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Improving Food Security and Resilience Through Agricultural Disaster Risk Reduction Programs in Guatemala “YO ME ADAPTO” (I ADAPT) Improving Food Security and Resilience through Agricultural Disaster Risk Reduction Programs in Guatemala Final Program Results Report September 18, 2015 – July 31, 2017 Prepared for: The United States Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA); Grant Number AID-OFDA-A-15-00049 Implemented by: Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. 3 PROGRAM OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4 Context ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Program Strategy ........................................................................................................................ 5 INDICATORS ................................................................................................................................ 6 PERFORMANCE ........................................................................................................................... 6 Activities ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA/ORCA) Trainings.............................................................. 6 Equipping of New CADERs ................................................................................................... 8 Community Action Planning and Community Grants ............................................................ 9 Public Awareness & Community Engagement....................................................................... 9 Technical Advisory Committee Creation ............................................................................. 10 Beneficiaries ............................................................................................................................. 11 ASSESSMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 12 External Evaluation ................................................................................................................... 12 Additional Assessments ............................................................................................................ 16 SUCCESSES................................................................................................................................. 18 ACCOMPLISHMENTS ............................................................................................................... 20 CHALLENGES ............................................................................................................................ 20 COST EFFECTIVENESS ............................................................................................................ 22 FINANCIAL SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 22 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................. 22 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................... 23 2 ACRONYMS AGEXPORT Guatemalan Association of Exporters CADER Rural Development Learning Center CSA Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices ICTA Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology INSIVUMEH National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology ENA Enrique Novella Alvarado FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization MAGA Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food MARN Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources MOU Memorandum of Understanding NCE No Cost Extension OAS Organization of America States OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ORCA Organic and Resource-Conserving Agriculture PADF Pan American Development Foundation SESAN Food Security and Nutrition Secretariat TAC Technical Advisory Committee USAID United States Agency for International Development UVG Universidad del Valle de Guatemala WFP United Nations World Food Program 3 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Program Title: “Yo Me Adapto” (I Adapt): Improving Food Security and Resilience through Agricultural Disaster Risk Reduction Programs in Guatemala Start Date: September 18, 2015 Implementing Organization: Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Grant Number: AID-OFDA-A-15-00049 Sub-awardees: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) Report Period: September 2015 – July 2017 Geographic coverage Guatemala: El Progreso Department Sansare and Sanarate Municipalities Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Headquarters Contact Information Field Contact Information Liza Mantilla Fernando Enrique Castañaza Ruano Program Director Technical Lead, “Yo Me Adapto” Program Mailing Address: Mailing Address: 1889 F St, NW, OAS Building, 2nd Floor 3ra Calle, 2-54, Zona 10 Washington, DC, 20006 Guatemala City, Guatemala Telephone: (202) 458-3731 Telephone: 502-5205 5119 Fax: (202) 458-6316 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Program Duration: 22.5 months (NCE approved on May 16, 2017) Program Goal: Total Number of People Affected in the Targeted Area: 52,749 Total Number of People Targeted (Individuals): 9,006 Total Number of IDP People Targeted (Individuals): 0 INTRODUCTION Under the “Yo Me Adapto” program, PADF carried out activities to assist smallholder farmers in Guatemala affected by the worst drought in decades. PADF shared farming techniques to improve crop yields in drought-affected areas and strengthened community-based agricultural learning centers to promote the dissemination of climate-smart farming methodologies. Designed to combat food insecurity in drought-affected areas, this 22.5-month program was financed by the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). Through the delivery of trainings and dissemination of climate-smart agricultural techniques and technology, PADF expected to improve food security for 9,000 vulnerable farmers and family members in Sansare and Sanarate in the Department of El Progreso. Under this initiative, PADF and its partners at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) supported existing efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food (MAGA) to expand the network of Rural Development Learning Centers (CADER). Under this program, PADF reached its target of creating 20 new CADER and strengthening 40 previously established CADER. Additionally, PADF and UVG established a Demonstration Farm in Sanarate where 4 agricultural techniques and crops were evaluated for their effectiveness in drought-prone areas. Through the Demonstration Farm, the program showcased to the community climate-smart agricultural practices. Such practices included the use of greenhouses (macro tunnels), soil conservation techniques, rainwater catchment, efficient irrigation, and weather monitoring systems to improve crop production. PADF shared these and other climate-smart agricultural techniques with over 1,400 families living in the Department of El Progreso. PADF and UVG organized Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)/Organic and Resource Conserving Agriculture (ORCA) Expos at the Demonstration Farm. The Expos, combined with classroom trainings and hands-on demonstrations through local CADERs, ensured that CSA techniques were shared broadly across the targeted communities. Context Sanarate and Sansare have been adversely affected by prolonged droughts for several years. Repeated rain shortfalls at critical times during the crop cycle have seriously eroded the food security of smallholder farming families. In these departments, families struggle to produce enough crops to meet their nutritional needs. The drought has detonated a chain reaction of harmful consequences. During drought, pests that typically feed on natural vegetation tend to congregate on any available vegetation or crops, including crops already suffering under the effects of moisture deficiency. Under these conditions, farmers often have even greater difficulty harvesting crops for animal feed. This further exacerbates their access to adequate nutrition. To address the complex challenges in El Progreso, the “Yo Me Adapto” program incorporated a variety of diverse interventions, ranging from training and capacity building on agricultural techniques, to the provision of farming inputs and technical assistance for mitigating the impact of drought on productivity. Program Strategy PADF and its partners used a community-based approach that focused on strengthening skills of vulnerable farmers. PADF’s methodology focused on equipping local leaders with new skills, which they then shared with others in their community. PADF and partners facilitated workshops that built the skills of leaders and other community members so that they could become better organized and possess the skills necessary to better cope with cyclical droughts. PADF supported the creation of community farming groups (CADER) under the National Extension Service and leveraged the CADER network’s farmer-to-farmer approach to deliver technical
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