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Framework for making strategic choices about IFAD operations in a country, for identifying opportunities for IFAD financing, and for facilitating management for results.Central objective: Ensure IFAD country operations produce a positive impact on povertyTo ensure strong country ownership: wide stakeholders consultation and alignment with country’s poverty reduction strategy and planning framework
COSOP 2011-2015
COSOP 2011-2015
IFAD comparative advantage at country level:
• Supporting improved food security• Improving livelihood of beneficiaries through participatory
approach• Enhancing leverage by building responsive institutional
partnerships• Utilizing its capacity to target poor and vulnerable groups in
rural areas• Maintaining close partnerships with national and local
Government
COSOP Goal
To ensure that the rural poor have more choices for sustainable food security and
economic livelihoods
COSOP 2011-2015
COSOP 2011-2015
SO1 - Community-based improved access to, and management of, land and natural resourcesOutcomes: Producer interest groups empowered to protect land and natural
resources; Producer interest groups plan and oversee non-timber forest
products domestication/harvesting Village-based forest management plans elaborated through
community-based approaches Improved sub-catchment planning improve sustainable access to
and use of water (HHs and production) Effective forest restoration and catchment protection realized
COSOP 2011-2015
Outcomes achieved through:Support to improve tenure securitySupport to producer interest groupsNTFP resource assessmentVillage water planning, promotion of simple
options for water harvesting
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Development of partnerships to enhance impact
Provision of technical assistance to partnersDevelop synergies with on-going initiatives
COSOP 2011-2015
SO2 - Sustainable, adaptive and integrated farming systems developed Outcomes:Increased sustainable production through
effective use of integrated agricultural systemsImproved nutritional balance among poor HHsImproved resilience and adaptability to
climatic variability, pest and disease outbreaks
COSOP 2011-2015
Outcomes achieved through: Promotion of integrated production systems inclusive of HH
gardens, livestock, aquaculture, cropping, reliance on NTFPs Diversified crop portfolios Simple sloping land conservation practices Availability of improved genetic material (seeds and breeds) Promotion of small-scale irrigation and water harvesting
techniques at community level Improved post-harvest management of products
COSOP 2011-2015
Build capacity and technical know-how and promote approaches to help transform traditional farming practices into integrated farming systems (NAFRI, NAFES, PAFO, DAFO as well as individual farmers, service delivery agencies, and private sector)
COSOP 2011-2015
SO3 - Linkages to MarketsOutcomes: Improved incomes and benefit flows from enhanced
access to functioning value chainsVillage-based production groups in charge of
production, marketing, conservation, and advocacy efforts
Develop local value added opportunities Improved technical, marketing, financial support for
production groups
COSOP 2011-2015
Outcomes achieved through: Farmers’ organizations (focal points for technical
services delivery; advocacy bodies; vehicles to link production with markets)
Promotion of forward contracts (access to finance, linkages producers/traders)
Improve distribution of village-based production/value-added products for local/regional markets
Commercial financing of trade and investment through farmers’ organizations
Road infrastructure from villages to key trading points
COSOP 2011-2015
Cross-cutting issues:Capacity building of beneficiaries and service providersSensitive and appropriate engagement with ethnic
groupsFostering engagements with womenStrategic infrastructure related to farming systems and
marketsFormation of farmers and producers common interest
groupsResilience and adaptation to climate change
COSOP 2011-2015
Opportunities for Innovation and Scaling-Up
Land tenureAgreements on improved access to NFTPsIntegrated farming systemsImproved access to markets through
integrated and enhanced value chains
COSOP 2011-2015
Targeting StrategyEthnically diverse groups of poor HHs in rural areas with a focus on:Highly vulnerable food-insecure HHs (>4
months)Poor HHs moderately food-insecure but with
great potential to access markets
COSOP 2011-2015
Policy Dialogue
Development of farmers’ organizationsFormal recognition of communal tenureImpact of Foreign Direct Investment on rural
povertyEnhancing farming communities to further
engage in agricultural extension
COSOP 2011-2015
COSOP aligned with 7th National Social and Economic Development Plan and IFAD goalCOSOP indicators not always supported by any underlying measurement system to measure progress against SOsSignificant differences in Logframe structures (indicators organized in 2, 3, 4 levels of results)
COSOP 2011-2015
Corporate indicators COSOP indicators
Indicators and targets at project level
FNML SSSJ SNRMP
People moved out of poverty -----
12,000 HH lifted out of poverty (each HH with a per capita income of USD190 per annum)
Progress in achieving the MDG No. 1 by 2015 in the two provinces (reducing poverty rates by at least 5%)
Household asset ownership index -----
