Agricultural Infrastructure Rehabilitation In Muzaffargarh District

End Project ReportProject Executive: Dannie Romney

Project Manager: Kauser Iqbal Khan Date 15th October 2012:

Project Finance Code (if applicable): DR10076EPR Version: May 2011

Achievement of Objectives against PID

Objectives in PID Commentary

Rehabilitation of 141 flood damaged tube wells

365 no. of flood damaged Tube Wells rehabilitated

Rehabilitation of 10 fish ponds

Distribution of10,000 fingerlings

10 no. of fish ponds rehabilitated along with provision of fingerlings and fisheries inputs

11,870 fingerlings distributed among 10 fish farms.

Earthen watercourses improvement through Cash for Work

32,679 meters of earthen portions on 36 water courses are rehabilitated

8,000 cash for work days used for rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure

9,927 man days utilized through CFW

Stages(Work Packages or Deliverables)

Stage Planned Actual

Stage 1

Identification of beneficiaries

March 31, 2011

Stage 2

Rehabilitation of Fish ponds

April 30, 2011

On time

Stage 3

Delivery of inputs or Fish farms

December 15, 2011

Delivered regularly

Stagen4

Rehabilitation of Tube Wells

December 15, 2011

Rehabilitation process continued till end of the project period

Earthen watercourses improvement through Cash for Work

December 15, 2011

Rehabilitation process continued till end of the project period

Stage 5

Report writing

December 15, 2011

Final report was submitted in time

Customer Acceptance Criteria

PID Commentary

Rehabilitation of flood damaged tube wells

Both donor and farmers were satisfied with quality of repair works to ensure primary source for timely irrigation

Rehabilitation of fish ponds Farmers were very much receptive as inputs were provided along with advice on fish farming

Earthen watercourses improvement through Cash for Work

Riverine water is crucial for crop growth and CABI was the major player in rehabilitation of almost 100 % irrigation infrastructure in project area

Cash for Work Additional income source through Cash for Work played curtail role in rehabilitation of livelihood

Review of Benefits

PID Commentary

Building expertise of CABI SA staff in new business area

Center’s staff was regularly informed and briefed on all crucial aspects of post disaster agricultural resources rehabilitation

Strengthening relationship with local stakeholders

CABI remained member of local and provincial agriculture clusters and participated regularly in coordination meetings of district Government and provincial disaster management authority

Sharing experience with other CABI centers that are willing to work on similar projects

Information regarding the new theme of post disaster agricultural resources rehabilitation was shared with all relevant CABI officials

Financials – Donor-funded Projects

(£) Full Project

- Planned

Full Project

– Actual

Comments

Costs Billed to Project Donor (£) Net profit is increased due the Exchange rate difference.

Gross Income: 252,854 251,044

Payments to External Collaborators: 0 0

Net Income: 252,854 251,044

CABI Implementation Costs (£)

CABI Staff Costs: 24,080 20,591

Direct Costs:(other direct costs, for example travel, etc)

222,282 216,966

Net Profit/Loss:(Project Contribution)

6492 13,487

Net Project Contribution (%): 2.6% 6%

Dissemination of Results

Dissemination and Measures of Results – Planned

Dissemination and Measures of Results - Actual

Effectiveness Key Success?

(tick)

Through production of project’s video

a 30 minutes Video was produced disseminate both project’s achievements to wider public

Shared with CABI HO officials but still not available online √

Through training CABI kept regular communication with Farmers beneficiaries during project period and advised on fish farming production technology

Farmers reported their satisfaction with achieved high yield due to advice and good quality inputs provided

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Through developed linkages

Along with donor, district agriculture extension department, district coordination Officer, PDMA and agriculture clusters created by UNDP were regularly informed on on-going project activities

CABI earned appreciation from District Government for both interventions implemented and fair/transparent process

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Impact of Project– Scientific, Technical, Commercial, Social, Environmental

Item

No.

Planned Impact Actual Impact Comments Key Success

? (tick)

1 Sustained growth of economic activities by minimizing the devastating impact of the 2010 monsoon floods in the district Muzaffargarh

Stable irrigation source and Cash for work activities contributed to boost farmers economic well being √

2 Sustainable environment

Fish farming community will lesson reliance on inorganic inputs use, contributing to sustainable environment.

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3 Lessen dependency on external aid

CABI was single organization who worked with poor small fish farming community to enable them restore their production and income sources

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Additional Project Outcomes

Item Outcome

Key Successes CABI enjoyed a good reputation among all stake holders for quality of work done

Benefits Achieved CABI introduced itself to humanitarian community as an efficient and responsible development actor.

Provision of Content for Plantwise

NA

Increased Scope for CABI?

New theme of post disaster agricultural rehabilitation created new horizons of business for CABI.

Public Relation Opportunities

● Novelty Aspects (where relevant to an Impact of Project item, give the Item No. and provide a brief comment)

● 1. Cash for Work approach in rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure created an excellent environment to ensure quality of work.

● Human Interest Stories (where relevant to an Impact of Project item, give the Item No. and provide a brief comment)

● 1. Fish farming community is badly divided in project area among very rich and very poor.

Poor farmers selected by project for all interventions especially Cash for work were very enthusiastic.

Commentary on Variations from Plan

● Outputs: The project initially planned to provide a full cycle support for fish production, and combined with rehabilitation, the total cost for one structure was estimated at 1000 £ per fish farms (1 ha). However, during the implementation and monitoring of the activity, it was assessed that support costs are really high, considering expected results and targeted beneficiaries. The project decided to reduce the planned financial support for fish farming, and remaining funds were allocated to rehabilitation of earthen water courses through Cash for work.

● Schedule: Project completed timely● Financials:

Events Affecting Performance: ● Input / Effect of Donor, Partners, End-Users etc.: ● Assessment of Business Case:

Lessons Learned

What … Comments

went Well Early repair of tube wells, facilitating farmers to irrigate their crops before water courses were rehabilitated

went significantly Less Well

Shortage of construction material

was Lacking Coordination and cooperation of other development actors to avoid duplicity

would you do Differently Next Time

Selection of vendors as with formal process of anonymity financial unsound firms may come forward.

Any Other Comments Security arrangements must be part of the every project, luckily we avoided any serious incident

Follow-on Actions

Action to be Taken Forward

By Whom, How, When, etc

Impact Assessment WHH planed to carry out impact assessment but not aware of their effort.

Future Projects WHH rejected our new proposal but there exist UNs Emergency Relief Fund (ERF), financing short term (three months) relief projects.

Other (state other actions) CABI should be prepared financially and logistically to conduct Rapid Assessment after every natural disaster

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