Country Initiatives Details
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,657,888 CAD
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- 2019 to 2020: $855,308 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $874,749 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $927,831 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Guatemala
Honduras
Mali
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project aims to increase seed, food and economic security for small-scale farm households, enhancing the availability of diverse quality of food for women, men and youth.
In developing countries, small-scale farmers produce over 80% of food consumed. These producers often cultivate poor land, with under-supported skills and inputs, using crop seed material and practices that are detrimental to environmental sustainability and inappropriate to their local area. This affects agricultural productivity, climate resiliency and livelihoods.
The regions targeted by the project are the Dry Corridor in Central America, as well as Burkina Faso (Soum, Boulkiemde, Bazega and Boulgou Provinces), Mali (the Bamako, Douentza and Mopti regions) and Ethiopia (Amhara and Oromia regions).
Project activities include:
• training farmers (women, men, and youth), to select and utilize improved local open-pollinated seed varieties and to carry out participatory research on their own farms with technical assistance;
• establish their own community seed banks and field gene banks to preserve the biodiversity of local crop material and build community seed self-sufficiency as a basis for food security;
• providing information materials and agricultural extension support to small-scale farm households on agricultural best practices, including water and soil management, agroforestry and also supporting women and youth in leading their own sustainable small enterprises focused on high-value agricultural products;
• seed marketing support; and
• supporting government agencies, civil society organizations, and research institutions in the six developing countries by promoting the adoption of agro-ecological, participatory research and seed multiplication practices nationally, as well as regionally.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
To date, the project as achieved:
1. Partners have conducted 26 seed security assessments, supported 60 community seed banks, and more than 4,000 participants have received training in participatory varietal selection and plant breeding, resulting in strengthened smallholder farmer capacity to adapt to identified climate change risks.
2. Increased availability of nutrient-rich food in quantity and quality for 105,648 direct beneficiaries in 405 communities.
3. Overall annual household access to adequate food supplies increased by 8.1% on average from the baseline. Compared to before the project, 20% more households grow fruits and 28% grow more vegetables, and participants are growing 31% more fruit varieties and 42% more vegetable varieties. These increases have contributed to making nutritionally diverse food supplies available to poor households on a more consistent basis.
4. The project is working with 120 women’s groups to strengthen women’s participation in economic decision-making. Women made up 45% of the leadership positions in the 192 collective enterprises supported in 2017-2018, and are increasingly participating in traditionally male-dominated areas, such as seed production and community seed bank management.
5. More than 3,000 women farmers and 1,600 youth farmers have received support in accessing community land, and over 5,000 women and nearly 2,500 youth received agricultural inputs like seeds, microloans, and production supplies including tools, biofertilizers, herbicides and pest repellents.
6. The Seeds of Survival (SoS) project has collaborated with more than 150 organizations, government departments, and research institutes in scaling-up SoS practices.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$12,500,000 USD
- 2019 to 2020: $12,500,000 USD
Targeted Countries:
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2019 to 2020
Financial Instrument:
Concessional Loan
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Through the $223.50M contribution to the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas - Phase II, Canada is investing US $12.5M to support the transition to a more efficient and sustainable irrigation system in the sugar sector in Nicaragua. The sugar sector is one of the main agribusiness and export sectors in the country. This project enhances adaptation to climate change risks while reducing consumption in water, energy, and fertilizers, through more efficient use of resources and better technology. Canada’s contribution supports the transition of 3,500 hectares to a more sustainable irrigation system (drip and pivotal irrigation), as well as the construction of an 800,000 cubic-meter reservoir to store rainwater and use it in the dry months of the year.
