Second Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP-II)

Loan No. 2070-BAN (SF)

Introduction :

Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP) was implemented from July 1998 to June 2003 at the cost of $42 million as per appraisal with the Assistance of Danida and ADB. The numbers of Beneficiaries were 3,60,000 of 89 upazillas in 17 Districts of Northwest region of Bangladesh. After Project implementation, Nutritional status, Literacy rate and Employment of women were increased. Following the success of Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP) would have been taken into consideration to take up Second Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP-II). Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to make a loan to Government of Bangladesh (GoB) for the project ‘Second Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP-II)’ on 19 December 2003 with an amount of SDR 13,969,000 (US$ 20 million equivalent).

ADB Loan No. : 2070-BAN (SF)
Project Title :Second Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP-II) Borrowers Name : People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Executing Agency’s : Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and
Department of Livestock Services (DLS).
Implementing Agency’s : Partner Organizations of PKSF.
Loan Effectiveness Declared: 30 June, 2004.
Loan Closing Date : 30 June, 2010.

Project Goal :

The overall goal of the Projects is poverty reduction in the rural areas. It will seek to improve the living standards of the population, especially of women and households headed by women with a view to reduce gender disparity in economic activities.

Project Objectives :

The project aims to reduce rural poverty by-

1. Increasing Income Generating Activities and employment from livestock related enterprises suitable for the landless household and household headed by women.

2. Building individual and community capacity to manage enterprises.

3. Providing Microfinance for income generating activities including livestock enterprises, small business and marketing initiatives, provide support for livestock inputs supply services and employment opportunities in the private sectors. And

4. The project will specifically target the ultra poor to support their asset development and social mobilization.

5. Capacity building of the DLS will also be provided.

Project Area

The project covers 157 Upazillas including existing 89 Upazilla of Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP) and 68 as new Upazillas in 20 districts (all 16 districts of Rajshahi Division with 122 upazillas and 4 districts i.e. Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrakona with 35 upazillas in Dhaka Division) in Northwest and North Central region of Bangladesh. A total of 660,000 beneficiaries i.e. 360,000 from Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP) and 300,000 from new project area will be benefited from the project.

Participating NGOs :

15 NGOs have been selected for implementation of the project. Participating NGOs are :

SL. No.	Name of the Organization
1.	Ananya Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (ASKS)
2.	Assistance for Social Organization and Development (ASOD)
3.	Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)
4.	Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK)
5.	Gram Unnayan Karma (GUK)
6.	HEED-Bangladesh
7.	Padakhep Manabik Unnayan Kendra
8.	Palli Mangol Karmosuchi (PMK)
9.	Peoples Oriented Program Implementation (POPI)
10.	RDRS-Bangladesh
11.	Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (SKS)
12.	Society for Social Service (S.S.S)
13.	Swanirvar-Bangladesh
14.	Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS)
15.	Uttara Development Program Society (UDPS)

The project will be operational by a group of established nongovernmental organizations with operational networks in the project area. The list of selected districts, upazillas and NGOs are given below :

