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Book (series)Investing in rural households through community promoters
The Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai programme in Peru
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This case study report was written as a part of the Agriculture Human Capital Investment Study, funded by FAO Investment Centre and with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and the FAO Research and Extension Unit. Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai (“Let’s grow together” in the indigenous languages Quechua and Shipibo-Conibo, respectively) is one of the few government programs that work with poor rural households in a subsistence economy. Through the implementation of community projects composed mostly by training and technical assistance packages directed to improve production techniques as well as the household organization and financial inclusion, the programme seeks to contribute to the economic inclusion of poor households in rural areas improving their access to markets. Training packages are implemented by local promoters called Yachachiqs (“The one who knows and teaches”), selected and hired by the community for three years to implement community-based projects funded by the government office FONCODES. This study seeks to provide further knowledge about the programme major achievements and complement the literature that has been already developed about the impacts of the programme. For that purposes, structured interviews were performed with key informants, especially Yachachiqs, of the two poorest regions in Peru, Cajamarca and Huancavelica. -
Book (stand-alone)The household- and individual-level economic impacts of cash transfer programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa 2017
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No results found.This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of seven country impact evaluation studies that explore the impact of cash transfer programmes on household economic decision-making, productive activities and labour allocation in sub-Saharan Africa. The seven countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Results from seven recently completed rigorous impact evaluations of government-run unconditional social cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa s how that these programmes have significant positive impacts on the livelihoods of beneficiary households. In Zambia, the Child Grant programme had large and positive impacts across an array of income generating activities. The impact of the programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe were more selective in nature, while the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty programme in Ghana had fewer direct impacts on productive activities, and more on various dimensions of risk management . -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetWest Africa and the Sahel: Germany’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window 2023
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No results found.In 2022, the West Africa and Sahel region experienced one of the worst years in recent history in terms of humanitarian impacts from floods. The growing frequency, intensity and gravity of climate and weather-related disasters, including floods, are jeopardizing the region’s entire food system and particularly the agriculture sector. Combined with other shocks and risks affecting the region, a new risk of flooding for 2023 may further impact people and their livelihoods. Thanks to the German Federal Foreign Office’s contribution to the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action window, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is scaling up early warning messaging and risk awareness, and safeguarding crops and livestock, to mitigate the impact of flooding on vulnerable communities’ livelihoods and food security.
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