Organic agriculture with endangered native crops in Nahualá, Sololá
This project consists on the training, advising and technical assessment of women and their families in the appropriate use of natural resources, through the ellaboration of compost and improved animal husbandry enclosures for cattle, pigs and poultry, for easy access to organic matter. They will also ellaborate organic fertilizers and pesticides to be used on the planting of native vegetables (yellow, white, ?salpor? and black corn, creolle potatoes, green and black beans (Zea Mays L, solanum tuberosum L. and Phaseolus vulagalisL).
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Asociación Femenina Para el Desarrollo del Occidente de Guatemala
Country:
Guatemala
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 18,920.83
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 13,531.06
Project Number:
GUA/03/09
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Notable Community Participation
176 stakeholders from the communities of Xepatuj, Nahualá y Chirijox, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Sololá, are actively participating in project activities.
Gender Focus
88 out of 176 stakeholders are women. The whole board of directors and the local promoters are women
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SGP Country office contact
Ms Gabriela Estrada
Email:
Address
5a. Avenida 5-55 zona 14, Edificio Europlaza, Torre IV, Nivel 10
Guatemala, 01014
Guatemala, 01014
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