Project profile — Adaptive and Innovative Solutions for Agri-Food Market Opportunities in Haiti

• Haiti (100.00%)

• Agricultural development:
Agricultural development (31120) (20.00%)
Agricultural inputs (31150) (10.00%)
Food crop production (31161) (40.00%)
• Rural development:
Rural development (43040) (20.00%)
Disaster Risk Reduction (43060) (10.00%)

• 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 (significant objective)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (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)
• Nutrition (significant objective)

This project aims to strengthen the maize value chain in Haiti’s Sud and Artibonite departments. Its goal is to improve the livelihoods of 10,000 smallholder farm families through expanded commercialization and sustainable production of maize, along with bean, an essential companion crop. An emphasis is on creating opportunities for women and youth to contribute to - and benefit from - activities that promote added value and climate change adaptation in the targeted value chains. Project activities include: (1) increasing targeted maize producers’ access to reliable, competitive, and durable markets for their product through the establishment of local purchasing centers with direct linkages to a large-scale industrial buyer ; (2) improving agricultural productivity, yields, and post-harvest quality of maize and bean through promoting sustainable climate smart techniques and technologies; and (3) enhancing rural farm families’ resiliency to recurrent natural disaster through disaster risk reduction awareness-raising.

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) increased access to reliable, competitive and sustainable markets for the products. Also established local purchasing centres with a direct link to a large-scale industrial buyer; (2) improved agricultural productivity and quality of the beans and maize; and (3) improved resilience of rural farm families to recurrent disasters on 1,500 hectares covered by the targeted value chains. They are converted to production methods that are better adapted to climate change

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