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Results/Expected Outcomes
Through this project, Canada helps address existing market barriers to private investment in climate action, by means of supporting one of the first companies in Nicaragua to innovate in irrigation technologies and climate change adaptation actions. Canada’s contribution is helping to mobilise an additional US $37.5M in financing for this project. This project is also expected to result in the saving of 6.8 billion gallons of water over 8 years, and the avoidance of, on average, 1,450 metric tons of CO2e per year.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($USD):
$37,500,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
1,450
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$5,673 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2019 to 2020
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The project aims to improve the resilience of beneficiaries to climate change-related food insecurity, especially addressing its gendered impacts. It seeks to: (1) increase the practice of gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture, thus increasing peoples’ access to diverse foods; and (2) increase women’s participation in decision-making at the local level. The project supports vulnerable women-headed households who are reliant on subsistence farming.
Project activities include: (1) promoting gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture technologies, the use of drought-resistant varieties of beans and maize, community seed banks, and community garden planting to help increase women’s incomes; (2) providing training on entrepreneurship and financial management, market links, gender equality, women’s rights and leadership to women’s groups; and (3) conducting gender sensitization sessions for women and men leaders, youth, and male family members to increase community support for women to participate in decision-making.
The project aims to directly impact 3,345 direct beneficiaries (of which 1,750 women and girls) and 6,500 indirect beneficiaries for a total of nearly 10,000 people reached. The project is implemented by Casa-Pueblito with partners including Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Cooperative, UCA Tierra y Agua, Community of Jiñocua, and Hogar Luceros del Amanecer.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased implementation of gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture technologies and techniques; and (2) increased participation of women in gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture decision-making at the local level.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$473,082 CAD
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- 2017 to 2018: $33,486 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $439,596 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project aims to improve the management and agriculture production of 1,400 parcels and farm management capacities of 1,400 young farmers and producers in northern Nicaragua. It aims to increase income, reduce environmental vulnerability and increase food security of households occupying these parcels, representing approximately 10,000 direct beneficiaries.
The intervention region is one of the most affected by environmental degradation (deforestation, impoverished soils, drying up of rivers) and the effects of climate change (recurrent droughts and floods). This project focuses on environmental protection through the integration of various techniques that are more sustainable and offer resilience to climate change, in one of the most arid regions of Nicaragua, while also increasing agricultural productivity. This includes production techniques (i.e. diversification, zero plowing, zero burning), protection techniques (anti-erosion hedges, crops perpendicular to the slope, minimization of the use of pesticides), and conservation techniques (forest fringes near streams).
The SUCO’s approach is based on principles of agroecology (minimizing all chemical pesticides/herbicides). This includes minimizing the impacts of wind and sun on microclimate; protecting the soil from wind and water erosion; non-burning of soil; production of bio-pesticides, bio-herbicides and bio-fertilizers using local resources; and diversification of agriculture and livestock production.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Achieved results include, for example, the acquisition of new technical knowledge and skills by young farmers and the increase of agricultural productivity of families. A total of 650 hectares were cultivated through agro-ecological practices, and 988 environmental protection works (i.e. agroecology techniques of production, protection and conservation) were realized in 124 communities. In addition, the perception of environmental conditions is improved among families and young people. The project promoted the participation of women in sustainable development and the shared decision-making within families, as well as in the reduction of inequalities between women and men in terms of access and control of resources and of development benefits.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$600,000 CAD
Footnote*
- 2016 to 2017: $600,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The project supports the World Food Program's (WFP) Purchase for Progress program in Nicaragua that aims to increase the food security and family income of 3,000 Nicaraguan small-scale farmers while contributing to the purchase of 42% of the WFP Country Program total food needs for the period. This is achieved through increased farming productivity, increased access to formal markets, and the increased sale price of better quality agricultural products.
Project activities include, for example, improvement of agricultural and marketing practices, and post-harvest management and storage capacity of small-scale farmers, as well as strengthening of institutional and management capacity of small-scale farmer organizations, including the promotion of gender equality.
Nicaragua is one of the most affected country worldwide by natural events and climate change. Its agriculture sector consists predominantly of medium and smallholder farmers, who practice rain-fed agriculture and are constrained by climate vulnerability, environmental degradation, natural hazards, insufficient technical capacity, and lack of access to credit and agriculture services.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Among the results achieved to date:
• Participating farmer organizations experienced savings for reduction in post-harvest losses of 6% for maize and 4% for beans production and despite extreme drought conditions in 2015, the production yields increased 13% and 21% respectively.
