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Improving rural livelihoods in the North Central region in Vietnam through innovative development of supply chains for energy-efficient cook stoves and wood from sustainable sources

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Mitigation

Energy

Forestry

Call 6

Viet Nam

Time consumed

Start: 29-May-17 End: 30-Apr-21

Lead Nordic partner

NEPCon

Country of Lead Nordic partner

Denmark

Local partner(s)

Spark Center for Social Entrepreneurship Development, Cam Lo Wood Pellet Factory, SEPON

NCF grant size

399,914

Total project cost

920,209

Technologies

Briquettes and pellets

Methods

Branding/marketing support, Sustainable forest management

Country of implementation:

Viet Nam

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Description

The project strives to support sustainable livelihoods of 6,000 poor and low income rural farmers in the Quang Tri province of Vietnam, and to improve access to affordable and clean energy efficiency solutions for 2,000 households as well as supporting a sustainable forest resource base and mitigating carbon emissions.

The current forest management practice and wood supply chain in the province of Quang Tri offers opportunities... The project strives to support sustainable livelihoods of 6,000 poor and low income rural farmers in the Quang Tri province of Vietnam, and to improve access to affordable and clean energy efficiency solutions for 2,000 households as well as supporting a sustainable forest resource base and mitigating carbon emissions.

The current forest management practice and wood supply chain in the province of Quang Tri offers opportunities for increased sustainable livelihoods as well as releasing bottlenecks that affects the incomes of farmers as well private sector industries and their employees involved in wood processing industry. Despite tangible economic and environmental benefits of implementing sustainable forest management certification such as FSC, a lack of technical knowledge, business network and financing services are main barriers that are preventing the majority of farmers from switching to sustainable forest management practices.

This project aims to develop the supply chain of certified wood and wood pellets from sustainable forests, and scale up certified sustainable forest management areas thereby enhancing the sustainable livelihoods for forest growers as well as improving rural households access to affordable clean energy efficiency solutions for cooking. By doing so, it will help the local companies to get sufficient supply of certified wood for processing for higher added value lumbers and wooden products for export, as well as sufficient supply of by-products and residues – the inputs needed for wood pellet production.

This project will collaborate with private companies such as Cam Lo Wood Pellet Company, who will support and encourage 6,000 farming households to apply sustainable forest certification practices, and train local farmers in sustainable forest management practices and forest replantation techniques, which will create a sustainable base for a certified wood pellet production in the province. Furthermore, it will enable industrial users to apply cleaner energy solutions to reduce a significant amount of fossil fuel such as coal leading to CO2 emission. The development of certified wood and wood pellets will turn waste from wood processing to renewable and energy efficiency fuel for local households and industry users.

Hence, the project will through multiple channels stimulate green growth within the region while, at the same time, supporting the sustainable livelihoods of rural farmers.

The project offers an innovative market-based approach to develop the comprehensive supply chain for new energy efficiency products (wood pellets and improved cook stoves) targeting households and industrial users. Bringing existing players such as Cam Lo who produce and distribute different types of cook stoves and wood pellets into the province will create a competitive market of affordable and clean energy efficiency solutions. Moreover, innovative social marketing activities, that will share information on improved cook stove models and pellets to reach the desired target of the users, will be used to create the demand for these new products.

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Objective

•Study on improved forest management
•Replantation areas identified
•6,000 ha has been prepared for assessment by FSC certification body
•In total 2-3 nurseries established and 5-7 female farmers are employed at each nursery
•500 leaders of farmer groups (20% female) are trained on sustainable forest management techniques and 6,000 households are guided on FSC forest management techniques
•6,000 ha of forest area has been targeted for sustainable forest management certification...

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Results

- Two nurseries established, more than two million cuttings produced and female workers employed as planned.
- More than 2,700 farmers have been trained in sustainable plantation management. This includes planting and soil management in plantations, use of good cuttings, thinning and harvest of Acacia. The area corresponds to approx. 6,300 ha of plantation being addressed of which 1,000 farmers received support for FSC certification.
- Saw dust and waste...

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Sustainable Development Goals

Relevant links

NEPCon, Spark Center for Social Entrepreneurship Development

Improving rural livelihoods in the North Central region in Vietnam through innovative development of supply chains for energy-efficient cook stoves and wood from sustainable sources

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