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AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
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((PPAASSIIDDPP IIII))
Annual Report
2016- 2017/2009E.C
June 2017
B/Dar
[PASIDP II 2009E.C six Months (January June) Report.]
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Achievements/Programme performance ...................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Physical Performance ............................................................................................................................................ 3
2.1.1. Investment in Small – scale Irrigation Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 3
2.1.2. Investment in Capacity for Sustainable Agriculture ............................................................................................ 6
2.1.3 Programme Management, Monitoring & Evaluation , Learning, knowledge Management .............................. 11
2.2 Financial Performance ............................................................................................................................................... 11
3. Conclusion, Lessons Learnt, and Recommendations ................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.2 Lessons Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.3 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................... 13
4. Attachments ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
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Executive Summary
Participatory Small – scale Irrigation Programme Phase II has been started from 2016 /2017 and then will
extend for seven years up to 2022/202. The program has 3 main components and seven sub-components.
Unlikely from PASIDP II, it has been updated by including additional disciplines such as Watershed
Management, Agri- business and Market Access, Environment and Social Safeguard, and Management
Information System & Geographical Information System (MIS/GIS). The goal of the programme is to
contribute to “increased prosperity and improved resilience to shocks” in food insecure woredas. The
programme Development Objective (PDO) is to provide improved income and food security for rural
households on a sustainable basis. The Amhara Regional Program Coordination Unit fulfilled the above
disciplinary specialist by implementing such recruit procedures. In the region, 12 irrigation scheme
constructions have been started at the very beginning of the first year immediately after the first launching
workshop session. By now almost half of the scheme construction performance is above 50%. This report
shows that major activities implemented are study and review of irrigation schemes, IWUA formation and
strengthening, training on different professional topics, field visit based discussions with partners and
stakeholders, 2017-2018 annual work plan and budget preparation, and so on. This budget year (2017) report
has been prepared based on participatory approach that all specialists have done their own part and then
consolidated by the Monitoring and evaluation specialist under serious follow up of the programme unit
coordinator. The report will be submitted to the respected Regional steering committee, FPCMU, and Bureau
of Agriculture on time.
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1. Introduction
PASIDP II is expected to contribute its own part for both the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) and
the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategies. Hence, GOE and IFAD have agreed to finance
PASIDP II, the second of three consecutive interventions to support small-scale irrigation development.
PASIDP II is based on the assumption that poor farmers who are provided with access to a secure irrigation
production base as well as access to markets and services, will be able to produce and market greater volumes
of produce in a profitable scenario. The watersheds contiguous with the irrigation schemes, which exhibit
varying levels of degradation, will also receive investment to stabilize and improve their productive capacity
and enhance resilience of systems.
This will improve the prosperity, food security and nutrition of farmers, thereby improving their resilience
against external shocks, including those induced by adverse weather and climate change. In order to achieve
these goals, the interventions should enable increased profitable production and productivity of the targeted
farmers in food insecure Woredas.
The main innovations in the design of PASIDP II in order to complete the small-scale irrigation
model are: mainstreaming of participatory planning and selection of schemes in order to
ensure sustainability; developing agri-business linkages and market access in order to mitigate
marketing risks, in particular for perishable high-value crops; integration of climate change
adaptation strategies, including adjacent watershed improvement and management, promotion of
improved crop husbandry and access to inputs as well as improved access to financial services, so
as to achieve the targeted yields and to improve water productivity of farms and schemes; an
enhanced focus on gender and youth as priority target group; (vi) mainstreaming nutrition- sensitive
agriculture; and aligning to IFAD’s new Social, Environmental, Climate Assessment Procedure
(SECAP).
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Agriculture now a day’s become a business focus area and agenda of investment. Countries with agriculture
land potential can achieve its objectives of poverty reduction and transforming to industrialization via
agribusiness enterprises and market oriented agriculture on smallholder farmers. Agribusiness can play a great
role to transform the agriculture sector and realize the interconnected goals of food security, poverty reduction,
and human and economic development. That is why Subcomponent B.1 (Agribusiness Linkage and Marketing
access) of PASIDP II focuses on financing the strengthening of farmers’ cooperatives, the development of
agribusiness linkages and access to financial services.
