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ALIANZA PARA EL CORREDOR SECO QUARTERLY REPORT OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2017 INVEST-HONDURAS ׀ USAID January, 2018 Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Honduras 1 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) Edificio Los Castaños 5to. Piso, Boulevard Morazán Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras, C.A. Tel (504) 2232-3513; 2232-3514; 2232-3539 Fax (504) 2235-6626 www.mcahonduras.hn 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. 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 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