Alianza Para El Corredor Seco

ALIANZA PARA EL CORREDOR SECO

QUARTERLY REPORT OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2017

INVEST-HONDURAS ׀ USAID January, 2018

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Honduras

Quarterly Report October – December FY 2017 Alliance for the Dry Corridor Activity (ACS-USAID)

Activity start/end date: January 9, 2014 - December 31, 2020 Grantee: Inversión Estratégica de Honduras (INVEST-H)

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The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

Table of Contents Acronyms ...... 5 I. Executive Summary ...... 7 II. Activity background ...... 8 III. Activity Implementation ...... 9 3.1. Description of Activity Components ...... 9 3.1.1 Access to production, health & nutrition Components ...... 11 Enrollment ...... 11 Purpose 1 Increased Inclusive Agriculture Sector Growth ...... 13 Discussion of Quarterly Results ...... 13 Output 1.1. Increase of Agricultural Productivity ...... 13 Main Activities ...... 14 Product 1.2 Access to Markets ...... 17 Product 1.3. Investments in Agriculture and Employment Generation ...... 18 Purpose 2 Improved Nutritional Status, Especially for Women and Children ...... 19 Discussion of FY 2018 Results ...... 19 2.1 Main Activities ...... 20 Product 2.1 Improved Access to Diverse, Quality Food and Nutrition Related Behaviors ...... 25 Product 2.2 Improved Sanitation and Hygiene in beneficiary Households and communities . 27 Product 2.3 Improved Utilization of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Service ...... 27 3.1.2 Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation ...... 28 3.1.3 Rural Roads ...... 32 3.2. Indicator Performance Tracking ...... 32 Data Quality ...... 36 3.3. Key Planning and Strategic Documents ...... 37 3.4. Risk based indicators ...... 37 3.5. Strategic activities for the 2018 fiscal year ...... 37 IV. Collaboration with other partner entities ...... 38

4.1 Linkages with other partners/activities ...... 38 4.1.1 ACS-GAFSP (World Bank) ...... 38 4.1.2 ACS-COMRURAL Rural Competitiveness Project ...... 38 4.1.3 ACS- Credit Access for farmers (ACA) ...... 38 4.1.4 ACS – UNFPA – Teenagers pregnancy prevention project ...... 39 4.1.5 ACS Impact Evaluation ...... 40 4.1.6 Water Harvesting ...... 40 4.1.7 Other Activities ...... 41 Coordination with Other USAID Funded Activities in the ZOI ...... 42 V. Cross-cutting issues ...... 43 5.1 Gender ...... 43 5.2 Environmental – Natural Resource Management (NRM) ...... 46 5.3 Climate Change ...... 47 VI. Management and Administrative Issues ...... 49 VII. Financial Information ...... 49 7.1 Financial Report...... 49 VIII. Branding, communications and dissemination ...... 50 IX. Sustainability and Exit Strategy ...... 51 X. Annexes ...... 54 Annex 1 Implementer´s Work Plan Indicator Tracking Table ...... 54 Annex 2 Gender Report Oct – Dec 2017 ...... 73 Annex 3 Financial Report for FY 2018 ...... 77 Annex 4 Fintrac´s Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2017...... 78 Annex 5. Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation Quarterly Report ...... 79

Acronyms ACA Access to Agricultural Credit ACCESO Activity USAID - ACCESO ACS-USAID Alianza Para el Corredor Seco Activity – United States Agency for International Development ACS-GAFSP Alianza para el Corredor Seco – Global Agriculture and Food Security Program AHIBA Honduran Association of Banks of Honduras AIN - C Children and Community Integral Attention Program AMHON Municipalities Association of Honduras BANADESA National Bank for Agricultural Development of Honduras BANHPROVI Honduran Bank for Production and Housing BP Business plan CABEI Central American Bank for Economic Integration CEN Nutritional Education Center CHF Cooperative Housing Foundation CIRIS Client Impact and Results Information System COMRURAL Rural Competitiveness Project DHSP Decentraliced Health Service Providers EMMP Environmental Management and Mitigation Plan ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FIRSA National Agri-food Sector Reactivation Program FTF Feed The Future FTF ZOI La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Copán, and Santa Bárbara FY Fiscal Year GAFSP Global Agriculture Food Security Program GAPs Good Agricultural Practices GCC Global Climate Change Presidential Initiative GOH Government of the Republic of Honduras ICE Plan Information, Communication and Education Plan IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IL 007 Implementation Letter No. 007 IL 008 Implementation Letter No. 008 IL 013 Implementation Letter No. 013 IL 015 Implementation Letter No. 015 INA National Agrarian Institute INE National Institute of Statistics INVEST-H Honduran Strategic Investment Office ITC Instructions to Consultants LOI Letter of Invitation MAMUNI Mancomunity of Municipalities North of Intibucá MAMLESIP Mancomunity of Mucicipalities Lencas of Sierra de La Paz Mancomunidad Mancomunity of Municipalities Lencas del Centro de Lempira COLOSUCA MANCHORTI Mancomunity of Municipalites North of Copán

MANCORSARIC Mancomunity of Municipalities of Copán Ruinas, Santa Rita, Cabañas and San Jerónimo MANCURISJ Mancomunity of the Rio San Juan Watershed Mancomunidad Mancomunity PUCA: Wild life refugee: Talgua, Las Flores, Lepaera, La Unión, La PUCA Iguala, San Rafael MANSEPAZ Mancomunity of Municipalities Center of La Paz MOCALEMPA Mancomunity of Municipalities South of Lempira MCA-H Millennium Challenge Account Honduras MCM Micro – Watersheds Management and Conservation Component MIAmbiente Secretary of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines of Honduras MIS Management information system MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSMEs Medium, small and micro enterprises NZOI USAID’s Northern ZOI (Ocotepeque, Copán and Santa Bárbara) PACTA Program for Land Access PEA Economically Active Population PFMRAF Public Financial Management Risk Assessment Framework PIP Project Implementation Plan PSMM Simplified Micro - Watershed Management Plan – Spanish acronym Q Quarter QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection RFP Request for Proposals RTN National Tax Registry SAG Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SEFIN Ministry of Finance SIAFI Integrated Financial Administration System SZOI USAID’s Southern ZOI (La Paz, Intibucá, and Lempira) TSC Superior Court of Auditors TOR Terms of Reference UNFPA United Nations Population Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USD Dollars of The United States of America USG Government of the United States of America WEAI Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index WB World Bank

I. Executive Summary Under the Assistance Agreement No. 522-0470 signed between the Government of the Republic of Honduras (GOH) and the Government of the United States of America (USG), represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the GOH and USAID signed the Implementation Letter No. 007 (IL 007) on January 9, 2014 which formalized the Activity “Alianza Para el Corredor Seco” (ACS-USAID). The Activity is part of Feed the Future, the USG´s global hunger and food security initiative, which supports country-driven approaches to address the root causes of hunger and poverty.

This is the programmatic progress report for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2018. As of December 2017, the ACS-USAID Activity through the Access to Production, Health and Nutrition Component, has provided technical assistance and training to 21,233 client households; 7,690 transferred from USAID-ACCESO (36.3 percent) and 13,543 new (63.7 percent)1. Eighty-nine percent of the enrolled client households are under the national poverty line (USD 2.42 per day/per capita) according to the operational baseline; 4,031 (22.9 percent) of client households are female-headed, a small decrease compared with previous quarter cumulative figures (23.4 percent in FY 2016).

Monitoring data suggests that the Activity is being implemented according to design. It is assumed that the trigger behind expected changes is technical assistance and implementation of good agricultural practices by participating households; the first link in the complex chain of events that ends up in poverty reduction. In that sense, during this quarter 10,429 technical assistance and training events on good agricultural practices took place, which involved 69,535 participants, out of which 21,233 are individuals classified as client households2 that receive an average of one training event per month, mostly production-related technical assistance. Participation in training events increased during this quarter despite coffee harvest season.

Through the provided technical assistance, during this quarter 5,325 client households adopted at least one technology. Moreover, 2,350 began to produce high value crops, such as potato, sesame, celery, sugar cane, strawberries, plantain, carrot, broccoli, passion fruit, cassava, lettuce, sweet corn and coffee. The above figures are likely to continue its increasing trend as irrigation systems are being installed. As of December 2018, 3,501 client households have access to irrigation, with a total area of 1,051 hectares. In addition, farmers are diversifying their on-farm income opportunities, which is key to accomplish income increase and poverty reduction targets; 1,219 farmers are adopting other on-farm income source (animal production or fruits). The assisted area under improved practices during the first quarter of FY 2018 is 3,031.9 hectares. Most of assisted area corresponds to coffee (46.7 percent), basic grains (43.7 percent), vegetables (9 percent) and fruits (0.7 percent).

1 Changes from previous reports due to the ongoing cleaning of the client household’s database that the implementing firm is conducting. Starting in September 2016, the M&E system, CIRIS, was cleaned to remove households that had shown no interest in continuing to receive assistance. 2 Client households are those participants that regularly attend technical assistance and training events.

There are notable advances towards improving access to markets, in terms of farmer-buyer linkages, 609 new farmer-buyer linkages (cumulative 7,562, a 175.9 percent achievement), 19 new service providers (105.6 percent of target) and 43 municipalities continued providing extension services (100 percent achievement). Additionally, 631 MSMEs, including farmers received assistance to access loans for an accumulated of 4,786 MSMEs receiving assistance to access loans.

Nutrition and health activities are being developed under two methodologies, (i) the first one is implemented directly by technicians of sub implementing firm and attend 123 communities from 19 municipalities; (ii) the second methodology is implemented through DHSP attending 260 communities from 48 municipalities in six departments. Fourteen new CENs were incorporated during this quarter, therefore the Activity is supporting 37 CENs in 14 municipalities. Moreover, during this quarter nutrition technicians conducted 4,947 monthly meetings/home visits. During this quarter, 27 new children under five years old were reached by the Activity for an accumulated of 8,371. With the methodology of DHSR, Activity reached 4,477 children under two years old.

The Watershed Management Component is providing a platform for an integral water management in the Zone of Influence (ZOI). During this quarter, the component selected 65 microwatersheds and established agreements with seven Mancomunities to implement the activities in the SZOI. The main office of the sub implementing firm is located in La Esperanza, Intibucá and local offices are located within the Mancomunities.

With regards to the financial side of the Activity, USAID-funded cumulative expenses incurred as of December, 2017, reached USD 26,694,734.87. Furthermore, the GOH cumulative contribution is of USD 18,458,905.13 considering both in kind and in cash contributions. As mentioned in previous reports, the termination of one of the implementing firms substantially affected the attainment of financial targets. However, since a fraction of the scope of the aforementioned contract is already reassigned, this financial gap is closing progressively.

II. Activity background

Under the Assistance Agreement No. 522-0470 signed between the Government of the Republic of Honduras (GOH) and the Government of the United States of America (USG), represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the GOH and USAID signed the Implementation Letter (IL) No. 007 on January 9, 2014, to establish the mutual agreement concerning the USAID/Alliance for the Dry Corridor Activity, whose goal is to move rural Honduran households in the Dry Corridor out of extreme poverty and reduce undernutrition by improving their incomes. The GOH and USAID amended the referenced IL to accommodate an increase in the total estimated commitment, among other changes, through the Implementation Letter No. 008 (IL 008), signed on December 12, 2014. The updated objectives of this assistance are: (1) lift 9,500

households out of extreme poverty (US$ 1.81 per day/per capita); and (2) reduce stunting in children under five by 20 percent in targeted communities of the Zone of Influence (ZOI), through the Implementation Letter IL 522-0502-007 signed on June 9, 2017 the following changes were approved: (1) Raise the TEC to USD 60.6 Million; (2) extend LOP until December 2020 (3) Increase GOH contribution to USD 20.2 million (4) update Activity Description and (5) update the supplementary standard provisions. To date, other Implementation Letters have been signed mostly with the purpose of updating strategic documents and sub-obligating resources to secure cash-flow for the Activity.

The Honduran Strategic Investment Office, INVEST-H (formerly known as the Millennium Challenge Account Honduras MCA-H) is responsible for the management and implementation of the ACS-USAID Activity. INVEST-H has an independent board of directors, chaired by the General Government Coordination Secretariat, and a management team. INVEST-H is implementing ACS- USAID through specialized consulting firms, which are responsible for the execution of the field components, monitoring and evaluation, and the overall results for the Activity. This initiative promotes the implementation of an integrated package of technologies and services in the departments of La Paz, Intibucá, and Lempira, which will be henceforth referred to as USAID’s Southern Zone of Influence (ZOI)3. The Activity also funds under the Grant Mechanism scaling up irrigation systems and health-nutrition activities throughout the entire FTF ZOI (which includes the departments of the Northern ZOI (NZOI), Ocotepeque, Copán, and Santa Bárbara).

The Activity is one of an integrated suite of investments4 to decrease poverty and undernutrition, respectively by 20 percent in the whole SZOI. ACS-USAID will also advance the USG Global Climate Change (GCC) Presidential Initiative.

III. Activity Implementation

3.1. Description of Activity Components The Activity has four major components: 1) Access to production, 2) Access to health and nutrition, 3) Microwatersheds management and conservation and 4) rural roads. These components are briefly described below.

. Access to production, health and nutrition. Includes a full range of rural income generating activities, both agricultural and non-agricultural carried out by rural households. The component also covers nutrition and health interventions to improve

3 USAID’s whole Zone of Influence (ZOI) includes six departments in Western Honduras, which are: La Paz, Intibucá and Lempira (USAID’s Southern ZOI (SZOI), and the departments of Ocotepeque, Copán and Santa Bárbara (USAID’s Northern (NZOI)). 4 On September 6, 2013, the GOH was awarded $30 million from the Global Agriculture Food Security Program (GAFSP) to implement the ACS Activity. The GAFSP investment will fund agriculture and nutrition extension services identical to those in this Activity, but only in the portion of the Corredor Seco that lies outside of the declared ACS-USAID ZOI (Choluteca, lower Francisco Morazán, and El Paraíso).

nutrition-related behaviors, sanitation and hygiene of households and utilization of maternal and child health and nutrition services. The component has the following objectives: (1) lift households out of poverty, and (2) reduce stunting in children under five by 20 percent. The implementation mechanism comprises a set of integrated and well synchronized package of household and community extension services and technologies using strategies to promote sustainability.

. Micro-watersheds management and conservation: focuses on increasing resilience through a more holistic implementation strategy which takes into account sustainable access to water. Activity will invest resources in the conservation and / or restoration of watersheds and micro-watersheds - and strengthening of local governance of natural resources. Investments under this Activity will: a) establish mechanisms for ecosystem services linked to the sustainability of livelihoods in western Honduras; b) strengthen local institutions, such as water boards, irrigation associations and other civil society groups; and c) provide technical assistance to improve the restoration of forest lands.

. Rural roads: selection and design of 450 km of the Tertiary Roads Network. It is expected that through this component resources will be invested in the rural roads of the ZOI in order to improve road conditions to transport crops to markets, as well as reduce the time of transfer to the centers of health and education of the local population.

Access to production

Access to health Rural roads and nutrition

Micro watersheds management and conservation

Illustration 1- ACS-USAID Activity Components

3.1.1 Access to production, health & nutrition Components 5 This is a five-year contract, signed with Fintrac Inc. At present, the contract reached 24 months of implementation. On August 31, 2015, the parties signed the Amendment No. 1, modifying and activating the following optional services: “Resilience and Local Technical Capacity” and “smallholder irrigation” that fall under the Production sub-component. On May 17, 2016, the parties signed the Amendment No. 2, modifying and activating the following Optional Services: "Scaling and Sustaining Nutrition Investments" and "Healthy Households Program," that fall under the Health and Nutrition Sub-component, with the aim of providing sub-grants to Decentralized Health Service Providers to strengthen their capabilities and expand coverage of current AIN-C targets in their contracts. As a result of the aforementioned changes, the Contract price increased by USD 12.6 million. Moreover, on September 12, 2016 the parties signed Amendment No. 3, to increase the scope of services included in the Contract to provide irrigation and potable water investments to client households within the FTF Zone of Influence. Thus, Contract price was further increased by USD 20.0 million.

The M&E Plan for FY 2018 is under revision by USAID to update and adjust some indicators.

Enrollment . The Activity is in the process of cleaning the client household’s database. 21,233 client households are receiving assistance from USAID ACS, of which 7,436 (35.02 percent) are female headed households. The breakdown of the above figure is shown in Table 1 below6.

Table 1- Enrolled client households by status Access to Production, Health and Nutrition-USAID

Sex Status Total Target F M

New Clients 5,801 7,742 13,543 8,600 Row percentage 26.6 percent 73.4 percent 100 percent

5 Most figures presented in the following sections were retrieved from the Implementer´s Quarterly Report. INVEST-H regularly carries out on field data quality assessments to verify consistency between databases and implementer´s reports. 6 According to the operational baseline collected by the implementer, the breakdown of income thresholds is shown in the following table: Income level Percent of client (USD per person per households day) n < $1.25 70.7 percent $1.25 <= n <$1.81 11.0 percent $1.81 <= n < $2.42 7.2 percent $2.42 <= n 11.0 percent

Sex Status Total Target F M

Transferred from 1,635 6,055 7,690 ACCESO 21.3 percent 78.7 percent 100 percent 8,254 Row percentage

7,436 13,797 21,233 Total 16,854 Row percentage 35.02 percent 64.98 percent 100 percent

. During this quarter Activity Enrolled 53 new client households. In Illustration 2 the green dots represents new client households. The Activity covers 56 municipalities out of 64 municipalities in the three departments representing 87.5 percent of the total. Southeast of Lempira remains a challenge as communication makes it difficult to provide technical assistance on a regular basis.

Illustration 2- Client Households by Status in SZOI

. 7,690 clients were transferred from USAID-ACCESO, of which 1,635 households (21.3 percent) are female-headed households.

Table 2. Clients by department and gender

New Clients Transferred Clients Total Clients Department F M Total F M Total F M Total

Intibucá 1,804 2,137 3,941 628 2,378 3,006 2,432 4,515 6,947

La Paz 2,622 2,461 5,083 555 1,486 2,041 3,177 3,947 7,124

Lempira 1,375 3,144 4,519 452 2,191 2,643 1,827 5,335 7,162

Total 5,801 7,742 13,543 1,635 6,055 7,690 7,436 13,797 21,233

. The Department of La Paz shows the highest percentage of female headed households (44.6 percent) due to the favorable conditions for vegetables production as an attractive activity for women. As stated in the Gender Strategy, it is essential to recognize the strategic role women will play towards the achievement of Activity goals, both in productive and health & hygiene activities; this is particularly relevant in La Paz with its high female/male ratio, compared to the other SZOI departments (Intibucá = 35 percent, Lempira = 25.5 percent7). Technical team of the implementing firm implements same gender strategy in the three departments but response has been better in La Paz, probably due to the presence of women in the sites attended and the increasing female households participants in the Health and Nutrition activities. This aspect is being analyzed with gender specialists and will be used to strengthen the gender strategy.

. Activity has presence in 56 municipalities, 357 aldeas and 1,230 caseríos.

Table 3- Area covered by services of ACS-USAID

Department Municipality Aldea Caserío Client Households Intibucá 16 96 389 6,947

La Paz 19 102 393 7,124

Lempira 21 159 448 7,162

Total 56 357 1,230 21,233

Purpose 1 Increased Inclusive Agriculture Sector Growth Discussion of Quarterly Results

Output 1.1. Increase of Agricultural Productivity Provision of technical assistance, training and implementation of good agricultural practices are the drivers towards increase in agricultural productivity. This is being improved with the additional 646 irrigated hectares installed this quarter for an accumulated of 1,051 hectares

7 Lowest percentage of women participation due to the agro ecological conditions that favors basic grain cultivation – a men oriented activity.

and a target of 4,500 hectares for the whole ZOI. Additionally, the implementing firm continued strengthening capacities of its technical team with weekly events on technical assistance, methodologies and technologies resulting in better accomplishment of component goals.

The Activity has made relevant advances towards gender goals. The Activity continues to foster women participation; as a result of gender focused actions about 35 percent of participants are female, 140 percent of achievement. Women participated in events related to animal production, natural resource management, GAPs, post-harvest, business skills, market information, processing and finance – credit.

Main Activities . 10,429 technical assistance and training events on good agricultural practices took place during Q1 FY 2018, which involved 69,535 participants. Activity has accumulated to date a total of 89,720 events with 674,131 participants. Seventy Three percent of participants were male and 26.2 percent female. Of the total participants during this quarter, 75.9 percent were client households and 24.1 percent were participants. Tables four and five describe the technical assistance and participants held during Oct-Dec of 2017.

Table 4. GAP technical assistance and training events and participants

Results Accumulated

Period % % Target Achievement Target Achievement Achievement Achievement

Oct. – Dec. 2017 7,573 10,429 137.7 70,752 89,720 126.8

FY 2017 29,859 39,657 132.8 63,179 78,473 124.2

FY 2016 28,560 29,996 105.0 33,320 37,025 111.1

FY 2015 4,760 5,077 106.7 4,760 5,077 106.7

Table 5. Participants in Technical assistance / training events

Total % Participation Topic # Men # Women Participants out of total

GAPs 384 138 522 0.8

Renewable Energy 136 23 159 0.2

Gender 166 281 447 0.6

Natural resource management 2,432 531 2,963 4.3

(NRM)

Post-harvest 1,067 282 1,349 1.9

Production 41,305 14,582 55,887 80.4

Animal Production 4,364 1,740 6,104 8.8

Irrigation systems 61 10 71 0.1

Sub-Total Production 49,915 17,587 67,502 97.1

Finance – credit 222 159 381 0.5

Business skills 478 180 658 0.9

Market information 571 172 743 1.1

Processing 108 143 251 0.4

Sub-Total Other areas 1,379 654 2,033 2.9

Total production 51,294 18,241 69,535 100.0

% by gender 73.8 26.2 100.0

. Specific topics included in technical assistance and training events include: basic grains production, establishment of nurseries, irrigation, animal production, poultry, fish cultivation, coffee nurseries, coffee production, pest management, soil conservation, fruits production, fertigation.

. Through the technical assistance provided by the specialized consulting firm, 5,325 client households adopted technologies in Quarter 1 FY 2018. Main technologies include: planting density, soil preparation, lime application, seed selection, fertilization plan, seed treatment, germination tests, planting on contour, planting beds preparation, integrated pest management, improved seeds, incorporation of organic materials, drip irrigation, soil management and conservation, shade regulation on coffee farms, crop rotation, animal production. Moreover, 2,350 client households are producing high value crops, such as potato, sesame, celery, sugar cane, strawberries, plantain, carrot, broccoli, passion fruit, cassava, lettuce, pineapple, sweet corn and coffee. Intibucá is the department with most farmers producing high value crops (36.3 percent of total), followed by Lempira (34.6 percent) and La Paz (29.1 percent). Also, 1,219 farmers are adopting other on-farm income source (animal production or fruits).

Table 6. Client households adopting technologies, producing high value crops, adopting another on-farm income source

Department Oct – Dec Farmers adopting technologies 5,325 Farmers producing high value crops 2,350 Adopting other on-farm income 1,219

. During this quarter, 2,593 households began implementing good agricultural practices in their coffee farms. Coffee represents 70 percent of agricultural income and constitutes a key element to move participating households out of the poverty. The Activity is linking coffee producers with local and international market agents such as Co Honducafé, Exportadora Cosecha Azul, Becamo and Catracha Coffee.

. 3,031.99 hectares are under improved practices in first quarter of FY 2018. The total assisted area is 20,135.5 hectares, most of assisted area corresponds to coffee (41.6 percent) and basic grains (45.4 percent) followed by vegetables (12.2 percent) and fruits (0.9 percent). The assisted area belongs to 17,937 unique client households.

Table 7. Total Hectares assisted

Value Chain Intibucá La Paz Lempira Total Percentage

Fruits 73.9 65.1 46.3 185.3 0.9

Coffee 2,502.2 2,547.9 3,317.5 8,367.5 41.6

Basic Grains 2,864.1 2,871.7 3,400.0 9,135.8 45.4

Vegetables 1,090.6 691.2 665.1 2,446.8 12.2

Total 6,530.7 6,175.9 7,428.9 20,135.5 100.0

As of the end of December, 3,501 client households have access to irrigation, with a total area of 1,051 hectares. Illustration 3 shows the location of irrigation systems installed during this quarter for a total of 48 systems benefiting 2,148 producers and 645.9 hectares in ZOI.

Table 8- Finished Irrigation Districts

Department Irrigation Districts Households Hectares

Intibucá 10 294 89.7 La Paz 5 198 59.4 Lempira 10 326 97.8 Total Zone ACS - 25 818 246.9 USAID

Department Irrigation Districts Households Hectares

Copán 11 663 198.9 Ocotepeque 6 452 135.6 Santa Bárbara 6 215 64.5 Total Zone Access 23 1,330 399.0 to Markets Total 48 2,148 645.9

. The component is complying with environmental law regarding the construction of irrigation systems through an alliance with MiAMBIENTE to obtain required permits and the implementation of mitigation measures where correspond. Additionally, each irrigation system implements USAID environmental regulations with the support of the implementing firm.

Product 1.2 Access to Markets Activities in this product are coordinated with USAID - ACCESS to Markets Activity and are oriented to improve client household’s access to market. Local organizations and individuals are trained to establish and manage sustainable market linkages and organize their production and post-harvest activities with a market orientation.

. 6 organizations were legalized and registered during first quarter of FY 2018 (1 local saving and loan organizations, three producer organization, two multiple service enterprises). Organizations are ready to operate according to the Honduran Law. The cumulative number of organizations legalized and registered to date is 129 of which 92 local rural and savings organizations, 10 enterprises of multiple services and 27 producer’s organization.

. During this quarter, 298 client households / organizations were trained in accounting records, contracts negotiation, basic grains pledging, cash flows, credit applications, price analysis, project profiles and sales management. 39.9 percent of participants are women. The Activity has accumulated to date 4,103 client households / organizations trained in business skills and business development.

. During this quarter, the activity linked 609 client households with local, regional and international buyers. Data accumulated to December 2017 indicates that 7,562 client households and MSMEs have been linked with buyers. The main products demanded by buyers include beets, carrots, cabbage, peppers, baby corn, radish, tomatoes, cassava, potatoes, plantains, green beans, broccoli, onions, pineapple, zucchini and loroco. Main buyers include EMSEMUP, Monte Horeb, Biotuterra, Los Andes, ECARAI, ASOFAIL, APROHFI, La Colonia, Del Corral, Deleite y etiequetas, Comercializadora de Frutas y Verduras Navarro, La Antorcha, La Bendición, Walmart, Coprafel, Cosagual, Poligono

Agroindustrial Copaneco, Alprosa, Honduchips, Inversiones Agrícolas (INAL), FWP (PMA) among others.

. During this quarter the activity trained 43 buyers and input suppliers to incorporate extension services into their services. The Activity has trained 430 input supplier and buyers to date. Allies include Agricenter, Agrocomercial El Sembrador, Bodega Hernández, Diconsa Honduras, Cosagual, Comercial San Miguel, Comercializadora La Finca, Proagro Honduras.

. The component continued providing extension services through agreements with 43 municipalities8. These agreements allows municipalities to internalize the methodology of ACS – USAID and became an important actor to generate a sustainable intervention in the SZOI.

Product 1.3. Investments in Agriculture and Employment Generation Activities are aimed at increasing investment and employment opportunities through the strengthening and development of agricultural MSMEs and off-farm business development. During this quarter, main activities include:

. Two MSMEs identified and trained to incorporate added value to primary products. The MSMEs that were identified in Q1 of FY 2018 are: Los Amates located in Guajiquiro La Paz whose main activity is chicken raising for local market ; INMARK located in Santiago de Puringla, La Paz a whose main activity is buying and coffee toasting for local and international markets. As of December 2017, the Activity has supported 78 MSMEs.

. Technical assistance and training of 652 participants of 78 MSMEs (25 MSMEs located in the department of Intibucá, 26 in the department of La Paz and 27 in the department of Lempira), in topics such as processing, quality control, product standardization, good manufacturing practices, product development, packaging, MSMEs management, market strategies among others. To December 2017, activity has trained 6,533 participants of 78 MSMEs.

Product 1.4 Access to Financial Services

Activities are aimed to increasing the access of households and MSMEs to financial services (credit, savings accounts, etc.) provided by institutions that form part of the formal financial system (banks and some credit unions), informal financial system (some credit unions, savings banks and rural

8 12 Agronomy Technicians of the Production Component were hired by the municipalities under these agreements.

18 credit and private financial development organizations), and by distributors of inputs that grant credits in kind. It also includes (i) the provision of technical assistance and training events to increase household and MSMEs financial knowledge, Iii) activities to strengthen links between household / MSMEs clients and formal and non-formal financial intermediaries, (iii) as well as activities to contribute to the development of new savings and loan products. The activities and tasks performed during this quarter, as well as the results achieved are presented below:

. 48 events of training and technical assistance on basic financial topics. 476 events are accumulated to December 2017. Topics include basic accounting, budget elaboration, cash flows, elaboration of credit applications, credit evaluation, production costs, importance of savings, stock control, and sales management among others.

. 44 local savings and loans organizations receive assistance to access financial resources from second grade institutions to provide credit for client households and MSMEs. Second grade institutions include FIPAH, CACIL – Fudeimfa, AHIBA – Banco de Occidente and BANADESA. To December 2017 and accumulated of USD 5.1 million have been received by producers as credits with a default payment rate less than 2 percent.

. Activity provided technical assistance and training to the technicians of the eight organizations that provided corn pledge services in the fiscal year 2017 and sub implementing firm and local technicians reviewed the operational instruments designed to adjust them according to the lessons learned and obtain a better management of the operations.

Purpose 2 Improved Nutritional Status, Especially for Women and Children Discussion of FY 2018 Results

In order to improve nutritional status, especially of women and children, ACS-USAID conducts a set of coordinated interventions in the following areas:

• Technical assistance and training services to prevent child malnutrition by building rural households’ capacity to improve the utilization and consumption of healthy food; reduce health problems; and improve household living conditions.

• Technical assistance, training services and investments to improve household sanitation and hygiene, including training and investments to improve floors, walls, and ceilings, and installing eco-justa stoves and in-house water supply.

• Technical assistance and training services to increase the scope and effectiveness of health services and volunteers in the community.

All activities and interventions in this component are framed within Community-Based Integrated Child Care (AIN-C) model, based on a voluntary health care system at the

19 community level with active participation by centralized and decentralized health care providers and Ministry of Health health service units, in order to monitor child´s weight, growth, and health.

2.1 Main Activities . Nutrition and health activities are being developed under two methodologies, (i) the first one is implemented directly by technicians of sub implementing firm and attend 123 communities from 19 municipalities in the SZOI; (ii) the second methodology is implemented through DHSP attending 260 communities from 48 municipalities in six departments.

. Nutrition and health activities were developed in 123 communities from 19 municipalities, of which 40 are located in two municipalities of Intibucá, 43 communities in nine municipalities in La Paz; and 40 communities in eight municipalities of Lempira. Table 9 summarizes the number of communities by municipality and department.

Table 9- Intervened Communities

Department Municipality # Communities Intibucá 20 Intibucá Yamaranguila 20 Intibucá Total 2 40 Cabañas 3 Chinacla 6 Márcala 5 San José 2 La Paz Santa Ana 5 Santa Elena 5 Santa Maria 6 Opatoro 1 Yarula 10 La Paz Total 9 43 Erandique 7 Gracias 7 La Campa 6 La Unión 7 Lempira Las Flores 1 San Rafael 9 Santa Cruz 2 Iguala 1 Lempira Total 8 40 Grand Total 19 123

• Nutrition and health activities under the second methodology are developed in 260 communities from 45 municipalities.

Table 10 -Communites, Municipalities, HDSP by Department

Department – HDSP - Municipality # communities Copán 31 MANCHORTI 17 El Paraíso 12 San Antonio 5 MANCORSARIC 14

Department – HDSP - Municipality # communities Cabañas 2 Copán Ruinas 11 Santa Rita 1 Intibucá 38 MAMUNI 15 Jesús de Otoro 10 Mazaguara 3 San Isidro 2 MANCURISJ 23 Dolores 5 San Francisco de Opalaca 7 San Juan 6 San Miguelito 5 La Paz 37 MAMLESIP 13 Opatoro 3 Santa Ana 6 Santa Elena 3 Yarula 1 MANSURPAZ 13 Aguanqueterique 3 Guajiquiro 8 Lauterique 1 San Juan 1 Nueva Vida 11 Santiago Puringla 11 Lempira 85 Alcaldia Erandique 15 Erandique 7 San Francisco 4 Santa Cruz 4 Alcaldía Gualcince 15 Gualcinse 6 San Andrés 9 Alcaldía La Unión 9 La Iguala 4 La Unión 5 Alcaldía Lepaera 15 La Iguala 2 Las Flores 3 Lepaera 10 COLOSUCA 16

Department – HDSP - Municipality # communities Belen 3 La Campa 3 San Manuel Colohete 4 San Marcos Caiquin 3 San Sebastián 3 MOCALEMPA 15 Candelaria 2 La Virtud 1 Piraera 12 Ocotepeque 4 Alcaldía Belén Gualcho 4 Belen Gualcho 4 Santa Barbara 65 Alcaldía Atima 15 Atima 15 Alcaldia Macuelizo 5 Macuelizo 5 Alcaldía Protección 20 Protección 20 Naranjito 16 Naranjito 16 Unión San Marqueña 9 San Luis 4 San Marcos 5

Grand Total 260

. During this quarter, fourteen new nutrition training centers (CENs) were established and located in the departments of Lempira (5), La Paz (3), Intibucá (3) and Santa Bárbara (3). The cumulative number of CENs to December 31, 2017 was 50. Each CENs was equipped with eco-stoves; tables, chairs and required cookware. Thirteen CENs were transferred from USAID- ACCESO and thirty seven CENs were set-up by the ACS-USAID Activity.

Illustration 4 CEN Location and municipalities attended

Table 11- CEN location

Children < 5 No. Department Municipality CEN/Community Activity years old

1 Erandique Azacualpa Grande ACS - USAID 38

2 Erandique Loma Limpia ACS - USAID 38

3 Gracias Rodeo El Pinal USAID-ACCESO 42

4 Gracias San Jose De Ocotal USAID-ACCESO 62

5 Gualcinse El Zompopo ACS - USAID 35

6 La Campa San Cristóbal ACS - USAID 35

7 Lempira La Campa Tontolo USAID-ACCESO 38

8 La Iguala Laguna ACS - USAID 71

9 La Unión Malsincales ACS - USAID 45

10 Las Flores Nueva Esperanza ACS - USAID 58

11 Lepaera El Aguacatal ACS - USAID 31

12 Lepaera Ocote Chacho ACS - USAID 35

13 La Azacualpa ACS - USAID 64 San Marcos de

Children < 5 No. Department Municipality CEN/Community Activity years old

Caniquín

14 San Rafael Sinaí USAID-ACCESO 33

15 San Rafael El Higuito USAID-ACCESO 50

16 Cabañas Las Marías ACS - USAID 31

17 Marcala Las Flores ACS - USAID 53

18 Opatoro Valle de Ángeles ACS - USAID 102

19 San José Delicias ACS - USAID 40

20 San Jose Florida ACS - USAID 52

21 La Paz Santa Ana Santiago USAID-ACCESO 75

22 Santa Elena Llano de Maco ACS - USAID 42

23 Santa Maria Las Crucitas ACS - USAID 45

24 Santiago de Puringla Cedritos ACS - USAID 218

25 Yarula Tierra Colorada USAID-ACCESO 176

26 Yarula La Huerta ACS - USAID 74

27 Dolores San Jose De Ocotal ACS - USAID 40

28 Intibucá Planes USAID-ACCESO 47

29 Intibucá Rio Colorado USAID-ACCESO 86

30 Intibucá El Pahizlal USAID-ACCESO 35

31 Intibucá Los Olivos USAID-ACCESO 53

32 Intibucá Intibucá Togopala ACS - USAID 115

33 Intibucá Santa Cruz Chiligatoro ACS - USAID 42

34 Intibucá Santa Catarina USAID-ACCESO 94

35 Intibucá Pueblo Viejo ACS - USAID 57

36 Intibucá Rio Colorado ACS - USAID 88

37 Naranjito Santa Ana ACS - USAID 43

Children < 5 No. Department Municipality CEN/Community Activity years old

38 Opatoro Valle de Ángeles ACS - USAID 77

39 San Isidro Suyapa ACS - USAID 120

40 San Juan Llano Redondo ACS - USAID 62

41 Yamaranguila La Unión USAID-ACCESO 36

42 Yamaranguila Las Hortensias ACS - USAID 60

43 Yamaranguila El Zapote ACS - USAID 36

44 Yamaranguila El Portillo ACS - USAID 47

45 Yamaranguila Sequire ACS - USAID 56

46 Copan Copán Ruínas Montecristo ACS - USAID 27

47 Ocotepeque Belén Gualcho Yaruchel ACS - USAID 56

48 Protección El Chile ACS - USAID 84

49 Santa Bárbara Protección La Reina ACS - USAID 103

50 Protección Pueblo Nuevo ACS - USAID 114

Total 29 Municipios 50 CENS/comunidades 3,161

Product 2.1 Improved Access to Diverse, Quality Food and Nutrition Related Behaviors

. During the quarter October–December 2017, the nutrition and health technicians conducted 4,947 monthly meetings (160.4 percent of target)and home visits for technical assistance and training on health and nutrition in order to promote the use of good practices for the preparation and consumption of food; improve knowledge of participants for making good decisions about food consumption; achieve changes in behavior or consumption patterns; promote the use of locally available ingredients; prepare and consume balanced diets; define appropriate frequency of children feeding and portion sizes; promote exclusive breastfeeding and birth spacing; monitoring of children weight and height; and collect information on health and hygiene conditions of households. To December 30, the cumulative number of monthly meetings and home visits was 23,228 (138.4 percent of the Target).

Table 12. Technical Assistance and Training Health and Nutrition

Results by Quarter – October – Accumulated December 2017 Percent of Percent of Target Achieved Target Achieved achievement achievement 3,085 4,947 160.4 16,780 23,228 138.4

. During the quarter 21,036 participants (146 percent of the target) took part in events of technical assistance and training under both methodologies. The accumulated to December, 2017 was 118,636 participants (155.1 percent of the target), as shown in Table No. 13.

Table 13. Participants in Health and Nutrition Events

Results by Quarter – October – Accumulated December 2017 Percent of Percent of Target Achieved Target Achieved achievement Achievement 14,409 21,036 146 76,509 118,636 155.1

. Of the participants, 95.4 percent were women and 4.6 percent men: most women are mothers with children under 2 years. INVEST-H requested the sub implementing firm to continue the efforts of inviting men to participate in these events but normally during these activities men are in their production activities. Agricultural calendar and demand for men’s labor is the main challenge to achieve men’s participation in these events.

. To improve dietary diversity of households, the implementer continued to undertake activities to promote the establishment of family plots to produce fruits and vegetables, using the ones that are native to the area. During this quarter, 899 (116.8 percent of target) family plots were planted with crops such as potatoes, cassava, sweet potato, cilantro, taro, banana among others. The cumulative number to December 2017 is 4,215 home gardens in the whole ZOI (136.4 percent of the target), as shown in Table No. 14.

Table 14. Family Plots – Fruits and Vegetables

Results by Quarter – October – December Accumulated 2017 percent of percent of Target Achieved Target Achieved achievement achievement 770 899 116.8 3,090 4,215 136.4 percent

Product 2.2 Improved Sanitation and Hygiene in beneficiary Households and communities

. To improve health conditions of client households, the implementer continued the installation of cement floors, wall improvement, and transparent sheets on the kitchen roofs, water filters and eco stoves. Each selected home receives at least one improvement. During this quarter 1,343 selected households in the whole ZOI received these improvements, to December 31; the accumulative number of beneficiaries was 9,648.

Table 15- Home improvements

FY 2018 Accumulated Percent Target Percent Description results since Quarterly Accumulated achieved LOP achieved Target activity began results results

4,500 1,343 1,343 29.8 11,500 9,648 83.9 Number of home improvements

Product 2.3 Improved Utilization of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Service

. During this quarter, 1,700 community volunteers and 104 health workers (300.7 percent of target) received training on the AIN-C strategy where health and nutrition component intervention are being conducted. As of December, 2017 there are 8,277 community volunteers and health workers trained (172.8 percent of the target). Table 16 shows the above figure by result period.

Table 16. AIN-C Number of training Community Health workers and Volunteers

Result by period Cumulative Quarter Target Achieve % Fulfillment Target Achieved % of Fulfillment Oct. – Dec. 2017 600 1,804 300.7 4,790 8,277 172.8

. During the quarter, 8,371 children under five are being assisted by the direct technical assistance of the sub implementing firm and 4,477 children under the DHSP methodology in the whole ZOI.

Table 17. Children Attended during the quarter – direct technical assistance of sub implementing firm

Period Results Accumulated

Percent Percent Target Achieved Target Achieved Achievement achievement

Oct. -Dec. 2017 250 27 10.8 7,050 8,371 118.7

FY 2017 4,300 4,884 113.6 6,800 8,344 122.7

FY 2016 2,500 5,664 226.6 2,500 5,664 226.6

• During the quarter, children attendance to the health and nutrition component was only 10.8 percent of target due to the coffee harvest season that generates temporary employment just before the critical dry season.

• Activity continued providing technical assistance and training to 19 DHSP in topics such as the implementation of integral care of childhood and community program (AINC), home improvements, home gardens, CENs management in the following sites: i) Departament of La Paz: MANLESIP, Nueva Vida y MANSURPAZ; ii) Departament of Intibucá: MANCURISJ y MAMUNI; iii) Departament of Lempira: Alcaldía de Erandique, Alcaldía de La Unión, Alcaldía de Lepaera, Alcaldia de Gualcince, MOCALEMPA y COLOSUCA; iv) Departament of Santa Bárbara: Alcaldia de Macuelizo, Alcaldia de Atima, Alcaldia de Protección, Alcaldia de Naranjito y Patronato Unión San Marqueña; v) Departament of Copan: MANCHORTI y MANCORSARIC; y vi) Departament of Ocotepeque: Alcaldia de Belén Gualcho.

• Project continued the necessary activities to maintain a fluid and effective communication for planning and implementing activities with the corresponding people at the Central and Regional level of the Secretary of Health and each of the DHSP, as well as other key stakeholders working in the regions.

3.1.2 Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation The objective of this component is to create conditions for success of ACS-USAID’s efforts to reduce poverty and under-nutrition, principally by generating investments in selected watersheds to provide sustainable access to water (for consumption and irrigation) and facilitating technical assistance to create/strengthen local organizations oriented to watershed management. Shared access to scarce water resources and strengthen local organizations for water governance are critical success factor for farmers to increase productivity and incomes via irrigation and for families to reduce under-nutrition via improved health and hygiene. In collaboration with other INVEST-H´s implementers, Honduran government institutions, communities, and the private sector, this project component will strengthen water governance and micro-watershed management to access safe and reliable water for household and farm use.

The Micro-Watershed Management and Conservation Component is integrated in a holistic manner, focusing efforts on the restoration, conservation and enhancement of ecosystems, the strengthening of local organizations managing water resources, and the administration and governance of water in the south-central zone of the departments of La Paz, Intibucá and Lempira.

During this quarter sub implementing firm highlights the development of key planning instruments, among them: development of the database and automated monitoring and evaluation system; preparation of the baseline of Component indicators; development of Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (EMMP); collection of field information and the preparation of 60 Micro-watershed rapid assessments (MRA, Sp. acronym); mapping and analysis of actors; methodological proposal for the preparation of Simplified Micro-Watershed Management Plans (PSMM, Spanish acronym); and the preparation of the conceptual proposal for training in Alternative Management of Conflicts in Natural Resources. In the administrative and human resources area, personnel were hired to manage grants, and the regional office administrator.

As part of the field implementation strategy, the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) were signed with the Mancomunidades of MANLE and COLOSUCA, completing the formal agreements with the seven Mancomunidades, in five of which there are equipped offices. The identification of potential early investments, refinement of the GIS database, including the beginning of the update of the land cover and the validation of the micro-watersheds boundaries were initiated based on the methodological proposal by the component to support the local water planning in Honduras, implemented by CIAT with USAID funds, as well as the surveying and georeferencing of 267 drinking water collection and irrigation works.

The first 20 micro-watersheds were also selected in preparation of the PSMM for the January- March quarter. Having initiated interventions according to the criteria established between ACS- USAID/INVEST-H and the Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation component, at the end of this quarter, the first evaluation and quarterly planning session was carried out with the entire technical team. In addition, coordination continued with subcomponents of ACS-USAID, Institute of Forest Conservation (ICF, Sp. acronym), and public and nongovernmental organizations.

Baseline. The collection of baseline information ended with 203 surveys, of which 35 were carried out at the municipal level and 168 at the community level in the 65 micro-watersheds selected. A very important finding was that in two micro-watersheds, neither drinking water nor irrigation systems, which are basic selection criteria, were installed. Additionally, there was another micro- watershed selected for the installation of an irrigation system. However, in coordination meetings with staff, it was notified that said system would not be installed because it did not comply with the minimum requirements to proceed with the investment. Therefore, these three micro- watersheds will be replaced during the next quarter.

In general terms, the main results obtained from the baseline survey for each of the indicators are presented in the following table:

Table 18. Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation. RESULTS OF BASELINE BY INDICATOR

Intermediate Result 1.1: Restoration, conservation and strengthening of ecosystems: Variables to be Indicators Goal Baseline data measured Number of 5 management plans 65 Indicator: 1.1.1: Simplified micro- designed PSMMs designed watershed plans developed and Number of 65 1 management plan approved approved as a result of component approved PSMMs assistance. Number of PSMMs Four management plans are 65 being implemented being implemented. Indicator: 1.1.2: Micro-watersheds with Number of micro- PSMM actions are currently actions executed to promote the watersheds running 65 being carried out in 4 micro- restoration and conservation of PSMM actions watersheds. ecosystems according to the approved Number of actions simplified management plan. 325 19 implemented actions implemented

Number of micro-

watersheds 65 49 micro-watersheds have implementing made at least one investment. Indicator: 1.1.3: Micro-watersheds with PSMM investments investments to improve the quantity and Number of quality of water. investments to improve quality 930 273 investments and quantity of water Intermediate Result 1.2: Strengthening local water management organizations: Variables to be Indicators Goal Baseline data measured Number of 260 253 identified organizations organizations Data pending, however, Indicator 1.2.1: Local water management members of the Board of organizations strengthened as a result of Number of Directors of 70 Water Boards component assistance. 1560 conditions met have been trained in 35 different topics.

Indicator 1.2.2: Micro-watersheds legally declared as water production areas Number of under the Institute of Forest 45 4 declared micro-watersheds declared micro- Conservation (ICF)’s criteria and policies watersheds for micro-watersheds.

% of women that Indicator 1.2.3: Percentage of women are part of 31% of board members are 30% that are part of the committees or committees or currently women. administrative councils of organizations administrative

30 assisted councils of by the component. organizations

482 people have Indicator 1.2.4: Number of people implemented at least one People supported and / or trained by the (To be that have adapted micro-watershed activity to component to adapt to climate change defined) to climate change adapt to the effects of climate effects. change. 318 people have Indicator 1.2.5: Number of people who Number of people implemented at least one carry out mitigation and conservation that have improved (To be relevant mitigation and activities in the ecosystems that house their resilience to defined) conservation activity to their micro-watersheds. climate change increase their resilience to climate change.

Intermediate Result 1.3: Water administration and governance: Variables to be Indicators Goal Baseline data measured Indicator 1.3.1: Municipalities with increased capacity to collect and use data 16 municipalities trained in for the management of micro- Number of 40 collecting and utilizing data watersheds as a result of component municipalities for the management of micro- assistance. watersheds.

Indicator 1.3.2: Municipalities with Number of increased support capacity to implement Three municipalities have municipalities with micro-watershed management plans as a 40 supported PSMM implemented result of component assistance. implementation. PSMM activities

Indicator 1.3.3: Number of households that benefit from an ecosystem Number of (To be 65 homes have implemented conservation plan as a result of households defined) conservation plans. component assistance.

Indicator 1.3.4: Number of public-private Number of public- partnerships that support conservation private associations (To be An agreement signed with the activities as a result of component (signed defined) ICF. assistance. agreements)

Six schemes have been Number of designed for compensation designed PSE 65 mechanisms of goods and schemes Indicator 1.3.5: Ecosystem conservation ecosystem services. schemes designed and implemented as a Five schemes have been result of component assistance. Number of PSE implemented for schemes signed 65 compensation mechanisms of and implemented goods and ecosystem services.

3.1.3 Rural Roads Regarding rural roads objective is the design of 450 kilometers of feeder rural roads to provide client households access to markets and health services. The procurement process was launched and proposals received for two lots (NZOI and SZOI). INVEST-H is conducting the evaluation process and it is expected to sign contracts within the next quarter. Once the design is completed, INVEST-H will lobby for the financing of the designed roads.

3.2. Indicator Performance Tracking Overall, there are significant advances towards the achievement of activity-process and outcome targets. Regarding the M&E Plan Indicators (those with less than expected achievement):

. In annual report gross margin for beans was not achieved due to decrease in price. Productivity increased from an average of 15 qq/Ha to 18.7 qq/Ha but indicator relates to gross margin. In this sense it is important to mention that external factors can impact indicator´s achievements. . MSMEs with contract agreements is moving forward. Many of the buyers in the region operate informally but activity is conducting training events to make them aware of the benefits of a contract. This target implies a change of culture with all actors of agri-chains. . The implementation of irrigation suffered from delays due to the need to strengthen social aspects in the process of identification and installation of irrigation districts. Conflicts related to water are common in the region as the impact of climate change is impacting water availability. Activity is paying special attention to this issue and requesting sub implementing firms to conduct a social approach with irrigation and potable water investments. . Access to affordable financial products for client households remains a challenge. Financial markets in the SZOI is limited, implementing firm has been coordinating with AHIBA (Honduran Association of Banking Institutions), PRAF (Program of Familiar Protection) and other local nontraditional financial services providers to give households opportunities to access credit and generate investments to increase their productivity.

INVEST-H is working with the implementer in a corrective plan for each unattained target, in order to level up execution in a reasonable time frame. It is worthy to mention that most indicators exceeded the expected cumulative target for first quarter of FY 2018. Still, there are several indicators that surpassed the targets by 200 percent or more. INVEST-H is in the process of reviewing targets for a set of key indicators to adjust proper targets and make the appropriate amendment to the M&E Plan.

Table 19 shows the advance towards FY 2018 targets for M&E Plan indicators. Annex 1 includes a detailed indicator tracking table for inputs-outputs-deliverables; Annex 4 contains Production and Nutrition Quarterly Report Annex 5 contains Micro watersheds Management and Conservation Quarterly Report.

Table 19. M&E Plan Indicators9

Cumulative FY 2018 | M&E Plan Indicators Target FY Achieved FY 2018 % 2018 PURPOSE 1: Increased Inclusive Agriculture Sector Growth

1 Number of households living in poverty moved above the poverty line (> US$ 2.42 per day/per capita) 2,500

2 Increase in per capita income for households with baseline incomes less than $2.42/person/day moved above $2.42/person/day 120%

3 Number of households living in extreme poverty moved above the extreme poverty line (> US$ 1.81 per day/per capita) 4,000 Measured annually 4 Increase in per capita income for households with baseline incomes less than $1.81/person/day moved above $1.81/person/day 100%

5 Number of households living in poverty moved above the international poverty line (> US$ 1.25 per day/per capita) 7,500

6 Increase in per capita income for households with baseline incomes less than $1.25/person/day moved above $1.25/person/day 80%

7 Percentage of female participants in USG-assisted programs designed to increase access to productive economic resources 25 40.4 161.5%

Output 1.1: Improved Agricultural Productivity

Gross margin per hectare of coffee 50

8 Gross margin per hectare of beans 50 Measured annually

Gross margin per hectare of maize 50

9 Number of farmers and others who have applied improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance 16,800 5,325 31.6%

10 Number of hectares of land under improved technologies or management practices as a result of ACS-USAID assistance 16,800 3,031.99 18.04%

11 Number of households with access to irrigation 2,150

12 Number of hectares under new or improved/rehabilitated irrigation services as a result of USG assistance (all ZOI) 646

9 Indicators correspond to M&E Plan Approved for Fiscal Year 2017. A new M&E Plan for fiscal year 2018 was presented by INVEST-H and is under USAID revision.

Cumulative FY 2018 | M&E Plan Indicators Target FY Achieved FY 2018 % 2018 13 Number of people supported by the USG to adapt to the effects of climate change 8,200 3,842 46.8% Number of people using climate information or implementing risk reducing actions to improve resilience to climate change as 14 TBD 3,842 supported by USG assistance 15 Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training 28,800 20,968 72.8%

16 Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions 18,000 21,233 117.9%

Output 1.2: Improved Access to Markets

17 Value of incremental sales (collected at farm - level) attributed to FTF implementation 22 Measured annually

18 Number of MSMEs that have entered into a contract agreement 1,200 304 25.3%

19 Number of organizations/companies providing business development/extension services to MSMEs 75 43 57.3%

Output 1.3: Increased Investment In Agriculture and Employment Opportunities

20 Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of Feed the Future assistance 23 34 147.8%

21 Number of new employment opportunities generated as a result of USG assistance 2,500 Measured annually

Value of new private and public sector investment in the agriculture sector or food chain leveraged by Feed the Future 8 9.7 121.25% 22 implementation Output 1.4: Improved Access to Sound and Affordable Financial and Risk Management

23 Value of Agricultural and Rural Loans 6.4 5.1 79.6%

24 Number of MSMEs, including farmers, receiving USG assistance to access loans 4,000 4,786 112.15%

Number of people with a savings account or insurance policy as a result of USG assistance 4,000 25 PURPOSE 2: Improved Nutritional Status, Especially for Women and Children

26 Prevalence of stunted children under five years of age in targeted communities -15 Measured annually

27 Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age in targeted communities -14 -13.4 95.7%

Output 2.1: Improved Access to Diverse, Quality Food and Nutrition Related Behaviors

Cumulative FY 2018 | M&E Plan Indicators Target FY Achieved FY 2018 % 2018 28 Percent of children 6-23 months that have received a minimum acceptable diet 14 Measured annually

29 Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding of children under 6 months 14 Target under revision

30 Women’s dietary diversity: mean number of food groups consumed by women of reproductive age 4.8 Measured annually

31 Number of fewer underweight children less than two years old 350 150 42.8%

Output 2.2: Improved Sanitation and Hygiene

32 Number of households with improved sanitary conditions 6,000 9,648 160.8%

Output 2.3: Improved Utilization of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services

33 Number of people trained in child health and nutrition through USG supported programs 48,000 3,719

34 Prevalence of anemia among children 6-59 months -8 Measured annually

35 Number of children under five reached by USG supported nutrition programs 7,500 8,371 111.6%

CROSS CUTTING ISSUES / GENDER EQUALITY/WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT/ GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

36 Percentage of women that are part of committees or boards of directors of productive organizations assisted by USG 30 33.0 110%

37 Percentage of women in economic active age in client households who have access to financing TBD 33.4

38 Percentage of client households where decision on use of income is made jointly among both spouses TBD 94.2

Data Quality INVEST-H continues working with the sub implementing firms to establish and deploy quality control mechanisms (such as field visits and database consistency) to provide reliable information to track progress on planned activities. INVEST-H conducted quality control on-field visits to verify deliverables, good practices and lessons learned. Survey includes information related to contract deliverables, such as client name, ID number, geographical location, technical assistance received, investments carried-out, results obtained, quality of the investments and level of satisfaction on the technical assistance.

The sub implementing firms started documentation for the ACS-USAID data in their databases. This allows INVEST-H to obtain a complete picture of data structure and enable an easier data aggregation, analysis and report. This also serves to check consistency between data included in reports and the actual database. A data quality scorecard allows to track progress and monitor improvements.

Main issue is the delay on the registry of data in databases. The sub implementing firm for the production and nutrition component hired one data entry technician by department, but data still present differences on cumulative values among reporting periods. INVEST-H has requested implementing firm to strengthen internal procedures and policies to ensure timely update of database in order to have consistency between data on reports and database. The sub implementing firm of Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation is designing the structure of database to manage required information for the quarterly, semi annual and annual reports.

Reports consistency

. The sub implementers reporting schema has improved during the last few quarters, adapting to INVEST-H reporting requirements. However, there is still room for improvements. For instance, there are differences between some values reported on the Implementer´s Quarterly Progress Report and the database. INVEST-H has agreed a closing date with sub implementers to download data from the database and do not include additional data.

Field visits

. Each quarter INVEST-H performs quality control field visits, to validate sub implementer’s deliverables. A random sample is selected for each one of the validated items: client households, MSMEs, CENs, Irrigation Systems, Water Districts, Municipalities, Cajas Rurales grain pledge agreements, mancomunities. Table 20 summarizes the main findings regarding on-field validation of client household’s data.

Table 20- Key Findings of Field Visit Validated Sample Comments Findings Follow-up Activities item Client Perception of client households indicate Households A random Field data coincides with outcomes positive changes in productivity and income. increase in stratified sample related to productivity and poverty There is a linear relation between productivity is selected presented by implementing firm productivity – income and poverty reduction. and income Health and A random sample Data coincides with database presented by Calculation of indicators present

nutrition implementing firm differences that are under outcomes discussion with implementing firm. Micro Quarterly visits will help the sub watersheds A random sample Local population is in the process to implementing firm to strengthen management of micro internalize the component´s proposals and local participation which will and watersheds methodology contribute to a sustainable conservation intervention

3.3. Key Planning and Strategic Documents In compliance with the IL 007, Part II, Section B, INVEST-H is implementing the Work Plan, Budget and Procurement and Acquisition Plans approved trough IL 522-0502-011. M&E Plan is under revision.

3.4. Risk based indicators The first audit was conducted covering January 9TH 2014 to December 31, 2015, without major findings. Audit services are developed by the Tribunal Superior de Cuentas, which is an entity certified by the Regional Inspector General (IRG) and performs all audits related to USAID Government to Government Activities. The second audit for the year 2016 was conducted be TSC without major findings.

3.5. Strategic activities for the 2018 fiscal year In FY 2018 INVEST-H will:

. Continue in-field quality control activities. . Consolidate the methodology of health and nutrition component through the DHSP. . Begin investments in the Simplified Watershed Management Plans. . Strengthen the methodology for the selection and installation of irrigation districts under the indigenous perspective. . Systematize lessons learned and good practices of implementation of ACS – USAID. . Sing the contracts with the selected firms for the design of 450 km or rural roads. . Continue the strengthening of the strategy to close the gender gap for women trained in production and men trained in nutrition. . Continue to disseminate Activity achievements through the Information, Communication and Education Plan (ICE) of implementing firms and INVEST-H’s web site. . Continue the development of an M&E platform to aggregate and analyze data from several implementing partners under the GOH’s ACS Initiative. . Continue to implement the sexual education and adolescent pregnancy prevention project with the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA that will complement the ACS- USAID Activity. . Strengthen ACS team, incorporating M&E Specialist.

IV. Collaboration with other partner entities

4.1 Linkages with other partners/activities 4.1.1 ACS-GAFSP (World Bank) The objective of the ACS-GAFSP Project is to enhance food and nutritional security of vulnerable households in selected areas of the Corredor Seco. ACS-GAFSP will assist approximately 12,000 households (HHs) in 25 municipalities of three departments (Francisco Morazán, Choluteca and El Paraíso). Some 10,000 HHs will participate in the Food Production and Rural Household Income Generation component. About 6,000 HHs will participate in the Nutrition Education and Household Hygiene component. The Project will seek the highest possible overlap, and it is estimated that around 4,000 HH will participate in both components, resulting in a total of 12,000 HHs.

Implementation began in December 2016. Care – World Vision is in charge of cluster one and Creative for cluster two. Both implementers have designed the first sub projects to begin investmes in the first quarter of 2018. INVEST-H will promote exchange of experiences among the implementers of ACS.

4.1.2 ACS-COMRURAL Rural Competitiveness Project COMRURAL is the Government’s flagship project to boost agricultural competitiveness. Based on the preparation and oversight of feasible Business Plans (BPs), the project supports Rural Producers Organizations (RPOs) by establishing productive alliances with financial, technical and commercial partners. Financial partner’s participation includes co-financing of around 35 percent of the BPs through credits, under market conditions, which help to promote financial inclusion for mid-term business relationships. The closing date period of the project was extended to September 2017.

Additionally, project obtained Additional Financing (AF) to scale-up and expansion of a well performing project, thus maximizing development impact and results. The AF will: (i) consolidate certain existing productive alliances and support new productive alliances in the original project area; (ii) scale up the Project by establishing new productive alliances in five new departments (Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán) and (iii) finance investments to strengthen institutional capacity to improve the overall competitiveness of agriculture sector such as studies, training, and equipment. The AF will have a closing date of September 30, 2020.

4.1.3 ACS- Credit Access for farmers (ACA) Credit Access for Farmers, created during the MCC program, is an integral project that works with diverse actors throughout the value chain: financial sources, producers and buyers. The program built capacity of financial and non-financial intermediaries including several national banks to strengthen and expand their credit departments, improve their risk management tools, and adjust their financial products to meet the needs and demands of the horticultural sector, especially the beneficiaries of the ACS-USAID activity.

ACA´s functions were transferred from the Secretary of Finance back to INVEST–H. The average term for credits is 9 years and default rate is less than 2 percent, which shows the effectiveness of the methodology. The 30 days Portfolio at Risk (PAR) is 6.27 percent. 11 financial intermediaries have renovated their lines of credit; 1 is in process of doing so.

Operational manual of ACS-ACA was adapted, allowing Cajas Rurales to become intermediaries of funds, accessing to financial products in the dry corridor.

4.1.4 ACS – UNFPA – Teenagers pregnancy prevention project The project objective is to contribute to life quality for young girls and teenagers, particularly the poorest, their families and communities, through unplanned pregnancy reduction, HIV prevention, improvements in gender relationships, equality and improvements in access to education (sexual health reproductive) in young teenagers.

UNFPA is implementing the strategic components through technical assistance and monitoring the following areas: sexual health and reproductive for teenagers, coordination of a multi sector plan of teenage pregnancy prevention, integral education in sexuality (IES), logistic system of consumables and supplies, and monitoring and evaluation. INVEST-H is working with implementing firms to coordinate efforts so that teenage pregnancy prevention activities coincide in the same area of the Access to Production, Health and Nutrition Component.

Amongst past quarters accomplishments:

. The project formulated, presented and approved The Law of Responsible Parenthood; formulated and presented the Law of Integral Sexuality Education (EIS) in schools; and formulated and presented the Law for the Prevention of Child Marriage. . The following procedures were approved: Application of sanctions for harassment and sexual abuse of children and adolescents in schools (for SEDUC); and the National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health (for SESAL). . Project continue training to the Young Parliamentarians Network, on issues of Advocacy for the Youth. . Follow up to the activities of Intersectoral Local Committees for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy (CLIPEA) were formed in three departments, with members of the health sector, education sector, municipal councils and community representatives, including adolescent population. . Follow up to the implementation of a multi sector plan of teenage pregnancy prevention, UNFPA provides technical support to the Municipalities Association of Honduras (AMHON by its Spanish acronym), in order to foster the involvement of municipalities in the implementation of the plan. . Several workshops took place with SESAL with the aim of increase its capability for programming and addressing the needs for contraceptives in various sanitary regions in Honduras. . Monitoring tools began implementation to track the progress of storage processes and management of stocks of medicines and health supplies.

UNFPA is training ACS-USAID technicians in Sexual and Reproductive Health. Technicians of ACS- USAID will sensitize and make counseling activities for 300 producers, 200 health volunteers of communities and 1,500 mothers in prioritized municipalities.

4.1.5 ACS Impact Evaluation The GOH contracted IFPRI as third party evaluator for all ACS activities, including interventions in 10 Dry Corridor departments (Choluteca, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Valle, La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Copán and Santa Bárbara). The purpose of the evaluation will be to assess whether the ACS GOH program as a whole has affected the key indicators of interest, most notably, poverty and nutrition, among the sample of project beneficiaries and across certain dimensions such as gender.

Impact evaluation designed under ACS are based on a quasi‐experimental approach. This implies that instead of creating treatment and control groups by random assignment ex ante (that is, prior to the beginning of the program), these groups are created ex post (that is, once the program has begun or possibly, even ended). This is done by using observed socio‐cultural, economic, ecological, and geographic characteristics to ensure that the comparison groups are sufficiently similar, at least on observable characteristics, such that it can be argued that the observed impact is due to the program as opposed to confounding factors. Quasi-experimental approaches are typically used when ex ante randomization is not possible, for example, in case the program has already started or in case ethical or targeting considerations rule out such possibility. Several non‐ experimental methods may be used to generate a control group, all involving the comparison of program beneficiaries to non‐beneficiaries sharing similar observable characteristics before the project is implemented. Such methods include parametric and semi‐ parametric regression‐type analysis, and non‐parametric matching‐type analysis, or a combination of both. In some cases, such methods may be mixed with difference‐in‐difference techniques to enhance the precision of the impact measures.

During this last quarter, the GOH presented results of baseline to the technical committee of ACS.

4.1.6 Water Harvesting The “Water Harvests” project was integrated to the ACS as a response to the recurrent drought in the Dry Corridor, so to address water needs for production in areas with limited water availability. Beneficiaries of the project are FTF clients who receive technical assistance through ACS USAID and USAID Mercado Activities. The project focuses in the construction of reservoirs to harvest runoff water and use it when rain stops at the middle of the cropping season (July - August), providing conditions to reduce losses due to lack of water. The project also provides in-plot drip irrigation systems, contributing to food security and income generation of rural households. Conditions are being fostered to guide the farmers in a long-term sustainable water management process.

It is expected that the project will have the following outcomes: i) renewed hydrological cycle, ii) watershed management, iii) climate change adaptation, iv) income generation, v) decreased migration.

4.1.7 Other Activities

The Activity is part of the National Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security (ENSAN) and the Investment Plan for the Agri-Food Sector (PIPSA), which are the two strategic instruments for the development of the agri-food sector. As part of these two instruments, the activity coordinates with the following government agencies:

(a) Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) since it is in charge of monitoring PIPSA, sanitary and phytosanitary checks, promotion of agricultural technology, agricultural exports and rural competitiveness. The SAG participates in the meetings of the INVEST-H main board providing inputs for the implementation of the ACS in response to the needs of the rural population of the dry corridor.

(b) The Technical Unit for Food and Nutritional Security (UTSAN) as it is responsible for the M&E of the ACS as well as the operational coordination between international cooperation aligned around the ACS. INVEST-H works closely with the UTSAN technical team to align the M&E efforts as well as coordinate field actions with other ACS projects.

(c) The Ministry of Health is related to health and nutrition activities and the implementation of the AIN - C with the DHSP network and volunteers in rural areas.

(d) The National Institute for Women and its Rural Offices for actions linked to the gender strategy and the national school feeding program.

(e) Vida Mejor is the Social Project of the Presidential House to complement the conditional transfers made to homes in poverty and extreme poverty. Vida Mejor includes several components such as: eco stoves, cement floors, family gardens, water filters and medicines. In the implementation areas, local coordination is carried out to combine efforts for improved housing.

(f) The School Snack Program is a GoH project that aims to reduce malnutrition and dropout rates in school-age children. It consists of a snack that includes milk, eggs, beans provided to students to promote optimal growth. ACS - USAID has established links with this Project allowing farmers to sell their products to it, thus achieving two benefits: improvement of the nutritional conditions of children and market for producers.

(g) Mi Ambiente in relation to compliance with environmental regulations in rural productive investments, particularly in irrigation and potable water. Close coordination is carried out in order to generate lessons in the regulations and particularly in the implementation of environmental impact mitigation plans for rural development projects and economic growth.

(h) ICF which is in charge of watershed management at the national level and legal recognition of water recharge areas, implementation of management plans and other good practices. The coordination with ICF allows to consolidate elements of sustainability of the intervention and to follow the legal steps that govern the intervention in the micro watersheds.

(i) PROLENCA - IFAD is a project aimed at improving the income, employment opportunities, food security and living conditions of the rural population under a social inclusion and gender approach. The sub-implementer of Access to Production and Nutrition has begun to coordinate activities with this project with the objective that the ACS-USAID client households have additional opportunities to generate investments in their homes and production plots.

ACS - USAID is an integrated set of investments to reduce poverty and malnutrition in Honduras' dry corridor. The spirit of the ACS initiative is to promote synergies and avoid duplication of efforts. In this sense, USAID has financed gender, social and environmental studies that apply to the dry corridor and that have allowed the design and implementation of other initiatives such as ACS - GAFSP.

Coordination with Other USAID Funded Activities in the ZOI Access to markets (MERCADO). It is the homologous activity of ACS -USAID that covers the NZOI (Ocotepeque, Copán, Santa Bárbara). Close coordination is carried out including the implementation of irrigation and expanded health services by the ACS - USAID in the NZOI. Mercado supports ACS-USAID in market aspects and MSMEs. The activity is implemented by FINTRAC which facilitates elements of coordination and exchange between work teams at the field level.

PODER focuses on the improvement and access to clean energy that contributes to greater productivity of farmers and / or contributes to the reduction of malnutrition. PODER is implemented by the Honduran Social Investment Fund and covers the area of intervention of the ACS – USAID. Coordination includes the establishment of irrigation projects, eco stoves, solar coffee dryers and CENs.

Local Governance of Honduras (HLG) is aimed at improving the delivery of public services and increasing the transparency, accountability and responsiveness of local governments. HLG operates in 89 municipalities of the six departments in western Honduras to address socioeconomic challenges related to food insecurity, climate vulnerability, gender inequality, and local governance to improve the lives of the local population in a sustainable manner. Coordination has begun by conducting meetings to identify common intervention areas and topics such as CENS, potable water, housing improvement, methodologies for the identification and installation of irrigation projects.

Governance in Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Water (GEMA) operates in western Honduras to improve conservation policies, develop opportunities for inclusive environmental growth and promote a resilient and climate-informed civil society. ACS - USAID coordinates with GEMA on aspects such as the legalization of water boards, legalization of micro - watersheds, strengthening of water boards, environmental mitigation plans for water sources.

United States Forest Service (USFS) provides short-term technical assistance to the forestry sector in Honduras on strategic issues such as forest inventory, valuation of timber, forest management plans, prevention and control of forest fires, management of pests and diseases in forests among

others. The coordination with ACS USAID includes the identification of volunteers to be trained in the aforementioned topics.

USAID - Water Planning (CIAT) is an innovative initiative that focuses on the development of state-of-the-art hydrological data to support the management of water resources in the dry corridor. Its objectives include increasing national and local capacity to develop water balances at basin level, establishing a specialized system for water resource planning and increasing the use of the AGRI geographic information system for the identification of water sources with potential for potable water and irrigation projects. The ACS - USAID team has been trained in the use of the tool and has begun to use it in the field with favorable results for the identification of potential irrigation districts.

Other studies are carried out in close coordination with the sub-implementer of access to production and nutrition.

V. Cross-cutting issues

5.1 Gender The activities carried out through the gender component in the quarter from October to December of fiscal year 2018, were oriented to: promote the adoption of technologies that save time and energy mainly to women, allowing to increase their income; increase the participation of women in different organizations as part of their boards of directors; direct support to women with training to improve their knowledge of agriculture, nutrition and health, business skills, micro and small businesses; support in the identification of sources of financing to improve their investments in productive assets; as well as to promote home improvements, the living conditions of the family, increase income, and above all, relations within the framework of gender equality and equity fostering a culture non-violence.

Interventions are aimed at promoting inclusion and participation of women in economic growth and all activities related to improving welfare, health and household nutrition. This involves carrying out activities to promote the access of women, on equal terms, to services, assets or resources of the project to contribute to their economic development (including technical assistance, access to market information, and access to productive resources).

Gender equality and women´s empowerment subject is incorporated in the various interventions undertaken by ACS-USAID activity. As of December 31, 2017, there is a 36.8 percent female participation in income increase to economic assets training events. With support of the gender specialist through technical assistance meetings, INVEST-H has promoted the incorporation of men in improved feeding practices activities, household hygiene practices to prevent disease and overall household´s health status improvement.

The participation of client households and participants by sex, in accumulated production technical assistance events until December 31, 2017, was 26.4% in the case of women, and 73.6% in men, while Participation in health and nutrition events was 95.9% in the case of women and 4.1% in men. The challenge ahead remains to promote greater participation of men in activities that have been culturally assigned to women, as in the case of family health care. The effort is also

aimed at continuing to promote greater participation of women in productive activities. At a global level, the participation of women was 36.5% and 63.5% in the case of men.

Moreover, the project is working towards the incorporation of women in the production of high value crops in family plots, small livestock and value added /processing activities. As part of the follow-up process, INVEST-H supports rural organization boards to foster participation and strengthen capabilities of women in equal conditions with men. To date, INVEST-H has identified the following lessons:

. The promotion of topics related to women´s participation has been of utmost interest within rural organizations. . Some women state that their shyness prevents them from participating in training events. Also, it is well known that women have less total time available than men to participate in extension activities. The Activity will take into consideration these facts to tailor the technical assistance approach.

During this quarter, 57 gender-specific events of technical assistance and training in the three departments were held in the SZOI, (with 482 participants in the events). The main topics of specific gender trainings are fostering participation in communitarian leadership, self-efficacy, access to productive assets, small business organization and productive activities, prevention gender-based violence.

Table 21- Gender training events

Results by Quarter Accumulated – October – December 2017 Target Achieved Percent Events Participants achieved

30 482 246 566 230.1%

Additionally, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, a series of activities were carried out to ensure that equality of opportunities between men and women and other objectives pursued by ACS- USAID through the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy and Empowerment of women, are achieved with efficiency, among the most relevant are described below:

• Training was given to personnel incorporated in the expansion of markets (24 male technicians), where the theme was oriented to sensitize and interpret the basic concepts of gender, so that they incorporate the approach of gender equality and empowerment of women in their areas of work. • Teaching materials updated in the quarter: i) Poster to develop the topic of access and control; ii) participation of men on equal terms with women in health and nutrition activities; iii) Poster for self-efficacy; iv) Poster for gender-based violence; v) Poster for self-efficacy. • Updated brochure to present the Strategy for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (EIGyEM). • Trainings aimed at staff of community health promoters to continue promoting the participation of men in sexual and reproductive and nutritional health care activities for the family.

• Presentation of the results achieved in IGyEM in ACS-USAID during a training session led by FTF- USAID, a day of exchange between projects financed by USAID and currently operating in the country. • Assist a group of FTF-USAID consultants to evaluate the progress that ACS-USAID has in the incorporation of the IGyEM Strategy in the results framework. • Prepare materials to attend the event convened by INGENAES-USAID related to the promotion of the IGyEM approach in Nutrition and Food Security Table 22 provides a summary of women’s participation in various technical assistance and training events conducted by ACS-USAID during the quarter. Results show that of the total number of participants, 40.4 percent were women. Annex 2 provides a summary of the main results achieved during the quarter in terms of gender equality.

