Plantations of black, red, white, ?piloy?(Phaseolus) and green beans and black corn (Zea Mays L)with organic farming technique in Pareje Chuasiguán, Aldea Xesaná, Santa María Chiquimula, Sololá
This project consists on the training of 75 stakeholders on organic agriculture, in order to improve their livelihoods, their diets and diversify their traditional crops, diminish agrochemical use and pollution and improve their household income. Sustainability for project activities will be attained through the distribution of resulting crops in the following manner, one third will be destined as seeds, one third to improve families? diet and one third for local commercialization. A total area of approximately 9.375 hectares will be managed organically at the communities of Chasiguán and Aldea Xesaná.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Grupo María de los Ángeles
Country:
Guatemala
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 19,357.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 36,716.79
Project Number:
GUA/03/08
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Gender Focus
45 out of 75 stakeholders are women, the whole board of directors are women, the local promoter and the technical advisor are women.
Notable Community Participation
75 stakeholders are actively participating on project activities.
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