Dự án nông nghiệp: Sustainable community-based forest development and management in some high-poverty areas in Bac Kan Province ( ATTACHMENT 8 )

ATTACHMENT 8 CARD 017/VIE06 Sustainable community-based forest development and management in some high-poverty areas in Bac Kan Province Study Tour Reports Attachment 8A – 1st study tour Attachment 8B – 2nd study tour Attachment 8C – 3rd study tour ATTACHMENT 8-A Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development CARD Project 017/06 VIE -Sustainable community-based forest development and management in some high poverty areas in Bac Kan Province Report on a Study tour on Community forest management projects and income generation activities Participants in Hoa Binh province Prepared by Ho Ngoc Son Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry September 2007 Table of contents 1. Introduction...................................................................................................................4 2. The study tour activities.............................................................................................4 2.1. Workshop in Mo village to share experience in community forestry........................4 2.2. Field visit....................................................................................................................5 2.2.1 Site visit to community forest management area .................................................5 2.2.2 Site visits to income generation activities............................................................5 3. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................8 Attachment 1......................................................................................................................9 Attachment 2....................................................................................................................10 Attachment 3....................................................................................................................12 3 1. Introduction As part of CARD Project 017/06 VIE - Sustainable community-based forest development and management in some high poverty areas in Bac Kan Province, a study tour to successful community forestry project and income generation activities was conducted on 21-25 September 2007 to Kim Boi and Luong Son districts, Hoa Binh province. The main objective was to learn and share experiences in community forest management and income generation activities. The study tour was comprised of a workshop and visits to project sites and agroforestry models in the field. Twenty four participants from 4 villages in CARD project area (Na Muc, Khuoi Lieng, To Doc, Ban Sang village) participated. The list of participants is given in Attachment 1. The study tour program is shown in Attachment 2. Before the conclusion of the study tour, participants were asked to answer questions to evaluate what they have learned. These assessments are summarised in Attachments 3. 2. The study tour activities 2.1. Workshop in Mo village to share experience in community forestry Figure 1 One of group members share their experience in CFM implementation A workshop was organised as an opportunity for villagers and members of Mo village CF management group and CARD project`s participants to share and learn experience in CFM. Especially, this is a good opportunity for CARD project`s participants to learn experience from CFM activities in Mo village which have been implemented since 2006 under a support from Helvetas. 4 Many experience and lessons have been drawn from this meeting. For example, the way community work together to protect their community forest, the mechanism to share benefits (Maize harvests) and making management plan are very useful and beneficial. 2.2. Field visit 2.2.1 Site visit to community forest management area Following the workshop in the village house, all participants visited the community forest area of Mo village, which is about 1.5 km from the village centre. In the field site, members of "project action team" from Mo village continued to explain about land demarcation process, labour input contribution by community members as well as benefit sharing arrangements. They also responded to questions from the visitors. The field site visit was a mix of site visit and discussion among participants. Figure 2 Visiting community forest area in Mo village, Kim Son district 2.2.2 Site visits to income generation activities (1) Income generation from forest management and plantations All participants visited Mr Thuy`s farm on 22 September to learn how to generate income from the forests. The farm size is just about 6 hectares which is quite similar to that of villagers in Na Ri district, Bac Kan province. During the visit, the farm owner provided a brief talk about his farm (area, current crops, income) and answered many questions raised by visitors. It was a fruitful discussion for all participants to learn not only about income 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn