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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFinancial inclusion in rural territories
The Development Financing Center of the MANORCHO inter-communal association in Honduras: An innovative credit model
2020Also available in:
Over the past two decades, the Honduras country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has made efforts to design an effective rural financial system that supports the development of small producers and rural businesses. Since 2015, after a successful experience with the development of a network of more than 900 savings and loan cooperatives, it has supported the design and implementation of a new financing model: Development Financing Centers (CFD in Spanish). The CFD is a mechanism for the financial inclusion of rural families, which because of their poverty or structural situation are not eligible to access private and government financial systems. It has three notable features: first, it is based on the cooperation of public and private actors – local governments, producer organizations, civil society organizations (NGOs), private companies, public institutions, and aid agencies – that contribute resources to a fund that provides solidarity financing; second, it considers financing as a tool for development and, therefore, its grant application process is guided by territorial development strategies agreed by the actors involved; and, third, its space of action is inter-communal (association of municipalities), with a territorial and political platform that constitutes a powerful collaborative work space. The MANORCHO CFD, having completed four years of operation, has managed to gather more than 40 contributing partners and work with 90 producer organizations that bring together about 2 200 families, of which 500 have received financing. This model has been approved by the national government of Honduras, which is already injecting economic resources into the fund. Currently, work is being done on capacity development at the central level to replicate the model in other inter-communal associations in the country. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetActiver la transformation durable et inclusive de nos systèmes alimentaires
Une initiative conjointe de l'UE, la FAO et le CIRAD
2021Depuis 2020, l’UE, la FAO et le CIRAD ont lancé, en coopération avec les gouvernements et les acteurs des systèmes alimentaires, un processus de consultation et d’évaluation de ces systèmes dans plus de cinquante pays, en vue d’amorcer leur transformation. Chiffres et informations qualitatives provenant des divers acteurs des systèmes alimentaires seront agrégés afin d’analyser leur impact à la lumière des objectifs définis. Les équipes-pays dirigées par les gouvernements et soutenues par les délégations de l’UE et les représentants de la FAO et autres partenaires, seront en charge du processus. -
Book (series)Evaluation of FAO’s Country Programme in Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2009-2014 2015
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No results found.ES1 The Country Programme Evaluation of FAO’s contribution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) was conducted in 2015 with a view to contributing to the design and implementation of the next Country Programme Framework (CPF) starting in 2016. The purpose of the evaluation was to provide inputs to better orient FAO’s programme in Lao PDR, making it more relevant to the needs of the country, and identify potential areas for future support in line with FAO’s comparative advantages. It also aimed to assess FAO’s contributions to achieve its Global Goals, namely: i) eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; ii) elimination of poverty and the promotion of economic and social progress for all; and iii) sustainable management and utilization of natural resources at the country level. ES2 The evaluation was conducted by a team of five, led by an evaluation manager and supported by an evaluation analyst from the Office of Evaluation. It involved an extensive review of doc uments; interviews with over 160 stakeholders; and field research in the provinces of Khamouane, Savannakhet, Champassak, Swekong and Luang Namtha. The draft report was reviewed for accuracy by an external advisor, government partners and FAO’s Country Office. Following the principle of national ownership of development, the evaluation was conducted in a consultative manner with key Government partners through the formation of a Consultative Group comprising representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) which chaired the group. The group was consulted in the formulation of the evaluation’s terms of reference, the composition of the team, the validity of the findings and conclusions in the draft report, and the organization of the stakeholder workshop. ES3 Over the past 20 years, Lao PDR has achieved significant economic growth and considerable advances in po verty reduction. With the expansion of agricultural trade, the country finds itself with a comparative advantage in a number of areas, including organic agriculture, niche products and geographic indications. These achievements, however, have not translated into significant reductions in Lao’s seriously high levels of food insecurity and undernutrition. Moreover, a lack of technical capacity and knowledge constrains the country’s ability to capitalize on its comparative advantages. ES4 Lao PDR i s very vulnerable to disasters, including weather events such as typhoons, flooding and drought, rodent and pest attacks, and animal disease epidemics. The most widespread of these are weather related risks and their frequency and intensity is likely to increase as a consequence of climate change. The additional pressure on the country’s natural resources severely strains the livelihood systems of the poorest: many households’ livelihoods continue to depend on natural resources, and the agricult ural sector employs 76 percent of the workforce. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFinancial inclusion in rural territories