6,000 HH with an assets index of at least 0.3
20% increase in income and in the ownership of household assets
Rural incomes have increased by 25% from 2008
Level of child malnutrition, disaggregated for girls and boys
-----
Child malnutrition at least 10% better than the national average and 35% or lower
20% reduction in child malnutrition
Incidence of rural malnutrition has dropped by 50% over 2008
Length of hungry season -----
6,000 HH with improved food security (measured as a HFIAS score of 7.0 or lower)
At least 35% households with improved food security
COSOP 2011-2015
IFAD's Strategic Objectives and areas of thematic focus COSOPInvestment projects
FNML SSSJ SNRMP
SO1: Increase rural people's productive capacities
1. Access to natural resources X (x) (x) X
2. Access to agricultural technologies and production services X X X X
3. Inclusive financial services (x) X --- ---
4. Nutrition (x) X --- ---
SO2: Increase rural people’s benefits from market participation
1. Diversified rural enterprise and employment opportunities X X X X
2. Rural investment environment (x) (x) --- X
3. Rural producer organizations X X X X
4. Rural infrastructure X X X (x)
SO3: Strengthen the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of rural people’s economic activities
1. Environmental sustainability X --- --- X
2. Climate change adaptation and mitigation (x) X --- ---
COSOP 2011-2015
Implementation Arrangements Decentralization of Project Management ; Sustainability post-project completion; Ownership by locals increased; Need to implement strong capacity building
programs to enhance skills (local authorities, local service providers, local management teams)
Key Issues
Flow of FundsIncrease responsibility and accountancy at
local level;Need for shortening the decision process
(planning, approval, disbursement);Need for simple procedures, checks and
balances, capacity building at local level
Key Issues
Activities Improve synergy between activities (Livelihood Initiative for
Nutrition under SSSJ); Abandon “one size fits all” approach but respond to
village/beneficiary needs through differentiated approaches; Improve cost per beneficiary ratio/cost efficiency of
activities complemented by a proper MIS; Improve access to finance; Improve local capacity to implement and monitor pro-poor
development projects
Key Issues
M&E - MISImprove reliability, consistency and
functionality of meaningful MIS and M&E systems;
Ensure use of performance data for project steering;
Monitor few relevant key indicators for results and impact of program’s activities
Key Issues
Knowledge Management Further disseminate successful experiences
and lessons learned throughout the portfolio;Develop learning events/routes at national
and regional levels;Ensure further participation in sectoral
working groups (agriculture, rural development, rural finance)
Key Issues
Alignment on 8th NSEDP
COSOP 2016-2020
Enhance effectiveness of public governance and administration
Outcome 1 - Sustained inclusive economic growth with economic
vulnerability (EVI) reduced and consolidated financial, legal and
human resources to support growth
Outcome 2 - Human development enhanced and achievement of SDGs enabled through the provision and use of services which are balanced geographically and
distributed between social groups with protection and development of Lao culture, political stability, peace, order, justice and transparency
Outcome 3 - Reduced effects of natural shocks and climate change and
sustainable management of natural resources
Cross-cutting Themes Local innovation and utilization of science, technology and telecommunications
Promote gender equality, and services to Juveniles and Youth
Overall Objective: Reduced poverty, graduation from Least Developed Country Status with sustained and inclusive growth
through promotion of national potential and comparative advantages, effective management and utilization of natural
resources and strong international integration
Alignment on MAF Agricultural Development Strategy 2020Objective: Ensuring food security, producing comparative and competitive potential agricultural commodities, developing clean, safe and sustainable agriculture and shift gradually to the modernization of a resilient and productive agriculture economy, linking with rural development contributing to the national economic basis.Goal 1: Ensure nutrition and food securityGoal 2: Moving towards commercial agriculture with improved access to markets and with improvement of farmers- groups, producers and agriculture processing association
COSOP 2016-2020
Current projects:SSSJ. (i) Integrated farming systems - (ii) Linkages to markets. Ending 2017FNML. (i) Food security and pro-poor market access - (ii) Inclusive rural finance - (iii) Smallholder adaptation to climate change. Ending 2019.GASFP. (i) Food security and nutrition for rural households - (ii) Climate change resilience. Ending 2021.Livestock project. (i) Inclusive rural finance. Ending 2021.
COSOP 2016-2020
Upscaling: Nutrition; PPPPs benefiting poor farmers; value chains; village development fund; livestock health management….Further improve synergies between programmesNew opportunities: Farmer Field Schools; involvement of private sector; farmers’ groups; ASEANCrop & Livestock products: NTFS/agro-diversity products; organic products; value adding activities at village level; storage; new cash crops
COSOP 2016-2020