P1

P2

International collaboration

Organizational structure at country level

Government/ministries

Local NGO

Academic institution PMU Office

Province 2

Dist. 2

Dist. 1

Dist. 3

Province 1

Dist. 2

Dist. 1

Dist. 3

Province 3

Dist. 2

Dist. 1

Dist. 3

4. Major activities and time frame

Activities planned for the first year

Ø Establishment of project coordination unit

(Regional)

Ø  Establishment of project management unit

(National)

Ø Setting up of project website and intranet

facility

Ø  Regional inception and planning workshop

Ø  National inception and planning

workshops (4)

0-6 months

Activities plan for the first year (contd.)

Ø Participatory rural appraisal and baseline

survey

Ø  Establishment of project management

unit at local level (provincial level)

Ø  Setting up of Monitoring & Evaluation

and Impact study

Ø Planning and designing of CFPAR

6-12 months

Budget for year 1 = 459,225.00 Euros

6. Work plan

Project cycle

Planning and

preparation

Implement, monitor and

report

Review, revise and

report

PCU

LMU

PMU

ACISAI/AIT

Country Offices of FAO IPM and

AIT in collaboration

with Ag. ministries

Province offices of

Ag. ministries

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Office set up and organization of inception and regional workshops

2.1.1 Conduct Regional ToT on FPAR Who participates: PMU Coordinators, LMU Coordinators and National Training Assistant Who organize and where: AIT When: 6-9 months 2.2 Conduct Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Who: PRA expert (Sub-contractor) Where: Provinces identified for FPAR activity When: 7-9 months

þ 2.1 Conduct CFPAR

2.1.3 Select village and farmers, conduct baseline survey and design CFPAR and develop curricula Who: PMU and LMU offices (Lead: PMU Coordinators and LMU Coordinators, Assist: National training Expert) Where: Provinces selected for FPAR When: 8-11 months 2.1.4 Conduct Mini ToT, field experiments, field day and review CFPAR (Season long training) Who: LMU and PMU member (Farmers, trainers, LMU coordinators, PMU coordinators) with support from AIT and FAO IPM Where: FPAR Province (one ToT/province) When: 12-18 months

2.1 Conduct CFPAR contd.

2.2.1 1st annual national workshops/policy dialogue initiation

Who: PMU in each country

Where: Camboida, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand

When: 18-24 months

2.2.1 1st annual regional workshop

Who: AIT

Where: Laos

When: 18-24 months

2.2 Conduct workshop

3.1.1. Implement field experiments; organize mid-season evaluation workshop and disseminate results through farmers’ Field Day Who: Trained Farmers Where: Identified villages When: 25-48 months

3.1 Conduct FPAR

3.2 Review FPAR LMU workshop (province) PMU workshop (Country) PCU workshop (AIT)

4th  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 3rd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 2nd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 1st  post  FFS  site  (2  FT)

4th  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 3rd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 2nd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 1st  post  FFS  site  (2  FT)

4th  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 3rd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 2nd  post  FFS  site  (2  FT) 1st  post  FFS  site  (2  FT)

FPAR  sites

FPAR  sites

FPAR  sites

Field experiments-cum-training using Farmers’ Field School Approach

4.1 Understand the pattern of change among different groups of farmers Who: IDS, AIT, National academic institution Where: LMU, PMU and PCU When: 6 – 48 months 4.2 Conduct research for strengthen the role of women and landless, and develop pro-poor options for policy dialogue Who: Oxfam America Where: LMU and PMU When: 6-48 months 4.3 Monitoring and Review Who: AIT When: 6-48 months

At farmers’ level - Farmer’s diary At researcher level – Journal publications, reports. For policy dialogue – Policy brief (for national and for regional audience)

Time-frame: year 3 to year 5.

6.1 Develop extension materials in collaboration with ministries based on the result of FPAR Who: AIT Time frame: Semester 5 – semester 10 6.2 Radio programmes to spread the result of more interesting FPAR, banners, press release, brochure, newsletter and other promotional items 6.3 Documentary production 6.4 Share learning with international audience through conference/ seminar

Coordination at country level in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Country offices of FAO Regional IPM Programme

(PMU office)

Others CSO Academic Institution

Governance – National Steering Committee

7. Coordination and governance

Coordination at regional level

PMU Vietnam

PMU Laos

PMU Cambodia

PMU Thailand

National coordination

Governance: Regional steering committee

ACISIA BOD