• 323 smallholder farmers (27% women) sold and delivered 1,822 metric tons of maize and beans.
• 1,000 members (20% women) of 12 smallholder farmer organizations accessed private sector credit, amounting to US$ 500,000.
• 33% of the participating farmer organizations formed alliances with different public and non-governmental organizations. This contributed to increasing food security and family incomes, as well as to the purchase of 100% of basic grains (beans and maize) from World Food Programme Nicaragua Country Program's total food needs, under the national school meal's program. With Canada’s support WFP reached 86,000 boys and 76,000 girls in 2,119 pre and primary schools in food-insecure communities located in remote and hard to reach areas in 12 municipalities.
• 89% of targeted farmers used at least two environmentally friendly practices in food production, such as reforestation, soil and water conservation, minimum tillage, and using drought-resistant seeds. Farmers obtained positive results, including: pollution reduction, soil protection, better yields, and reduced soil degradation. These practices also led to protection and reproduction of microorganisms and fauna, therefore bringing about benefits for the biodiversity and environment in their communities.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,702,443 CAD
- 2014 to 2015: $2,552,443 CAD
- 2013 to 2014: $2,000,000 CAD
- 2012 to 2013: $2,050,000 CAD
- 2011 to 2012: $1,100,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2011 to 2012, 2012 to 2013, 2013 to 2014, 2014 to 2015
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Cross-cutting
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project contributed to strengthening the agriculture sector in Nicaragua by assisting the Government of Nicaragua implement its Productive Rural Development Sector Program (known by its Spanish acronym PRORURAL). The goal of PRORURAL was to increase sustainable economic growth in rural areas and increase access to safe, nutritious food for poor rural women and men. The project helped farmers to increase their productivity and the quality of the food they produce, diversify their crops and transform their produce into higher-value products.
This project demonstrates Canada’s dedication to climate change action in developing countries. Key project activities involved the enhanced conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, and increased efficiency and efficacy of national institutions in the rural development sector. In addition, the project promoted the sustainable use of forestry resources and improved management of the forestry sector.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Results achieved as of the end of the project contributed to increasing rural economic growth, and improving access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for poor rural women and men. For example, there was a 22% increase in the production of cash crops and an integration of 17,000 families into value chains for cocoa, horticulture, honey, dairy, coffee, rice, beans, and meat, in order to help them add value to their products, receive better returns and increase their incomes. Outcomes also included the integration of 88,806 hectares of forest into forestry sector management plans promoting the sustainable use of forestry resources. In addition to technical assistance to increase sustainable agricultural practices, 3,288 farmers associations were formed to more effectively purchase resources and to facilitate entry into new markets.
Through the Support to the Productive Rural Development Sector Program, the project has also provided assistance to Nicaragua to help them develop policies and implement programs to support climate change mitigation and adaptation activities through four ministries and public institutions working in Rural Development. Canada’s support has helped the Government of Nicaragua through PRORURAL to develop a responsive mechanism to assist small scale farmers in the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation activities, including the strengthening of the government’s and producers’ environmental management capacities, responsible use of water in agriculture, promoting agro-ecological production and supporting the national reforestation plan.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$1,480,000 CAD
- 2011 to 2012: $1,480,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Funding Period: 2011 to 2012
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This contribution is part of Canada's $20 million fast-start contribution to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support climate change adaptation projects in the water sector in Asia and in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project studied the effects of climate change on water availability in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and will investigate how community-based organizations could adapt their practices to maximize water security for rural and peri-urban residents.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada’s contribution, the project is assessing how water suppliers can adapt their practices to safeguard water given the uncertainty about future water availability. Case analysis from Costa Rica is being used to assess appropriate adaptation options. The team is conducting a survey of households and water providers from Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with a focus on assessing the costs and benefits of different adaptation measures. Research results are expected to improve decision-making and better guide private and public investments in adaptation measures, to secure water supply for rural and peri-urban residents.