Watershed development interventions are key issues to improve the livelihood of people through restored
and enhanced land productivity, support rehabilitation of degraded land and development of natural
resources, providing opportunities for income generating activities and contribute to small-scale
infrastructure development. At the irrigation command area this will help to intensify the land productivity
with that of minimized hazard and then can save water reservoirs such as dams, schemes by reducing silt
transporting runoff water. In addition to farm land improvement, enclosure areas and gullies are becoming
source of income as means of forage as well as fruit production, fattening, and apiculture and the like.
This six months report of PASIDP II includes from the period of January up to June 2009E.C. It helps to
examine how effectively and efficiently a programme has been achieving its objectives. The document
includes executive summary, Introduction, achievement/performance of physical and financial performances
based on main components, conclusions, lessons learned, recommendations, and attachments.
2. Achievements/Programme performance
2.1 . Physical Performance
Component A: Investment in Small – scale Irrigation Infrastructure
Sub component A.1: Irrigation scheme participatory planning and preparation
Sub component A.2: participatory Irrigation infrastructure development
2.1.1 Small Scale Irrigation Scheme Construction
A. Steering and Technical Committee Formation
One regional and seven wereda steering committees are already established and actively leading
the program. Besides, five zonal, seven wereda and twelve kebele level technical teams
(committees) are also established and trained. Furthermore, Regional Technical Team
(committee) for watershed and Agri-business established and functioned.
B. Job Creation
Abay Construction Enterprise handover SC works for young engineers with about 800,000birr.
(at GOBU-3 scheme). Job creation for youth has been provided for two associations on sand
production. More than 300,000 birr for association is paid (at Aderkaina scheme) and at Gobu-4
scheme about 5.2 million ETB. Job has been for daily laborers, mainly for youth and women,
and participants were male 21607. Female 22,144, totally 43,751. Similarly, job is also created
for associations with that of male where beneficiaries are male 536, female 154, totally 690. The
amount paid for both daily laborers and associations was 8 million Eth. Birr.
C. Government Participation
Government has valuable and significant contribution on scheme construction from the region up
to kebele levels. For instance; at Gulana irrigation scheme (West Belesa), the Woreda
administration allocated 1.05 million Eth.Birr and the implemented 3.5km rural access road
construction. Similarly; North Shoa Zone also allocated 5.6 million Eth.Birr for Keskash
irrigation scheme (Mojana Wodera Woreda),and 4.5 Million Birr for Amtu Irrigation scheme
(Asagirt Woreda) and then constructed 8 km, and 9km rural access road respectively.
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D. Study & Design of New Projects
Identification of SSI projects has been done by technical team of experts. Besides, feasibility and
detail design of new irrigation projects are 27.
E. Irrigation Scheme Construction
The current status of construction at each sceme is that: Amid 99%,Gobu4 96%, Golina2 93%,
Sewer 3 95%, Aderkayna 70%, Melka Govera 78%, Burka 66%, Gobu3 74%, Keskash 50%,
Gulana 50%, Amtu 50%, and Mena dawuch 35%
2.1.2 Environment and Social Safeguard
A. IWUA, IWUA establishment
At the newly 12 schemes, IWUAs are established and sensitization has been implemented.
At other thirteen (13 ), IWUAs from PASIDP I also been strengthened. According to the new
IWUA proclamation twelve Irrigation water users Cooperatives are Re- organized in PASIDP-
1 schemes where Agri-business (MAA) is going to be established. IWUAs have been strongly
mobilizing and are contributing their own part on scheme construction.
The woreda water resources offices take responsibility to follow-up, strengthening, registration
of IWUAs as per their given mandate through regional IWUA proclamation number 239/2016.
The regional IWUA proclamation has been distributed to all woredas with necessary explanation
for use and future follow up.
B. Mobilization of community members and sensitization
In the project areas of selected 12 new schemes communities are mobilized for support of
projects completion through canal excavation, access road construction and root selection, local
material provision, camp site selection, provision of area profile/advice including water resource,
monitoring of construction activities through elected community members as well as local
security preservation for smooth implementation of the project construction activity. On this
regard 10,686 community members of which 6,878 males & 3,808 females have participated
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on canal excavation, local material provision ,access road construction and related works on free
bases with an estimated value of birr 854,192.94 to contribute their share in support to complete
the planned irrigation scheme construction.
Number of male community members participated in free labor is male 7455 and female 4121,
totally 11576 where the Value of free labor executed is Eth. Birr 898,992.42.
