The document provides an update and plans on the Agro-Biodiversity Initiative's FALUPAM program in Laos. It discusses: 1) Completed and ongoing FALUPAM village activities, including finalizing reports, implementation, and monitoring. 2) Plans for 2017-2018, which include finalizing more village reports, continuing implementation in additional villages, and monitoring villages to evaluate land use changes. 3) An analysis of monitoring and evaluation of completed villages from 2015-2016, which found some villages were not conforming to plans and identified common reasons for nonconformance. 4) A discussion on the purpose, scope, limitations, and opportunities of the current monitoring practices and

1. The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (TABI)ໂຄງການພັ ດທະນາລະບົ ບນິ ເວດຊີ ວະນາໆພັ ນກະສິ ກາຢູ່
ເຂດພດອຍ
Update on FALUPAM activities and Plans
and
Reports on the analysis of M&E of FLUMZ
Monitoring
TABI Provincial Coordination Meeting
Vientiane, 28 Aug to 1st Sep 2017
Presented by: Kongkeo Sivilay 29 Aug 2017

2. 1. Update on FALUPAM activities
2. FALUPAM plans 2017-18 for core and extension
provinces
3. Reports on the M&E analysis
4. Discussion – agreeing on the scope and purpose of M&E
and setting directions for future monitoring missions.
5. Forest cover change resulting from FALUPAM.
Today’s Topics

3. Finalizing FALUPAM completed villages:
- 10 villages of Et District officially handover and signs installed
- Completed writing FLUMZ reports of 15 villages in Phongsaly
- Completed writing FLUMZ reports of 6 villages in Xiengkhouang
- Completed writing FLUMZ reports of 8 villages in LuangPrabang
Implement ongoing FALUPAM villages:
- 8 villages Pachudon of mission3 of Taoiy District, Salavan (ongoing)
- 3 Villages Saleuy of mission3 of Xamnuea, Houaphan (this week)
FLUMZ Monitoring:
- Completed FLUMZ monitoring of 10 villages in Phonthong, Luang
Prabang.
1. Update on FALUPAM activities

4. Other highlights in FALUPAM:
- Completed the final draft of Partnership Agreement between TABI
and DALaM – now it’s being reviewed.
- Discussed with GIZ for potential data integration, sharing and data
storing at DALaM.
- Making some amendments of the monitoring report templates
based on the feedbacks from Mike Dwyer's studies.
1. Update on FALUPAM activities (con’t)

5. Finalizing FALUPAM completed villages:
- A 2-day training for FLUMZ report writing for DAFO staff in Xkh
- Compile 37 FLUMZ reports for 3 districts in Xiengkhouang.
- Compile 28 FLUMZ reports for 2 districts in LP
- Compile 8 FLUMZ reports for 2 districts in HP
- And 23 FLUMZ reports for extension provinces (south)
Implement ongoing FALUPAM villages:
- 4 villages of Mission2 & 3 in Kuan Dist, HP
- 8 villages of Mission 3 in Lamam, Sekong and 1 village in Attapue
- Hand over of completed FALUPAM villages (18) in the southern
provinces after completing M&E missions (may need to collect
missing data, revising geometry…)
2. FALUPAM Plans in 2017-18

6. FLUMZ Monitoring:
- There are a number of FALUPAM completed villages that needed
to be monitored and evaluated. However, we are now doing some
assessment and analysis of the monitoring results over the last 2
years. Resulting of these studies as well as feedbacks from
interested partners, provincial coordinators will contribute to the
improved M&E approach.
- 24 villages in Nambak Dist in LP.
- 8 villages in Chomphet Dist in LP
- 22 villages are planned for 2 Dist in XK
- 22 villages are planned for 4 Dist in HP
- 8 villages of Gnot ou Dist, PS
- 18 villages are planned to be monitored for southern provinces.
This may need recent and good resolution of imagery
2. FALUPAM Plans 2017-18 (cont’)

7. A analysis on FLUMZ monitoring of completed villages, particularly
those villages which monitoring missions were carried out in 2015 and
2016 and taking into account Mike Dwyer’s independent, was
conducted in order to;
• Assess the newly developed monitoring tools (forms, reporting
templates…)
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the M&E process
• Make amendment to the current practice of FLUMZ monitoring
and evaluation; and set future direction.
• Agree on scope of M&E, timeframe and approach
3. Reporting on M&E studies/analysis

8. Starting with LP and XK, a total of 55 villages were assessed
• 13 villages are found to be non-conforming to FLUMZ plans.
• 32 villages are conforming to the plan
• 10 villages are found to have insufficient data or were not assessed
because the village did not practice upland agriculture.
3. M&E studies - Preliminary Results
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Percentage of Conformance of village assessed in 2016
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Conformance
fractions > 60% no data

