This document appears to be a student capstone project proposal about improving the efficiency of public investment in irrigation systems in Vietnam. It identifies issues with current irrigation projects such as overdesign, poor operation and maintenance requiring expensive rehabilitation. It introduces Vietnam's Irrigated Agriculture Project which invests in construction, rehabilitation and agriculture extension. The proposal discusses challenges such as degraded infrastructure, the impact of climate change, farmers leaving for cities, and technologies introduced by projects that operators cannot use. It presents a vision for the future project of creating new value for irrigation and farmers through knowledge exchange, user-oriented technologies, and incentives to sustain agriculture.

1. CAPSTONE PROJECT
GLIK 2016S
Innovation For Public Investment
Into Irrigation
Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien

2. From:
DEFINING THE
ISSUES
To:
THE IMAGE OF
INNOVATION

3. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project
Issue: The investment into governmental provided irrigation schemes is low efficient. Although
the financing is huge, many schemes are overdesigned, poorly operated and inadequately
maintained. Frequently, rehabilitation is required and makes burden on the state budget.
Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue
Huge
investment
Over/ in
appropriate
design
Poorly
operation and
maintenance
Degraded
schemes
Rehabilitation/
reconstruction

4. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : Introduction of Vietnam Irrigated Agriculture Project
Vietnam Irrigated
Agriculture
Development Project
( 210 mil $ )
Institution Development
(9.5 mil $)
Construction and
Rehabilitation
(170.5 mil $ )
Agriculture Extension
( 23 mil $)
Project Management
( 7mil $)

5. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : Introduction of Vietnam Irrigated Agriculture Project
Loan from
WB 180
mil. $
National
Budget
30 mil. $
Total
project
cost 210
mil.$
RISKY HIGH LEVERAGE

6. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : Farmer leaving hometown
Photo: Suffering this harsh land condition, farmers are leaving
hometown for jobs in cities
Ha Giang province, Vietnam
October 2015

7. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : Climate change
Photo: Under climate change, a big
reservoir shrinks into a small pond
Hoa Binh province, Vietnam
July 2015
Climate change deviates
the local crops
cultivable and
marketable from
conventional conditions,
therefore the feasibility
study of irrigation
conducted several years
ago becomes outdate.

8. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : Many construction works & equipment were built up and developed
just several years ago by similar projects, yet they have degraded very fast then come to
the demand of rehabilitation.
Photo: Inefficient Newly built spillway
Ha Tinh province, Vietnam
Hatinh e-news: 2013

9. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : “ Advance technologies” are introduced and procured in the project
( such as SCADA, expensive irrigation equipment, expensive new material. etc. ), however,
farmers and on-site operators are not interested in and incapable to maneuver them.
“ Advanced
technologies”
On site
operators

10. Attachment : Worksheet for Capstone Project Date: January 28th 2016
Name: Nguyen Chung Kien
Defining the Issue : “ Advance technologies” are introduced and procured in the project
( such as SCADA, expensive irrigation equipment, expensive new material. etc. ), however,
farmers and on-site operators are not interested in and incapable to maneuver them.
Agriculture
Non-
agriculture

11. The Image of Innovation (The future you want to create)
New value to irrigation
and famers
Farmers to stay in
rural area and
improve their living
standard.
Exchange
knowledge, new
way of thinking and
mindset
Prompt decisions
against changing
environment of
climate, technology,
market
User oriented
technologies
Incentives to
sustain agriculture
Visions for
agriculture and
irrigation