(PDF, 101 mb) - USAID

- . -
Ths, collaborati on~seemsto:'vary,fro State to:,State ,as also from
Dist:rict to: D stric.t.j
Consignee and prject older claorato wth Gvrmn a
evident i n the matter. ofl obtai'ning,,pemsso forselectionII of ' projett
site s-and:for-det-erni ng' ty sOf :Pro3 wl'fih WI. I be m,156-ffost ,-,---7behef
iciai to t le' communt ies.
Moreover, consignees' and 'project,' holders', of ten -sought -a nd
obtained technical assistance f rom -the" 'extension servi'ces" o various:-,
SaeGovernment departments. For,example, in fosttoprjcs
preoetahodrsno oly got. advice on site selection and-methods, for'
refresatinbut they also got free seeds, 'seedlings- and :sapins
In rojctsinolvin the const'ruction of~ "chekdstocae-tr
reservoirs, the, local, Irrigation Engi neers, ofered-s thncrate watier
and ofte suervised the construction of the 'earth dams.
6. atalst~for Release of Governmenit Funds-'
There were examples ~where the availabiliity, of food for worki.,
served to make available government funds eg 4hsi poctfor
backwr lses lsesor and fo~r roads, and drinking water wells f r'wr tribals
living in remote hill areas. It must be notedth.intesisacs
the type o~f projects an~d the ben~eficiaries were selected by the local,
Govenmen ofiias
SSuch collaboration between consi'gnees and :projec~t holiders on the
one h~and, and loalGovernment officials onV the other' incrae h
possibilityof~ FFW asise prjcshaving 'agreater long erm
£developmna impact.
Thered is scope for inceasing such collaboration, and efforts
4 ndto be made to promote4 closer iton top wi.th Government programs,
It was hearten~ing to sll some proje'cts such as vi'liage roas swhiich had
been 'constructe~d' with FFW ,ow being maintained by the village.
Isoecases the road were streng~thened anid surfaced by the Public
Works Depari~ tmento, allow local~ bu services to operate to the
villages which were previouslyin'accessbe
6. Other~ Donors
Atsome consignee level there was* evidence that many
FFWasistd rojct were 'implemented with cash i.np obtaained 'from
other fundin sources suc as MISE~RW(Wst Gemn) CEEM
(Holan); RS/ew York CARITA INDIADa -t e Indo-German 'Social
Service S8ociety. In some cases, t~e: Doc ee aalso', cont'i bu t es.
-- , ,,
4
-