International Development Grant
Supporting Agro-Industrial Production and Exports
Project Number: CA-3-A034923001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $12,099,787.00
Start Date: November 03, 2010
End Date: December 29, 2017
Duration: 7.2 years
Project Description
This project aims to strengthen Bolivian entrepreneurial technical and managerial capacity for the cultivation processing and distribution of spices to large export markets. By involving marginalized and vulnerable rural families in the production process the project is improving the incomes of over 2 200 households.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased income for vulnerable farm families including increased access and control over household resources by women; (2) improved growth and organizational efficiency of the principal actors in the spice value chain; and (3) increased support by municipal and departmental governments for agro-industrial value chain development adapted to vulnerable rural communities.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2017) include: (1) enabled 2 571 producers’ families to expand from subsistence agriculture to a more market-driven enterprise model within the formal economy; (2) incorporated 2 571 oregano and spice producing families from 259 rural communities in 24 municipalities (mostly indigenous Quechua communities) into the project with activities in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca Tarija and Cochabamba; (3) increased average incomes of participating families by almost 300% exceeding the goal to double average incomes by the end of the project; and (4) empowered 1 051 women producers including in making joint economic decision with their spouses.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development
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