Problem identification

Problem 1

Crop production

Problem 2

Irrigation

Problem 3

Livestock husbandry

Problem 4

Gardening

Scoring

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Problem description

-One crop rice cultivation

-Cultivation of maize, sweet potato, manioc. Difficulty: local variety with low yield

-No irrigation for rice field

-No new and good species of pigs and cows

-Yet developed, no good species of fruit trees

Solution

-Introducing new varieties for increasing yield

-Construction of an irrigation dam to provide water (Khe Su dam should be constructed)

-Introducing new species of pigs and cows

-Planting eucalyptus

-Planting litchi

People’s participation to resolve problems

-Planting

-Maintaining

-Harvesting

-Contributing labour for maintenance, management and operation

-Attending trainings to enhance knowledge

-Planting

-Maintaining

-Harvesting

Project intervention

-Providing technical trainings, and new varieties

-Investment to construct the dam

-Giving loans to produce new species and technical trainings

- Giving loans to produce new species

Problems

Drought

None irrigation system exits

Irrigation techniques

Description

- 50 ha of rice-fields named Pheo, Mai, Quao and Khoang So are not irrigated from April till October.

- 25 ha of maize-field are not irrigated during blossom period.

- Water capacity of Khe Sat spring that runs across the village is in abundant, however a pump station is still in need.

- Khe Su is capable to be reformed as a reservoir that may provide enough water for irrigation.

Cultivative and irrigating techniques of local farmers are still backward.

Scoring

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Solution

Construction of irrigation system to provide water to the fields

Construction of Khe Su dam at the place of Mr. Phat's house, construction of spillway, sluice, canal system into the fields, main canal passes Mrs. Thanh's house to Khe Se spring, sewer on National Road No.12

There are two branches of canal N 1:

+ First branch runs through the village, along the road to irrigate the paddy fields at Tan Ly (25 ha).

+ Second branch across Mang bridge and Sat spring to irrigate the fields of Pheo and Mai (30 ha).

On canal Works:

+ 1 bridge across Sat spring

+ 3 drains

+ Many inlets

Conduct training courses on the techniques of irrgation and drainage

What farmers do ?

Make proposal for irrigation struction and new variety supply

- Participating in design

- Contributing labors in construction.

Managing, protecting and using the scheme appropriately

Partictipating in technical training courses

What Project do ?

Support for survey and design of irrigation schemes

Support to have scheme constructed

Conducting technical training courses

What line Departments do ?

DARD (Irrigation division) makes the design (of dam, reservoir, canals, inlets and outlets ...)

DARD defines and provides new varieties appropriate with irrigated condition

Trainers in irrigation technique sent by DARD- Irrigation Division.

Opportunities

This locality has potentiality in irrigation (reservoir, pump station ...). Local people are eager for the scheme and ready to contribute labors.

Local people have consciousness in protecting scheme for long-term exploitation.

Risks

Assets damage: moving one house (Mr.Phat's), 3 gardens (Mr.Tho's, Mr. Xuan's and Mr.Tuyen's).

Effective

56 ha of rice-fields will be actively irrigated; structure of cultivation will be positively changed; new varieties appear; production yield increases and living standard improved.

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Cultivation of rice, maize

Description

Difficulties

Advantages
Benefit

-Weed removal

-Diseases

-Maintenance

-Favourable weather for maize growth

- Maize harvesting

-Rice cultivation

-Lack of water, local variety with low yield

-Weed removal

-Maintenance

-Rice harvesting

-Plenty of rains affecting harvesting

-Maize cultivation

Side crop production

Description

Difficulties

Advantages

Benefit

-Manioc cultivation

-Crickets damage young manioc plants

-Sweet potato harvesting

-Weed removal

-Manioc maintenance

-Manioc harvesting

-Prepare land for sweet potato cultivation

-Weather is not favourable for potato growth (it rarely rains)

-Weed removal for potato

-It starts raining potato can grow

Livestock (cows & pigs)

Description

Difficulties

Advantages

Benefit

-Livestock is done around the year

-Weather is cold, cattle slowly develop, diseases happen

-No new species, low income; grass land is small, difficult to increase the number of cattle; lack of fodder for pigs; low living standard; lack of fund to develop livestock.

-Selling pigs and cattle

-Low price

Solutions

-Irrigation system should be constructed to provide water for rice and maize cultivation (Khe Su scheme)

-Introducing new varieties of plants and cattle with high yield to the local area

-Organizing technical trainings in cultivation and livestock for farmers

-Loan provision to farmers

Availability of labor for other jobs

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Activities

Description

What people do

What project does

What other depts. do

Timing

Estimation

1. Scheme design

-Dam filling

-Spill way

-Intake sluices

-Channel system: Primary & secondary channels

-Other items on irrigation channels:

Conduit, drainage sluices, irrigation gates at the beginning of the channel, road culverts

-Survey of topography, geology, natural water on seasons,

-Design of scheme in the benefited area appropriately

-People suggested to construct the irrigation system to prevent the drought, introduce new appropriate varieties to increase the scheme effect

-Invest money to design the scheme

-Irrigation Dept. designs the scheme.

-Agriculture Dept. helps to identify new varieties suitable with rice fields irrigated

-Finish before Quarter II, 1998

2.Implementation

-Dam filling

-Construction of spill way, intake sluices, channel system and other items on channels

-Site clearance,

-Leveling and dam filling and sluice construction,

-Channel systems filling

-Mobilizing labour to dig and fill the channels

-Invest money for construction

-Hold bidding for construction

-Designate staff for supervision

-Participate into bidding and construction organization

People’s labour should be paid 20,000 VND per day

-Scheme management

-Irrigation techniques

-When construction is finished, it is necessary to organize the management, protection, and maintenance

- Technically, Irrigation and drainage should be done properly covering the plants’ needs, water saved

-Formation of Water User Groups, Self Management Board,

-Setting up regulations for water utilization and scheme protection

-Contributing labour for maintenance

-Paying water fee as regulations

-Supporting to formulate WUGs

-Giving guidance to build up regulations for scheme management, utilization and protection

-Agricultural sector helps to identify new varieties when the scheme is put into operation.

-When water is available two crop pattern could be adapted for almost cultivated land area. Particularly, for:

Mai, Pheo, and Quao rice fields

+Winter Spring crop: 33 ha of rice (from Dec-May) with varieties of IR38, CR203, IR 13

5 ha of maize (from Dec-Mar.) with variety of Bioxit

+ Summer Autumn crop: 33 ha of wet rice (from Jun-Oct.) with variety of IR 13 and other varieties having a growing period from 90-120 days

5 ha of dry rice (from Apr.-Oct.) with local varieties of Chanh, Troi, Nep Sap

-For other rice fields: identification of area, variety structure and season would be done later on

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