RVCP Implementation Context. A group of visionary coffee producers committed to social development in Guatemala set up a foundation to institutionalize the participation of coffee production as an integral part of national socio- economic development in rural areas of Guatemala. The concept was based on a strategic plan for coffee production; hence the name Foundation for Rural Development. A Ministerial Agreement 742- 2005 approved a change in the name from Foundation from Rural Development (FUNRURAL) to that of Foundation for Coffee Production for Rural Development (FUNCAFE). XXXXXXX´s first efforts focused on projects for sustainable development, education and health through collaboration with coffee associations and federations. As a result, the Foundation developed credibility and trust among the international donor community and the public sector to implement programs and projects for social outreach. More specifically, FUNCAFE developed a competitive selection strategy for the RVCP Education Project to establish a technical team focused on a) management and administration, b) technical field personnel and c) monitoring and evaluation. All three areas report to a general manager under the Executive Director. The management staff includes a financial officer, a secretary and accountant together with the technical experts including an education coordinator, four pedagogical specialists, seven education technicians, two accelerated primary education experts and a specialist for monitoring and evaluation FUNCAFE is responsible for implementing RVCP/Education divided under two overall objectives:
RVCP Implementation Context. ▪ Public education offered in most communities throughout Huehuetenango and San Marcos is limited to elementary school and electricity is not yet available in 100% of the communities. About 70% of the roads in those areas are in poor condition year around –negatively impacting transportation costs to take their goods to market or to procure agricultural supplies. ▪ The technical teams responsible for implementing RVCP activities are institutionalized within ANACAFE, FEDECOCAGUA, FEDECOAG, ARTEXCO, FUNCAFE and FUNDASISTEMAS. In order to coordinate efforts, each of the organizations set up a technical liaison with the UIP. Furthermore, management staff from each of the organizations undertakes activities directly pertaining to RVCP implementation. ▪ XXXXXXX continued to work in San Marcos with 23 coffee producer groups. Of these, five are co-operatives, ten are associations, one is an entrepreneurial association (ECA in Spanish) and seven are set up as work groups (GATs in Spanish). Grower group membership totals 1,484 of which 1,147 (77%) are men and 337 (23%) are women. Members cultivate a total of 1,568.58 hectares of coffee for an average of 1.06 hectares per member with average yields of 1,125 pounds of parchment coffee per hectare. About 1,254.89 hectares are currently in production (35% of which is organic), while 313.69 hectares are being renewed. Members from 18 of the grower groups are from the Mam ethnic group and members from one additional organization are primarily Sipakapense. ▪ XXXXXXX worked in Huehuetenango over the reporting period with 30 small grower groups (two co-ops, 13 associations and 15 GATs). Current membership includes 1,867 coffee producers, of which 1,490 (80%) are men and 377 (20%) are women. Members produced coffee on a total of 1,951 hectares. Yields for the 2014/2015 harvest totaled 5,078,200 pounds of parchment coffee (14.17% of which was certified organic) (averaging 2,400 pounds/hectare). Producers are from the Mam, Qanjobal and Popti ethnic groups. Women and youth are in positions of authority within 30% of the producer groups (nine). ▪ FEDECOCAGUA continued to work with 28 coffee producer groups (eight in San Marcos and 20 in Huehuetenango) to benefit a total of 2,747 members. Of these, 2,219 (81%) are men and 528 (19%) are women. The 28 grower groups comprise 24 co-ops and four pre co-ops growing coffee on a total of 4,545 hectares. Of these, 17% are growing organically and 83% are growing coffee conventionally. The 2...
RVCP Implementation Context. The Project reports the following highlights to describe implementation context in Year Three. ANACAFE added 20 more coffee producer groups from San Marcos to work with a total of 43 organizations. Five of these are co-ops, 11 are associations, one is an associative rural enterprise (ECA in Spanish) and 26 are work groups (GATs in Spanish). Membership amounts to 2,124, of which 1,590 (75%) are men and 534 (25%) are women. Members cultivate a total of 2,079.38 hectares of coffee representing an average of 0.98 hectare per member. Of the total number of hectares planted (2,079.38), 1,568 hectares (75%) were in active production for this coffee harvest season, while 511.38 hectares (25%) were under renewal. The 1,568 hectares in production yielded 1,594,200 pounds of parchment coffee averaging 1,016 pounds per hectare. Members from 18 of the grower groups are from the Mam ethnic group and members from one additional organization are primarily Sipakapense. Table 1 summarized information on each producer group. Table 1 RVCP/ANACAFE Producer Groups in San Marcos for FY2015 Organization Location Municipality Province Membership Hectares Yield (in lbs. of parchment coffee) Total Men Women Coffee Production 1 Asociacion Campesina Unidos Por La Paz y El Desarrollo Integral Comunitario - ACUPDIC- Comunidad La Suiza Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 90 74 16 136.8 122.6 72,700 2 Cooperativa Integral Xxxxxxxx Xxxx del Cafe X.X. Comunidad Nueva Escocia Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 57 44 13 87.78 79.35 81,000 3 Cooperativa Integral Agricola Nuevo Xxxx X.X. Comunidad Nuevo Eden Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 23 10 13 70.84 56.2 22,300 4 Cooperativa Integral Agricola Nuevo Porvenir X.X. Comunidad Nuevo Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx 00 00 0 148.59 132.31 99,000 5 Empresa Campesina Asociativa Emmanuel Comunidad Agraria Emanuel Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 57 43 14 107.8 91.05 71,500 6 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo Nuevo Florecer Caserio San Pedrito Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 15 10 5 11.57 11.57 5,700 9 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo La Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx La Conquista Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 37 13 24 18.69 18.69 8,500 10 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo Nuevo Amanecer I Caserio Parian Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 19 10 9 11.48 11.48 5,745 11 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo Nuevo Amanecer II Caserio Los Xxxxxxx Nuevo Progreso San Marcos 22 15 7 7.37 7.37 6,000 14 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo El Cafetalito Aldea las Majadas San Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx San Xxxxxx 13 13 0 18.81 14.58 16,500 15 Grupo de Amistad y Trabajo E...
RVCP Implementation Context. The Project reports progress over the course of RVCP Year Four as summarized below. ▪ ANACAFE worked with 52 coffee producer groups in San Marcos (nine co-ops, 11 associations and 32 work groups –GATs in Spanish) with a combined total of 2,625 members (1,909 men and 716 women) working a total of 2,489.34 hectares (3,562.43 manzanas = local unit of measurement) of coffee. Members from the 52 organizations working with RVCP reported that the 2015-2016 harvest yielded a total of 2,341,500 pounds of parchment coffee from 1,777.14 hectares (2,543.36 manzanas) --712.2 hectares (1,019.27 manzanas) are undergoing plantation renewal. Yields averaged 1,318 pounds of parchment coffee per hectare. On average, each producer works 1.05 hectares (1.51 manzanas) of coffee. Table 1 summarized information for each of the 52 RVCP organizations in FY2016. The coffee growers working with RVCP/ANACAFE in San Marcos throughout FY2016 are distributed among 107 communities (cantones, caserios, aldeas and rural cities) throughout nine municipalities. Members from 30 of the 52 RVCP grower groups are from the Mam ethnic group, while three are Sipakapense and 19 speak Spanish as their maternal language. Table 1 RVCP/ANACAFE Producer Groups in San Marcos for FY2016 Item Organization Location Municipality Province Men omen Total Membership Area Planted in Coffee (hectares) Area in Production (hectares) Yield (in lbs. of parchment coffee) 2015- 2016
RVCP Implementation Context. ANACAFE added seven more coffee producer groups to the 23 already working with RVCP in San Marcos. Out of the total of 30 organizations, five are co-ops, 11 are associations and 13 are set up as work groups (GATs in Spanish). Grower group membership totals 1,818 of which 1,642 (75%) are men and 451 (25%) are women. Members cultivate a total of 1,851.95 hectares of coffee with an average of 1.02 hectares per member and average yields of 1,394 pounds of parchment coffee per hectare. About 1,377.83 hectares are currently in production (35% of which is organic), while 474.12 hectares are being renewed. Members from 16 of the grower groups are from the Mam ethnic group and members from one additional organization are primarily Sipakapense. ANACAFE worked in Huehuetenango over the reporting period and added eight new organizations to the 30 small grower groups for a total of three co-ops, 13 associations and 22 GATs. Current membership includes 2,160 coffee producers, of which 1,642 (76%) are men and 518 (24%) are women. Members produced coffee on a total of 2,448 hectares (averaging 1.13 hectares/producer). Yields totaled 5,826,700 pounds of parchment coffee (averaging 2,380 pounds/hectare). Producers are from the Mam, Qanjobal and Popti ethnic groups. FEDECOCAGUA continued to work with 28 coffee producer groups (eight in San Marcos and 20 in Huehuetenango) to benefit a total of 2,750 members. Of these, 2,224 (81%) are men and 526 (19%) are women. The 28 grower groups comprise 24 co-ops and four pre co-ops growing coffee on a total of 4,561 hectares. Of these, 17% are growing organically and 83% are growing coffee conventionally. Eighteen (64%) of the 28 grower groups are certified by one or more organizations --Xxx Certified, Rainforest Alliance, organic production (NOP USDA, EU, XXX), Starbucks C.A.F.E Practices or FLO Fair Trade. FEDECOAG worked with 19 producer groups (nine co-ops and ten associations), of which 12 are located in Huehuetenango and seven in San Marcos to benefit a total of 1,917 members. Of these, 1,320 (69%) are men and 597 (31%) are women. The grower groups are producing potato, snow peas, sweet peas and lima beans on 419.39 hectares (averaging 0.22 hectare/producer). ARTEXCO continued to work with 24 handicraft producer groups, of which two are co-ops, five are associations and 17 are filing for legal status. Membership totals 1,706 artisans, of which 1,674 are women and 32 are men. For a number of reasons, about half of the mem...
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