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PIP No:
1324
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1. PROJECT NAME:
Rural Economic Diversification for Low-income Farmers in Kirivong District, Takeo Province, Cambodia (Project is expected to complete in 2023)
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ឈ្មោះគម្រោងៈ
គម្រោងពិពិធកម្មសេដ្ឋកិច្ចជនបទ សម្រាប់កសិករដែលមានចំណូលទាប ក្នុងស្រុកគិរីវង់ ខេត្តតាកែវ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា (Project is expected to complete in 2023)
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| 2. PROJECT DATES: |
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PROJECT START :
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ESTIMATED COMPLETION :
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4. RESPONSIBLE MINISTRY:
Ministry of Rural Development
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RESPONSIBLE UNIT:
Project Implementation Unit
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អង្គភាពទទួលខុសត្រូវ:
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5. PROJECT STATUS
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DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION
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6. TYPE OF PROJECT:
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7. SOURCE OF PROJECT FUNDING:
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| 8. THE POLICY AREA OF THE PENTAGON STRATEGY PHASE I THAT THIS PROJECT FALLS UNDER: |
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| 9. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECT TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE POLICY: |
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The main objective of the project is to promote and enhance the livelihood of the poor rural farmers and build crucial skills, such as business development, market orientation and cooperatives spirit. |
| 10. Support to Cambodia Industrial Development Policy |
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Does this Project support to the implementation of the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy?
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11. SECTOR:
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| 12. PROJECT LOCATION: (Describe the location of the project and its components.) |
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| 13. PROJECT OBJECTIVE: (Describe the major purpose of the project.) |
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1. Improves health conditions and food security
2. Develops collective action and mutual cooperation among farmers, and stakeholders
3. Improves income and saving capital
4. Improves management of natural resources and environment |
| 14. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: (Provide a description of the project and all its components.) |
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Rural Infrastructure Development in the target area
Livelihood Improvement
Capacity Building
Project Promotion |
| 15. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: (Give reasons why this particular project is considered worthwhile.) |
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Cambodia is one of the developing countries in South-East Asia. Ever since the civil war ended, a large portion of the Cambodian population lives in rural areas and strongly relies on agriculture for livelihood. Even today, agriculture remains as one of the most robust sectors in Cambodia’s economy, despite there are other rising sectors, such as garments, tourism and construction.
In order to fully maximize agriculture’s contribution to a country’s GDP, they must have an increase in agricultural productions as well as high productivity rate. However, Cambodian farmers are constraint in their capability to maximize output. They are facing some limitations, such as (1) Production capacity; (2) Capacity building; (3) Coordination issues; and (4) Business-enabling environment.
There are other issues that contribute to Cambodia’s nominal productivity rate. One issue is the high migration rate to urban areas. This causes a considerable shortage of farm labor and low productivity in rural areas while creating even a bigger problem in the urban areas: overpopulation. Another issue is that most of the underprivileged Cambodian population, especially the farmers, have very limited education, knowledge, skills and creativity; therefore, they are reluctant or unwilling to conduct any kinds of business or profession.
Cooperative spirit is one of the ways to help them get rid of poverty and enable them to be united while reducing their need to migrate to the urban areas as well as teaching them to become more adept in managing their business. |
| 16. BENEFITS (Who will benefit, directly and indirectly, from the project?) |
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- The identified low-income people in the targeted areas
- Local communities in the targeted areas
- Wholesalers and Retailers in the business
- Government officials, both national and subnational levels
- Lancang-Mekong Cooperation's country members |
| 17. FEASIBILITY STUDY |
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Is a "Feasibility Study " for the Project requied?
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| 18. SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: (Briefly describe the effects of the project, if any, on the people and the surrounding environment. Will the project assist in alleviating poverty?) |
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- The project involves the community in order to make as the ownership of the project. And this matter will help them to be self-managed in some projects in the future as they will gain skills and knowledge which the project provides.
- The project promotes the cooperative sense in the community, for this is also maintain the project's objectives. Providing them with mindset change, capacity building, and best practices will strengthen the sustainability.
- The project also helps the community to conduct and follow some rules and regulations because those will prevent some arguments in benefit sharing.
- Subnational level, local government, and other relevant parties will monitor and facilitate some community's activities after project completion |
| 19. CLIMATE CHANGE |
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a. Is any activity or output of the project related to Climate Change?
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If Yes, please indicate
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b. How is the project relevant to Climate Change?
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Please select a Climate Change related sector of the project and fill up the contribution of the climate change related expenditure compared to the total project cost.
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Climate Change-Related Sector
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Percentage
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Climate Change Relevance
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18. Livelihoods (general) | ១៨. ជីវភាពរស់នៅ (ទូទៅ)
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80
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Very Significant
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| 20. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
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Is any activity or output of the project related to Disaster Risk Reduction?
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If Yes, please indicate
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| 21. GENDER ANALYSIS: (How does the project affect the roles of the men and women in the project area? Will women be actively involved in the implementation of the project?) |
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This project affects the roles of men and women in the target of this project and women will be actively involved in the implementation of this project at least 50%. |
| 22. CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT: (Does the Ministry have the skills and experience required to implement the project?) |
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Technical Officers from Department of Rural Economic Development
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| 23. STATUS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: (Provide a brief update on the progress of the project to date. Discuss any major problems causing delays in project implementation.) |
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- The project is re-planning action in line with the context of the Covid-19 epidemic.
- The project is requesting permission to open a current account at a commercial bank from the Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Project is to start work in April 2022 |
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24. PROJECT PRIORITY
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(Please indicates the priority ranking of the project decided by the ministry/agency.)
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5
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| 25. DONOR INVOLVEMENT: (Provide any information on current or potential donor involvement in the project.) |
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Mekong-Lancang Special Fund |
| 26. REFERENCE: (Please upload the project documents, MOU, or agreements with funding agencies including MEF.) |
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Agreement_MLCSF2021_ENG.pdf
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Part B: Project Costs and Funding Sources
( In US$’000 )
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