1. ADDA in Vietnam

2. ADDA Vietnam Projects The IPM Project (1998 - 2005). The Organic project (2004-2012) The Community Dev Project (2006 – 2014) The Legal Aid project (2008-2014) More Trees (subcont. by DFE 2010 - 2013) Community Based Farmer Groups, Tanzania (2009 – 2015)

3. Approach 1.Establish a team of facilitators, incl. training (ToT) 2.Conduct season long training (FFS) 3.Establish Interest Groups among the FFS graduate (only interested people participate)

4. Approach The preferred approach is to create a team of locally based and known facilitators who speaks the local language and Kinh

5. Approach Then provide technical training to farmers through participatory training methodologies (Farmer Field Schools)

6. Approach The Farmer Field School training provides the farmers with technical knowledge which usually enable the farmers to increase their income significantly

7. Approach and it also clearly display the advantages of collaboration to the participants. Therefore the farmers like to form the “Farmer Interest Groups”

8. Basic Principles of FFS The farmers are participating in weekly meetings during a full cropping season. They learn important ecological principles by managing learning plots and experiments themselves. 30 farmers form an FFS that is facilitated by two trainers. The discussion between farmers is the pulling force in FFS

9. Basic Principles of FFS The FFS approach uses discovery based learning methods to improve the farmers' agro-ecological knowledge. Each FFS has one IPM plot managed by the participants, one experimental plot and one plot cultivated in the way normally used by farmers. The farmers will observe the biology through AESA, and make drawings of their findings. No books are used

10. Agro-eco-system-analysis 10

11. Agro-eco-system-analysis

12. Thai FFS (Dien Bien)

13. H’mong FFS (Lai Chau)

14. The Community Development Project Target group: Ethnic minorities Implemented in 6 provinces (Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh, Nghe An and Ha Tinh) Local team of facilitators (72+36) Farmer Field Schools (Maize, vegetables, and Climate Change ) (500 +300 +300) Community development groups (300+250)

15. FFS field

16. Impact on Maize Farms Yield /ha (kg) Output (1.000 VND) Input ( 1.000 VND) Profit (1.000 VND) % Net profit incr. BeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfter Son La 6.1407.46819.08324.6752.9045.41415.17919.26027 Lai Chau 4.1285.31715.67522.3502.8204.32112.85418.02940 Hoa Binh 3.9235.46912.86320.6152.7376.2291012614.38542 Dien Bien 4.3635.59015.64422.0552.7664.77712.87817.27834 Nghe An 3.1995.73410.75924.1443.8946.8466.86517.298152 Ha Tinh 1.6513.1446.29516.0343.4857.1702.8098.864216 300 HH 3.9015.45413.38721.6463.2685.79310.11815.85257 16

17. Maize FFS Farmers who have participated in a maize FFS have improved the income from maize cultivation with 40 % on average. 17

18. Maize FFS 40% increase of net income for 15,000 trained farmers, 1,245 kg extra / 0,6 ha maize field). Net profit is 3,145,000 VND / farmer. In one year this is 2,625,000 USD Total costs of project is 2,168,000 USD over the 4 years. 18

19. Maize FFS Farmers who have participated in a FFS have improved their collaborative skills The FFS are very useful as a tool for sustainable group formation 19

20. Group establishment 20

21. Income generating activities Production planning Contract negotiation Production cost reduction Common production Service deliveries Organise credit Procurements Marketing Take over parts of the value chain 21

22. Chicken group in Lai Chau

23. Tooth pick group, Hoa Binh

24. Community Development The final step of project approach is when the groups are taking the lead for community development activities Only possible in close cooperation with the FU and the local authorities 24

25. Group activities Activities Number of groups Maize production, procurement and sales 90 Pig fattening - raising pigs 81 Chicken raisers -meet production and broilers 29 Pig breeding groups – selling piglets 24 Producers of other crops (peanut, rice, sugarcane, cana 20 Producers of other livestock (Buffalo, cattle, fish, bees) 19 Vegetable production 16 Duck and other poultry production 9 Handicraft and processing (weaving, toothpicks, cassava ) 5 Total293 25

26. Group C.D. activities ProvinceNoC.D. activitiesTotal Budget Local funds Project funds Dien Bien 1Drinking water supply 753045 2 Garbage collection and treatment 72961 Lai Chau 1Water supply 1005941 3Irrigation trenches 25215795 Ha Tinh 2Road construction 1466680 Hoa Binh 1Drinking water supply 411328 2Road construction 1326171 Nghe An 1Irrigation trenches 593128 3Road construction 23914594 Son La 1Bridge construction 372413 Total 17 1155599556 26

27. Community road

28. Conclusions on Groups The groups need to embark on business opportunities and income generating activities The groups can serve as vehicles for organising other community development activities provided that external funding is available 28

29. End of presentation Thank you 29