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Connecting farming communities to coastal economies in El Balsamo – COSTA VIVA

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Development objective

To promote sustainable and climate-resilient business opportunities and improved food and nutrition security of poor households in mountain range farm communities in selected municipalities of El Balsamo microregion in El Salvador through skills development, business development, and local capacity building on DASH services.The Project intends to achieve the PDO through (i) working directly with 1,250 farmers and their rural farm families (6,250 indirect beneficiaries) engaged in agricultural production to promote the production of basic grains (maize and beans), seasonal vegetables and fruits (e.g. limes and other citrus, papaya, watermelon, cucumbers), and specialty coffee for export markets in upland communities in the municipalities of Comasagua, Chiltiupan, and Taminique to improve climate-resilient agriculture production and increase food and nutrition security and household income by increasing productivity, decreasing farm costs, and producing and selling vegetables and fruit to coastal tourist markets and coffee in international specialty coffee markets; (ii) establish marketing alliances and supply chain channels to supply fresh vegetables and fruit to restaurants and hotels in coastal tourist communities, including Puerto Libertad, El Tunco, El Sunzal, El Zonte; and (iii) promote sustainable natural resources management practices (including soil, agro-ecological capital and productive water resources) and dietary diversity and nutritional awareness, sanitation and hygiene (DASH) services for 5,000 households (approximately 25,000 people) in at least 10 of the most vulnerable communities of the aforementioned municipalities. The 5,000 target households for DASH services include the 1,250 households participating in the improved agricultural production activities plus an additional 3,750 households.

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6 notices

6 contract awards, 36 project documents

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