At the 12 irrigation schemes study of new schemes with SECAP procedure has been conducted,
screening of PASIDP II projects for eligibility also been conducted, ESIA documents for 12new
schemes for Review ESIA studies & submit for certification to regional EFWLPDA been
developed, ESIA documents approval by regional EFWLPDA been facilitated, approved ESIA
documents to IFAD AA for further approval by donor has been collected and disseminated,
ESIA Documents to relevant offices for implementation & follow-ups, as well as EMP docs to
contractors/ORDA/ for follow up has been disseminated.
Training has been given to 123 (98male.25 female) zone, woreda, kebele experts of agriculture,
water resources development, animal & fishery agency offices who are part of the
implementation process of newly constructed schemes on IFAD SECAP procedures, GOv EIA
procedures, ESMP, climate risk analysis, gov & international environmental proclamations &
conventions relevant to IFAD. Besides, Training has been carried out on SECAP procedures,
EIA procedures, ESMP, climate risk analysis, gov & international environmental conventions
relevant to IFAD for 123 implementing parties, and for 154 IWUA commiitee members.
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C. Capacity building/ Training
Training has been given to 123 (98 male,25 female) zone, woreda, kebele experts of agriculture,
water resources development, animal & fishery agency offices who are part of the
implementation process of newly constructed schemes on IFAD SECAP procedures, GOv EIA
procedures, ESMP, climate risk analysis, government & international environmental
proclamations & conventions relevant to IFAD. Based on the training provided woredas were
given task to prepare their own environmental and social safeguard plan to be implemented at
scheme and water shed level by the community and the woreda relevant offices. More emphasis
was given to protect river banks, wetlands, watersheds and related environmental protection
activities. Training also given for IWUA committee members, at which participants were male
147, female 7, totally 154.
D. Strengthening of woreda steering and technical committee
Technical support has been given environment and social safeguard specialist joint with the other
programme specialists and coordinator to all project woredas during three round field
supervision and workshops organized at various periods to establish a framework for routine
monitoring and supervision of project implementation activity in selected 12 SSIP areas.
2.1.2. Investment in Capacity for Sustainable Agriculture
2.1.2.1 Agribusiness Linkages and Market Access
Field assessment of the agribusiness status in selected IFAD/PASIDP previously constructed
irrigation schemes and the following problems identified:
Marketing Linkage problem(farmers exploited by illegal traders and brokers)
Lack of Store/ warehouse
Shortage of Input (supply and Quantity)
Marketing knowledge limitation
No more market information
Lack of integration among stakeholders
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Agribusiness Linkage and Market Access consultative workshop conducted and at which
farmers, cooperatives, irrigation water user associations, governmental offices, projects and
NGOs participated.
Agribusiness challenges are identified
Clear picture on agribusiness linkages and market alliance created
Three Zones(Clusters: Awi, Oromo, and North Wello) identified and these Zones
prepared and submitted their action plan
The workshop showed the road map to the establishment of Market Access
Alliance(MAA) within selected PASIDP’s Weredas/zones
Promised to work together among producers and end users
Training workshop on revised regulation of organizing Irrigation Cooperative to Zonal and
Wereda cooperative office Heads, process owners and experts conducted. Besides to that market
Access Alliance establishment and implementation Manual (draft) has been prepared. The
content includes the members of the alliance, duty and responsibility of the alliance and the
executive committee, and so on. Kemisie area Market Access Alliance has been Established
(May 24/2017). Participants were farmers, cooperatives, police and justice, implementer
institution.
Training on Agribusiness been conducted for wereda, zone and kebele level agriculture,
cooperative and marketing experts and process owners. Topics offered were:
Agribusiness concepts and PASIDP II Agribusiness linkage and market access
attentions
Agriculture Development (Concept of Agronomy, Agriculture development Plan,
vegetable and fruit, post-harvest handling…)
Marketing
Value chain Development and others experiences
Training on Agribusiness conducted for irrigation input market cooperative and irrigation water
users associations executive and control committee on:
Agribusiness, business development plan and recording
Cooperative organization and cooperative marketing
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Training has been also given for cooperative committee members at which participants were
male 48, female 2, totally 50.
2.1.2.2 Watershed Management
A. Development of Watershed Development Plan;
12 micro watershed development plans have been prepared and then awareness creation and
training given for wereda and kebele watershed technical members how to do participatory
watershed development plan. All problems within the watershed was identified and prioritized
(like gully and hillside erosion, and others based on the real ground problems) and then
technologies were selected through full participation of the community, and hence community
action plans developed.
