Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study

Guatemala experiences high and continued chronic malnutrition and poverty rates, with a particular concentration around predominantly rural and indigenous areas in the Western Highlands. Agricultural development is similarly low in the region, with farmers generally cultivating small landholdings, s...

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Autores principales: Hernandez, Manuel A., Ceballos, Francisco, Paz, Cynthia, Espinoza, Alvaro
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Español
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140227
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author Hernandez, Manuel A.
Ceballos, Francisco
Paz, Cynthia
Espinoza, Alvaro
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description Guatemala experiences high and continued chronic malnutrition and poverty rates, with a particular concentration around predominantly rural and indigenous areas in the Western Highlands. Agricultural development is similarly low in the region, with farmers generally cultivating small landholdings, showing low agricultural productivity, and having limited ability for capital investment and an overall lack of market opportunities, combined with a relatively weak government support. This brief presents the main findings of the impact evaluation of USAID’s Feed the Future (FTF) Guatemala Value Chains Project that aimed to increase agricultural incomes, strengthen resilience, and improve nutritional outcomes of small farmers and their families in the Western Highlands of the country. The Project was created in 2017, building on the successes and lessons learned from the previous five years of implementation of the FTF Initiative in Guatemala, and relying on four expected results: improving agricultural productivity and diversifying income generation alternatives; expanding access to markets; increasing resilience through implementation of climate-smart and nutrition sensitive agriculture; and strengthening the agriculture and food security enabling environment.
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spelling CGSpace1402272025-11-06T06:06:16Z Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study Hernandez, Manuel A. Ceballos, Francisco Paz, Cynthia Espinoza, Alvaro investment farmers malnutrition markets agricultural development food security poverty rural areas Guatemala experiences high and continued chronic malnutrition and poverty rates, with a particular concentration around predominantly rural and indigenous areas in the Western Highlands. Agricultural development is similarly low in the region, with farmers generally cultivating small landholdings, showing low agricultural productivity, and having limited ability for capital investment and an overall lack of market opportunities, combined with a relatively weak government support. This brief presents the main findings of the impact evaluation of USAID’s Feed the Future (FTF) Guatemala Value Chains Project that aimed to increase agricultural incomes, strengthen resilience, and improve nutritional outcomes of small farmers and their families in the Western Highlands of the country. The Project was created in 2017, building on the successes and lessons learned from the previous five years of implementation of the FTF Initiative in Guatemala, and relying on four expected results: improving agricultural productivity and diversifying income generation alternatives; expanding access to markets; increasing resilience through implementation of climate-smart and nutrition sensitive agriculture; and strengthening the agriculture and food security enabling environment. 2023-12-20 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140227 en es Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hernandez, Manuel A.; Ceballos, Francisco; Paz, Cynthia; and Espinoza, Alvaro. 2023. Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137042.
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farmers
malnutrition
markets
agricultural development
food security
poverty
rural areas
Hernandez, Manuel A.
Ceballos, Francisco
Paz, Cynthia
Espinoza, Alvaro
Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study
title Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study
title_full Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study
title_fullStr Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study
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title_short Feed the Future Guatemala Value Chains Project: Summary of impact evaluation study
title_sort feed the future guatemala value chains project summary of impact evaluation study
topic investment
farmers
malnutrition
markets
agricultural development
food security
poverty
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140227
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