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Poverty Alleviation through Livestock Development in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam (PALD) Project

Project completed
Farmer Field School (FFS) Activity of PALD project. © Matt Bennet

Despite Vietnam’s high economic growth rate in the last decades with impressive achievements in poverty reduction, the poverty rate gap between urban and rural areas is still high.  

Country/region Topic Period Budget
Vietnam
Agriculture & food security
Agricultural development
01.02.2011 - 31.10.2015
 CHF  3’010’000
The project in brief
Background

More than 95% of poor people live in rural areas. In the north west region of Vietnam, especially in the four upland districts, which are selected to implement the PALD phase I and II in Northern provinces of Son La, Phu Tho and Yen Bai (Annex 2), where ethnic minority accounts for more than 60%, the poverty rates reaches 49% in 2009[1].  

[1] Yen Lap (Phu Tho) : 27.3% ; Mai Son (Son La) 27.5%; Van Chan (Yen Bai): 21.6% ; Tram Tau (Yen Bai): 48.16%
Objectives

To increase farmer's incomes by strengthening sustainable and replicable livestock services, production systems, and by providing remote households with better access to local and regional markets.
Target groups

Key target group will be over 10’200 household direct beneficiaries members of FIGs and about 65’000 household indirect beneficiaries in 64 communes of 4 districts.
Medium-term outcomes

Outcome 1: Farmers adopt skills and knowledge on pig and poultry production technologies and benefit from better access to livestock related services, which are consolidated through supporting local partners’ capacity building.

Outcome 2: Farmers’ incomes increase by strengthening house-based economic calculations and building and consolidating reliable market linkages.

Outcome 3: Experience is capitalized and shared between all related stakeholders in order to scale up at provincial and national levels.
Results

Results from previous phases:  

  • The average income from chicken and pig raising of 5,600 direct beneficiaries (98% women, 90% ethnic minority) has increased VND1’890’000/month[1] respectively, leading to a reduction of poverty rate from 41.2 % (in 2006) to 7.5% (in 2009). By the end of 2010, 43’500 households (50% of total population) indirectly benefited from project
  • Over 12 types of PALD’s technical documents were published, highly appreciated by governmental agencies and widely applied by other development partners[2].  
  • Initial results on market linkages: there have been at least 20 agencies committed to sell of products at local levels.

[1] Detail see in Table 4, Page 8, PALD End Phase report

[2] CARE, IFAD, ILRI applied in Vinh Phuc, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Ha Tinh….
Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
Credit area Development cooperation
Project partners Contract partner
International or foreign NGO
  • Other international or foreign NGO North
  • SDC Field Office
  • National, provincial government bodies responsible for Agriculture & Rural Development;


Coordination with other projects and actors

Livestock Services Providers, District Public Service agencies, Private stakeholders, Women Union.
Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF    3’010’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    2’734’836
Project phases

Phase 3 01.02.2011 - 31.10.2015   (Completed)

  • Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
    Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation
    Agricultural development
    Cross-cutting topics The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
    The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
    Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
    Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
    Finance type Aid grant
    Aid Type Project and programme contribution
    Tied/untied aid Untied aid
    Project number

    7F03197

Further Information

Publications

  1. Project Factsheets in English and Vietnamese
  2. Project Implementation Manual
  3. PALD Success Stories:

Story 1: Women's Union Leader Helps Others Overcome Poverty through Livestock Development: The Story of Mrs Ha Thi Hanh in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam

Story 2: Escaping Poverty through Raising Mong Cai Sows with the PALD Model: The Story of Mrs Nguyen Thi Thiem in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam

Story 3: Producing Chickens to Match Market Demands: The Story of Mrs. Thanh in Mai Son district, Son La province, Vietnam.

Story 4: An excellent pig producer and a dynamic member of the Communal Women’s Union (CWU): The story of Mrs Nguyen Thi Thuy Nguyet, Yen Lap district, Phu Tho province, Vietnam.

Story 5: Easing poverty through improved chicken-rearing techniques: The story of Mrs Nguyen Thi An, Yen Lap district, Phu Tho province, Vietnam.

Story 6: A Family Escapes Poverty by Raising Breeding Boars: The story of Mrs. Le Thi Thanh Nhuan in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam.

Story 7: Chicken and Pig Rearing Offers a Way out of Poverty: The story of Mrs. Hoang Thi Thieu in Dong Tam Village, Dong Cuong commune, Van Yen district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam. 

Story 8: Relieving poverty through building experience in pig farming: The story of Mrs. Pham Thi Van in Yen Lap district, Phu Tho province, Vietnam.

 

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