B. Soil and Water Conservation
Soil and water conservation measures lead to change in land surface arrangement and profile. 12
watershed management plan with a full participation of the community has been prepared and
different conservation technologies been identified that various physical soil and water
conservation measures can be applied on different land uses types, slopes, and soil etc.
C. Hillside, Communal Land Treatment and Management
540 hectares of hillside was planed and 447.5 ha been treated with different conservation
technologies like hillside terrace, micro basin, eyebrow, micro basin and micro trench. 72
hectares of degraded area was planned to enclose and then 676 hectares of land been protected
from human and animal interference.
D. Gully Control and Rehabilitation
The techniques of gully control and rehabilitation include, treating upslope lands, reclaiming the
gully area, diverting runoff (partially or wholly), close off, plantation and construction of
different types of check dams across gullies to hold back water and trap sediments. Since gully is
one of the major source of sediment which affects schemes with sedimentation and to alleviate
these problem, 72 hectares of gully land was plan to treat with bio-physical soil and water
conservation measures, up to date 17.5 hectares of land been treated with physical measures ,and
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it will be strengthen by biological measures in the near future. The type of implemented
technologies are check dams, live brush wood check dams, stone check dam, and gabion check
dam etc.
E. Farm Land Treatment:
1,800 hectares of farm land planned to be treated and the achievement was 1,291 hectares with
that of physical soil and water conservation measures such as soil bunds, stone faced bunds.
F. Nursery Establishment
12 community nursery establishment/strengthening was planned and 8 nursery strengthening
and 4 new establishment have been done with important nursery equipments and the required
seeds.
G. Ongoing activities
The following activities such as promoting 72 hectares of agro forestry and fruits on the
farmlands, 288 ha of improved forage production on private land, improved poultry and small
ruminants breed for livestock reduction for 120 HHs, fuel saving technologies for 240HHs, are
ongoing with procurement of inputs like fruit, forage seedlings, beehives, energy saving stove &
mold, and beneficiary selection and business plan preparation prior to providing the inputs
through revolving system.
H. Training
It was planned to give training for 128 participants on integrated watershed management and
climate risk management, the achievement was 123. Besides to that training also provided for
those watershed committee members for three days and participants were male 59, female 14,
totally 73.
2.1.2.3 Capacity Building and Gender
A. Training
The major activities include that trainings on topics of Watershed management, Agricultural
Development, Agribusiness linkage, Environment and financial management have been given to
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Woreda experts, Kebele DAs and farmers. Thus; stakeholders starting from Zones, through
Woredas and then to kebeles have received trainings on topics such as watershed management,
agribusiness, agricultural development and environment. In addition projects' accountants have
received training on how to manage program finance.
Participants of the training on newly formed IIPMC & IWUA proclamation orientation for
woreda, Zonal, and regional experts male 80, female 14, totally 94. Participants on financial
management for project area accountants were male 8, female 4, totally 12. Watershed & ESS
training for zone, wereda & kebele Technical team members were given for five days and
participants were male 98, female 25, total 123. Furthermore; training on ADP preparation &
Agri-business for five days had been implemented and then participants were male 100, female
31, totally 131. Hence aggregated number of training participants were male 286, female 74,
totally 360.
B. Procurement
RPCMU has planned and managed to procure office furniture for the newly recruited staff
members and then6 tables, 6 chairs, 7 laptop computers have been procured.
C. Gender issues
Each and every programme activities implemented were based on the consideration of gender
mainstreaming. Both men and women have been participated and the given training, are also
involved on IWUA members, and watershed committees, and on other community consultations
& social mobilizations. All trainings managed by the program on topics of Watershed
management, Agricultural Development, Agribusiness linkage, Environment and financial
management are arranged in such a way that they are to be disaggregated by sex. Thus, out of the
total 360 trainees who participated in the trainings of the program 74 were female participants.
With regard to job creation, at the implementing irrigation scheme construction, number of
women employees is almost equal to men. Out of 10,686 communities participated in the
construction of schemes, 3,808 are women which is more than 35% of the total participants.
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2.1.3 Programme Management, Monitoring & Evaluation , Learning,
knowledge Management
At the pre- finance period, launching workshop carried out to introduce the goals and objectives,
components, and intended programs where relevant stakeholders and beneficiaries participated.
Furthermore; baseline case study, introducing IWUA proclamation, closing workshops, and
design review has been implemented.
Training on different disciplines, monthly and quarterly joint field visits have been carried out
for the purpose of improving deviations timely.
