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| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Freshwater Aquaculture Improvement and Extension Project II |
| Duration |
Mar, 2011 - Feb, 2015 (4 years) |
| Donor |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| Implementiong Organization |
Fisheries Administration(FiA), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Water |
| Region |
Prey-Veng, Takeo, Kampong-Speu, and Kampot provinces |
| Financing |
Total Cost: 391 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Cambodia government, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Fisheries Administration(FiA), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF), famers’ households |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
The effects of extreme weather made it difficult to understand the magnitude of FTF extension in next 3-4 years to foresee the achievement of the Overall Goal, while FSPs have been already extending their sales to new farmers by themselves with providing technical instructions for grow-out, although the number of new farmers varies considerably so far depending on each FSP. In addition, some multiplied effects of the Project were identified, including the increase of household fish consumption for farmers, the increase of fish catches in surrounding areas of CFR sites, and so on. The sustainability in political and institutional aspects is considered to be maintained, since the Project is consistent to the Governmental policies and strategies. As to the sustainability of FSPs, while the production and sales capacity still varies among FSPs, some FSPs have making efforts to improve it, by investing in their facilities and ponds, and having their sales strategies to extend customers. As for FiA, in spite of the budgetary constraints, it will maintain the support to FSPs in a less intensive manner, and similar project will be implemented to extend aquaculture in the country. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The network of FSPs has been functioning quite well especially among active FSPs in individual level. The information exchange on the technical issues, availability of broodstocks, customers and species in demand has been done frequently, which contributed to enhance technical capacities, and increase the amount of production and sales. Since the project period was shorter than that of the FAIEX-1, it was difficult for some FSPs to obtain enough experiences and technologies during the Project Period, especially those who got involved in the Project from 2013 and 2014. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The relevance of the Project was confirmed as high, in terms of the consistency with needs of Cambodian rural communities and target areas, policy of the Cambodian Government, and Japanese ODA policy. The approach of the Project, which is characterized by FTF training of the FAIEX model, is also considered relevant as means to contribute to the aquaculture extension in Cambodia. |
| Rating |
5/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Evaluation team consists of 5 member and they evaluated from 26 August 2014 to 10 September 2014. Results are subdivided into 5 outputs; (1)Small-scale seed production and grow-out technology is improved. (2) Capacity of local aquaculture extension services is enhanced. (3) Fish Seed Producers (FSPs) are capacitated.
(4) Small-scale aquaculture is expanded in the target provinces. (5) Networks of FSPs are enhanced and broadened. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Japanese side inputs approximately 4,409,018 Japanese yen or 55,774 US dollars in total for water intake and discharge system, fishponds and dike, an office building and laboratory, a deep well, feed preparation facilities, and electricity line. Cambodian side takes care of the running costs for electricity, water, internet, etc. for the project office. The inputs provided by the Project were utilized directly for the project activities, and the Outputs were mostly produced as a result. Some issues remain in the capacity development of C/P staff and FSPs, which may be necessary to deal with in order to enhance the level of achievement. Also, the sales
income did not increase as much as expected due to the damages caused by flooding and negative effects resulted from the lack of rainfall. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
During the project period the Project accumulated experiences of aquaculture extension services and good practices which should be utilized in the future when FiA implements similar projects in the other provinces. Therefore, it is recommended to the Project to make an effort to disseminate such experiences and good practices to FiA Cantonment offices in other provinces and relevant parties in order to provide practical information for future activities. |
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