Technological Innovations in the Dry Corridor

Climate change Strategy 1. Farms Strategy 2. Territories Technological-Organizational-Institutional Applied Agronomic Practices 2015 Closed

Code:

FTG/RF-15462-RG

Initiative:

Call for Proposals

FONTAGRO Amount:

USD 400.000

Counterpart Amount:

USD 600.000

Execution time

36 Months

Total Amount:

USD 1.000.000

Participating countries:

Nicaragua

Honduras

Funding source:

FONTAGRO Amount 40% Other agencies 0% Counterpart Amount 60%

Executive Summary

Lately, the Central American region has been affected by the consequences of global warming, with the greatest impact manifesting in the dry corridor of Nicaragua and Honduras where cyclical droughts and rain patterns with characteristics very similar to the El Niño phenomenon occur. These climatic conditions have affected levels of productivity and environmental and social sustainability of a population of 467,000 families in 5 departments of each country. To address this situation, this project presents a bi-national proposal to sustainably manage family agriculture in the Dry Corridor in order to increase the climate resilience of 3,600 families. The project will implement participatory plant breeding actions in corn and beans, good agroecological practices resilient to climate change, strengthening the agroclimatic information system and public-private alliances linked to the corn and bean value chains.

The technological solution

Improvement of the competitiveness and productivity of producers through access and use of validated maize and bean seeds, and the implementation of resilient productive and agro-ecological practices.

Results

20 bean varieties and 12 corn varieties were morphologically characterized, and seed is being produced.
57 community seed banks with reserves of corn and bean seeds were implemented.
160 extensionists were trained, of which 37 % were women.
105 metal silos in Nicaragua and 50 in Honduras were built and delivered to the communities.