Quarterly Report FY2019 Quarter 1 – 10/01/2018 to 12/31/2018 Submission Date: 30 January 2019 Agreement Number: AID-625-A-17-00001 Activity Start Date and End Date: 12/23/2016 to 01/22/2021 AOR Name: Jennifer Karsner Submitted by: Alissa Karg Girard, Chief of Party Lutheran World Relief YN 7, Boulevard Mali Béro, Niamey, Niger Tel: +227.96.26.73.26 Email: [email protected] The content of this report is the responsibility of Lutheran World Relief and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. LIST OF ACRONYMS A Adult (age category for individuals aged 30+) AMELP Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative AOTR Agreement Officer’s Technical Representative AE Auxiliaires de l’Elevage CBO Community-Based Organization CEB Contribution à l’Education de Base COP Chief of Party DMEL Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning EMMP Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan F&A Finance and Administration FCFA Francs Communauté Financière Africaine FTF Feed the Future FMNR Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration FY Fiscal Year GCC Global Climate Change GDA Global Development Alliance GPS Global Positioning System HH Household HR Human Resources ICT Information and Communications Technologies IR Intermediate Result LWR Lutheran World Relief M Men MACF Margaret A. Cargill Foundation MFI Microfinance Institution MCA Millennium Challenge Authority MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MOU Memorandum of Understanding MOSS Minimum Operating Security Standards MT Metric Tons NRM Natural Resources Management OHADA Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires PEA Producer Enterprise Agent PIRS Project Indicator Reference Sheet RECA Reseau des Chambres d’Agriculture RISE Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced, supported by USAID SAREL Sahel Resilience Learning Project, supported by USAID SMS Short Message Service SVPP Service Vétérinaire Privé de Proximité TOT Training of Trainers USAID United States Agency for International Development USD US Dollars USG United States Government W Women Y Youth (age category for individuals aged 15-29) 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW/SUMMARY Program Name: 12/12: An Alliance for Year-Round Resilience in Tahoua and Maradi, Niger Activity Start Date And End Date: 12/23/2016 to 01/22/2021 Name of Prime Implementing Partner: Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Agreement Number: AID-625-A-17-00001 Name of Subawardees: Union Adaltchi, Union Amintchi, Union Nazari, Contribution à l’Education de Base (CEB) Major Counterpart Baharti Airtel Ltd, Ecobank, SH Biaugeaud, Margaret A. Cargill Organizations/Alliance Partners: Foundation (MACF) and others Geographic Coverage Ajékoria, Birnin Lallé, Korahane Communes (Maradi Region) (Communes and Regions) Konni, Bazaga, Tsernaoua, Dogueraoua, Illéla, Badaguichiri, Malbaza Communes (Tahoua Region) of Niger Reporting Period: October 1-December 31, 2018 1.1 Program Description/Introduction The 12/12 Alliance seeks to leverage new private-sector expertise and innovative solutions to improve the resilience of 12,760 households over all 12 months of the year in 10 communes and 115 villages located in agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones of Iléla, Konni and Malbaza departments (Tahoua region) and Dakoro (Maradi region)--and simultaneously help the 12/12 Alliance’s private sector partners expand their market share, mitigate operating risks and secure more reliable supply chains. Specifically, the 12/12 Alliance aims to: • Leverage private sector investment and innovations to increase and sustain household incomes, assets and adaptive capacity, and • Strengthen the organizational capacity of farmer associations to sustain member services, manage risks and leverage business opportunities. Over the quarter, LWR performed upgrades and migrated new content to the project’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Hub and coordinated with Airtel on mobile money accounts and plans for SIM card distribution. LWR hosted a reflection workshop for staff and partners in October 2018 and worked with external enumerators to collect annual project performance data using smartphones and the ICT Hub. LWR monitored evaluation results from the seven pilot functional literacy centers; building on lessons from the evaluation, LWR developed a strategy for and commissioned a training module on managing functional literacy instruction with multiple levels of learners, providing refresher training for literacy instructors on functional literacy modules and farming as a business. LWR helped connect Unions to new partners and financial service providers, providing assistance with business planning and loan applications. In addition, LWR continued monitoring and providing technical support to partners under the project’s Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (EMMP) and gender monitoring plans. LWR also continued technical support on crop and animal production, access to financial services, organizational capacity and marketing strategies with LWR’s four implementing partners—Union Adaltchi, Union Amintchi, Union Nazari and Contribution à l’Education de Base (CEB) —and scaled-up work on organizational capacity development with three Unions in Dakoro (Union Bounkassa of Korahane, Union Guidawnia of Adjekoria and Union Guidawnia of Birnin Lalle). These activities are described in the sections that follow. 1 1.2 Summary of Results to Date On Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual Performance Standard Indicators* Baseline* Annual Target FY2019 Achieved to the End Target FY19 FY19 FY19 FY19 of Period (%) Y/N Proportion of households resilient to a shock 47.92% in experienced the previous year (Resilience in the 60% 78% 0 0 0 130.0% Y FY18 Sahel Enhanced/RISE, Ga) Number of individuals participating in USG food New in 1,525 men, 2,620 women 4,000 men, 6,000 women 0 0 0 41.5% Y security programs (Feed The Future/FTF EG.3-2) FY18 (4,145 people) Number of people using climate information or 955 in implementing risk-reducing actions to improve FY17, 3,500 women, 1,500 men 2,620 women, 1,525 men 0 0 0 82.9% Y resilience to climate change as supported by USG 1,777 in (5,000 people) (4,145 people) assistance (EG.11-6) FY18 Yields of targeted commodities among program Millet (kg/ha): 450 men Millet (kg/ha): 363 men, Millet: 80.7% men, participants with USG assistance (EG.3.10,11,12) New in (M), 300 women (W) 339 women; 113.0% women 0 0 0 Y FY18 Cowpeas (kg/ha): 190 Cowpeas (kg/ha): 146 Cowpeas: 76.8% men, men (M), 150 women (W) men, 144 women 1 96.0% women Number of hectares under improved management 3,038 in 6,583 ha under 1 or more technologies or practices as a result of USG 5,000 ha 2 0 0 0 131.7% Y assistance (EG.3.2-25) FY18 technologies Number of individuals in the agricultural system 2,439 in 2,500 women, 1,500 men 2,620 women, 1,500 men who have applied improved management practices 0 0 0 103.0% Y FY18 (4,000 people) (4,120 people)3 or technologies with USG assistance (EG.3.2-24) Value of agricultural-related financing accessed as $0 in $200,000 USD $45,000 USD 0 0 0 22.5% Y a result of USG assistance (EG.3.2-27) FY18 Value of new USG commitments and private $2.6m in sector investment leveraged by the USG to support $5.5 million USD $2,717,000 USD $0 $0 $0 49.4% Y FY18 food security and nutrition (EG.3.1-14) *The summary results table reflects the FY19 AMELP submitted in October 2018 and includes several new FTF indicators for FY18, so baseline values may be from 2017 or 2018. Additional details are reported in Annex A. For indicators Ga, EG.11-6, EG.3.10-12, EG.3.2-25, EG.3.2-24, data is collected via an annual survey and a“0” recorded for quarters in which no new data is collected. For indicator EG.3-2, participation is recorded quarterly, but adjusted annually for beneficiaries participating in multiple activities. Indicators EG.3.2-27 and EG.3.1-14 are recorded in the quarter in which the activity is reported. 1 Disaggregation: Age for millet yields (358 kg/ha youth/15-19, 351 kg/ha adult/30+); age for cowpea yields (148 Kg/ha youth/15-19, 145 kg/ha adult/30+) 2 Disaggregation: Sex (men 3,360 ha, women 3,223 ha); Age (15-19/Youth 523 ha and 30+/Adult 6,059 ha); Technology type (crop genetics 1,662 ha; cultural practices 6,445 ha; soil fertility and conservation 6,445 ha; pest/disease management 2,076 ha); Type (cropland 6,583 ha); Commodity (disaggregates not available 6,583 ha) 3 Disaggregation: Actor (all smallholder producers); Age (15-19/Youth 320; 30+/Adult 3,800); Technology type (crop genetics 1,978; cultural practices 4,079; soil fertility and conservation 4,079; pest/disease management 2,472, improved livestock management 3,745, marketing/postharvest handling 3,757); Commodity (disaggregates not available 4,120) 2 2. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS 2.1 Progress Narrative Key project activities with target farmers, households and stakeholders over FY19Q1 are as follows: Objective/Intermediate Result (IR) 1: Leverage private sector investment and innovations to increase and sustain household incomes, assets and adaptive capacity IR 1.1: Diversified economic opportunities: The 12 market gardens supported by Union Nazari and CEB are managed by different women’s groups; each group received a start-up kit of moringa oleifera seed and basic tools (wheelbarrows, watering cans, hoes, rakes, basins and/or other tools) and formal training on planting, care and pruning in 2017. The groups continue to manage this income-generating activity with no additional inputs apart from the ongoing technical support provided by LWR and its partners. The moringa trees pruned correctly last quarter began bearing leaves again this quarter; beneficiary groups harvested moringa leaves, distributing some to members and selling the surplus to local restaurants and individuals; this quarter, the different groups in Union Nazari’s zone reported sales between 6,500-92,000 FCFA (approximately $12-167 US).