Community Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP)

...with a mission to combat poverty

LGED

Area of intervention
Nine upazilas of Sunamganj district
Year wise intervention: Sunamganj Sadar: Dakhin Sunamganj: Biswamvarpur: Jamalganj: Tahirpur: Derai: Sullah: Dowarabazar: Dharmapasha:

2003 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007

Sunamganj maintains very close neighbourhood with Meghalaya. India

     

This district consists of 11 upazilas and total area 3 670 sq.km. with 2 782 villages Population: 1968 669; male 50.89%, female 49.11%; Muslim 83.62%, Hindu 15.95%, others 0.43% ethnic groups (Manipuri, Khasia, Garo and Hajong). Literacy : Average literacy 22.3%; male 27.5%, female 17.6%. Main occupations: Agriculture 43.43%, fishing 3.34%, agricultural labourer 24.10%, wage labourer 5.58%, commerce 7.44%, service 3.8%, others 12.31%. Land use: Arable land 294021 hectares , fallow land 51 752 hectares ( ). Beel area: 5 500 hectares, Number 1 063

Target people of the project

90 000 - 135 000 farmer and fisher households holding land below 2.5 acre

Goal & objectives of the project

Goal:


Poverty reduction

The main objectives:



increasing the assets and income of 90 000 - 135 000 households by developing self-managing grass-roots organizations to improve beneficiary access to primary resources, employment, self-employment and credit; and supporting the development of available national institutions to replicate the project approach in other areas of Bangladesh.

Funding

(Lakh BDT)

First Phase

Second Phase

Third Phase

Total Project

IFAD GOB Beneficiaries Total

3 094.60 873.27 108.43 4 076.30

10 688.09 1 602.14 291.53 12 581.76

3 302.89 48.68 37.00

17 085.58 2 524.09 436.96

3 388.57 20 046.63 US$:

Project period
January 2003 to June 2014 (around 12 years) First phase: (5 years) Second phase: (4 years) Third phase: (3 years) 2002-03 to 2006-07 (FY) 2007-08 to 2010-11 (FY) 2011-12 to 2013-14 (FY)

The project entity

Under: Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives /Local Government Division Executed by: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

The major project partners

SCBRMP has long-term partnership with: Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB)  Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI),  Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI),  Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute(BLRI)  Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE),  Department of Livestock Services (DLS),  Department of Fisheries (DoF), and  The WorldFish Center


Project implementation arrangement

The project is governed by three committees: One at secretariat level called Project Steering Committee headed by the Secretary of Local Government Division; Second one is at district level called the District Coordination Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Sunamganj, and Another one is at each Upazila level called Upazila Coordination Committee headed by Upazial Nirbahi Officers (UNO). All committees comprise members from concern ministries, divisions, departments and development agencies. Besides, there are some inter-ministerial, District and Upazila committees to deal the activities of transferring water-bodies from Ministry of Land and Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Overall implementation is executed by Project Director, CBRMP, having PMU office at Sunamganj and liaison office at Dhaka

Project Management Unit

Upazila set-up set-

Components of the project

Five components of the project: Labour-intensive infrastructure development Fisheries development Agriculture and livestock production Microcredit Institutional support

Infrastructure
Main features of the component:
Involving community in infrastructure implementation work Employing rural poor in construction and maintenance of infrastructure for increased income constructing rural road to connect villages with mainframe road network Installing tube-well for safe drinking water Constructing Multipurpose Village Centre (MVC) to use for flood shelter, training, meeting, social gathering and other activities required for socio-economic development of the community Installing water sealed ring latrine to promote hygienic environment for the community

Performance of infrastructure
Items Indicators Project target Cumulative status as of June 2008 Target Achieved %

No. of poor engaged/worked in labour intensive construction works No. of Tube-wells installed and tested arsenic Village road constructed MVC constructed Latrine installed

Total members Male Female Installed Beneficiaries

224370 149580 74790 3000 450,000 220 220 53 70000

122196 81464 40732 1382 207300 115 115 25 38190

124737 83158 41579 1520 228000 125 121 25 39059

102 102 102 110 110 109 105 100 102

Km No. No. No.

Few glimpses

Community made block-road : 1st time introduced to expand village road network

Fisheries
The main features of the component:
Arranging water-bodies ( beel and ponds) for the communities Mobilizing fishers in beel user group and introducing community based fishers management Identifying and demarking resource- bases by mapping, surveying and installing pillars; Excavation/re-excavation of water-bodies and khals (canal) to restore fish habitats Establishing fish sanctuaries to regain diversity and increase fish production; Giving training to women in raising nursery of swamp trees for planting and restoring swap forestry in haor area Promoting pond fish culture for raising income of indigent women Extending assistance to local administration and department of fisheries for enforcing Fish Conservation Acts Monitoring fish production, consumption, marketing and assessing its impact on peoples livelihoods.

Beel transfer and management process

MoY&S MoL MoU MLGRD
Beel Transfer

DC/UNO
Revenue

Requisition

-Policy support - Other technical assistances

CBRMP/LGED
-Mobilization -Training -Other technical assistance -Users contact

DOF DAE DLS

Revenue -Training -Other technical assistances

BMC

Beel Users Group (BUG) (CO Members + Other Village People)

Performance of fisheries
Items Indicators Project target Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008 Target Achieved %

Beel developed/ excavated Khal excavated/re-excavated

No. Acres No. Km.

