Through farmer field schools and Heifer International’s “Passing on the Gift” methodology, in which resources and knowledge are shared from one family to another, the FONTAGRO-supported project multiplied agroecological good practices across the Dry Corridor. In total, 3,503 families in 143 communities, with 34% women’s participation, built and maintain 94,199 metres of live and dead barriers, 13,328 metres of ditches and 2,466 check dams, and set up 18 water-harvesting structures with a capacity of 3,642 m³. Minimum tillage is now practised on more than 2,600 hectares, and 264 hectares were diversified with pineapple, cassava, plantain and citrus.

The network of 148 trained promoters, 37% of them women, led 148 follow-up sessions from the 57 field schools held in each planting cycle. The 57 community seed banks ended with reserves of 15 to 20 quintals of maize and beans, stored in 105 metal silos, and 30 home-made solar dryers benefit 406 families. In addition, 12 Self-Savings and Loan Committees emerged, with 157 families, 43% of them women, already lending to their members and communities.

📄 Results presentation, 14th Annual Technical Monitoring Workshop 2019 (PDF, in Spanish)
📄 Final technical report (PDF, in Spanish)
🔗 Project page (in Spanish)