The Development Financing Center of the MANORCHO inter-communal association in Honduras: An innovative credit model
2020Also available in:
Over the past two decades, the Honduras country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has made efforts to design an effective rural financial system that supports the development of small producers and rural businesses. Since 2015, after a successful experience with the development of a network of more than 900 savings and loan cooperatives, it has supported the design and implementation of a new financing model: Development Financing Centers (CFD in Spanish). The CFD is a mechanism for the financial inclusion of rural families, which because of their poverty or structural situation are not eligible to access private and government financial systems. It has three notable features: first, it is based on the cooperation of public and private actors – local governments, producer organizations, civil society organizations (NGOs), private companies, public institutions, and aid agencies – that contribute resources to a fund that provides solidarity financing; second, it considers financing as a tool for development and, therefore, its grant application process is guided by territorial development strategies agreed by the actors involved; and, third, its space of action is inter-communal (association of municipalities), with a territorial and political platform that constitutes a powerful collaborative work space. The MANORCHO CFD, having completed four years of operation, has managed to gather more than 40 contributing partners and work with 90 producer organizations that bring together about 2 200 families, of which 500 have received financing. This model has been approved by the national government of Honduras, which is already injecting economic resources into the fund. Currently, work is being done on capacity development at the central level to replicate the model in other inter-communal associations in the country. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetActiver la transformation durable et inclusive de nos systèmes alimentaires
Une initiative conjointe de l'UE, la FAO et le CIRAD
2021Depuis 2020, l’UE, la FAO et le CIRAD ont lancé, en coopération avec les gouvernements et les acteurs des systèmes alimentaires, un processus de consultation et d’évaluation de ces systèmes dans plus de cinquante pays, en vue d’amorcer leur transformation. Chiffres et informations qualitatives provenant des divers acteurs des systèmes alimentaires seront agrégés afin d’analyser leur impact à la lumière des objectifs définis. Les équipes-pays dirigées par les gouvernements et soutenues par les délégations de l’UE et les représentants de la FAO et autres partenaires, seront en charge du processus. -
Book (series)Evaluation of FAO’s Country Programme in Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2009-2014 2015
Also available in:
No results found.ES1 The Country Programme Evaluation of FAO’s contribution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) was conducted in 2015 with a view to contributing to the design and implementation of the next Country Programme Framework (CPF) starting in 2016. The purpose of the evaluation was to provide inputs to better orient FAO’s programme in Lao PDR, making it more relevant to the needs of the country, and identify potential areas for future support in line with FAO’s comparative advantages. It also aimed to assess FAO’s contributions to achieve its Global Goals, namely: i) eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; ii) elimination of poverty and the promotion of economic and social progress for all; and iii) sustainable management and utilization of natural resources at the country level. ES2 The evaluation was conducted by a team of five, led by an evaluation manager and supported by an evaluation analyst from the Office of Evaluation. It involved an extensive review of doc uments; interviews with over 160 stakeholders; and field research in the provinces of Khamouane, Savannakhet, Champassak, Swekong and Luang Namtha. The draft report was reviewed for accuracy by an external advisor, government partners and FAO’s Country Office. Following the principle of national ownership of development, the evaluation was conducted in a consultative manner with key Government partners through the formation of a Consultative Group comprising representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) which chaired the group. The group was consulted in the formulation of the evaluation’s terms of reference, the composition of the team, the validity of the findings and conclusions in the draft report, and the organization of the stakeholder workshop. ES3 Over the past 20 years, Lao PDR has achieved significant economic growth and considerable advances in po verty reduction. With the expansion of agricultural trade, the country finds itself with a comparative advantage in a number of areas, including organic agriculture, niche products and geographic indications. These achievements, however, have not translated into significant reductions in Lao’s seriously high levels of food insecurity and undernutrition. Moreover, a lack of technical capacity and knowledge constrains the country’s ability to capitalize on its comparative advantages. ES4 Lao PDR i s very vulnerable to disasters, including weather events such as typhoons, flooding and drought, rodent and pest attacks, and animal disease epidemics. The most widespread of these are weather related risks and their frequency and intensity is likely to increase as a consequence of climate change. The additional pressure on the country’s natural resources severely strains the livelihood systems of the poorest: many households’ livelihoods continue to depend on natural resources, and the agricult ural sector employs 76 percent of the workforce.
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