Nicaragua

Sentinel Landscape Project Nicaragua – Honduras It seeks to establish long-term monitoring areas that allow determining the impact of policies on the management and conservation of natural resources, as well as the livelihoods of rural communities. The project includes the mapping of institutions that govern the access and use of natural resources, the analysis of processes and drivers of changes in land use, as well as the role of various agroforestry systems and the integration of adaptation / mitigation in the policies of climate change and land use, among others (CATIE/ICRAF).

Project Agriculture Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Harvesting in Nicaragua: Agua en Nicaragua: Its purpose is to help 2,500 families of small and medium producers from 10 municipalities of the Dry Corridor in the north-central part of the country to establish productive systems that are more resilient to climate change and improve their food and nutritional security and ensure an adequate systematization of learning. Some achievements achieved so far are the design and validation of a methodology for the selection of sites and beneficiaries of water harvesting, the diagnosis of 2304 family units as potential beneficiaries, the development of a new, more durable, and lower-cost tank than the Zamorano model for water harvesting and the formulation of a research agenda on water harvesting for the country. In addition, in the face of the COVID-19 emergency, a humanitarian aid initiative was developed with food packages and productive reactivation for a total of 1,105 families in four municipalities (CATIE / MEFCCA / MAG / INTA / IICA, with support from SDC).

Project Adaptation to Changes in the Markets and the Effects of Climate Change (NICADAPTA): Designed to improve the income and quality of life of rural families and facilitate access to the markets for coffee and cocoa with added value as mechanisms reducing vulnerability to the climate change impact. In this process, the strengthening of producer organizations and public institutions is essential to create an environment conducive to the development of coffee and cocoa value chains. It operates in the departments of Nueva Segovia, Madriz, Estelí, Jinotega, Matagalpa, and Río San Juan Boaco, as well as in communities and territories of the autonomous regions of the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic. CATIE provides technical assistance to the MEFCCA in this IFAD-financed project.