Project profile — Climate Adaptation and Economic Development of Agricultural Sectors in Haiti

• Haiti (100.00%)

• Agricultural development:
Agricultural development (31120) (15.00%)
Food crop production (31161) (15.00%)
Agricultural extension (31166) (15.00%)
Agricultural financial services (31193) (20.00%)
Agricultural co-operatives (31194) (15.00%)
• Other Multisector: Rural development (43040) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (significant objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (principal objective)
• Desertification (significant objective)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The project seeks to improve the economic well-being and reduce the vulnerability of approximately 4,200 rural households in five communes of Haiti’s Grand'Anse department. Women’s economic empowerment and their enhanced access to decision-making bodies are central to the project, as are the needs and aspirations of young people. Through its strategy to promote good agricultural practices and make them more accessible, the project is working to sustainably increase value added and promote climate change adaptation and resilience in the cacao, yam, cassava and gardening value chains, as well as to strengthen four farmers’ organizations. By using the value chains approach and facilitating inclusive markets, the project helps to match supply to demand in the input, research, financial services and agricultural product markets, while fostering dialogue among the actors involved. Project activities include: (1) optimizing the Creole garden, an agroforestry production system; (2) improving technical proficiency and agricultural productivity; (3) setting up or strengthening farmers’ organizations in order to help actively develop sectors; and (4) securing improved access to better adapted financial products and services.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) value-added of the targeted agri-food value chains is increased, particularly for women and youth in the targeted regions, while respecting the environment; and (2) agri-food value chains targeted by the project are better adapted to climate change.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) supported a total of 5,831 men and women producers with the completion of its fifth year of implementation, of which 44.50% are women and 23.22% are young people, through the main services offered. This includes 252 in Beaumont, 1,110 in Abricots, 54 in Bonbon, 1,074 in Moron, 1,081 in Chambellan, 1,192 in Dame-Marie, and 1,068 in Anse-d’Hainault; (2) allowed an increase of 66% in (certified) cocoa marketed by the associations; (3) helped to implement 53 farmer field schools (CEP), of which 4 are made up exclusively of women, 9 are made up mostly of women and 5 are made up mostly of young people; (4) rehabilitated 2,472 hectares, 2,465.52 of which are for individual men and women producers; (5) helped 2,055 entrepreneurs (men and women farmers and smallholder families), 56% of whom are women and 24.7% of whom were young people, to access financial and business development services; (6) filled 115 new temporary jobs in the environmental sector; and (7) helped 1,237 women farmers use climate change adaptation practices on their land, compared to the 900 originally targeted by the project.

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