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Program: Guatemala Totonicapan
Program ID: 2600-5007

Country: Guatemala

Name: Appropriate Technology, Community Organizing and Training for Food Security

Local Partner: Conference of Evangelical Churches of Guatemala (C

Summary:
Objectives:
- Continue with organic diversification of family food.
- Continue training on strategies of Integrated, effective and sustainable soil and water resource management .
- Promotion of nurseries and fruit trees of native and/or exotic foliage.
- Increase workshop content on risk prevention, watershed basin and environmental protection actions and vulnerabilities.
- Promotion of organized and joint marketing and distribution of surplus agricultural production at the municipal level.
- Strengthen campesino/indigenous organization at the local level by exchange visits.

Extension in 2009 will look at replicating successes in other areas.

Visit the local partners website at
http://www.nuevociedeg.org/

Program Focus:
Households: 578 Communities: 29 Individuals: 3,468 Budget: $95,851.35

Program Start Date: 5/1/2005
Current Year Start Date: 7/1/2008
Program End Date: 6/30/2009

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This program has received support from USAID in the past.

This program is eligible for funding of a possible extension.