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Avanse Work Plan Appui À La Valorisation Du Potentiel Agricole Du Nord, Pour La Sécurité Économique Et Environnementale (Avanse) AVANSE WORK PLAN APPUI À LA VALORISATION DU POTENTIEL AGRICOLE DU NORD, POUR LA SÉCURITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE ET ENVIRONNEMENTALE (AVANSE) FY 2019 (OCTOBER 2018–DECEMBER 2019) DECEMBER 2018 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC. AVANSE WORK PLAN APPUI A LA VALORISATION DU POTENTIEL AGRICOLE DU NORD, POUR LA SECURITE ÉCONOMIQUE ET ENVIRONNEMENTALE (AVANSE) FY 2019 (OCTOBER 2018–DECEMBER 2019) Program Title: Appui à la Valorisation du Potentiel Agricole du Nord, pour la Sécurité Économique et Environnementale (AVANSE) Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/Haiti Contract Number: AID–521–C–13–00006 Contractor: DAI Global, LLC Date of Publication: December, 2018 Author: DAI Global, LLC Cover picture: Cacao trees in Northern Haiti affected by the 2018 drought. The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. January 17, 2019 Third draft submitted for USAID review and approval. CONTENTS ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................. V INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................1 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS WORKPLAN .......................................................................... 2 AVANSE’S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND STAFFING ................................3 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE ............................................................................................. 4 AVANSE’S APPROACH: FY 2019 ............................................................................... 10 AVANSE’S OVERALL APPROACH.................................................................................... 10 PROPOSED APPROACHES TO EMPOWERING HAITIAN WOMEN ............................. 11 IR 1: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INCREASED ............................................ 15 OVERALL STRATEGY ........................................................................................................ 15 SUB-IR 1.1: KNOWLEDGE AND AVAILABILITY OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS INCREASED ....................................................................................................... 16 RICE VALUE CHAIN .......................................................................................................... 17 Sub-IR 1.1: Knowledge and Availability of Improved Production Technologies and Systems Increased: RICE ................................................................................................................... 21 Activity 1.1.1: Support to the Rice Value Chain through FFS, the Government, Associations, and the Private Sector............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Sub-IR 1.2: Strengthened Extension of Agricultural Technologies: RICE ........................... 22 Activity 1.2.1: Building Local Understanding of SRI among Farmers, the Agricultural Ministry Staff, and Students .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Activity 1.2.2: Integrated Production and Marketing: Increased Knowledge for Decision Making ...... 23 Sub-IR 1.3: Access to Inputs Increased: RICE ...................................................................... 26 Activity 1.3.1: Increasing Use of Improved Inputs and Services.................................................................... 26 CACAO VALUE CHAIN ..................................................................................................... 28 Sub-IR 1.1: Knowledge and Availability of Improved Production Technologies and Systems Increased: CACAO .............................................................................................................. 31 Activity 1.1.2: Strengthening Cacao Productivity and Diversifying Income Sources................................ 31 Sub-IR 1.2: Strengthened Extension of Agricultural Technologies: CACAO ...................... 32 Activity 1.2.3: Partnering to Improve Cacao Quality ...................................................................................... 32 Activity 1.2.4: Increasing Producers’ Access to Higher Quality Cacao Markets ...................................... 33 Activity 1.2.5: Improving Sustainability by Partnering...................................................................................... 34 Sub-IR 1.3: Access to Inputs Increased: CACAO................................................................. 34 Activity 1.3.2: Increasing the Adoption of Improved Inputs and Services .................................................. 35 Activity 1.3.3: Improving Access to Technology............................................................................................... 35 Activity 1.3.4: Improved Planting Materials: Cacao .......................................................................................... 35 PLANTAIN VALUE CHAIN................................................................................................ 37 AVANSE WORK PLAN FY 2019 i Sub-IR 1.1: Knowledge and Availability of Improved Production Technologies and Systems Increased: PLANTAIN......................................................................................................... 40 Activity 1.1.3 Strengthening Producers’ Knowledge of New Technologies .............................................. 40 Activity 1.1.4: Improving Average Yields and the Resiliency of Plantain Producers ................................ 42 Activity 1.1.5: Improving the Capacity of Producers to Manage Water ..................................................... 42 Sub-IR 1.2: Strengthened Extension of Agricultural Technologies: PLANTAIN ................ 43 Activity 1.2.6: Promoting the Sustainability of FFS ........................................................................................... 43 Activity 1.2.7: Improving Access of Plantain Producers to Markets ............................................................ 44 Activity 1.2.8: Strengthening Skills and Knowledge of Youth (15-24) in Improved Plantain Technology ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Activity 1.2.9: Strengthening Women’s Skills and Knowledge in Plantain Post-Harvest Processing Technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Sub-IR 1.3: Access to equipment Increased: PLANTAIN.................................................... 46 Activity 1.3.5: Increasing the Sales and Use of Improved Equipment and Services: Plantain ................. 46 Activity 1.3.6: Improving Access to Agricultural Services: Plantain ............................................................. 47 Activity 1.3.7: Improved Planting Materials ........................................................................................................ 47 SUB-IR 1.2: STRENGTHENED EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES ..... 50 Activity 1.2.10: Extending Improved Practices .................................................................................................. 50 Activity 1.2.11: Capacity-Building Support to the DDAs and BACs............................................................ 50 SUB-IR 1.3: ACCESS TO INPUTS INCREASED ................................................................ 50 Activity 1.3.8: Support to a Soil Testing Laboratory ....................................................................................... 50 INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 54 LESSONS LEARNED TO DATE .......................................................................................................................... 54 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 54 Staffing ......................................................................................................................................................................... 54 SUB-IR 1.4: IRRIGATION SYSTEMS REHABILITATED/CONSTRUCTED....................... 55 Activity 1.4: Construction Management (Dubré and Chalopin) ................................................................... 55 SUB-IR 1.4.1: Management Capacity of Water User Associations Increased ..................... 56 Activity 1.4.1: Construction Coordination and Training ................................................................................ 56 Activity 1.4.2: Refinement of the Water Balance Model ................................................................................ 58 Activity 1.4.3: Designing and Implementing a Well-Based Irrigation Program .......................................... 59 Activity 1.4.4: Grants to the Community (Dubré and Chalopin)................................................................. 60 Activity 1.4.5: Procurement Support................................................................................................................... 61 IR 2: WATERSHED STABILITY ABOVE SELECTED PLAINS IMPROVED ......65
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