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Strengthening the resilience of small coffee producers affected by coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) in the department of Huehuetenango in the northwestern region of Guatemala
Tags: GUATEMALA, LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, RESILIENCE, COFFEE, POULTRY, TRAINING, GOOD PRACTICES, RESOURCE PARTNERS, ITALY,
Full title of the project:
Strengthening the resilience of small coffee producers affected by coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) in the department of Huehuetenango in the northwestern region of Guatemala
Contribution:
USD 200 000
01/05/2014-30/06/2015
Project code:
OSRO/GUA/401/ITA
Objective:
To contribute to improve the resilience of small coffee producers affected by rust though capacity building and risk management.
Key partners:
The Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and local authorities and associations.
Beneficiaries reached:
928 coffee growers and 1 033 families.
Activities implemented:
- Evaluated the level of knowledge on coffee production among farmers and promoters.
- Developed management plans for the various types of coffee plantations.
- Provided training and technical assistance to 928 coffee growers (45 percent women) through the Farmer-to
- Farmer approach and promoted good practices.
- Implemented measures to control rust, improve coffee plantations and preserve the quality of the coffee.
- Set up a weather station to monitor and register data on climate variability.
- Established 400 home gardens.
- Implemented a prophylactic plan for poultry benefiting 1 033 families and vaccinated 24 946 birds against the
- New Castle disease, coryza and cholera.
- Set up a revolving fund (USD 4 500) to continue the prophylactic plan and carry out vaccination campaigns.
- Renovated 91 ha of land with improved and traditional varieties of coffee.
- Cultivated 6 ha with short-cycle crops (e.g. improved bean varieties and cruciferous vegetables).
Impact:
- Contributed to decrease rust incidence from 58 to 18 percent over a period of one year.
- Produced 5 372 450 coffee plants.
- Produced 2,07 tonnes of coffee seed.
- Produced between 1.7 and 2.3 tonnes of crops per hectare, of which 15 percent was used for consumption and the rest was sold.
- Reduced poultry diseases by 60 percent.
- Strengthened monitoring and epidemiological surveillance of coffee.
- Reinforced the capacities of the beneficiaries for sustainable coffee production; in particular their knowledge on coffee production increased from 37.2 to 55.4 points and from 33.2 to 66.7 points among farmers and promoters, respectively.
- Contributed to agriculture and diet diversification.
- Increased access and availability to food.
OSRO/GUA/401/ITA