All the staff members of the RPCMU become fulfilled that for each disciplines specialists are
recruited.
During the training based workshops, we followed participatory approach and then peer to peer
learning, knowledge management has been carried out.
Quarterly and semi- annual reports of the programme have been prepared and submitted to BoA
and FPCMU timely. By now, the 2017 – 2018 Regional Programme Annual Work Plan and
Budget (AWP&B) been prepared and sent to FPCMU.
2.2 Financial Performance
Training has been carried out for the woreda accountants for two days at which participants were
male 27, female 9, totally 36.
The Amhara Region Participatory Small Scale Irrigation Development Programme-II has been
implemented in parts of different sub components such as: A.1 Irrigation scheme plan
preparation performed, A.2 Irrigation infrastructure development performed, B.1
Agribusiness linkage and market access performed, B.2 Institution capacity building and support
performed 1.01, B.2 Institution capacity building and support performed 1.01, C Programme
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management & evaluation and has performed compare with AWPB is 49%, 0%, 30% 9%,
1.8%, 5.4% ,3% respectively in general cumulative annual financial performed 14.09 %.
A.1 Irrigation scheme plan preparation performed 49% this is because of the expenditure made
for start-up workshop, design studies has been conducted
A.2 Irrigation infrastructure development performed 27.28 % that expenditure made for six
projects as per 1st payment certificate , in addition advance 63 million has paid for contractor ,
was not recognized as expenditure that it affect the cash out flow increased by the payment
amount .
B.1 Agribusiness linkage and market access performed 30.9% that the WUA and woreda
cooperative officers has been given training.
B.2 Institution capacity building and support performed 1.8% this is because expenditure made,
for purchased of laptops and furniture (7 laptop,17 high back chairs and 7 tables)
B.3 Water shade management and environment performed 5.4% that expenditure made for
training conducted wreda Agriculture officers and WUA members.
C. Programme management & evaluation performed 3% percent because the expenditure has
been made for Salary, fuel and lubricants, and maintenance.
3. Conclusion, Lessons Learnt, and Recommendations
3.1 Conclusion
This year (2017) was a starting period of PASIDP II. According to the Amhara RPCMU
generally we can say it was the best starting point that will be a base for the achievement of
exceeding implementation periods. Within the previous six months field assessments, awareness
creation workshops, training to experts and farmers have been conducted. This meant that it will
have been supplemented to the next implementations so as to reach the ground level easily.
During the implementation of irrigation schemes, the leading challenge was delayance of the
budget (advance payment) that needs high consideration in the future.
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Regarding the agribusiness and marketing is a system; it needs significant functional and
authority linkage among stakeholders so attention should be given to integrated stakeholder
participations for alleviation of marketing linkage problems for improvement of farmers’
lifestyle.
3.2 Lessons Learned
Partners, stakeholders, and beneficiary representative involvement at the first session of
launching workshops play a major role for their participation on the implementation of the
programme.
Without genuine support of the Regional Bureau of Agriculture, the programme timely start up
could not be impossible. Budget delay from the programme could be solved by obtaining loan
from the Bureau.
The given trainings for focal persons, technical and steering committee members, and
beneficiaries facilitated the programme performance.
3.3 Recommendations
Budget release should be on time so as to implement the planned objectives and activities
as per schedule
Since knowledge management, and learning is a newly discipline, it requires special
training for the M&E,KML specialist
For the sake of agricultural transformation, Agri – business and market access part needs
high attention both by the programme as well as by higher level stakeholders to enhance
irrigation users’ income.
Watershed development requires extra budget that at the upper side of irrigation scheme
it is the basic issue not only to protect the scheme from the flood damage, but also to
increase the volume of irrigation water in a sustainable way.
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Special attention also required for agricultural extension and ADP to facilitate
modernized way cropping methodologies, and to transform beneficiaries to market
oriented and more productive horticultural crops.
The Participatory Small scale Irrigation Development programme -II National
programme management unit should ensure timely and regular replenishment of
Programme fund by on the increase a disbursement time plan .
To improve Programme fund utilization the effort can be needed by programme staffs by
facilitating different training like Financial management and planning so the Federal
programme management unit should facilitate different training ,awareness and
maintain similar chart of account , has to appropriate accounting software that helps to
control funds and produce financial report based on the donor report formant in cost
effective manner .
The Region PCMU should allocate budget activities by components, source of funds and
categories.
3. Attachments
An Excel report is attached here with this folder.
