BASELINE STUDY FOR DAKCHEUNG REW COFFEE FARMERS - SCHEDULE & BUDGET

INTRODUCTION:
Two thirds of the coffee in the entire world was produced on small farms with less than five
hectares, and to understand the wide gap between producers and buyers, the average small
farmer in 2011 Laos, earned $300 annually compared to Starbuck’s revenues of $8 billion. A large
portion of these revenues and profits goes to unproductive intermediaries (importers, cooperative
layers, exporters, packers) etc. Dakcheung is home to two impoverished ethnic groups, with a
rate of poverty reaching 66%. The negative interplay of a remote location in Southern Laos,
custom, religious and language barriers has driven this area into extremes of poverty not seen
elsewhere in Laos, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, due to its bountiful
natural resources. The region was almost totally devastated by the 2009 Katsena typhoon,
destroying the homes and livelihoods of its inhabitants.
Dakcheung Coffee Farmers seek to participate in a more equitable supply chain that will provide
better income for their community by cutting out some of the intermediaries. This will enable them
to help their families more, revitalize the soil in their land holdings, and to improve the yields of
coffee in their average one to two-hectare plots. It will allow them to join the ranks of coffee
producers that have experienced a dramatic rise in their socioeconomic well-being – through
investing in education, better health care and basic infrastructure. In 2011 over 1.2 million farmers
in 60 countries invested $100 million in developing their communities. The people of Dakcheung
ask for the same opportunity to raise themselves from dire poverty.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:
This baseline study is aimed at improving the environmental, social and economic aspects of
Coffee production and trade in Dakcheung. It is determined that the coffee sector is a prime
example, where group/cooperative formation and certification could improve livelihoods for poor
smallholders, because low production volumes can only be increased when Dakcheung
smallholder farmers cooperate in certification as a group. Results from the study will also
determine both the positive and negative impacts current activities so far have on Dakcheung
farmers. This will pave way to a future Impact Assessment with the same communities, to
establish what results projects and intervention approaches have achieved, to enable mitigation
or to optimize impacts in a strategic manner. Although the assessment is integral for current and
future funders and service deliverers, the agents of changes here are the very farmers themselves
that worked together to the degree of improvement which has been caused by their own relentless
efforts.
SAMPLING MEHTOD CRITERIA OF RESPONDENTS:
There will be 11 villages participating in the study, 5 households selected from each village,
totaling 55 households from the 11 villages. Interviews will be carried out by 4 enumerators (CARE

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 field staff), in a span of 3 days. Each enumerator will interview 5 households per day, per village.
Two (2) out of each 5 household per village will be a non-farmer group. Respondents or
Representatives of the household does not always have be the head of household, and if more
than one person from the same household is participating in the interview, all should be given the
opportunity to answer questions. There will be equal men and women respondents from all 11
villages.

DATA COLLECTION SCHEDULE:

DATE NAME OF VILLAGE ACTIVITY ENUMERATOR (FIELD STAFF)
26/2/2019 Dak kan Data Collection Seng aloun
Dak wang Data Collection SilamPhay
Dak den Data Collection Nitda
Dak deun Data Collection Bounta
27/2/2019 Dakdom Data Collection Seng aloun
Dakvor Data Collection SilamPhay
Dak yoil Data Collection Nitda
Dakdoul Data Collection Bounta
28/2/2019 Tongsieng Data Collection Seng aloun
Dakeur Data Collection Nitda
Khouxay Data Collection Bounta

BUDGET CODE: LA17294

DATE: DESCRIPTION / ACTIVITY: FREQUENCY: QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL AMOUNT
26/2/2019 Per Diem farmer group 4 villages 20 persons 50000 1000000
Drinking water 4 villages 1 box 45000 180000
Photocopying 4 villages 160 pages 400 64000
27/2/2019 Per Diem farmer group 4 villages 20 persons 50000 1000000
Drinking water 4 villages 1 box 45000 180000
Photocopying 4 villages 160 pages 400 64000
28/2/2019 Per Diem farmer group 3 villages 15 persons 50000 750000
Drinking water 3 villages 1 box 45000 135000
Photocopying 3 villages 120 pages 400 48000

GRAND TOTAL: 3 421 0000

Amount in text: (Tree million four hundred and twenty-onethousand KIP)

Date: ………………………………………………

Approved by: Prepared by:

Signature:............................................ Signature:............................................

Name: Sivone Vanvilai Name: Brian M Touray