1.2 Detalles de contacto de las personas de referencia e instituciones involucradas en la evaluación y la documentación del Enfoque

Nombre de la(s) institución(es) que facilitaron la documentación/ evaluación del Enfoque si fuera relevante)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - Alemania

Nombre de la(s) institución(es) que facilitaron la documentación/ evaluación del Enfoque si fuera relevante)

BØRNEfonden - Children & Youth Foundation - Dinamarca

1.3 Condiciones referidas al uso de datos documentados mediante WOCAT

¿Cuándo se compilaron los datos (en el campo)?

01/07/2012

El compilador y la/s persona(s) de referencia claves aceptan las condiciones acerca del uso de los datos documentados mediante WOCAT :

Sí

2.1 Breve descripción del Enfoque

Establishing vegetable plots for women enables them to increase their incomes and improve their health by increasing and diversifying agricultural production and improving the nutritional quality of their food.

2.2 Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST

Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST:

Market gardening also enables women to set up savings funds through their associations, builds their capacity to organise and manage market gardens and improves their cultivation techniques. Market gardens set up by women’s associations are usually sited adjacent to lowland areas or rivers so as to facilitate access to water, which is extracted from wells. The areas of these market gardens range from 0.5 to 1 hectare depending on the size of the association and the opportunities for selling produce locally. Allotment sizes range from 80 to 120 square metres per woman. The number of growers per market garden is no greater than 70 women per hectare and 35 women per half-hectare. Women receive a grant in the form of equipment and agricultural inputs. The wells created for the market gardens are 1.4 metres in diameter, have 60-centimetre-high well heads and 30-centimetre-wide footpaths from which to water crops. Eight wells are installed per hectare across the site.
1)A women’s association puts forward its needs, 2)The BØRNEfonden Development Unit carries out a scoping study, 3) Women are organised into an association, 4) The women contribute their share of the costs (10% of the investment costs), 5) A site with guaranteed access to water (i.e. close to the water table) is enclosed, 6)The market garden’s wells are dug, 7)Financial support is provided during the first growing season to pay for equipment and agricultural inputs, 8)The association undertakes a self-assessment and draws up a training plan, 9)BØRNEfonden’s Development Units provide time-limited advisory support, the duration of which depends on capacity-building needs and ranges from three to five years per village. A four-month period of advisory support is allotted to service providers (technical services and consultancies). In order to achieve the best outcomes, it is important to define rules and requirements upfront. These requirements are met by developing an internal control system and nominating an internal control committee. The beneficiaries draw up the management procedures for their site, setting out how it is accessed and how women farmers are selected through internal regulation. Selected committee members receive training in organising and managing the site. Management tools are put in place for this purpose. A plan for the growing season is drawn up with women growers, which means needs can also be evaluated. BØRNEfonden provides the funding. The production costs of sold crops are evaluated and the required funds are then reimbursed by growers through the payment of subscription fees, using a payment system that they have collectively defined. Subscriptions paid by the women are safely set aside in the savings fund created by the association in order to ensure repayments can be made on the equipment paid for by BØRNEfonden.
The women’s association makes a suitable site available and prepares the soil (clearing, grubbing and ploughing). It also contributes a 10% share of the investment and opens a bank account to provide for the repayment of the investment. BØRNEfonden undertakes site development works (laying out, well digging, fencing), carries out crop planning, buys in equipment and agricultural inputs, installs nurseries, establishes and allocates plots, prepares seedbeds, transplants seedlings, and deploys plant health products and fertilisers. BØRNEfonden supports scheme farmers with the growing, harvesting and sale of produce. Local authorities sign the service contracts established between BØRNEfonden and the private contractors hired when the market garden activities got underway (well digging and site fencing). Government and consultancy technical services are involved in performing studies, delivering training in cultivation techniques and monitoring vegetable growing plots.

2.3 Fotos del Enfoque

2.5 País/ región/ lugares donde el Enfoque fue aplicado

2.6 Fechas de inicio y conclusión del Enfoque

2.8 Propósitos/ objetivos principales del Enfoque

The Approach focused mainly on SLM with other activities
To increase women's incomes and improve their health by increasing and diversifying agricultural production and improving the nutritional quality of their food. Market gardening also enables women to set up savings funds through their associations, builds their capacity to organise and manage market gardens and improves their cultivation techniques.
The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: lack of work, money and food for women; negative ecological impact due to traditional practices such as deforestation or gold mining;

2.9 Condiciones que facilitan o impiden la implementación de la/s Tecnología/s aplicadas bajo el Enfoque

3.1 Partes interesadas involucradas en el Enfoque y sus roles

3.2 Involucramiento de los usuarios locales de tierras/ comunidades locales en las distintas fases del Enfoque

	Involucramiento de los usuarios locales de tierras/ comunidades locales	Especifique quién se involucró y describa las actividades
iniciación/ motivación	pasivo
planificación	interactivo
implementación	interactivo
monitoreo y evaluación	pasivo
Research	pasivo

3.4 La toma de decisiones en la selección de Tecnología(s) MST

Especifique quién decidió la selección de las Tecnología/ Tecnologías a implementarse:

• principalmente usuarios de tierras con el apoyo de especialistas MST

Explique:

Decisions on the method of implementing the SLM Technology were made by mainly by land users supported by SLM specialists

4.1 Construcción de capacidades / capacitación

¿Se proporcionó la capacitación a usuarios de tierras/ otras partes interesadas?

