Resettlement policy framework and specific resettlement action plan

About a third (32 percent) of surveyed farmers does not expect significant losses or disadvantages from the construction activities of the Project. The negative effects that the remaining 68 percent expect from the IDs construction are summarized in the table 12.

Table 12. Negative consequences expected by farmers from the construction of IDs

	N	%
There will not be any negative consequences for my family from the construction of drainage systems	12	32
Income of my family will decrease	22	60
One or several family members will lose permanent job	4	11
Communications (roads, water flumes) may be damaged	4	11
Production on the plot will become unprofitable: the plot will be too small and there will be no point in dealing with it	3	8
Construction works will impede sowing/collection of harvest	3	8
Quality of soil may deteriorate during the construction (diesel fuel, construction waste, damage to structure and layout of land by heavy machines, et	3	8
Expenditures for fruits and vegetables, which we have earlier gotten from the leasehold farm plot, will increase	2	5
Poplars and other trees, which we planted along the road/canal and were going to use for own needs (construction, timber, heating, etc.) will be destr	1	3
Outhouses may be damaged	1	3
We will have to buy guza-paya for heating of housing	1	3
We will lose a business: processing of leasehold farm products	0	0
We will be involved in unpaid work or give money for construction and food for workers	0	0

Source: 2009 SA survey

The farmers themselves and the members of their families are ready to participate in the construction works, if their help needed.