THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$18,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Guatemala
- Fiscal year
- 2024-2025
- Agreement period
- March 5, 2025 – April 30, 2030
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P014340001
Published purpose
This project aims to increase food security, nutrition and climate resilience in Central America. Project activities include: (1) providing climate information services and equipment; (2) training and capacity-building exercises on climate-smart agricultural practices; (3) implementing anticipatory actions including preparedness and action plans (e.g. productive inputs, transfers, and forecast-based insurance); (4) working with financial institutions to make their financing products more accessible to smallholder farmers, women and youth; (5) training in financial literacy, technical assistance, workshops and business fairs that targets smallholder women farmers and women-led enterprises that allows them to access financial products and services; and (6) strengthening capacity of national and local government authorities to support social protection systems and programs. The project anticipates a reach of 5,800 smallholder households, consisting of approximately 28,400 people across the region.
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This project aims to increase food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in Central America by providing climate services, training on climate-smart agriculture, anticipatory actions, financial access for smallholder farmers (especially women and youth), and strengthening government social protection systems.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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