9. 3. M&E analysis- Reasons for nonconformance
Re# Reasons given for not conforming to the plan
1st
Reason
No of
Times
2nd
Reason
No of
Times
3rd
Reason
No of
Times
Re regulations reinforcement
1 5 1 1 1 -
1
Villagers violate the regulations or villagers are are not informed about
the FLUMZ plans and regulations
2
7 2 3 2 - 2
Villagers or neighboring villages are not aware of the FLUMZ plans, maps
or the newly developed zones
3 - 3 1 3 - 3 Village administration do not understand about the FLUMZ
4 7 4 2 4 - Re land management/ crop production
5 4 5 3 5 - 4 Local villagers still practice land claims (upland cultivation)
6 1 6 1 6 - 5 The rotational crop zones land area are not sufficient
7 6 7 1 7 3
6
The rotational crop zones are not appropriately allocated for good
production (young bush fallow, barren land)
8 2 8 - 8 2 7 Develop/convert communal agricultual land into private land
10 2 10 1 10 - 8 Outsiders coming to cultivate within the village land
11 1 11 - 11 1
9 Villagers are unable to follow the plan due to development project and/or
concessions
13 2 13 1 13 - Re cultural/customs
10
Villagers are not willing to cultivate as a large group (they want to
produce as family)
11
Villagers are not willing to cultivate as a large group due to customs belief
Other factors
12
Villagers are unable to follow the plan due to natural disaster (disater,
erosion)
13 Other reasons

10. 4. Purpose, Scope and Limitation of M&E as of
Current Practice
PURPOSE SCOPE
 In the first years of the FLUMZ allocation, the plan itself may be
difficult for the villagers to follow the plan right away or not fit
the villager’s need and therefore need to improve/modify the
FLUMZ zonation based on the outcomes of the monitoring
missions.
 The mission gives villagers and staff an opportunity to review the
land use after 1-2 years after the FLUMZ allocation.
 Monitoring and evaluation of upland cultivation based on the
year rotation (allocated previous years) also assess village’s total
number of rotations and if the allocated zone has sufficient land.
 Recording annual crop production and then compare with base-
line data (pre vs post-FALUPAM)
 To monitor and evaluate other zones (forest zones, plantation)
 To evaluate forest cover changes and compare with historical
data.
 To make necessary arrangements for future land
registration/tenure
 To monitor and evaluate land use after the FLUMZ
allocation with the focus on rotational upland crop zone
and forest and check if people cultivate on the
correct/allocated zone (year) based on the recent
available imagery (Sentinel/Landsat)
 If villagers have developed private fixed agricultural land,
take this opportunity to assess and grant private land
record.
 If FLUMZ was developed using low resolution imagery and
if high resolution imagery becomes available later on
(Pleiades, orthophoto, Spot6), FLUMZ zonation can be
further improved and/or re-digitized for certain zones.
 Make necessary changes/improvements based on the
findings from the monitoring missions.
 Inform the villagers/FALUPAM committee the monitoring
outcomes and suggested actions. Record the monitoring
outcomes on the provided reporting template.
LIMITATION/OBSTABLES OPPORTUNITIES
 Free available imagery, used for monitoring missions, is low
resolution and sometimes needed imagery are not available.
 Monitoring activity must be conducted in a short mission due to
limited budget.
 Staff involved in FALUPAM missions (1,2,3) often want to take part
in monitoring mission and therefore causes the budget to
become higher.
 FALUPAM staff sometimes did not take enough care and attention
when implementing the monitoring missions.

11. 4. Questions to ask ourselves?
1. Is FALUPAM monitoring mission intended to tackle only rotational upland cultivation? If
we want to achieve more, then we would need to extend field work duration, resources…
>> it means higher costs
2. Certain villages especially low land villages (southern province), monitoring mission would
require imagery of higher resolution (Planet, Spot6/7 or other) rather than Senti/landsat.
They have to be purchased/sourced and the budget may increase.
3. If we want to collect SE/ABD data to evaluate the impact of FALUPAM (assuming after
several years of FLUMZ), then we will have to re-collect data of certain forms (Rice
production, NTFP, timber, wildlife…)
4. Again if we want to conduct assessment of other zones, then we have to invest in time and
resources.
5. To what extent we will be happy with our FLUMZ zonation and then we can hand over
these plan. How many monitoring missions are required? 1, 2 or 3 rounds (years).
a. Shall FLUMZ be officially handed over right away after completion of FALUPAM? Or
b. Shall pre-approved FLUMZ plan be distributed to village and the district first? Then
after monitoring mission is completed and meeting expectation, then the final and
approved version of FLUMZ plan is officially handed over?
6. As it stands, it takes considerable time to prepare materials prior to field FLUMZ
monitoring missions. It involves preparation of a series of maps, data compiling/analysis
and initial conformance assessment. In the past 2 years, only TABI VTE team who are
making this preparation…

12. 5. Analysis on Forest Cover - Pre and Post-FALUPAM
Rasso/CDE to add

13. Thank You