Resettlement policy framework and specific resettlement action plan

1.4Elements of Project that Affect Land Acquisition²

For the areas where the Project involves construction of open IDs, the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) prepared the first full list of affected farms. Based on extensive socio-economic surveys and farm interviews, a detailed inventory of land that each farmer will lose was prepared, including the number, type, and age of the trees; as well as the type and amount of standing crops, vegetables, and orchards the farmers had in 2008. There were 37 farms to be affected, of which 36 were leaseholder and one was a small plot (a garden of 0.16 Ha)³. All farmers were informed of the project and possible land acquisition⁴. A full Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was prepared for this segment of the Project and is included in this document. A budget for Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), including the full budget for the component of land acquisition on 37 farms, is presented in section 18 of this document. Elements of the remaining impacts are addressed through the creation of a special Fund that sets aside resources for compensation for economic displacement, as well as for administration and monitoring/evaluation purposes.
Although the extensive rehabilitation and repair works under the Project will affect more than 37 farms, two factors make it difficult to identify these additional farms and prepare an inventory of affected assets. First, the lack of in-farm roads may require the use of machinery in parts of the affected plots that are not directly subject to land take; as a result, the specific impacts on land and standing crops can be identified only during the course of Project implementation. Secondly, although information on the first group of farms was available at the time of Project design, the initiation of the government’s farm consolidation process made the identification of affected assets for the remaining farms impossible (see Annexes 1 an 2) because the boundaries of leasehold farms have changed, and are still changing. Until the farm consolidation process is complete, it will not be possible to obtain information on which farmers' land will be affected. Thus, while the broad boundaries of the Project area are known, the affected assets will only be identified during Project implementation. When they are identified, the Project’s land acquisition process and the mitigation of adverse impacts on economic displacement will be subject to the policies and principles described in this document.