Sí

Especifique quién fue capacitado:

• usuarios de tierras

Forma de capacitación:

• en el contexto de trabajo
• de agricultor a agricultor
• reuniones públicas
• cursos

4.2 Servicio de asesoría

¿Los usuarios de tierras tienen acceso a un servicio de asesoría?

Sí

Especifique si servicio proporcionado se realizó:

• en los campos de los usuarios de tierras

Describa/ comentarios:

Advisory service is quite adequate to ensure the continuation of land conservation activities

4.3 Fortalecimiento institucional (desarrollo institucional)

¿Se establecieron o fortalecieron instituciones mediante el Enfoque?

• sí, mucho

Especifique el nivel o los niveles en los que se fortalecieron o establecieron las instituciones:

• local

Especifique el tipo de apoyo:

• financiero
• construcción de capacidades/ entrenamiento
• equipo

4.4 Monitoreo y evaluación

¿El monitoreo y la evaluación forman parte del Enfoque?

Sí

Comentarios:

Bio-physical aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff through observations
Technical aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff through observations
Socio-cultural aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff through observations
Economic / production aspects were regular monitored by project staff through measurements
Area treated aspects were regular monitored by project staff through measurements
Land users involved aspects were regular monitored by project staff through measurements
Management of Approach aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff through observations
There were no changes in the Approach as a result of monitoring and evaluation
There were no changes in the Technology as a result of monitoring and evaluation

4.5 Investigación

¿La investigación formó parte del Enfoque?

Sí

Especifique los temas:

• sociología
• economía/ marketing
• ecología
• tecnología

5.1 Presupuesto anual para el componente MST del Enfoque

Si no se conoce el presupuesto anual preciso, indique el rango:

• 2,000-10,000

Comentarios (ej. fuentes principales de financiamiento/ donantes principales):

Approach costs were met by the following donors: international non-government (BØRNEfonden): 90.0%; local community / land user(s): 10.0%

5.2 Apoyo financiero/material proporcionado a los usuarios de tierras

¿Los usuarios de tierras recibieron financiamiento/ apoyo material para implementar la Tecnología/ Tecnologías? :

Sí

5.3 Subsidios para insumos específicos (incluyendo mano de obra)

• equipo

• agrícola

Si la mano de obra de usuarios de tierras fue un insumo sustancial, ¿fue:

• voluntario?

6.1 Impactos del Enfoque

6.2 Motivación principal del usuario de la tierra para implementar MST

6.3 Sostenibilidad de las actividades del Enfoque

¿Pueden los usuarios de tierras sostener lo que se implementó mediante el Enfoque (sin apoyo externo)?

• sí

Si respondió que sí, describa cómo:

The women are now able to reproduce the same approaches. With BØRNEfonden’s support, they have the funds to buy good quality agricultural inputs, which guarantees good production. The savings held in their bank accounts help with equipment repayments.

6.4 Fortalezas/ ventajas del Enfoque

Fuerzas/ ventajas/ oportunidades desde la perspectiva del compilador o de otra persona de referencia clave
Environmental impacts: a sharp drop in the overcutting of trees to make charcoal, and a sharp drop in traditional gold mining activities and their negative environmental impacts
The consumption of vegetables and having the financial means to buy different kinds of foods improve the nutritional quality of diets.
Dietary diversification resulting from the communities’ (and particularly children’s) access to vegetables and the introduction of certain crops like potato and French beans.
Women’s takings from their vegetable crops range from 35,000 to 125,000 CFA francs, depending on the production scenario and location. We have recorded sales of between 7.5 and 8 tonnes of potato resulting from 25 crates of seed potato. Sold at a rate of 225 CFA francs per kilogram, this generates a total of between 1,687,500 to 1,800,000 CFA francs.
Strengthening the capacities of women vegetable growers ensures the sustainability of this good practice. Indeed, the women are now able to reproduce the same approaches. With BØRNEfonden’s support, they have the funds to buy good quality agricultural inputs, which guarantees good production. The savings held in their bank accounts help with equipment repayments.
Market gardening is now being carried out at times when women would traditionally have been without work and lacking money and food. This new occupation deters women from taking up traditional practices that involve deforestation or environmental damage (gold mining). In light of these very encouraging levels of income, women producers will be more interested in sustaining and continuing their market gardening activities. Some of these women have already been able to capitalise on their incomes by buying livestock (cows, small ruminants). Ensuring women are well organised across the market garden site, promoting good management and increasing the purchasing power of producers are equally important factors in achieving sustainability.

6.5 Debilidades/ desventajas del Enfoque y formas de sobreponerse a ellos

Debilidades/ desventajas/ riesgos desde la perspectiva del compilador o de otra persona de referencia clave	¿Cómo sobreponerse a ellas?
The constraints to report relate to: low-rainfall periods (drying up of wells), pests attacking crops, and problems selling crops (poor sales, low sale prices).

7.1 Métodos/ fuentes de información

7.2 Referencias a publicaciones disponibles

Título, autor, año, ISBN:

Manual of Good Practices in Small Scale Irrigation in the Sahel. Experiences from Mali. Published by GIZ in 2014.

¿Dónde se halla disponible? ¿Costo?

http://star-www.giz.de/starweb/giz/pub/servlet.starweb

Título, autor, año, ISBN:

Procedures and technical specifications for market garden schemes, BØRNEfonden – Mali