Table 22 Participants by gender in training events

Percent of Topic Men Women Total Women

Potable water 187 57 244 23.4

Alliances 0 1 1 100.0

Health and Nutrition 914 19,096 20,010 95.4

Health and nutrition (Monitors) 487 1,485 1,972 75.3

Processing 245 593 838 70.8

Gender 193 289 482 60.0

Finance – credit 479 309 788 39.2

Business skills 512 214 726 29.5

Animal Production 4,811 1,949 6,760 28.8

Production 44,690 15,863 60,553 26.2

GAPs 408 140 548 25.5

Market information 609 194 803 24.2

Post-harvest 1,166 314 1,480 21.2

Natural resource management 3,184 703 3,887 18.1

Renewable energy 168 26 194 13.4

Management and mitigation of natural disasters 7 1 8 12.5

Irrigation systems 3,265 407 3,672 11.1

Gray goods 211 19 230 8.3

Total 61,536 41,660 103,196 40.4

% by gender 59.6 40.4 100.0

5.2 Environmental – Natural Resource Management (NRM)

ACS-USAID develops several activities in NRM aimed at protecting the environment, sustainable management of natural resources, management and mitigation of natural disasters and use of renewable energy sources, minimizing the potential negative impact of interventions promoted by the Activity.

During this quarter, the natural resource management team of ACS-USAID, in coordination with Environmental Management Units of Municipalities (UMA) and the Forest Conservation Institute (ICF), conducted 488 environmental and natural resource management related events of technical assistance and training.

The cumulative events add up to 2,614 of which 2,410 were focused on sustainable management of natural resources and to the adaptation of household clients to climate change; 13 events to the management and mitigation of natural disasters; and 130 events to aspects related to renewable energy, and 1 event related to forest management.

On this quarter, there were 3,122 participants in environmental and natural resource management related events, for a cumulative total of 21,303 participants, of which 21 percent were women and 79 percent men.

Table 23-Technical Assistance and Training Events and Participants /NRM – by gender and area

Oct-Dec. 2017 Accumulated

Topic Participants Participants Events Events Men Women Total Men Women Total

Renewable 42 136 23 159 130 562 228 790 energy

Forestry 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 6

Natural Resource 446 2,432 531 2,963 2,470 16,180 4,225 20,405 Management

Management and mitigation 0 0 0 0 13 79 23 102 of natural

disasters

Total 488 2,568 554 3,122 2,614 16,824 4,479 21,303

Percent of women 82.3 17.7 79.0 21.0 participation

The major environmental and natural resource management related activities for the reporting period are the following:

• Implementation and monitoring of environmental mitigation plans for all the irrigation districts: this has been one of the most important activities developed during the quarter. The plans were elaborated through participatory processes and then socialized among the beneficiaries. For the implementation of the measures of each plan, technical assistance and training events were recurrently carried out with the participation of the beneficiaries of the systems, production technicians and Municipalities through the Municipal Environmental Units.

• Seedbeds: this activity was developed in response to the demand and interest of the irrigation systems and technicians, so they worked with small amounts of cedar seed that were obtained in the area and beneficiaries contributed with labor and bags. In total 10 seedbeds were installed with a total of 2,300 seeds.

• Nurseries: establishment of 10,959 plants in nurseries of different species with two municipalities and seven irrigation systems. Plants included Indian cedar, pine, gravilea and cypress, plants that will be used in farms or water sources.

INVEST-H is implementing natural resources regulations through the implementation of the Environmental Management and Mitigation Plan (EMMP) approved to the implementing firms10. EMMP includes potential impacts and mitigation measures by activity/component and a description of the mitigation measures.

5.3 Climate Change ACS-USAID carries out various activities in natural resource management aimed to climate change, taking into account the relevance the vulnerability of the project area to environmental degradation and related negative impacts of climate variability and change, environmental sustainability and climate resilience are basic elements for ACS-USAID implementation. Technical assistance and training events held in the SZOI, in coordination with staff from other components, environmental management units in municipalities and associations of communities, and from

10 EMMP for the Micro watersheds Management and Conservation Component is under USAID revision.

government institutions such as the Forest Conservation Institute (ICF); have contributed to client households’ adaptation to climate change, and in some measure to slowing down climate change. Main activities include technical assistance and training provided by the implementer over one year of project implementation in the following area: adequate soil preparation, crop rotation, and planting of live barriers; development of protection plans and water source assessments to determine quality, volume, and legal status; strengthening of existing Water Management Boards and legalization of new ones; community-level water management plans; use of mountain microorganisms; safe use and handling of pesticides; use of bio-digesters, hydraulic rams, solar panels and dryers; forest fire prevention and control, basin and water source protection among others.

VI. Management and Administrative Issues As of December 31, 2017, INVEST-H has received from FIRSA L. 338 million (approx. 14.1 USD million) in the designated Central Bank of Honduras Account (BCH). A close follow up is being carried out with FIRSA in order to obtain the necessary funds to keep with activity implementation. So far, in spite of some delays in transferences, the reimbursement mechanism has been functioning without major issues. INVEST-H will continue to diligently monitor FIRSA disbursements until FIRSA complies with the agreed upon disbursements schedule, or at least to provide the necessary funds in order to continue the reimbursement mechanism, not delaying the ACS-activities. It is important to note that SEFIN is taking about a month to reincorporate reimbursements from USAID to the designated BCH ACS account, situation that might hamper smooth cash-flow execution.

VII. Financial Information As stated in the Project Implementation Plan (PIP), for executing and accounting financial transactions INVEST-H uses the Integrated Financial Administration System (SIAFI by its Spanish acronym) to implement the ACS-USAID Activity and has a special account in the Central Bank of Honduras to avoid co-mingling of funds.

7.1 Financial Report The expenses incurred in October-December for USAID and GOH funds add up to USD 4,130,822.21 and USD 1,778,572.76 11 (including both in cash and in-kind contributions), respectively. Table 24 shows a detail of the above figures and those corresponding to cumulative expenses under both sources of funding.

Table 24- Financial report Q1 FY 2018 (USD) Expenses Incurred in Q1 FY 2018 Total Cumulative Expenses Budget line Item GOH/In GOH/In GOH/In GOH/In USAID Total USAID Total Kind Cash Kind Cash Sub-implementing partners 3,950,966.00 1,751,878.04 0.00 5,702,844.04 25,382,026.55 13,188,843.21 4,685,927.50 43,256,797.26 Key Project Staff 151,453.13 10,325.96 0.00 161,779.09 1,053,775.41 321,280.70 0.00 1,375,056.12 Operating Costs (Basic Services and Material Supplies, 28,403.08 16,368.76 0.00 44,771.84 258,932.90 262,853.71 0.00 521,786.62 Equipment and vehicles) Total 4,130,822.21 1,778,572.76 0.00 5,909,394.97 26,694,734.87 13,772,977.63 4,685,927.50 45,153,640.00

As of December 2017, the cumulative expenses incurred are of USD 26,694,734.87 for USAID funds and USD 18,458,905.1312 for the GOH contribution, including in kind expenses (USD 13,772,977.6313) reported by implementing partners and FIRSA payments to the ongoing ACS-

11 L. 41,790,344.76 12 L. 416,984,590.57 13 L. 309,961,705.52

USAID activities (USD 4,685,927.5014). For a more detailed financial report, please see Annex 3 Financial Report for Q1 FY 2018.

Cumulative expenses incurred reached 40 percent of in cash budget15, as of December 31th, 2017. The disbursements for next quarter are projected to be USD 4.05 million for USAID funds.

Table 25- Financial report Q1 FY 2018 (USD)

IL 22 Budget Cumulative Expenses as of Q1 FY 2018 In In Source cash kind % % In cash In kind Total In cash In kind Total

0 60,600,000.00 26,694,734.87 0 26,694,734.87 44% - USAID 60,600,000.00

17,000,000.00 3,200,000.00 20,200,000.00 4,685,927.50 13,772,977.63 18,458,905.13 28% 430% GOH

77,600,000.00 3,200,000.00 80,800,000.00 31,380,662.37 13,772,977.63 45,153,640.00 40% 430% Total

VIII. Branding, communications and dissemination INVEST-H updated the branding communication and dissemination strategy to inform its target audiences about what the ACS is and its benefits to people and communities.

The key messages that are being communicated are:

. USAID and the Government of Honduras, through INVEST- Honduras, working together to reduce poverty in the Dry Corridor. . USAID and the Government of Honduras, through INVEST-Honduras, working together to reduce undernutrition in the Dry Corridor. . USAID and the Government of Honduras, through INVEST- Honduras, bringing opportunities to reduce poverty in the Dry Corridor.

In addition to any informative tools, different materials are being designed and used by the implementing firms to educate beneficiaries on new ideas, behaviors and capacities needed to move out of poverty through an Information, Communication and Education Plan (ICE Plan). The ICE Plan is part of the implementation strategy to approach beneficiaries and teach them new agricultural techniques and innovative ways to let families prosper and become healthier. It also includes strategies to work with any community stakeholder that will support the achievement of the ACS goals.

The following information and communication INVEST -Honduras tools will be used to ensure the objectives of B&M Plan are met.

14 L. 107,022,885.05 15 Implementation Letter No. 22

Table 26. B&M Plan Communication Tools

INVEST – Honduras Description Audience Tool (managed by the firm and INVEST-H)

Newsletter / electronic Once a month a news report about the Municipalities, GoH, USAID (The firm will work an ACS-USAID will be given by the stakeholders, donors, civil sociaty, English version, once it implementation firm in this Format private sector, the media. has been edit by (given by INVEST-H). Message will be INVEST-H) included.

Moving Forward / When success stories begin, they will be Municipalities, GoH, USAID electronic success story shown in this format (given by INVEST-H) stakeholders, donors, civil sociaty, (The firm will work an once a month by the implementation private sector, the media. English version, once it firm. Message will be included. has been edit by INVEST-H)

Web site The audiences will see the ACS-USAID Municipalities, GoH, USAID description and its status through the stakeholders, donors, civil sociaty, news that will be posted on the web site. private sector, the media and general Message will be included. population.

Social sites: Facebook & Relevant news will be posted or linked to Municipalities, GoH, USAID Twitter INVEST -Honduras social sites. stakeholders, donors, civil sociaty, private sector, the media and general population.

YouTube and Website Short videos and testimonials about the Municipalities, GoH, USAID project activities and its impact on stakeholders, donors, civil sociaty, people will be made by the private sector, the media and general implementation firm. population.

The main activities under execution are the following:

. Continue with monthly bulletins. Bulletins are distributed via e-mail to all relevant stakeholders. . Continue the development of success stories. . Continue the distribution of Gender related material among client households.

IX. Sustainability and Exit Strategy Sustainability can be defined as the ability of a project to maintain its operations, services and benefits during and beyond its projected lifetime. INVEST-H believes sustainability is built on participatory and inclusive interventions and requires a shared vision among all involved to maintain or sustain achievements.

The ACS program identifies two key concepts, regarding sustainability:

1. The governmental and community-based organizations as well as ACS beneficiaries are empowered to take ownership of their development process, including financing, and maintaining project results and impacts beyond the life of the ACS. 2. The ACS outcomes are expected to be sustainable, meaning they continue or evolve under their own momentum or actions, without continued donor intervention.

The core indicators that contribute to sustainability vary from sector to sector. For the economic sector projects, the core indicator will be economic and financial returns, whereas, the main indicator for health sector projects will be the extent and degree to which the delivery of goods and services have been continued and the proportion of target area population that continue to receive the benefits from project activities.

Since ACS-USAID has two converging high level goals: (1) help a minimum of 18,000 households to increase their income; and (2) reduce undernutrition by 20% in the ACS-USAID Zone of Influence (ZOI); hence several sustainability core areas need to be properly addressed and strengthened in order to increase post-project sustainability. These core areas are: a) Household and Community Resilience, b) Environmental, c) Economic and Financial Viability, d) ACS performance, and e) Institutional. The core sustainability areas depend critically on three factors: a) continued motivation and incentives, b) an assured flow of resources, and c) technical and administrative/managerial capacity.

A phasing-out strategy will seek to transfer the full responsibility for programmatic activities to other organizations, governmental entities, community groups or individuals. INVEST-H will develop a gradual phase over of responsibility with a period of independent operation prior to the end of the Activity.

Under most circumstances, activity outcomes are expected to be sustainable, meaning they continue or evolve under their own momentum or actions, without continued donor intervention. Sustainability is achieved when host country partners and beneficiaries are empowered to take ownership of development processes, including but not limited to financing and maintaining Activity results and impacts beyond the life of the activity. ACS activities are mandated to analyze key sustainability issues and considerations around a host of issues including economic, financial, social soundness, cultural, institutional capacity, political economy, technical/sectorial, and environmental.

For subsistence farmers, ACS-USAID Activity will provide the knowledge, access to information, skills, and access to inputs needed to increase incomes above the poverty line, and sustain this income level. As living on the poverty line is not sustainable, ACS-USAID will also work toward a market system that facilitates continued growth for poverty stricken households. The Activity will seek to embed market services – information, linkages, skills, and relationships – into the private

sector to the greatest extent possible. In all aspects of ACS-USAID, there will be no handouts. Rather, the Activity will take a facilitation approach, preferring to link existing suppliers with producers, rather than direct provision of inputs. Moreover, nutrition and water sanitation activities will add to the sustainability of incomes, as less effort and resources will be spent on care for sick children, allowing greater productivity. Nutrition and sanitation activities will leave sustainable local services, as well as promote appropriate technologies and services.

Activity interventions specifically aim at sustaining positive changes in smallholder agriculture and family health and nutrition practices by employing the successful methodologies that have delivered dramatic impact for farming families in Honduras under prior activities including USAID ACCESO, MCA-EDA, USAID-RED, and USAID-CDA. ACS-USAID partner institutions will also be strengthened over the course of implementation, both in terms of technical services delivery and management systems. The sustainability focus on clients (behavioral change) and partner institutions (capacity building) contrasts other donor initiatives whose strategy focuses strictly on institutional service provision.

ACS-USAID technicians working closely with community health volunteers and DHSP promoters will capitalize on the trust earned with client farmers and their families during USAID-ACCESO to introduce positive behavior directly at households from water and sanitation improvements to diet diversification and best feeding practices, including analyzing and addressing the social, economic, and other constraints to their adoption by client families.

The integrated watersheds management approach is the alternative for the practical and sustainable management of community, municipal and even larger water systems. This approach requires the integration of public policies (supported by technical assistance), the development of incentives and investments to promote good management practices for land, water and forest use. The success of the micro-watershed management approach requires the strengthening of local organizations and the effective collaboration of public entities at all levels of government.

