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REGIS-AG, Quarterly Report, FY2019 Quarter 1 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) QUARTERLY REPORT Quarter 1 FY 2019 October 1 – December 31, 2018 This annex to joint work plans, submitted for review by the United States Agency for International Development, was prepared by CNFA under USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001, Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth Project. 1 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth Project Project Q1FY19 Report (1 October 2018 – 31 December 2018) REGIS-AG: USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001 Implemented by CNFA Submitted to: Patrick Smith COR USAID/Senegal 11 February 2019 DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the United States Government. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 1 PART 1 - PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 6 1.1. REGIS-AG and the RISE initiative ............................................................................................................. 6 1.2. REGIS-AG Goal, Objectives, Expected Results and Intervention Areas ................................................. 6 1.3. Theory of change ...................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4. Implementation Partners .......................................................................................................................... 7 PART 2 – OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT INTERVENTION STRATEGY ........................................................ 8 2.1. Justification: Producers’ low level of market access ................................................................................ 8 2.2. The project strategy in brief: a value chain approach based on two pillars ............................................ 9 PART 3 – ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR FY19 .................................................................................................. 11 3.1. Component 1 – Identify opportunities through value chain and end-market analysis .......................... 12 3.2. Component 2 - Strengthening vertical and horizontal linkages in selected value chains........................ 12 3.2.1. Cowpea value chain ......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.2. Poultry value chain ........................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3. Small ruminant value chain .............................................................................................................. 31 3.3. Component 3 - Strengthening input supply and other services and improving smallholders and agro- processors’ access to interconnected markets ............................................................................................. 39 3.3.1. Cowpea inputs and agricultural services ......................................................................................... 39 3.3.2. Animal Health Services .................................................................................................................... 44 3.4. Component 4 – Increasing access to finance, innovation, and private sector investment ........................ 47 3.4.1. Functional literacy capacity building activities ................................................................................. 48 3.4.2. Access to finance facilitation activities ............................................................................................ 49 3.5. Component 5 – Improving the enabling environment for local and regional private investment ......... 57 3.5.1. Improving the policy environment for private sector investment .................................................. 57 3.5.2. Mainstreaming gender and governance in REGIS-AG value chain development ............................ 58 3.5.2.1. Gender specific complementary activities ................................................................................ 59 3.5.2.2. Governance specific complementary activities ........................................................................ 63 3.5.3. Strengthen resilience/disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity of communities .............................. 65 PART 4 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................... 65 4.1. Project staff count .................................................................................................................................. 65 4.1.1. A stable staff count throughout FY18 with minimal turnover ........................................................ 65 iii 4.1.2. Staff mobility .................................................................................................................................... 66 4.2. Administration of offices ........................................................................................................................ 67 4.3. Management activities ............................................................................................................................. 68 4.4. Project Reporting and Public Communication ....................................................................................... 69 4.5. Security ................................................................................................................................................... 69 PART 5 - PROJECT PERFORMANCE - Level of Achievement in FY18 Expected Outcomes and Performance Indicators ........................................................................................................................................................... 70 5.1. Overview of REGIS-AG MEL System ..................................................................................................... 70 5.2. Activities carried out during FY18 ......................................................................................................... 70 5.3. Status of achievement of performance indicators at the end of FY18 .................................................. 73 iv ACRONYMS A2N Association Nodde Nooto ADI Association des Distributeurs d’Intrants Agricoles du Niger AE Auxiliaire d’élevage AGED Association pour la Gestion de l’Environnement et le Développement AGIR Alliance Global pour la Résilience - Sahel Afrique de l’Ouest AGRODIA Association des Grossistes et Détaillants d’Intrants Agricoles du Burkina Faso AREN Association pour la Redynamisation de l'Elevage au Niger BDS Business Development Services CBO Community-Based Organizations CNFA Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture CERRA Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (Comité Permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel) COFENBAVI Confédération des Fédérations Nationales de la Filière Bétail/Viande des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CRS Catholic Relief Services DCA USAID Development Credit Authority DFAP USAID Development Food Assistance Program EMMP Environmental Mitigation & Management Plan FBO Farmers’ Based Organization Fcfa Franc de la Communauté Financiére d’Afrique GIE Groupement d’Intérêt Economique IEE Initial Environmental Examination INERA Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles du Burkina Faso INRAN Institut National de Recherche Agricole du Niger IR Intermediate Result JPC Joint Planning Cell LAHIA Livelihoods, Agriculture and Health Interventions in Action DFAP (Save the Children) M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MFI Micro-Finance Institution MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise NGO Non-Governmental/Non-Profit Organization ONV-BF Ordre national des Vétérinaires du Burkina Faso ONVN Ordre National des Vétérinaires du Niger OP/PO Organisations Paysannes/Producer groups PASADEM Projet d’Appui à la Sécurité Alimentaire et au Développement dans la région de Maradi (World Bank) v PASEL Programme d’Appui au Secteur de l’Elevage PERSUAP Pesticide Evaluation Report & Safe Use Action Plan PICS Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage PMP Performance Monitoring Plan PPAAO/WAAPP-Niger Programme de Productivité Agricole en Afrique de l’Ouest PRODEX Projet de Développement des Exportations des Produits Agro-Sylvo- Pastoraux au Niger (World Bank) PROFIL Projet des Filières Agricoles RCO Regional Contracting Officer REGIS-AG Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth REGIS-ER Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Enhanced Resilience RISE USAID Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced ROI Return On Investment SAP Système d’Alerte Précoce SAREL Sahel Resilience Learning SAWKI Mercy Corps DFAP SIMA System of Agricultural Marketing Information SNV Netherlands Development Organization SVPP Service Vétérinaires Privés de Proximité UEMOA West Africa
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