updated: 16.09.08
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Rural Development Project for the Western Region

The project worked with the government to help smallholder farmers set up village-level agricultural committees that were to become channels for credit, technology and training. The main objective of the IFAD-initiated project was to improve food production and cash income of small subsistence farmers in the region. The project provided credit for seasonal and development activities, promoted research into low-risk technological innovations in traditional production systems. It supported extension to promote soil conservation and other measures, provided training and institutional support, and financed rural infrastructure such as roads and crop storage facilities.

 

Source: IFAD

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Contact information
Ms Jaana Keitaanranta
Country Programme Manager
IFAD
Via Paolo Di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
jaana.keitaanranta@undp.org.pa
Facts and figures

Total cost: US$20.4 million

IFAD loan: US$10.0 million

IFAD grant: US$350,000

Cofinancing: Inter-American Development Bank (US$5.0 million)

Duration: 1980-1987

Geographical areas: western region of Honduras

Directly benefiting: 9,000 households, including smallholder farmers 

Status: closed