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)
• Climate change mitigation (significant objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (principal objective)
• Desertification (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)

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 May 2024, include: (1) supported 6,077 producers of a targeted 3,500 (44.13 % women and 24.85% young people) and more than 50 associations in the cocoa and yam value chains. In the Grand’Anse department, the yam value chain is dominant in the communes of Abricots, Moron, Chambellan, Dame-Marie and Anse-d’Hainault; (2) increased the profit margins of producers and cooperatives, and the number of targeted processing workshops; (3) increased the yield of agricultural sectors, including cocoa (395.31 kg/ha compared with the national average of 250 kg/ha) and yams (7.76 t/ha compared with the national average of 5 to 12 t/ha); (3) 5,450 farmers adopted innovative techniques and practices to adapt to climate change through; (4) isolated 3,700 tonnes of CO2; and (5) rehabilitated 2,472 hectares.

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