Flood Damage Early Recovery and Rehabilitation Project in District Muzaffargarh

End Project ReportProject Executive: Dannie Romney

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

Project Finance Code (if applicable): DR10064EPR Version: May 2011

Achievement of Objectives against PID

Objectives in PID Commentary

Provision of Wheat seed and fertilizers to 7000 farmer households

Wheat Seed (50 Kg bag) & DAP (50 Kg bag) have been distributed among 7,000 beneficiaries. Urea (50 Kg bag) have been distributed among 2,500 beneficiaries. During the 2-month no-cost extension, vegetable seeds were distributed among 2,100 beneficiaries.

Reconstruction of water courses (13,500 meters)

Reconstruction of 111 flood damaged water courses have been made, comprising length of 12,450 meters

Repair and provision of 200 Tube Wells

Rehabilitation of 270 no. of flood damaged Tube Wells have been made. During 2-month no-cost extension, 94 no. of flood damaged Tube Wells have been made, therefore 364 in total.

Improvement of 7000 farmers capacity in good agricultural practices

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training to 10,000 no. of farmers have been given.

Kitchen Gardening training During 2-month no-cost extension, kitchen gardening training has been given to 2,100 beneficiaries.

Stages(Work Packages or Deliverables)

Stage Planned Actual

Stage 1

WP1 – WP15 (refer to PID for list)

November 30, 2010

Although hectic due to shortage of sowing time all preparations were made in time and appropriately

Stage 2

WP16 Delivery of wheat seed and DAP fertilizer

December 31, 2010

Delivered on time

Stage 3

WP17 Delivery of Nitrogen fertilizer

WP18 Delivery of fuel for three irrigations

February 28, 2011

Delivered on time

Stage 4

WP19 Verification of proper utilization of supplied input

WP20 Record Keeping of crop data

May 31, 2011 Monitoring of utilization of inputs conducted regularly

Stage 5

WP21 Rehabilitation of Water Courses

WP22 Rehabilitation and Installation of Tube Wells

June 30, 2011

Rehabilitation process continued till end of the project period

Stage 6

WP23 Report writing

July 31, 2011 Final report was submitted after completion of no -cost extension in October ,2011 but finally it was accepted by donor in May, 2012.

Customer Acceptance Criteria

PID Commentary

Provide agricultural inputs to farmers in order to grow Rabi crop

Both donor and farmers were satisfied with quality of seed provided, Variety selected for the area was most appropriate.

Train farmers for integrated production management

Farmers were very much receptive as inputs were provided along with advice and infrastructure rehabilitated

Rehabilitate of water courses

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

Repair Tube Wells for supplementary irrigation

Tube wells became primary source of timely irrigation in absence of any other water source

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 (£) Difference are due to the currency exchange rate fluctuations and the Net profit has also some additions due to the exchange rates.

Gross Income: 928,534 867,792

Payments to External Collaborators: 0 0

Net Income: 923,534 867,792

CABI Implementation Costs (£)

CABI Staff Costs: 57,410 40,364

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

824,788 758,116

Net Profit/Loss:(Project Contribution)

46,336 69,312

Net Project Contribution (%): 5% 11%

Dissemination of Results

Dissemination and Measures of Results – Planned

Dissemination and Measures of Results - Actual

Effectiveness Key Success?

(tick)

Through development of project’s website

Instead of Website a 30 minutes Video was produced with consent of donor to disseminate project’s achievement to wider public

Shared with CABI HO officials but still not available on line √

Through season long training

CABI kept regular communication with Farmers beneficiaries during project period and advised verbally and through printed material on Wheat crop’s production technology

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

• All 7,000 farmers were able to cultivate Wheat crop, otherwise without seed they have lost the cropping season.

• Cash for work activities contributed to additional income.

• Kitchen gardening created diverse food availability for poor farmers and empowered women.

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2 Sustainable environment

Training on IPM and vegetable growing will lesson reliance on pesticide use, contributing to sustainable environment.

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3 Lessen dependency on external aid

Wheat crop grown at farmers field provided food security to them.

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Additional Project Outcomes

Item Outcome

Key Successes • Some women reported considerable income growth through selling of vegetables.

• Thousands of hectares of agricultural land became able for cultivation.

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. Combination of professional firms in rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure rehabilitation and involvement of water users associations in monitoring of the work 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. Huge multiplier effect was observed in growing vegetables in project area.

Commentary on Variations from Plan

● Outputs:

● Schedule: Due to the remaining budget, project period extended for 2.5 months

● Financials: Proper estimation of costs enabled CABI in saving

● Events Affecting Performance:

● Input / Effect of Donor, Partners, End-Users etc.:

● Assessment of Business Case:

Lessons Learned

What … Comments

went Well Identification of beneficiaries for Inputs distribution and distribution process itself. Early repair of tube wells, facilitating farmers to irrigate their crops before water courses were rehabilitated

went significantly Less Well

Shortage of construction material due to enormous development activities in the districts, caused delays in rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure.

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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