X. Annexes

Annex 1 Implementer´s Work Plan Indicator Tracking Table16

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

1.3 Selección inicial de clientes * HH clientes Clientes hogares transferidos transferidos de 1.3.1 53 18,000 17,937 99.7 de ACCESO y nuevos ACCESO y nuevos Nuevos clientes - - de los cuales mujeres -46 2,650 4,196 158.3 mujeres incorporadas 1.4 Cierre de programa

1.4.1 Cierre de programa Doc.

2 Comunicación y reportes 2.1 Plan de Trabajo y PMP Doc. 1 1 100.0 6 1 16.7 Reportes de progreso 2.2 Doc. 1 1 100.0 18 10 55.6 trimestrales, anuales y final Notificación a Invest-H sobre la fecha establecida para bajar 2.2.1 Doc. 1 1 100.0 14 10 71.4 los datos de la web (trimestralmente) Reportes financieros 2.3 Doc. 1 1 100.0 18 10 55.6 trimestrales y anuales

16 This table is under revision with the implementing firm.

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Reporte de monitoreo 2.4 Doc. 1 1 100.0 4 1 25.0 ambiental Reporte de 2.5 Doc. 1 1 100.0 4 1 25.0 bienes/propiedades 2.6 Boletines mensuales Doc. 3 3 100.0 52 28 53.8

2.7 Historias de Éxito Doc. 4 4 100.0 70 35 50.0

PROPOSITO 1: Mayor Crecimiento Inclusivo del Sector Agrícola Incremento en los ingresos diarios per cápita de los Porcentaje de hogares con ingresos de línea 30% incremento PIR 2 base entre $1.81 y $2.41 por ($2.72/p/ sobre la línea persona por día. LB d) base $2.09/persona/día- Meta es anual Incremento en los ingresos diarios per cápita de los Porcentaje de hogares con ingresos de línea 47% incremento PIR 4 base entre $1.25 y $1.81 por ($2.16/p/ sobre la línea persona por día. LB d) base $1.47/persona/día - Meta es anual Incremento en los ingresos diarios per cápita de los Porcentaje de hogares con ingresos de línea 120% incremento PIR 6 base por debajo de $1.25 por ($1.30/p/ sobre la línea persona por día. LB d) base $0.59/persona/día- Meta es anual

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Proporción de mujeres participando en el programa Porcentaje de diseñados para incrementar participantes PIR 7 25.0 40.4 161.5 25.0 36.8 147.2 acceso a activos económicos mujeres productivos - Meta es adultas acumulada para LOP Mayor productividad agrícola (Producto 1.1) Margen bruto por hectárea, animal o unidad de medida del Porcentaje por PIR 8 producto seleccionado- Meta cultivo es anual Café Porciento 40.0%

Frijol Porciento 50.0%

Maíz Porciento 50.0%

Papa Porciento 50.0%

Zanahoria Porciento 50.0% Número de productores u otros que han aplicado nuevas tecnologías o prácticas de Productores/M PIR 9 17,500 5,325 30.4 17,500 5,325 30.4 manejo como resultado de la ipymes/otros asistencia de ACS-USAID - Meta es anual Número de hectáreas de tierra bajo tecnologías mejoradas o PIR 10 prácticas de manejo como Hectáreas 12,000 3,031.99 25.3 13,600 3,031.99 22.3 resultado de la asistencia de ACS-USAID. - Meta es anual Número de Hogares con PIR 11 acceso a sistemas de riego. T1 Hogares 1,950 2,150 110.3 12,900 3,501.00 27.1 AF2018

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Número de hectáreas nuevas, mejoradas/rehabilitadas con acceso a riego como Hectáreas bajo 650 646 99.4 4,300 1,051 24.4 resultados de la asistencia de riego ACS-USAID. (toda ZOI) - T1 PIR 12 AF2018 Hectáreas bajo Enmienda 1 400 405 101.3 riego Hectáreas bajo Enmienda 3 650 646 99.4 3,900 646 16.6 riego Número de clientes hogares y hogares y otros otros con mayor capacidad de implementand PIR 13 adaptación a los impactos y 9,625 3,842 39.9 9,625 3,842 39.9 o tecnologías cambios de la variabilidad básicas climática. - Meta es anual Número de personas utilizando información climática o implementando acciones de reducción de PIR 14 Personas 9,625 3,842 39.9 9,625 3,842 39.9 riesgo para mejorar la resiliencia al cambio climático con apoyo de ACS-USAID. - Meta es annual Número de individuos que han recibido Productores/M capacitación/entrenamiento ipymes/partici PIR 15 cortos en productividad del 30,600 20,968 68.5 30,600 20,968 68.5 pantes/otros sector agrícola o seguridad beneficiarios alimentaria como apoyo del Proyecto

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Hogares Número de hogares rurales asistidos por beneficiados directamente de componente 20,500 21,233 103.6 20,500 21,233 103.6 la intervención del proyecto. de producción PIR 16 Meta es anual y nutrición y salud Producción 18,000 17,937 99.7 18,000 17,937 99.7

N&S 2,500 3,296 131.8 2,500 3,296 131.8

3 Mayor productividad agrícola (Producto 1.1) 3.1 Entrenamiento en buenas prácticas agrícolas basados en requerimientos de mercado (Actividad 1.1.1) Visitas de entrenamiento y Visitas a AT en 3.1.1 7,573 10,429 137.7 #### 89,720 68.5 capacitación finca

Participantes en visitas de 3.1.2 Participantes 61,341 69,535 113.4 #### 674,131 74.6 entrenamiento y capacitación

Participantes 3.1.3 de las cuales son mujeres 16,034 18,241 113.8 #### 178,137 78.8 mujeres Materiales técnicos 3.1.4 3 24 20 83.3 producidos o actualizados Número de individuos que han recibido Productores/M capacitación/entrenamiento Nueva ipymes/partici cortos en productividad del 27,600 17,249 62.5 27,600 17,249 62.5 3.1.5 pantes/otros sector agrícola o seguridad beneficiarios alimentaria como apoyo del Proyecto 3.2 Incrementar la productividad y facilitar la diversificación a través del riego (Actividad 1.1.2) # hogares Número de hogares que han produciendo 3.2.1 introducido cultivos de alto 2,000 2,350 117.5 10,000 2,350 23.5 cultivos de alto valor. Meta Anual valor

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Número de hogares con otras # hogares con 3.2.2 fuentes de ingreso en finca - otras fuentes 1,000 1,219 121.9 6,250 1,219 19.5 Acumulado de ingreso 3.3 Fortalecer alianzas con Universidades para la Investigación en Honduras (Actividad 1.1.3) # de productos Aumentar la oferta/uso de 3.3.1 biológicos 8 17 212.5 controladores biológicos promovidos Escuelas técnicas/pasantías 3.3.2 8 58 725.0 104 179 172.1 universitarias 3.4 Apoyo a pequeños productores de café para mejorar la producción y productividad (Actividad 1.1.4) # de productores de Implementación de practicas café 3.4.1 1,500 2,593 172.9 6,325 2,593 41.0 básicas implementand o prácticas básicas 3.5 Mejorado los ingresos a través de incremento en la productividad agrícola (Producto 1.1.a) Número de hogares con ingresos menores de $2.42 Clientes 3.5.1 por persona por día, movidos 3,000 4,200 Hogares arriba de $2.41 (=>$2.42) por persona por día Número de hogares con ingresos menores de $1.81 Clientes 3.5.2 por persona por día, movidos 6,000 8,500 Hogares arriba de $1.81 por persona por día Número de hogares con ingresos menores de $1.25 Clientes 3.5.3 por persona por día, movidos 7,000 10,000 Hogares arriba de $1.25 por persona por día

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

4. Mejorado el Acceso a Mercados (Producto 1.2) Valor de ventas incrementales (información recolectada a nivel de finca y de empresa) PIR 17 US$ Millón 1.5 34.0 17.6 51.8 atribuible a la implementación del Proyecto - Meta es acumulada para LOP Número de MIPYMEs/hogares que han realizado un acuerdo Mipymes/Hoga PIR 18 1,000 304 30.4 4,000 4,886 122.2 de comprar por contrato. - res Meta es acumulada para LOP

4 Mayor Acceso a Mercados (Producto 1.2) 4.1 Promover y fortalecer organizaciones de productores (Actividad 1.2.1) # Productores Legalización y registro de y otras 4.1.1 6 80 129 161.3 organizaciones asociaciones registradas # Productores Entrenamiento y desarrollo en y otras 4.1.2 275 298 108.4 4,000 4,103 102.6 habilidades de negocios asociaciones capacitadas 4.2 Desarrollo de alianzas y relaciones de negocios de largo plazo (Actividad 1.2.2)

Número de MIPYMEs con # de enlaces 4.2.1 acceso a nuevas agricultores/Mi 500 609 121.8 10,000 7,562 75.6 oportunidades de mercado pymes con compradores

4.3 Incorporación de asistencia técnica (Actividad 1.2.3)

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

# Municipalidade s que Fortalecer el servicio de 4.3.1 proporcionan 43 43 100.0 extensión de Municipalidades extensión (incluye APPs formales) 4.4 Invertir en compradores con una visión de largo plazo (Actividad 1.2.4)

# Fortalecer la capacidad de los intermediarios 4.4.1 20 43 215.0 256 430 168.0 intermediarios que participan como clientes del programa 4.5 Facilitar el desarrollo de servicios para negocios (Actividad 1.2.5) Enlaces con proveedores de # proveedores 4.5.1 18 19 105.6 248 188 75.8 servicios y tecnologías de servicio Mayor Inversión en Agricultura y mayores Oportunidades de Empleo (Producto 1.3) Número de "alianzas público- PIR 20 privadas" (PPP) formadas. - APPs 30 30 34 113.3 Meta es acumulada para LOP Número de empleos generados por la PIR 21 # empleos 1,500 5,000 implementación de ACS-USAID - Meta es anual

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

US$ Millones (incluye inversiones en Valor de nuevas inversiones activos fijos del sector privado en el sector realizados por agrícola y de las cadenas de PIR 22 clientes, 4.5 1.5 32.9 15.0 9.7 64.7 alimento apalancados con la compradores, implementación de ACS-USAID intermediarios, - Meta es acumulada para LOP ONGs, gobiernos locales, etc.)

5 Mayor Inversión en Agricultura y mayores Oportunidades de Empleo (Producto 1.3) 5.1 Diversificación de ingresos a través de microempresas agrícolas y servicios de desarrollo empresarial (Actividad 1.3.1) # MIPYMES Identificar e impulsar MIPYME desarrolladas, 5.1.1 2 90 78 86.7 fuera de la finca vinculadas a productores Entrenamiento de # MIPYME/productores en Mipymes/prod 5.1.2 manejo del negocio y uctores que se 500 652 130.4 6,000 6,533 108.9 entrenamiento técnico sobre incorporan al procesos programa Incrementar nuevas oportunidades de empleo e ingresos para los pobres a través de la expansión empresas existentes o establecimiento de nuevas 5.2 Mipymes (Actividad 1.3.2) # organizaciones Desarrollar la capacidad de las 5.2.1 de formación 9 5 55.6 escuelas vocacionales con mayor capacidad Mayor acceso a servicios financieros y de gestión de riesgos (Producto 1.4)

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

US$ Millones. (Incluye todas las fuentes Valor total de préstamos proveedores PIR 23 agrícolas y rurales - Meta es "informales" 1.0 0.5 49.1 6.0 5.1 85.5 acumulada para LOP tales como proveedores de insumos y cajas rurales.) Número de MIPYMES incluyendo productores recibiendo asistencia de ACS- Mipymes/Hoga PIR 24 1,000 631 63.1 5,000 4,786 95.7 USAID para acceder a res préstamos - Meta es acumulada para LOP

6 Mayor acceso a servicios financieros y de gestión de riesgos (Producto 1.4) 6.1 Promover la alfabetización/capacitación financiera (Actividad 1.4.1) # Entrenamiento Cursos básicos sobre temas s para HHs, 6.1.1 financieros y contables a 40 48 120.0 408 476 116.7 MIPYMES, clientes hogares y MIPYMES grupos comunitarios 6.2 Promover el financiamiento a través de prestamistas no-tradicionales (Actividad 1.4.2) Prestamistas no tradicionales # Préstamos con acceso a créditos de garantizados fuentes de financiamiento de 6.2.1 para financiar 30 44 146.7 segundo nivel para otorgar agricultores y créditos a productores y MIPYMEs MSME.

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

# Nuevos prestamistas Actividades de financiamiento no 6.2.2 con prestamistas no 3 1 33.3 36 56 155.6 tradicionales tradicionales que ofrecen financiamiento Porcentaje de mujeres en edad económicamente activa % de mujeres en los hogares asistidos que 6.2.3 con acceso a 20 33.4 167.2 20 33.4 167.2 tienen acceso a crédito financiamiento. - Meta es acumulada PROPOSITO 2: Mejor estado nutricional, especialmente para mujeres y niños. Prevalencia de niños menores de 5 años con retraso de Porcentaje de crecimiento en comunidades reducción en PIR 26 45.3 42.6 asistidas - LB 53.3% se relación a la reducirá en un 20%. Meta es línea base anual Prevalencia de niños menores de 5 años con bajo peso en Porcentaje de comunidades asistidas - LB reducción en PIR 27 15.5 13.4 102.5 14.4 13.4 101.2 18% (datos Oct. 2015) se relación a la reducirá en un 20%.-Meta es línea base anual Mayor acceso a alimentos diversos y de calidad y a comportamientos relacionados con la nutrición (Producto 2.1) Porcentaje de niños de 6-23 meses que han recibido una Porcentaje de dieta mínima aceptable - LB incremento en PIR 28 45.1 47.5 41% se incrementará en un relación a la 16%. Meta es annual - línea base MUESTRA

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Diversidad de Dieta en las mujeres: la media de los Incremento de grupos de alimentos un grupo de PIR 30 consumidos por mujeres en alimentos 4.8 5.0 edad reproductiva, LB 3.98 sobre la línea grupos de alimentos - Meta es base (3.98 BL) annual- MUESTRA

7 Mayor acceso a alimentos diversos y de calidad y a comportamientos relacionados con la nutrición (Producto 2.1) 7.1 Mejorar la toma de decisiones sobre el consumo de alimentos y lograr cambios de comportamiento o patrón de consumo (Actividad 2.1.1) Clientes hogares del Hogares 7.1.1 Componente de Nutrición y Nutrición y 2,500 3,296 131.8 2,500 3,296 131.8 Salud (Acumulado) Salud Visitas mensuales, visitas # Visitas, domiciliarias, demostraciones demostracione 3,085 4,947 160.4 38,995 23,228 59.6 sobre buenas prácticas de s, reuniones higiene, salud y nutrición # Visitas, 7.1.2 Regular demostracione 1,470 2,478 168.6 22,900 16,514 72.1 s, reuniones # Visitas, Enmienda 2 demostracione 1,615 2,469 152.9 16,095 6,714 41.7 s, reuniones Participantes en eventos de Participantes 14,409 21,036 146.0 #### 118,636 64.4 nutrición 7.1.3 Regular Participantes 6,409 8,992 140.3 #### 71,453 69.8

Enmienda 2 Participantes 8,000 12,044 150.6 82,000 47,183 57.5 Número de individuos que han recibido Nueva capacitación/entrenamiento HH N&S 3,000 3,719 124.0 3,000 3,719 124.0 7.1.4 cortos en productividad del sector agrícola o seguridad alimentaria como apoyo del 65

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Proyecto (Acumulado)

7.2 Promover la diversificación agropecuaria para el mejoramiento de la dieta (Actividad 2.1.2) # recetas, Incorporación de ingredientes incluye 7.2.1 con alto micronutrientes a la 10 11 110.0 desarrollo y dieta formación # parcelas Parcelas familiares para familiares 770 899 116.8 6,390 4,215 66.0 diversificar dieta nuevas o mejoradas # parcelas familiares 7.2.2 Regular 270 379 140.4 3,990 3,278 82.2 nuevas o mejoradas # parcelas familiares Enmienda 2 500 520 104.0 2,400 937 39.0 nuevas o mejoradas # niños Menor número de niños entre 7.2.3 menores de 2 120 49 40.8 400 150 37.5 0 y 23 meses, con bajo peso años 7.3 Capacitaciones y entrenamiento sobre mejores prácticas de alimentación (Actividad 2.1.3) Establecimiento de nuevos # Nuevos centros de entrenamiento centros 14 14 100.0 81 37 45.7 nutricional establecidos 7.3.1 # Nuevos Regular centros 2 2 100.0 21 19 90.5 establecidos