SL. No.	Name of Zilas	Name of Upazilas	Name of the POs
1	Bogra	Dhunut	TMSS
2		Sherpur
3		Sariakandi
4		Nandigram
5		Shibganj
6		Kahalo
7		Dupchachia
8	Gaibandha	Shagata
9	Naogaon	Badalgachi
10		Porsha
11		Neyamatpur
12		Manda
13		Atrai
14		Sapahar
15		Raninagar
16	Joypurhat	Joypurhat sadar
17		Kalai
18		Khetlal
19	Chapai Nawabgonj	Nachole
20		Shibganj
21		Gomastapur
22		Bolahat
23	Natore	Bagatipara
24		Singra
25		Gurudashpur
26		Baraigram
27		Lalpur
28	Rangpur	Mithapukur
29	Rangpur	Pirganj
30	Sirajganj	Ullapara
31		Kazipur
32		Kamarkhand
33		Tarash
34	Rajshahi	Bagha
35		Bagmara
36		Durgapur
37		Godagari
38		Mohanpur
39		Tanore
40	Pabna	Faridpur
41		Chatmohar
42		Ishwardi
43		Bangura
	Total	43
44	*Rajshahi*	*Puthia*	*Pradakhep*
45		*Paba*
46		*Charghat*
	*Total*	3
47	Gaibandha	Gaibandha sadar	Swanirvar Bangladesh
48		Palasbari
49		Sadullapur
50		Sundarganj
	Total	4
51	*Kurigram*	*Kurigram sadar*	*RDRS Bangladesh*
52		*Rajarhat*
53		*Chilmari*
54		*Ulipur*
55		*Bhurungamari*
56		*Char Rajibpur*
57		*Rowmari*
58		*Nageswari*
59		*Fulbari*
60	*Nilphamari*	*Jaldhaka*
61		*Dimla*
62		*Kishoreganj*
63		*Domar*
64		*Nilphamari sadar*
65		*Syedpur*
66	*Panchagarh*	*Atoari*
67	*Panchagarh*	*Panchagarh sadar*
68	*Dinajpur*	*Birol*
69	*Dinajpur*	*Kaharole*
70	*Lalmonirhat*	*Patgram*
71	*Lalmonirhat*	*Aditmari*
	*Total*	21
72	Bogra	Gabtoli	GUK, Bogra
73		Bogra sadar
74		Sonatala
	Total	3
75	*Gaibandha*	*Gobindaganj*	*HEED Bangladesh*
76	*Dinajpur*	*Ghoraghat*
77		*Parbatipur*
78		*Chirirbandar*
79	*Joypurhat*	*Panchabibi*
	*Total*	5
80	Dinajpur	Birganj	GBK
81		Birampur
82		Khansama
83		Bochaganj
84	Joypurhat	Akhelpur
	Total	5
85	*Dinajpur*	*Fulbari*	*UDPS*
86		*Dinajpur sadar*
87		*Nawabganj*
88		*Hakimpur*
89	*Chapai Nawabganj*	*Nawabganj sadar*
90	*Natore*	*Natore sadar*
91	*Sirajganj*	*Sirajganj sadar*
92		*Chowhali*
93		*Raiganj*
94		*Belkuchi*
95		*Shajadpur*
96	*Pabna*	*Bera*
97	*Rangpur*	*Rangpur sadar*
98	*Rangpur*	*Pirgacha*
	*Total*	14
99	Thakurgaon	Baliadangi	ESDO
100		Pirganj
101		Ranishankail
102		Thakurgaon Sadar
103		Haripur
104	Panchgarh	Tetulia
105		Debiganj
106		Boda
	Total	8
*107*	*Netrokona*	*Barhatta*	*POPI*
*108*		*Mohanganj*
*109*		*Madan*
*110*		*Atpara*
*111*		*Durgapur*
*112*		*Kalmakanda*
*113*		*Purbadhala*
*114*		*Khaliajuri*
*115*		*Kendua*
*116*		*Netrakona sadar*
*117*	*Mymensingh*	*Gouripur*
*118*		*Ishwarganj*
*119*		*Trishal*
*120*		*Valuka*
*121*	*Rangpur*	*Gangachara*
*122*	*Lalmonirhat*	*Lalmonirhat sadar*
*123*		*Hati Bandha*
*124*		*Kaliganj*
	*Total*	18
125	Pabna	Pabna Sadar	Ananya, Pabna
126		Atgharia
127		Sathia
128		Sujanagar
	Total	4
*129*	*Jamalpur*	*Melandah*	*SSS, Tangail*
*130*		*Bakshiganj*
*131*		*Islampur*
*132*		*Dewanganj*
*133*		*Sarishabari*
*134*		*Jamalpur sadar*
*135*		*Madarganj*
*136*	*Sherpur*	*Jhenaigati*
*137*		*Sherpur sadar*
*138*		*Nakhla*
*139*		*Nalitabari*
*140*		*Sribardi*
*141*	*Mymensingh*	*Nandail*
	*Total*	13
142	Mymensingh	Muktagacha	PMK
143		Fulbaria
144		Haluaghat
145		Mymensingh sadar
146		Phulpur
147		Dhobaura
148		Gafargaon
	Total	7
*149*	*Rangpur*	*Kaunia*	*ASOD*
*150*		*Badarganj*
*151*		*Taraganj*
*152*	*Naogaon*	*Naogaon sadar*
*153*		*Mohadevpur*
*154*		*Dhamoirhat*
*155*		*Patnitala*
*156*	*Bogra*	*Adamdhigi*
	*Total*	8
157	Gaibandha	Fulchari	SKS
	Total	1

Financing plan : Shown in the Table below ($ million) :

Source

Total Foreign Exchange

Local

Currency

Total

Cost

Percent

Asian Development Bank

Government

PKSF

NGOs

Beneficiaries

Total

4.7

0.0

4.7

15.3

5.6

16.5

11.1

2.1

50.6

20.0

5.6

16.5

11.1

2.1

55.3

100

NGOs = Non Government Organizations
PKSF = Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation

Description of the Project

The Project comprises of the following components :

Part-I : Community Development.

Part-I : (a) Community Mobilization :

Support the formation and strengthening of approximately 26,000 community associations. Provide, through the participating NGOs, on-site technical support and training to farmer groups to develop awareness on different income generating activity, marketing and enterprise opportunities, improve farmer’s capability to use microfinance and other input services effectively. Develop and implement a range of training programs in dairy and livestock farming, credit/agribusiness management, and related subjects for, among others, dairy farmers, live animal market management committees, butchers, meat shop owners, farmer group leaders and members, livestock traders, milk venders and animal health drug suppliers etc.

Part-I : (b) Community Livestock Extension :

Provide livestock service centers (LSCs) to support basic animal health, Disease Diagnosis and control, and production services at the union council level develop and train community extension workers (CEWs) to work from the livestock service
centers and to provide on-demand livestock extension services.

A. forecasted livestock enterprises per upazilla, beneficiary target & its characteristics:

Sl. No.	Name of Enterprise	Beneficiary target per Upazilla	Characteristics
1.	Poultry Worker	40	One/approximately100 beneficiaries
2.	Chick rearer	10	400 chick/batch, 4 batch/year
3.	Duckling rearer	As per demand	400 duckling/batch, 4 batch/year
4.	Key rearer	2200	12 layer
5.	Duck rearer	200	50 duck
6.	Pullet rearer	5	200/batch (from9 week up to the point of laying), 3 batch/year
7.	Model breeder	5	60 birds (hen-54, cock-6)
8.	Mini hatchery	As per demand	Established in the density of duckling rearer unit.
9.	Feed seller	5	One/600 beneficiaries
10.	Egg seller	5	One/600 beneficiaries
11.	Commercial layer	50	36 layers
12.	Commercial broiler	50	500 birds/batch
13.	Goat/Sheep/Pig/ Buck rearer	300	2 Goat/Sheep/Pig per beneficiary
14.	Beef Fattening	50	2 yearling bull/ beneficiary
15.	Milch cow rearing	50

SL. No.

Name of the Organization

Uttara Development Program Society (UDPS)

Total