KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Case Study-3

Yampa is a village in western region, located in Khairahani Municipality ward number 5 of

Tanahu district in western development region of Nepal. The village is rich in natural resources
such as land, forest and water. There is large Marsangdi river adjoining the villages flowing west
to east of the village and there is a Yampa stream (Khola) to the west with 50 cubic meter per
second water flow during dry season.

Of the total 700 households living in the village, 475 households are landowners and remaining
were landless. Average land holding size is 0.32 hectare. Only 66% of the cultivated land is
irrigated during rainy season and water supply is not reliable round the year.

Farmers have constructed traditional irrigation system using indigenous technology that has
irrigated only 66% of the available farm land belong to 325 households of the village. There is
exist potential that additional 50% land could be brought into irrigation and some if available
water in Yampa khola is properly used for irrigation and additional 45% farm household could
benefit from this initiative.

There is 300 hectare of the forestland to the south of the village. Despite that the forest was
handed over by the Government of Nepal to the local community under the community forest
act 1978, it was not properly managed. Local people are able to conserve the forest due to
control on (i) free grazing of livestock, (ii) firewood collection, and (iii) illegal harvest of the
timber. Local people patrol the forest on rotational basis. As a result, forest is rich in bio-diversity
including wild life, and density of the forest has increased notably. But local people have not
benefited from the forest management, especially success they achieved through the forest
conservation. Mainly, due to lack of clear and transparent utilization plan, users have yet to
receive the benefit from the forest conservation initiatives.

Current status of community infrastructure such as school, health post, rural road, drinking
water supply were below the standard. Recent earthquake has damaged school and health
post of the village. Drinking water system was not properly maintained, and coupled with
increased population growth due to migration of people from the hills and natural rate of
population growth. Farmers have experienced difficulties on marketing of their farm products
due to poor conditions of the rural road connecting the village and farmland.

Basic socio-economic information about the village are summarized in following table.
Critically review the information provided in the table.

S.N. Particulars Unit Total

1 Households No 700

2 Population No. 3443

3 Population composition No. 3443

< 5 years No. 515
5-15 years No. 870
16-60 years No. 1713
> 60 years No. 345

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S.N. Particulars Unit Total

4 Economically active population No. 1713

5 Employment status
Fully employed No. 837
Under-employed No. 613
Unemployed No. 263

6 Education status
Literate population above 5 years
Literacy rate
School enrolment rate
School drop out rate
School completion rate
No. 2278
% 77.80
% 90.00
% 8.00
% 40.00

7 Land ownership status

Landless No 225
Land owner No 475

8 Land holding status

Land owners No 475
Total cultivated area ha. 150

9 Social services
Primary school No 2
Secondary school No 1
Health center No 1
Health post No 1
Livestock service center No. 1
Agriculture service center No. 1
Access to potable water No. of households 525
Community forest Ha 300
Users of community forest No 300

10 Irrigation System
Farmer managed irrigation system No 1
Farmer managed irrigation system Ha 100
Farm households (existing) No. 325
Potential for irrigation expansion Ha 50
Potential beneficiaries No. 150

11 Livestock Population
Cattle No 810
Buffalo No 615

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Goat No 1830
Sheep No 150
Pig No 230
Poultry No 5490

12 Livestock Productivity
Milk production per lactation Liter 400
Egg production per bird No. 50
Meat production per goat Kg 15

13 Connectivity
Farm road Km 30
Condition of farm road Type Fair weather

14 Social capital
Producer's groups No. 6
Members in producers groups No. 150
Forest user groups No. 1
Members in forest user groups No. 300
Savings and credit groups No. 20
No. 100
Members in savings and credit groups
Savings and credit cooperative No. 1
Shareholders in savings and credit No. 250
cooperative
Agricultural cooperative No. 1
No. 150
Members in agricultural cooperative
Marketing cooperative No. 1
Members in marketing cooperative No. 25

15 Cropping pattern
Paddy Ha. 50
Maize Ha. 50
Wheat Ha 10
Millet Ha. 50
Cash crop Ha. 10

16 Productivity
Paddy Mt./ha. 1.6
Maize Mt./ha. 1.2
Wheat Mt./ha. 1.1
Millet Mt./ha. 1
Cash crop Mt./ha. 3.5

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17 Economic profile
Household below poverty line No. 225
Marginal propensity to save % 12
Seasonal migrants No. 125
Overseas migrants No. 325

18 Sources of employment
Agriculture No. of people 1125
Industry No. of people 38
Service No. of people 78
Other No. of people 22
Seasonal migration No. of people 125
Overseas migration No. of people 325

19 Permanent migration
In-migration HHs. 2%
Out-migration HHs. 5%

On the basis of above information, FINIDA has designed a two-year project for community-
based local economic development and hired you a project monitoring and evaluation
specialist. The project log-framework is attached. On the basis those information, prepare the
project review, planning, monitoring and management information system.

(Please the log-framework that you developed under case study 2.