Rebuilding Key Agriculture Assets

Samarth-NMDP

Guiding Principles

1. Evidenced based interventionsUsing rapid assessments of markets affected by the emergency, and its impacts on markets that the poor are heavily involved in for their food security and livelihoods

2. Avoid undermining and distorting marketsBy working with and through existing market players to recover quickly, and delivering goods and services to; and employing and trading with affected people.

3. Facilitation of legitimate market playersRather than acting as a deliverer of direct goods and services to affected people. This ensures that recovery is sustainable, and reinforces the legitimacy of market players in the long-term recovery process.

Analysis of the Impact of the Earthquake on Agricultural Markets

In May 2015 Samarth-NMDP and industry partners (CDCAN/PEAN/FEFVEN) conducted RAMs in the:

– Vegetable Sector– Dairy Sector– Agricultural Inputs Sector

1. Significant drop in demand

2. Unavailability and increased cost of labour

3. High losses and damage to infrastructure

4. Disruption, availability and cost of transportation

The Intervention Construction of 1000 livestock sheds and 15 seed and grain storage facilities upon the request of Ministry of Agriculture Development (MoAD). Working districts

– Makwanpur, Lamjung, TanahuImplemented through local partners (IPs)

– FORWARD, SAPPROS and DEVTEC Nepal

Intervention challenges

1. Balancing direct intervention and market facilitation

2. Sustainability of project3. Feasibility

• Hardest hit areas are rural, remote and scattered

4. Avoiding market distortion• Weak market supporting functions in affected areas

5. Coordination • Efficient deployment of resources• Avoiding duplication

Using market facilitation for re-building

1. Coordinating with key market players at all levels (central, district, local)

2. Formulation of Full Business Plans detailing management and operational structures for year-round and profitable operation of each community storage facilities.

3. Training on masonry, supply chain management and resilience to all involved service providers and tradesman (skill building to support future demand and absorb subsidy)

4. In the Seed Summit held on the 14th and 15th of September 2015, the government announced construction of 50 Additional SGSFs (under the same design and guidelines) as part of expanding rebuilding effort within the present Nepalese fiscal year

TourismMarket Restoration Efforts

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3.6%*Direct Employment553,500 jobs

522Tourist class hotels5000+ Travel, Trekking, Rafting agencies 30+

Scheduled international airlines3 mil passenger movements

4.1%InvestmentNRs. 12.5 billion8.2%Indirect Employment

1,255,500 jobs

1International Airport

Tourism receipts USD 13 per capita Nepal population: 35 times lower than Thailand, 6 times lower than Bhutan and 4 times lower than of Sri Lanka

*WTTC: as per MoCTCA’s report it is only 0.15 million registered jobs

4.3%*Contribution of tourism to GDPMaldives: 27% ($1.9 billion)

$42.8Average spend per touristBhutan: $152

0.8 millionTourist arrivalsMaldives: 1 million, Bhutan: 100,000

The Economy of Tourism

Collateral damage of enterprises; 20% destructions in heritage sites; 15% destruction in trekking areas

High Media ExposureMay/ June'15

Media shows stories of extreme destruction and devastation; induces an

image of a country in deep crisis and unsafe

Travel AdvisoriesApr-Jun '15

Key source market government issues ban to

Nepal

Arrival plummetsApr-Jul ‘15

Insurance stops covering Nepal;

TO report cancellations on booking; arrivals down by

90%; job losses

Tourism recovery and confidence building measures kicks in

May/ June ‘15 onwards

Earthquake April/May ’15

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Realignment of Tourism Intervention

• Inventory of supply and demand side• Trail Assessment (through

Miamoto International)• Enterprise survey for socio-

economic status of enterprises• Operators meet • International press visits

• Travel advisories softened; big operators resumed booking

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Recovery

• Prioritised as per degree to which destination area has been affected• Affected areas• Semi-affected areas• Unaffected areas

• Implementation focus on the development of safe experiences for visitors

• GHT branded safe trekking system

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Redevelopment

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GHT Safe Trekking System Implementation

1 Communication • Mobile phone coverage along trail• Clear and standardised signage• GHT communication hubs

2 Monitoring Credit-card sized trail card that is carried by each trekker and is captured automatically when passing trail management points (gates, bridges, etc.)

3 Shelters Resilient and safe shelter at appropriate intervals

4 Rescue Emergency evacuation system and insurance coverage when utilising certified trails and trekking agencies

5 Quality Enterprise Standards

Resilient building code for accommodation, standard accommodation units (e.g. mountain huts) and advanced trained guides & porters

6 Resource & Infrastructure stability

Stabilised trails (e.g. gabions) and land slights mitigation measures and management

Thank You

Questions

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