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

# Nuevos Enmienda 2 centros 12 12 100.0 60 18 30.0 establecidos Porcentaje de Prevalencia en niños menores incremento en 7.3.2 de 6 meses de lactancia 2 1.7 85.0 3 1.7 56.7 relación a la materna exclusiva (LB 88.3) línea base Mejor saneamiento e higiene (Producto 2.2) Número de hogares con condiciones sanitarias Hogares 4,500 1,343 29.8 11,500 9,648 83.9 mejoradas. - Meta es PIR 32 acumulada para LOP Regular Hogares 4,000 4,188 104.7

Enmienda 2 Hogares 4,500 1,343 29.8 7,500 5,460 72.8

8 Mejor saneamiento e higiene (Producto 2.2) 8.1 Mejorar el suministro de agua a la comunidad y el saneamiento (Actividad 2.2.1)

Juntas de agua fortalecidas, # de Juntas de 8.1.1 3 120 131 109.2 desarrolladas y/o Legalizadas Agua

Número de hogares beneficiados a través de la 8.1.2 rehabilitación, expansión o Hogares 1,000 1,133 113.3 6,000 1,133 18.9 mejora de sistemas comunitarios de agua potable Número de hogares beneficiados a través de la 8.1.3 Hogares 200 209 104.5 1,000 209 20.9 instalación de nuevos sistemas comunitarios de agua potable 8.2 Promover hogares saludables (Actividad 2.2.2)

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Mejoras en los Hogares: # mejoras piso/techo/pared/otras. Suma 2,921 2,877 98.5 19,325 9,354 48.4 estructurales para PIR 32 8.2.1 Regular 400 463 115.8 5,000 2,638 52.8

Enmienda 2 - Pisos 1,125 1,124 99.9 7,500 4,128 55.0

Enmienda 2 - Techo 1,396 1,290 92.4 6,825 2,588 37.9 Instalación de conexión de # conexión / agua potable y/o filtros a la filtros de agua 2,450 2,488 101.6 16,150 8,843 54.8 vivienda. Suma para PIR 32 mejorados

8.2.2 Regular 138 130 94.2 1,900 1,478 77.8 Enmienda 2 - Filtros de Agua 1,125 1,176 104.5 7,500 4,179 55.7 Enmienda 2 -Conexión de 1,187 1,182 99.6 6,750 3,186 47.2 Agua en la vivienda Porcentaje de niños menores de 5 años que sufrieron de 8.2.3 diarrea en las últimas dos Porcentaje -10.0 -10 semanas. LB 13.1 se reducirá en un 10% LOP - MUESTRA Porcentaje de niños menores de 5 años que sufrieron de diarrea y que fueron tratados 8.2.4 Porcentaje 92.0 93.0 con terapia de rehidratación oral. LB 88.5% se aumentará en un 5% LOP - MUESTRA 8.3 Reducir la emisión de humo dentro de los hogares (Actividad 2.2.3) Instalación de estufas Eco # estufas 1,112 1,126 101.3 8,235 4,968 60.3 Justas. Suma para PIR 32 mejoradas # estufas 8.3.1 Regular 81 94 116.0 1,110 933 84.1 mejoradas # estufas Enmienda 2 1,031 1,032 100.1 7,125 4,035 56.6 mejoradas

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Mayor utilización de servicios de salud y nutrición materno e infantil (Producto 2.3) Prevalencia de anemia en Porcentaje de niños de 6 a 59 meses de reducción en PIR 34 edad. LB 38% se reducirá en 35.0 34.2 relación a la un 10% LOP- Meta es annual - línea base MUESTRA Número de niños menores de 5 años asistidos por el programa de soporte Niños (ambos PIR 35 250 27 10.8 10,000 8,371 83.7 nutricional de ACS-USAID - componentes) Meta es acumulada para LOP - T1 AF2018

9 Mayor utilización de servicios de salud y nutrición materno e infantil (Producto 2.3) 9.1 Capacitar a trabajadores de la salud y voluntarios (Actividad 2.3.1) Entrenamiento nuevo o de # capacitados, refrescamiento a voluntarios continuo, 9.1.1 600 1,804 300.7 8,000 8,277 103.5 de salud comunitarios sobre apoya al estrategia AIN-C producto 2.1 Centros de salud apoyados para la implementación de # Socios 9.1.2 planes de centros de 3 3 100.0 42 25 59.5 monitoreo/intervención/recup salud eraciones Porcentaje de niños menores de dos años con dos medidas mensuales consecutivas bajo 9.1.3 Porciento 8.8 5.6 103.6 7.8 5.6 102.4 el segundo percentil.. Datos LB Oct 2015 es 11.1% se reducirá en un 30% LOP. 9.2 Fortalecer los sistemas de referencia y contra referencia (Actividad 2.3.2)

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Entrenamiento a voluntarios # capacitados, 9.2.1 comunitarios en sistemas de 600 880 146.7 8,000 6,509 81.4 ligados al 9.1.1 referencia Ligados a # Establecimiento de fondos socios de farmacéuticos comunitarios 9.2.2 centros de 20 21 105.0 para mejorar la oferta de salud bajo el medicamentos y equipo 9.1.2 Porcentaje de niños con neumonía llevados a recibir 9.2.3 cuidados apropiados. LB es de Porcentaje 93.5 89%, se incrementará en un 5% - MUESTRA 9.3 Fortalecer la implementación de asesoría/consejería y seguimiento de niños desnutridos (Actividad 2.3.3) Sistema de Mejoramiento del sistema de 9.3.1 monitoreo 1 1 100.0 monitoreo de nutrición y salud incorporado 9.4 Incrementar el acceso a servicios de laboratorio para el diagnóstico de parasitismo y anemia en niños menores de 2 años y mujeres en edad fértil Laboratorios Laboratorios móviles 9.4.1 equipados y 6 6 100.0 funcionando funcionando TEMAS TRANSVERSALES / IGUALDAD DE GENERO / EMPODERAMIENTO DE LAS MUJERES - VIOLENCIA DE GENERO / MANEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Porcentaje de mujeres que forman parte de comités o juntas directivas u otras estructuras de liderazgo de PIR 36 Porciento 28 42.7 152.6 30 33.0 110.0 organizaciones y grupos comunitarios asistidas por ACS-USAID - Meta es acumulada para LOP

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Porcentaje de hogares clientes donde la decisión sobre el uso de los ingresos es realizada PIR 38 por las mujeres únicamente o Porciento 75 80 en forma conjunta con un hombre - Meta es acumulada para LOP - MUESTRA

10 Igualdad de género y empoderamiento de la mujer 10.1 Capacitar a técnicos y clientes hogares de ACS-USAID sobre la estrategia de igualdad de género y empoderamiento de la mujer (IGyEM) Eventos de capacitación y sensibilización del personal de 10.1.1 # Eventos 1 1 100.0 17 10 58.8 ACS-USAID sobre el enfoque de IGyEM Materiales producidos para 10.1.2 promover y sensibilizar sobre # Materiales 1 5 500.0 18 18 100.0 IGyEM. Visitas y capacitaciones en IGyEM para fomentar la participación de mujeres en 10.1.3 consejos de administración u # Eventos 30 57 190.0 480 566 117.9 otras posiciones de liderazgo dentro de organizaciones asistidas por ACS-USAID. Participantes en eventos de 10.1.4 asistencia técnica y # Participantes 180 482 267.8 3,122 5,878 188.3 capacitación en IGyEM.

11 Manejo de recursos naturales Visitas de asistencia técnica y 11.1 # Eventos 240 530 220.8 4,000 2,738 68.5 capacitación Participantes en eventos de 11.2 asistencia técnica y # Participantes 1,600 3,837 239.8 30,000 23,735 79.1 capacitación

% Percent of Target Oct – Achieved Oct. Achievement Target Accumulated No. Tasks Units achievements related to Dec 2017 – Dec. 2017 Oct. – Dec. LOP Results Target LOP 2017

Elaboración de planes de 11.3 monitoreo y mitigación # Planes 10 150 62 41.3 ambiental

*PIR: para los PIR, en la columna "Meta Trimestre (Oct. – Dic. 2017)" se registra la meta correspondiente al AF 2018 y las columnas "Resultados y Cumplimiento Trimestre (Oct. – Dic. 2017)" se registran los avances de Oct. – Dic. 2017

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REPORTE EN GENERO Octubre-Diciembre 2017 y acumulado al Año Fiscal 2018

No. Indicador/ Meta Avance Actividades

Actividad de Proyecto/EG realizadas para lograr el avance

Mujeres participando en Los resultados del periodo muestran que durante el trimestre se actividades para el aumento de logró alcanzar una participación de mujeres del 40.4% y un los ingresos acumulado (hasta el 31 de dic. 2017) de 36.8%, superando la 1 25% 40.4% meta propuesta hasta el momento. Se ha logrado que la promoción de participación de las mujeres en igualdad de PIR 7 (Meta LOP) condiciones que los hombres sea conducida por todo el personal y a la vez se promueva la equidad para reducir brechas de género.

Personas que han recibido Se realizaron 57 eventos de asistencia técnica y información sobre la prevención y capacitación con la asistencia de 482 participantes de los 2 cuales 193 son hombres (40%) y 289 mujeres (60%) atención de la violencia contra las # de Personas recibiendo información sobre el tema de violencia basada EG mujeres 482 en género (VBG). Los mensajes que se están difundiendo

son: Violencia de Género; Violencia Psicológica; Violencia Económica; Violencia Social; Violencia Sexual; y, Violencia Física. Se ha distribuido material relacionado.

3 Hogares liderados por mujeres Durante el trimestre Oct-Dic participaron 421 mujeres (18%), participando en la siembra de 421 incorporando cultivos de alto valor. En total se tienen 2350 PIR 16 cultivos de alto valor 1500 hogares entre hombres y mujeres. Los cultivos de alto valor (18.2%) 3.2.1 permiten ingresos adicionales a las familias atendidas por ACS- USAID, se convierten en ingresos con un grado de estabilidad y

17 Toda la información que se registra en el presente cuadro de reporte de avances es producto de los resultados que se obtienen de la base de datos del CIRIS, herramienta del sub implementador del Componente de Produción y Nutrición para planificación, monitoreo y seguimiento.

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rentabilidad.

El resultado de clientes hogares y MIPyMEs registrados en el periodo, es de 304, con acuerdos verbal de compra y venta y, contratos de compra y venta. Corresponden 55 4 mujeres (18%) y 249 hombres (82%). Las actividades Microempresas con participación 55 relacionadas con producción agrícola son principalmente de mujeres con contratos de: remolacha, zanahoria, repollo, chile morrón, chía, compra-venta MIPyMES y elotes, papa, plátano, habichuela, brócoli, cebolla blanca y PIR 18 # MIPyMEs roja, fresas, aguacate, coliflor, maracuyá, rábano, tomate, Clientes Hogares yuca, camote, pepino, piña, zapallo, loroco, etc. a

compradores como ECARAI, ASOFAIL, APROHFI, La Colonia, Del Corral, DELEITE y Etiquetas, Comercializadora de Frutas y Verduras Navarro, La Bendición, La Antorcha, Wal-Mart, entre otros.

Microempresas con participación 500 La actividad se registra con MIPyMEs y Clientes Mujeres con de mujeres reciben asistencia 211 crédito. Acumulado en el año fiscal son 631, 211 mujeres y 420 5 para acceder a préstamos # MIPyMEs hombres que han recibido asistencia técnica para la obtención mujeres PIR 24 de crédito. 6.2.3 # MUJERES

Hogares liderados por mujeres Acumulados al 31 de diciembre de 2017, se ha realizado por lo mejorando sus hábitos de vida menos una mejora en 9648 hogares, 709 liderados por hombres 8,939 y 8,939 hogares liderados por mujeres. Se brinda asistencia 6 Hogares fin de técnica y capacitación para el mejoramiento de las condiciones hogares de PIR 32 proyecto sanitarias y de higiene de los hogares, incluyendo el mujeres mejoramiento de pisos, paredes, techos (lamina transparente), acceso a agua potable en los hogares, instalación de eco justas y otros.

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Hombres capacitados en salud y Se registró 487 como total de voluntarios y trabajadores de la nutrición 1401 salud capacitados en Nutrición y Salud: hombres capacitados total 1401 que representa el 6.4%; y mujeres 20,581, lo que 7 13,200 hombres fin 6.4% representa 93.6%. Se está trabajando en las diferentes jornadas de proyecto de capacitación y asistencia técnica por medio de mensajes, que 9.1.1 del total en el promueven la participación de los hombres en las actividades periodo relacionadas a salud y cuidados de la familia y principalmente se involucren en el programa de AIN-C.

Mujeres parte de comités y En el trimestre, de un total de 117 personas participando en consejos directivos en posiciones de juntas directivas, el 42.7% (50) son mujeres y el organizaciones 57.3% (67) son hombres. Se han realizado actividades de 8 promoción, relacionando la incorporación de mujeres en 30% 42.7% igualdad de condiciones a las membresías donde los grupos son PIR 36 mixtos. Se requiere un fuerte trabajo con las organizaciones para la apertura de oportunidades y brindar asistencia y desarrollar sus capacidades para que las mujeres participen activamente en la toma de decisiones.

Personas que han recibido Se realizaron 57 eventos de asistencia técnica y capacitación, mensajes sobre autoeficacia. durante el trimestre, con la asistencia de 193 hombres (40%) y 9 289 mujeres (60%) recibiendo información sobre el tema de

EG # de personas 482 Autoeficacia. Los mensajes que se están difundiendo son: Autoestima, acceso a activos productivos, temas de prevención de la violencia basada en género, organización y toma de decisión, esto vinculado a las juntas directivas de MIPyMEs y actividades productivas y participación en los puestos de toma

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de decisión en igualdad de condiciones.

Hogares clientes donde las Es un indicador y actividad que está siendo promovida en ACS- 10 decisiones en el uso del dinero 94.2% USAID: La toma de decisiones en igualdad de condiciones de son tomadas por la pareja género en los hogares clientes y participantes en actividades. 94% PIR Total Hogares Este dato fue el resultado de la línea base aplicada en el 38 clientes 1558 proyecto. Es un resultado que se mantiene ya que proviene de un diagnóstico realizado para este indicador.

Hogares liderados por mujeres Significa el incremento en los ingresos diarios per cápita de los salen de la pobreza hogares con ingresos de línea base por debajo de $1.25 por persona por día. Desagregado por sexo, los resultados obtenidos en este primer trimestre 2018, muestran que 2,552 2,552 (21.9%) hogares son liderados por mujeres, con un ingreso 11 US$/día/persona >=US$ 1.25 y $1.81. El total de hogares que 1500 fin de proyecto hogares liderados PIR 6 superaron esta condición es de 11,679 de los cuales, 9,127 por mujeres (78.1%) son liderados por hombres. Durante la vida del proyecto se espera tener un resultado de 10,000 hogares superando este nivel de pobreza. Se continúa esta actividad como prioridad dentro de ACS-USAID, lo que se convierte en un reto para lograr superarlo y mantener al fin del proyecto.

Annex 3 Financial Report for FY 2018

Annex 4 Fintrac´s Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2017

Annex 5. Micro Watersheds Management and Conservation Quarterly Report