EFAPEFAP

Dr VONG SANDAPDr VONG SANDAP

Deputy Secretary General,Deputy Secretary General,

Ministry of Economy and Finance &Ministry of Economy and Finance &

Project Director of EFAP-AFProject Director of EFAP-AF

Location: South East Asia Geographic Area: 181,035 km2 Population: 14.1million (2008 Census) GDP Growth for last 5 years:

6.7%in 2008; 0.1%in 2009; 6.0%in 2010;6.4% in 2011 and 7.3%in 2012.

Agriculture share is around 30% of GDP. Poverty rate: 2007 - around 30.1% 2011 around 26%.

2013 around 19%(The poverty concentrate in rural areas).

To develop the country, increase living standard and reduce poverty, the RGC has launched different strategic plans such as: i) The Rectangular Strategy for Growth,

Employment, Equity and Efficiency, Phase II; ii) The National Strategic Development Plan;

and iii) The National Social Protection Strategy for

the Poor and Vulnerable.

Pushing Economic Growth with high rate; Attracting FDI and EFR; Open Market; Encourage various stakeholders (IFI, OECD,

NGOs, Private Sector and Civil Societies) in various sectors to help in socio-economic development ;

Strengthening of social safety net programs constitute as one of the main efforts of RGC for reduction of poverty and increase in living standard of people.

Budget support: free education, free medical treatment for the poor people, free short vocational training for workers loss job temporary during economic crisis, and other activities.

Direct Activity Support: (i) provide social concessional land to the poor people (ii) Cancel Fishing Plots to give fishing access for small

fishing families (iii) others.

Project Supports: by using financial and technical supports from IFI and Donor Countries, we do many activities in social transfer. Some of theses activities are don through Emergency Food Assistance Project (EFAP).

EFAP is originally planned to be implemented from October 2008 to September 2012 but is now extended up to June 30, 2015 with an Additional Grant Financing from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP).

Emergency Food Assistance Project is originally initiated and created by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) with financial support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide short term transitional support to the poor who were affected by the price rise in food, fuel and agricultural inputs in 2008.

Now the Project is extended to continue the medium and long term initiatives aimed at Food security

The Launching of Emergency Food Assistance Project Presided Over by H.E The Launching of Emergency Food Assistance Project Presided Over by H.E Keat Chhon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance at Keat Chhon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance at

Pichenda Commune, Phnom Prek district , Battambang Province.Pichenda Commune, Phnom Prek district , Battambang Province.

-Free Rice DistributionFree Rice Distribution: : 342, 853 persons

- School Scholarship: - School Scholarship: 10,443 Students in grade 5,6, 8 and 9.

(Girl students: 5,510).

- School Feeding : - School Feeding : 65,387 Students (Girl students: 31,555).

- Early Childhood Learning Center : - Early Childhood Learning Center : 127 Volunteer teachers (100% women).- FFW, CFW and CW:FFW, CFW and CW: Created 2 million labour days;

Improved around 800 km of rural roads; and rehabilitated small canals that have potential to irrigate more than 20,000 hectares of rice fields.

EFAPEFAP

Free Rice Distribution to the Poor Beneficiaries in Boeung Bat Kandoal Free Rice Distribution to the Poor Beneficiaries in Boeung Bat Kandoal Commune, Pursat, 30 Oct. 08Commune, Pursat, 30 Oct. 08

Component I : School ScholarshipComponent I : School Scholarship

Component I : School FeedingComponent I : School Feeding

Component I : ECLCComponent I : ECLC

REHABILITATION OF CFW ROAD (ON-REHABILITATION OF CFW ROAD (ON-GOING) GOING)

Component I : CFW on-Component I : CFW on-goinggoing

Component I : CFW on-Component I : CFW on-goinggoing

Component I : CFW completed Component I : CFW completed

Component I : CFW completed Component I : CFW completed

Component I : CFW on-goingComponent I : CFW on-going

A COMPLETED CFW CANAL A COMPLETED CFW CANAL

Component I : CFW CompletedComponent I : CFW Completed

PAYMENTS TO CFW PARTICIPANTSPAYMENTS TO CFW PARTICIPANTS

Component I : CFW PaymentComponent I : CFW Payment

ROAD BEFORE REHABILITATION ROAD BEFORE REHABILITATION

Component I : CFW on-Component I : CFW on-goinggoing

CIVIL WORK CONTRACT ROAD CIVIL WORK CONTRACT ROAD ((COMPLETED)COMPLETED)

Component I : CWCComponent I : CWC

CIVIL WORK CONTRACT ROAD WITH BRIDGE CIVIL WORK CONTRACT ROAD WITH BRIDGE (COMPLETED)(COMPLETED)

Component I : CWCComponent I : CWC

CIVIL WORK CONTRACT CANAL REHABILITATION (ON-CIVIL WORK CONTRACT CANAL REHABILITATION (ON-GOING)GOING)

Component I : CWCComponent I : CWC

CIVIL WORK CONTRACT CANAL (COMPLETED)CIVIL WORK CONTRACT CANAL (COMPLETED)

Component I : CWCComponent I : CWC

-Seed and Fertilizer Distribution: 73,625 marginal farmers households (13,841 woman farmers) got the benefits;- Distribution: carried on in 2009 wet and dry seasons and 2010 wet season;-TOT training: received by 13,672 farmers-Rice Seed: provided for free (only 50% of requirement);-Fertilizer: 50% of cost payable and on credit without interest, to be refunded after the harvest;-Debt Collection: arranged in cooperation with Microfinance Institution (till date 85% of total debt is collected)

provided rice seeds to 54,965 families (farmers) from 62 communes affected by Ketsana Typhoon in 2009.

provided rice seed to 622 families (farmers) affected by flood in 2010.

provided rice and vegetable seeds to 12,065 families (farmers) from 92 communes in 2011.

provided rice seeds to 9,142 families (farmers) from 38 communes affected by flood 2011.

