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) GmbH (GIZ) - Alemania

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

HELVETAS (Swiss Intercooperation)

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

The practice seeks to organise and engage actors in one or several value chains (for example, a rice hulling value chain where sector actors are organised around rice hulling units).

2.2 Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST

Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST:

The support aims to set up a functioning organisation to manage the equipment and promote the value chain in question. The goal of this approach is to increase the quantity and quality of produce using a multi-stakeholder strategy with the potential, through the value added, to bring in substantial revenues.
Hulling, the main rice processing activity in the area, can be performed both manually and mechanically. Producers use pestles and mortars for manual hulling. This activity, commonly carried out by women, is mainly used to hull the portion of harvested paddy designated for home consumption. To improve production and processing, the project supports the installation of rice hullers on farms in order to provide consumers with better quality rice, which also has a higher market value. With this support, mechanical hulling (often following drying) has become embedded in farming practice and has overtaken manual hulling. Producers’ incomes have risen accordingly, given the reductions in broken grain and their more marketable produce. The interim objectives sought, with the project’s support, are: a) in production: to increase the land area developed for rice production per site; to increase the agricultural yields of sites; to enable producers to master rice conservation techniques and methods. b) in processing: to facilitate access to rice hullers for producers in supported communes; to market new non-paddy products. c) in marketing: to increase consumer knowledge about the products; to improve the organisation of produce logistics by employing a
more effective sales mechanism.
To understand the difficulties encountered by producers, a diagnostic exercise is carried out. For example, where no rice huller is available, women are obliged to pound the paddy. The results are mediocre (difficult work and rice quality). Other difficulties include the long distances involved in accessing a huller and the possibility that, even though a huller is available, the quality of the end product may be lacking. A management committee is set up to ensure the income generating activities that contribute to the organisation’s financial self-sufficiency are well handled. Millers are trained to run and maintain the machine and are provided with simple management tools for compiling information on the quantity of rice hulled each day, the costs associated with operating the machine (purchase of diesel, oil), etc. Operation: A rice hulling machine (huller) is installed for use. The fee for using the huller is set at a general meeting of the organisation, with a preferential rate granted to members. In addition, priority is given to local rice growers who wish to hull their rice. It should be pointed out that the machine is operated using animal traction and that millers often tour local villages offering their services. At the end of each working day, the accounts are drawn up by the management committee treasurer who, on a weekly basis and in the company of the secretary general, deposits the funds in the organisation’s bank account, held in a microfinance institution.
Beneficiaries formulate their needs and pay their share relating to these needs. The commune facilitates business operations. Consultants and technical services structure the organisations, provide advisory support and train actors. The programme provides co-funding, advisory support and training.
A rice huller of this kind with a 10-year lifespan costs between 1,500,000 and 1,700,000 CFA francs when procured from the manufacturer in Niono in the Office du Niger area. To this, one must add the costs of a one-week training course for beneficiaries on running and maintaining the machine (to ensure better uptake). This training costs 200,000 CFA francs and is delivered by the supplier (two millers trained). The machine hulls 800 kilograms of rice per hour, with a hulling rate of 60% to 67% using half a litre of diesel per hour.

2.3 Fotos del Enfoque

2.5 País/ región/ lugares donde el Enfoque fue aplicado

2.6 Fechas de inicio y conclusión del Enfoque

2.7 Tipo de Enfoque

• proyecto/ basado en un programa

2.8 Propósitos/ objetivos principales del Enfoque

The aim is to increase the land area developed for rice production per site; to increase the agricultural yields of sites; to enable producers to master rice conservation techniques and methods; to facilitate access to rice hullers for producers in supported communes; to market new non-paddy products; to increase consumer knowledge about the products; to improve the organisation of produce logistics by employing a more effective sales mechanism.
The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: difficult work and low rice quality where there is no rice huller available, long distances involved in accessing a huller, low food security, low incomes

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	interactivo
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 por especialistas MST en consulta con usuarios de tierras

Explique:

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

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
• cursos

Temas avanzados:

Millers are trained to run and maintain the machine and are provided with simple management tools for compiling information on the quantity of rice hulled each day, the costs associated with operating the machine (purchase of diesel, oil), etc. Training in strategies for making the huller profitable.

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:

Name of method used for advisory service: the project supports the installation of rice hullers on farms
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:

technical aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff, land users through observations
socio-cultural aspects were ad hoc monitored by project staff, land users through observations
economic / production aspects were regular monitored by project staff, land users through measurements
management of Approach aspects were regular monitored by project staff, land users 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: 100.0%

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

Si respondió sí, especifique el tipo o los tipos de apoyo, condiciones y proveedor(es) :

The project supports the installation of rice hullers on farms

5.3 Subsidios para insumos específicos (incluyendo mano de obra)

• equipo

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

• recompensado con otro tipo de apoyo material?

Comentarios:

A management committee is set up to ensure the income generating activities that contribute to the organisation’s financial self-sufficiency are well handled.

5.4 Crédito

¿Se proporcionó crédito bajo el Enfoque para actividades MST?

Sí

Especifique las condiciones (tasa de interés el apoyo, amortización, etc.):

repayment conditions: The fee for using the huller is set at a general meeting of the organisation, with a preferential rate granted to members. At the end of each working day, the accounts are drawn up by the management committee treasurer who, on a weekly basis and in the company of the secretary general, deposits the funds in the organisation’s bank account, held in a microfinance institution. .

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 sustainability of the practice relies on producers’ sound operation of the rice huller, which involves the following factors: training millers in how to run and maintain the machine; training in strategies for making the huller profitable; ensuring the availability of spare parts; drawing on pre-existing technical capacities in a given commune for the maintenance and repair of machines; ongoing training along with management and accountancy over sight; setting up a system of simple template documents for accounting purposes.

6.4 Fortalezas/ ventajas del Enfoque

Fuerzas/ ventajas/ oportunidades desde la perspectiva del compilador o de otra persona de referencia clave
The rice hullers are easily accessible for rice growers in supported communes
The cooperatives benefiting from this equipment have been able to offer more competitive produce on the market as their processing costs are lower than those of other rice growers. (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: The main success factors for the practice are: the presence of a potentially large amount of paddy rice in the area; and the sound adoption of the practice by actors, but also very good management and regular monitoring of associated activities (good entrepreneurial spirit).)
Women’s domestic duties are reduced, cooperative member incomes have increased and there is greater food security.
The land given over to rice growing on supported sites has increased, ensuring food security.

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 mainly involve technical issues such as the availability of skilled labour to repair the machine and its spare parts.

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:

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (2012): Note on rural associative enterprises