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LUONG VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT IN THANH HOA PROVINCE (LDP) Website of LDP: http://ldpthanhhoa.gret.org.vn Progress report for the steering commitee No8 December 2008 Report on metting of the project steering commitee No7 (PDF) Leaflet on Agro-forestry activities of LDP Leaflet on Value chain and Enterprise Support of LDP Leaflet on Value chain Development of LDP Project summary Intervention area: Thanh Hoa province (5
districts in the West close to Lao PDR) Ø PROJECT'S OBJECTIVE Ø KEY OBJECTIVES Ø ACTIVITIES 1. Provide technical support and financial aid to growers to plant luong on new fields, or on seriously degraded soil due to cultivating sugarcane and cassava for a long time, and at the same time, hold technical trainings for locals and apply bamboo luong growing agreements, etc. The first phase is intended to last for 18 months and finish in August 2006. To date, there have been a number of achievement on different fields as follows. New bamboo luong plantation and seedling nursery operation 12 nurseries set up by farmers have provided 20 000 seedlings planted on an area of 80 ha These seedlings are propagated by cutting braches, which allow high survival rate 3 seasons per communes, in a total of 10 communes involved 533 ha of new planted bamboo by 490 households, of which 81% is ethnic minorities (Muong and Thai) Trainings 1.080
participants received trainings (with a total of 42 training sessions) Technical trainings provided to growers during 3 seasons Technical trainings on bamboo care, protection and management (both theory and practice) Capacity improvement of members and collaborators working in local areas: ToT, organizational and management skills Trial and demonstration 16 trial forests: fertilizer application, bamboo culm density, etc 10 trial forests: rehabilitation, management system, etc 30 trial forests: intercropping to prevent soil erosion and create extra income 350 km of contour fence made of Tephrosia candida Trials on paddy terraced fields or half terracing Support to farmer organizations and socio-economic surveys Baseline surveys: 60 households in 10 communes and report outputs and information collection Get involved in the survey implemented by Oxfam-Hongkong in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An province 125 households involved in the survey carried out in 2006 during the time before and after planting bamboo Support 4 groups of growers in the Northwest (with large farming plots) process bamboo-based products Support 4 groups of growers in the Southwest (with small farming plots) protect, harvest and collect bamboo culms All team leaders are trained about management skill Support to build preprocessing workshops onsite These activities are done in Ba Thuoc and Quan Hoa districts (located in Luong river valley, this river follows towards Lao PDR and through Ma river valley along to the road to Mai Chau district of Hoa Binh province), in the starting time, there is support of TBF factory in Khe Ha - Thanh Hoa. The set up of 3 pre-processing workshops was supported during March to July 2006 Workshops of farmer groups or cooperatives includingfrom 6 to 12 people Each workshop provides jobs to 40-50 local peoples 2 products: chopsticks - flooring slats for TBF factory and supply by-products to paper pulp factories in the local area Negotiating with factories on business contracts, price, quality, etc Key advantages held by local preprocessing workshops Benefits these workshops provide to the local farmers and people : * Stable price of luong culms *
An stable and average bamboo price increase of 20% * Less pressure from traders on price * Maximize the value of luong culms (type A and B) * Create new jobs for ethnic minorities Benefits other actors involved in the value chain can enjoy : * Stable input raw material source * Reduce by 50% of transport costs * Cut down input costs and management/TBF cost * New input mechanism of the value chain * Easier product origin tracking and certification Assessable economic impacts of LDP project to relevant actors Actors Extra income/year Luong growers in the South 100.000 USD
(since 2010) Farmers who sell luong to workshops (Northwest) 52.000 USD Collectors in the region 19.000 USD Salary for workers in workshops 53.000 USD Workshop owners 20.000 USD Total 244.000 USD On going activities (in the transition phase upto March 2007) Farming activities in the Southwest : * Improve techniques - working approaches of LDP staffs * Hold trainings and share technical knowledge with farmers * Summarize outputs and lessons leant by designing technical leaflets Support to developing preprocessing workshops : * Enhance and support workshop management * Set up a large-scale workshop * Conduct trials on new techniques to promote value added for bamboo waste (bamboo charcoal) Ø For further informations, please contact with M. Patrice LAMBALLE Project Manager Appt 307, 298 Kim Ma, Hanoi LDP head office in Thanh Hoa province
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