Provided vegetable seeds to 2,349 families (farmers) from 49 communes affected by flood 2011 in May 2012.

provided vegetable seeds to 51,536 families (farmers) from 108 communes affected by drought in 2012.

Training To Beneficiary Farmers On Improved Training To Beneficiary Farmers On Improved Cultivation PracticesCultivation Practices

- Sub-Decree to establish Cambodia Food Reserve System (CFRS) was approved by Samdech Prime Minister on 12 September 2012.

- The CFRS includes both Food (equivalent to rice) and Seed Reserves (Rice and Vegetable ).

- The debt collected from EFAP fertilizers selling and seed-selling, and existing food reserve under the Green Trade Company are the main initial sources for the CFRS.

• The focus is on Increased availability to and awareness of nutritious food and hygiene

- Cash for Work (including civil works contract)- Health, Nutrition & Sanitation

Increased access to improved agricultural inputs and technologies among food-insecure farmers and women - Quality Seed and Fertilizer Distribution- Quality Seed production- Diversified Livelihoods - Emergency preparedness and response in agriculture (Formation of SHG & FOs, implementation of Community Projects, etc.) 

Improved capacity to mainstream food security- Coordination structure for emergency response and FSN- Information and data management for emergency response

and FSN

The project coordination mechanisms for the implementation purposes are as follows:

Agreement between RGC and ADB; Project Administration Manual(PAM); Standard Operation Procedure(SOP); Midterm Review Mission; Independent Monitoring System (reporting to both

senior Government and ADB representatives); External Audit Report; Monitoring and Evaluation Report as basis for

adjustment to the project; RGC acts as the owner of the project and manage the

implementation of the project as needed.

The project targeting mechanisms are as follows:i)Based on baseline survey;ii)Based on consultation with relevant

stakeholders; iii)Based on ID poor, a targeting mechanism

developed by MOP;iv) Based on Consultation with relevant local

authorities including village leader;v) Based on open village meeting;vi) Based on alternative criteria developed for

targeting eligible beneficiaries for suitable activities.

As the project has many activities, the flow of funds and delivery mechanisms are different.

Fund Flow1. From ADB: - Loan and grant funds go to EA Account;- TA funds go directly to TA inputs.

2. From EA: - Account for daily payments; - Second generation accounts for Provincial

Units/TSUs for administrative expenditure;

3. Delivery of benefits: - Goods procurements and delivery by the successful

bidders to commune councils. Delivery of goods and distribution to beneficiaries monitored by independent observers (e.g. rice, seeds and fertilizers distribution)

- Works done by beneficiaries measured by the village/project committee and cash/rice distribution carried out in presence of committee, commune councils, provincial departments, provincial authority and sometimes central authority (e.g. CFW,FFW)

- Works procurements and delivery by the successful bidders. Evaluation carried out in presence of commune councils, provincial departments, provincial authority and central authority (e.g. CW)

Successfully conceived and implemented a CFW program by engaging government institutions that too in a large scale is a new initiative and an innovation in Cambodia;

Successfully sold fertilizer on credit and collected the debt after harvest of the crop which was originally not planned is an innovation;

Successfully producing the rice and vegetable seeds originally not planned and by using a grant savings and then selling them at affordable prices to the beneficiaries is a new innovation. The produced seeds become the main sources of seed supply during the flood 2011 and drought 2012;

The establishment of Cambodian Food Reserve System (CFRS) is a new initiative, and the debt collection (around 2 million USD) contributing to food reserves and rice seeds (around 2,000 tons) contributing to seed reserves is a new innovation;

The debt collection by engaging MFI and the exposure of villagers to the MFI and the MFI to potential clients is a new innovation;

- Social protection activities should be linked with domestic economic growth and prosperity.

- Productivity enhancement support to smallholders , especially to help them in building capacity to increase productivity and diversify their jobs and income generation activity is very important.

- Effective Public -Private partnership could bring positive economic growth, create job and generate income in sustainable ways.

- Risks can be managed successfully by (a) partnering with the private sector to use the established storage and distribution system, (b) distributing agricultural inputs in a transparent and participatory manner, and (c) empowering the community to carry out supervision, monitoring, and implementation of food-for-work and cash-for-work (CFW) schemes.

- Coordination, collaboration and mutual respect for each other is the key to implement a multi-sector interventions and achieve the intended outputs and outcome without any major delay;

The strong policies and commitments of the RGC and the cooperation and collaboration of the Development Partners and other stakeholders in macro-economic stability, GDP growth, job creation and poverty reduction is bringing the desired results.

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