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1 AFC is a Farming Organization. YES! We are farmers. BUT We Farm People s Capacities Kepa Regional MO Workshop On 8th October 2014 Cultivating People s Capacities

2 Who we are? Professional Capacity Development Org. Build people s, organization s and institution s capacities Professional Development consultant Basic survey to project monitoring and evaluation Training, facilitating to project co-implementing Consultant, advisor to project partner Agro-forestry VCD Enterprise for social gain

3 AFC Organization Director Deputy Director Admin and Finance Curriculums development and training AF Technical Advisor Business Development- Marketing

4 AFC Tools NTFP and Agricultural Products Value Chain Analysis and Development. Good Governance in Natural Resource Management, Land Use planning and Communal Land Title Gender and Climate Chang Adaptation in Agriculture (G&CCA) Community Basic Marketing Training. Leadership and Organization Leaders Development. NTFPs Inventory and Market Development. Community Farmer and/or Business Group Formation Teamwork, Team Building and Team Management. Project Technical Assistance and Management. AND MORE.

5 AFC works AFC s Projects Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project in Maed District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR (2013) Promote Energy Renewable (bio-gas) in 6 villages, Huyn district, Udomxay province (2013) Protecting forest and communal land title Bamboo VCD in Maed district, Vientiane province (2013) scaling up from Sangthong Micro-credit for Women (MFM) Sangthong and Phonhong districts ( ) AFC Services Provider at National Level Assist IRAS NAFRI developed the Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture (GCCA) curriculum Assist GIZ-IP developing the good governance field manual and establishment co-management system in Hin Nam No National Protected Area Assist IP developing the sustainable NTFP marketing system HNN NPA Regional network: Partnership Thai Environment Institute (TEI), Vietnam, China, Myanmar, and Cambodia to promote CCA-WM in Great Mekong Sub-region (GMS) CCA-WM GMS network Regional Civil Society Dialogue to Improve Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development Policies in South East Asia network

6 Lessons Learned on Communal Land Titles in Sangthong District (Formed project)

7 Overview of Sangthong Sangthong district is one of nine districts of Vientiane prefecture and it was the 8th district established on 23 November Located is 55 Km along the Mekong River to the north. In the north bordering Mead, Feuang and HinHeap districts, Vientiane province In the south bordering Sikottabong, Vientiane Capital. In the east bordering Phouphanang National Park (Phonehong and Naxaythong districts) to the west bordering with Mekong River General information: 37 villages divided into 5 clusters and 461 units; 5,484 HH and population: 28,266, women 13,946; Lao loum 92,96%, Kamu 7%, Hmong 0.02% Agriculture based: 95.5 %; public service 2.52 %; trade and services 1.98%.

8 Land Use Planning: Between to DLMA implemented land use planning in village and cluster level by collaborating with concerned stakeholders, chief of villages and village land committee. DLMA divided into 5 teams collected information and processed data into data base Using the pictures from (Quick bird) and Landsat-7 as well as Indian satellite picture for identified areas

9 Sangthong and Village clusters Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level

10 The number of village clusters Cluster number Name of cluster Area (ha) Percentage % 1 Ban Koppheuang 10, Ban Kok Hae 15, Ban Phialath 8, Ban Nalath 14, Ban Kouay 25, Total 75, %

11 Map of Land use in Sangthong Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level

12 Types of Land Use The area of land used in Sangthong No Type of Land Area in hectare Percentage % 1 Construction land Agriculture land Forest land Culture land Wet land Industrial land Transport land (road) Defense land Other Total

13 Management plan regulations Formal agreement village boundaries Drafted village regulations. Nominated two volunteers to manage village land. Form for following up village land use Selecting the good unit model.

14 5 steps Important issues required to register communal land titles in 4 villages 1. People need to see the benefits of bamboo before it can become an incentive to manage forest 2. Land use planning 3. Identification forest types (Production forest) 4. Inventory (bamboo, rattan) 5. Forest management plan

15 8 Steps of prepare to registration communal land tilting deeds Public hearing (village consultation meeting) Collecting information with chief of village and villagers for investigation history of the land Boundary milestone (boundary marking) only production forest Measuring by using GPS and drawing map koh-1 and ask private land owners with shared borders to finger print (slide 13) Use the data from koh-1 to draw the map in koh-2 form certificated by chief of village (slide 13) Request temporary communal land titling deeds from DLMA (samnouan khamhong form, slide 17-18) After 90 days if no comments and feedback from villagers or other stakeholders in the district the permanent communal land tiling deed is issued to the village (see slide 17) After 3 years need the permanent tile needs to be reviewed to get re-approval (564 )

16 Communal land results to date Village Village area (ha) Selected management area (ha) (2010) Bamboo (%) Proposed communal land (ha) by DLMA (2011) Ban Na Po 2, Ban Vang Mar 7, Ban Kouay 6, Ban Xor 8, , Total 24, ,107.65

17 Samnouan khamhong form

18 samnouan khamhong form

19 ຂ ຂອບໃຈ

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