Organic agriculture with potatoes, corn, native and faba beans; establishment of a tree nursery for selling saplings and reforesting alder, cypress, oak and pine trees in Caserío Tuiscajchis, Comitancillo, San Marcos, Guatemala
Organic agriculture with potatoes, corn, native and faba beans; establishment of a tree nursery for selling saplings and reforesting alder, cypress, oak and pine trees in Caserío Tuiscajchis, Comitancillo, San Marcos, Guatemala
The project will include the organic production of potatoes, corn, native and faba beans on 0.2ha by each of the 40 project beneficiaries. Organic fertilisers and pesticides will be produced locally and soil conservation techniques will be implemenbted. The community organisation will establish a tree nursery and reforest 10,000 trees on 3.5 ha in total.
Some of the agricultural produce and tree seedlings will be sold on the market. Training workshops will be given in tree nursery, soil conservation, organic pesticides and fertilisers, natural disasters, commercialisation and gender issues.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Grupo Unión Desarrollo Tierra Blanca
Country:
Guatemala
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Land Degradation
Grant Amount:
US$ 17,084.43
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 4,653.69
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 15,870.71
Project Number:
GUA/OP3/02/06/03
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
The community is indigenous Mam.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The community will enhance their capacity to produce local organic inputs for their produce, diminishing external dependency. They will strenghten local human capital through know-how and training. Commercialisation will help build economic capital and allow sustainability to the project.
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Indicators
Biophysical
Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project 3
Empowerment
Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 1
Empowerment
Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 19
Empowerment
Number of indigenous people participated/involved in SGP project 40
Biophysical
Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 8
Livehood
Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 40
Livehood
Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 40

SGP Country office contact

Ms Gabriela Estrada
Email:

Address

5a. Avenida 5-55 zona 14, Edificio Europlaza, Torre IV, Nivel 10
Guatemala, 01014