Resettlement policy framework and specific resettlement action plan

2Potential impacts

2.1Project components and activities that give rise to resettlement

The Project interventions are primarily to improve drainage and off-farm irrigation systems that are largely “public goods.” The project does not include on-farm investments. The Project components consist of the following:
Component A: Improvement of Irrigation and Drainage Network This component aims at addressing the problem of high groundwater levels by financing improvements in the surface drainage network and irrigation system as well as the installation of vertical drainage wells.

Component B: Institutional Strengthening and Agricultural Development Support. This component covers institutional strengthening support to public and private institutions/organizations involved in the enhancement of water resources management (I&D system O&M, water utilization) and agriculture production in the project area. The component would finance training and study tours, outreach demonstration plots, field and O&M equipment, laboratory, IT and office equipment, and institution and training support consultancy services.

Component C: Project Management and Audit, and Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Impact, consisting of operational expenditures for project management, consultancy services for auditing project expenditures, and for the M&E of project impacts, and for the preparation of a future project.

Component A is by far the largest of these and directly related to WB OP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement. The main works of this Component and potential linkages with the OP 4.12 are summarized in Table 1: