USAID-Wula Nafaa Project QUARTERLY REPORT JANUARY - MARCH 2010 April 2010 This publication was produced for the United States Agency for International Development by International Resources Group (IRG). USAID-Wula Nafaa Project Quarterly Report January - March 2010 Contract No. 685-C-00-08-00063-00 Notice: The points of view expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or of the Government of the USA. Table of Contents ACRONYMS ................................................................................................. II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................ 1 WEALTH CREATION COMPONENT ............................................................... 2 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................... 2 1.1 General considerations .............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 .............................................................................. 2 2. Progress achieved ..................................................................................................... 3 3. Other activities carried out ..................................................................................... 12 4. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 16 AGRICULTURE COMPONENT ..................................................................... 17 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................. 17 1.1 General considerations ............................................................................................ 17 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 17 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 20 3. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 27 GOVERNANCE IMPROVEMENT COMPONENT ............................................ 29 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................. 29 1.1 General considerations ............................................................................................ 29 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 29 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 30 3. Other activities carried out ..................................................................................... 35 4. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 35 BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: BGDRN/BIO COMPONENT ................................................................... 37 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................. 37 1.1 General considerations ............................................................................................ 37 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 37 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 38 3. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 49 BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: FISHERIES COMPONENT ...................................................................... 50 1. General considerations ........................................................................................... 50 1.1 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 50 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 50 3. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 52 i TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued WATER AND SANITATION COMPONENT .................................................... 53 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................. 53 1.1 General considerations ............................................................................................ 53 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 53 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 54 3. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 57 POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT ......................................... 59 1. Targeted results and planned activities .................................................................. 59 1.1 General considerations ............................................................................................ 59 1.2 Activities planned for 2009-2010 ............................................................................ 59 2. Progress achieved ................................................................................................... 60 3. Constraints, opportunities, and priorities for the next quarter ............................. 64 CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES ...................................................................... 65 1. Coordination and Administration ........................................................................... 65 2. Small Grants Fund ................................................................................................... 66 3. Training ................................................................................................................... 66 3.1 Financing of long-term study scholarships .............................................................. 66 3.2 Participation in the training session on management of buffer zones and protected areas in West Africa .......................................................................................................... 67 3.3 Participation in the training on poverty evaluation tools........................................ 67 4. Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Analysis (MERA) ...................................... 68 APPENDIX 1: DOCUMENTS PRODUCED DURING THE QUARTER ................. 69 APPENDIX 2: TABLE OF INDICATORS .......................................................... 71 APPENDIX 3: PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS ...... 75 i ACRONYMS Amélioration de la Bonne Gouvernance (Governance CTA Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale ABG Improvement Component) (Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation) Assistant Coordonnateur des Facilitators (Assistant DAO Dossier d’Appel d’Offres (Contract bidder dossier) ACF Facilitator Coordinator) DRDR Direction Régionale du Développement Rural ADF African Development Foundation ENSA École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie ADRAO Association pour le Développement de la Riziculture en ENSUT École Nationale Supérieure de Technologie Afrique de l’Ouest FAO Food and Agriculture Organization AEPA Alimentation en Eau Potable et assainissement FComm Forêt communautaire (Community Forest) AG/GRN Agriculture/Gestion des Ressources Naturelles FCL Forêt classée (Classified Forest) AMP Aire Marine Protégée (Marine Protected Area) FHI Family Health International ANCAR Agence Nationale de Conseil Agricole and Rural Gestion Administrative et Financière (Administrative and GAF APD Avant Projet Détaillé (Detailed Project Document) Financial Mgmt) Association pour la Promotion de l’Initiative Locale Gestion Durable des Ressources Naturelles (Sustainable APIL GDRN (Assoc. for Promot. of Local Initiatives) Natural Resource Mgmt) Agence Régionale de Développement (Regional ARD GDS Gouvernement du Sénégal (Governmentt of Senegal) Development Agency) Gérez Mieux Votre Enterprise (Manage your Enterprise GERME ASPRODE Association Sénégalaise pour la Promotion du Better) B Développement à la Base GFSR Global Food Security Response AUE Association des Usagers de l’Eau (Water Users’ Groupement d’Intérêt Économique (Economic Interest Association) GIE Group) BDS Business Development Services GP Groupement de Producteurs (Producer Group) BF Bas fond (lowland area) GPF Groupement de Promotion Féminine (Women’s Interests BFC Baobab Fruit Company (www.baobobfruitco.com) Group) Bureau Inventaire et Cartographie (Inventory and Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (Natural Resource BIC GRN Mapping unit at the Regional level) Management) BV Bassin Versant (Watershed) GUS Gouvernement des États-Unis (Government of the U.S.) Centre d’Appui au Développement Local (Local Center for Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points CADL HACCP Development Support) (Analyse/Contrôle des points critiques) CBAO Compagnie Bancaire de l’Afrique Occidentale Intervenir pour le Développement Écologique et de Comité Communautaire de Gestion de la Forêt l’Environnement en Casamance (Intervene for the CCGF IDEE (Community Forest Mgmt Committee) Ecological and Environmental Development in the CDC Cadre de Concertation (Consensus-bldg meeting) Casamance) CDR Création de Richesses (Wealth Creation) IEHA Initiative to End Hunger in Africa Inspection