300 4000 33 33 300 9500 2375 300 4000 150 37 750 450

93 1235.00 14 8 165 5280 1326 165 2195 75 23.98 317 175

55 972.85 6 13 98 2717 287 70 1149.30 50 17.80 192 135

59 79 43 163 59 51 22 42 52 67 74 61 77

BUG formed and the members enrolled

BUG No. BUG members No. Women in BUG No.

Beel accessed by BUG Ponds excavated/ re-excavated

No. Acres No. Acres Indigent women

Promotional materials developed and Village disseminated Conservation campaign undertaken Beel harvested
No. No.

1200 300

218 68

245 58

112 85

Beel Fisheries

Agriculture and Livestock

The main features of the component: Undertaking Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) to assess the needs of the farmers and identify constraints prior to implement any activities Initiating participatory research in cooperation with national research institutions to promote improved varieties and technologies for farmers Arranging workshops, training, demonstration and field-days to disseminate results of research to farmers Working in partnership with local line departments for arranging training and developing appropriate extension/promotional materials for farmers

Performance of agriculture and livestock

Items

Unit

Project target

Cumulative status as of June 2008 Target Achieved

Research/trial (Field crop,Vegetable,Tuber crop, Spices etc) Demonstrations (Field crop,Vegetable,Tuber crop, Spices, Murta, Ikor , Poultry, Duckary , Livestock rearing etc) Village advance farmers

No.

128 7956 1432 883 -

65 3348 1312 326

59 2985

% 91 89

No.

No.

1312 100 306 94 -

Vaccination campaign

Vaccine campaign No. Livestock /poultry vaccinated No.

- 91205

Introducing new high productive varieties

Microcredit
The main features of the component:
     

Community organization (CO) enrolling 20 to 30 members each ( men and women separately) Provision of savings by members Credit from CO savings fund Credit from project credit line through BKB Training on group and financial management Training on occupational skill development

Interest of project credit

From group fund and project credit line/BKB in both cases loan is disbursed at 15% interest Interest distribution: ( Project fund) GOB: BKB: Project sustainability fund: CO for creating group fund: CO president: CO manager: Bad debt adjustment fund:

1.50% 2.00% 6.50% 2.00% 0.75% 1.25% 1.00% --------------15.00%

Bank recovers 10% interest at decline rate, but community charges it at flat rate

Interest of group fund

Interest distribution: (Group Fund) CO group fund: CO President: CO Manager : Project sustainability fund: 7.95% 1.95% 3.15% 1.95% ---------15.00%

Interest charged at flat rate

Performance of microcredit (1)

Items Indicators Project target Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008 Target Upazila coverage Union coverage Village coverage Community Organizations (COs) formed and members enrolled No. No. No. CO No. male CO No. Female CO No. Members No. Male enrolled No. Female enrolled No. Savings mobilized by CO members Total members No. Male No. Female No. Total savings in LTk. Savings by male in LTk. Savings by female in LTk. 9 53 1500 9 53 724 Achieved 9 53 742 % 100 100 102

3000 1200 1800 90000 37421 52579 90000 37421 52579 2120.00 848.00 1272.00

1448 673 775 43440 20202 23238 47023 18950 28073 385.64 176.45 209.19

1804 622 1182 51719 18312 33407 47677 16794 30883 468.75 190.57 278.17

125 92 153 119 91 144 101 89 110 122 108 133

Performance of microcredit (2)

Items Indicators Project target Target Loans provided to CO members from CO Savings Funds Total amount in LTk. To male in LTk. To female in LTk. Recovery % Total members No. Male No. Female No. COs provided Total amount in LTk. credit from Project To male in LTk. Credit Line through BKB To female in LTk. Recovery % Total members No. Male No. Female No. Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008 Achieved %

1060.00 450.00 610.00 100 15000 7000 8000 5700.00 2280.00 3420.00 100 52000 20800 31200

352.73 206.15 146.58 100 4926 2112 2814 2101.15 947.72 1153.43 100 29162 13521 15641

442.36 185.62 256.74 7352 3199 4153 1827.44 609.80 1217.64 20588 7351 13237

125 90 175 97 149 151 148 87 64 106 97 71 54 85

It is all about Capacity Building of the people

Increased capacity for advocating and lobbing for social and economic justice

SCBRMP
Partnership with: Increased production and income

Increased representation in local governments

CO/BUG
Different support services for capacity building

Increased participation in decision making process irrespective of gender Adoption of better technologies

Outcomes Established peoples institution

CO/BUG

DOF DAE DLS BKB Local Government Institutions Research Institutions WF CIRDAP BARD

CO/BUG

The future challenges and strategic focus of the project

Expanding areas/sectors of investment to utilize credit prioritizing gender perspectives Addressing the slack period with alternative livelihoods in a bulk form Increasing productivity and production in agriculture and livestock targeting to increase food security Timely graduating community organizing Introducing intermediary institution between BKB and the community for smooth and sustained credit operation Transferring water-bodies to fisher community in time and establishing their management on those Fish habitat restoration Addressing the arsenic problem in drinking water

Project aspiration

With increasing growth of social, financial and human capacities, the people are now confident to change their lot. If this trend continues, the project is hopeful to achieve the ultimate goal of the project

CBRMP highly appreciates if any organization or individual share their views and knowledge in its development process of the people of Sunamganj

Thank you