International Development Grant
Promoting Food Security in the Choluteca and Rio Negro Watersheds (PROSADE)
Project Number: CA-3-A034460001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $12,273,219.00
Start Date: March 31, 2010
End Date: March 31, 2017
Duration: 7.0 years
Project Description
The project objective is to enhance food security for 21 400 poor rural families in the Choluteca and Rio Negro watersheds in southern Honduras through improved agricultural productivity diversity and the promotion of sustainable natural resource management practices. The project includes the following key activities: 1) providing technical assistance and training to farmers (in collaboration with the Center for Tropical Agriculture); 2) increasing access to drought resistant seeds for production; 3) promoting the adoption of environmentally sustainable farming practices; 4) providing assistance to municipalities to enable the development and implementation of integrated watershed management and disaster prevention plans; and 5) creating a self-sustaining financial mechanism that enables small-scale farmers to access credit in order to acquire new technologies (e.g. drip irrigation systems) and for municipalities to finance water system rehabilitation.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2016 include: Water and risk management: (1) completion of 19 watershed action plans to help protect the environment and 19 local watershed committees organized where 62% women who are now occupying decision-making positions were trained to better manage risk and to adapt to climate change; (2) rehabilitation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 17 school buildings; (3) 676 latrines were built; (4) 657 improved eco-friendly stoves were constructed through a women-led business (Barros de Calaire); and (5) 16 water systems were installed benefiting 10 407 people with access to safe water and hygiene facilities. Community health: (1) three work plans were developed with the Ministry of Health to jointly monitor nutrition levels in municipalities allowing for 3 826 girls and boys under the age of two to be evaluated by project-trained personnel in 37 Community Health Units for chronic malnutrition; (2) training in nutrition health and hygiene was provided to 7 456 women men and children health volunteers and women's networks; and (3) 97 nutrition campaigns were conducted and seven municipal youth networks were organized. Agricultural production: (1) 2 015 (1 017 women and 998 men) farmers gained knowledge of three or more sustainable agricultural practices and are now cultivating 933.60 hectares of land more productively and with better conservation methods; (2) 959 family gardens were established; (3) the project also developed an innovative geotextile bag for storing 25 000 liters of rain water by household; (4) 173 micro-irrigation systems were installed; and (5) 1 918 grain storage structures were established 81 grain banks and 20 local agricultural research committees were created to provide information on new farming practices and technology to local farmers resulting in 1 097 families covering their demands of staple foods due to increased yields in maize (75%) and beans (121%) and the reduction by 55.80% in sales to in
Key Information
Executing Agency:
CARE Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP