Annual Results Report November 5, 2013 (Revised May 5, 2014) ACDI/VOCA – Burkina Faso U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Food for Peace Annual Results Report ACDI/VOCA – BURKINA FASO ___________________________________________________________ Award Number: Cooperative Agreement No. AID-FFP-A-11-00005 ____________________________________________________________ Submission Date: November 5, 2013 (Revised May 5, 2014) Applicable Fiscal Year: FY 2013 Awardee HQ Contact Name Robert Rosengren – Program Manager Awardee HQ Contact Address ACDI/VOCA 50 F Street NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20001, USA Awardee HQ Contact Telephone Number 1-202-469-6094 Awardee HQ Contact Fax Number 1-202-469-6257 Awardee HQ Contact Email Address [email protected]Host Country Office Contact Name Amidou Kabore – Chief of Party Host Country Office Contact Address ACDI/VOCA – Burkina Faso Secteur 13, Zone du Bois Rue 13.4 ; Porte n° 290 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Host Country Office Contact Telephone Number +226-50-36-27-83 Host Country Office Contact Fax Number N/A Host Country Office Contact Email Address [email protected]
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Annual Results Report November 5, 2013 (Revised May 5, 2014) ACDI/VOCA – Burkina Faso
U.S. Agency for International Development
Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
IR: 2.2 Access to Business Development Services Improved ........................................................... 10
Strategic Objective 3 (SO4): Reduced Chronic Malnutrition Among Children Under 5 Years of
Age and Pregnant and Lactating Women ........................................................................................... 10
IR 3.1: Improved MCHN Practices .................................................................................................. 10
IR 3.2: Improved Quality of Health Services ................................................................................... 12
IR 3.3: Improved Hygiene and Sanitation Practices ....................................................................... 14
B. Success Story ......................................................................................................................................... 15
C. Lessons Learned ................................................................................................................................... 16
2. Attachments in FFPMIS ....................................................................................................................... 16
D. Indicator Performance Tracking Table ...................................................................................... 16
E. Detailed Implementation Plan ..................................................................................................... 16
F. Expenditure Report ...................................................................................................................... 16
G. Responses to FFP feedback ...................................................................................................... 16
3. FFPMIS Data Entry ............................................................................................................................. 16
H. Monetization Tables .................................................................................................................. 16
I. Standardized Annual Performance Questionnaire (SAPQ)...................................................... 16
J. Beneficiary and Resource Tracking Table ................................................................................. 16
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1. Annual Results Report Narrative
A. Introduction: Annual Food Assistance Program Results
In 2011, ACDI/VOCA was awarded a five-year Title II development food assistance program
targeting four communes of the Sanmatenga Province in the Central North region of Burkina Faso.
The Victory against Malnutrition (ViM) project is managed by ACDI/VOCA in partnership with
Save the Children (SC) and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), with the primary
goal to reduce food insecurity among vulnerable rural populations in Sanmatenga province. Its
activities and intermediate results are designed around three integrated Strategic Objectives (SO):
SO 1: Increased and diversified agricultural production
SO 2: Improved household incomes
SO 3: Reduced chronic malnutrition among children under 5 years of age and pregnant and
lactating women (PLW)
Within these SOs, ViM also addresses the cross cutting issues of gender equity and environmental
stewardship.
This annual results report (ARR) highlights the major activities performed by ViM in fiscal year
(FY) 2013, starting from October 1, 2012 and ending on September 30, 2013. It also details several
of its accomplishments and challenges the program experienced. In FY 13, ViM intensified its
efforts under each of the SOs by extending technical assistance and training toward improving
agricultural and livestock productivity, diversifying production, increasing income earning
opportunities for producers, and strengthening household health and nutrition in the four targeted
communes of Barsalogho, Kaya, Pissila and Namissiguima. ViM also initiated new partnerships
and leveraged its resources with Local Implementation Partners (LIPs), professional organizations,
local service providers, and local government departments toward strengthening local capacity and
building a sustainable approach to assisting beneficiary communities become more resilient in
overcoming food insecurity. Through these partnerships, ViM aligned its various strategies and
plans to promote female participation and leadership as well as environmental stewardship in its
activities. A summary of the key accomplishments and developments for ViM include:
1. Submission of a finalized baseline study;
2. Submission of a Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safer Use Action Plan (PERSUAP);
3. Completion of a Gender Survey and Strategy documents;
4. Signed sub-agreements with three LIPs in support SO1 and SO2 activities;
5. Training and technical support conducted for 5,971 beneficiary producers, including
3,960 women on sorghum and cowpea production;
6. Execution of 20 agricultural input fairs distributing vital seeds and fertilizers to 5,111
sorghum and cowpea producers, representing 60% of the total targeted number of
beneficiaries;
7. Distribution of agricultural tools to 212 sorghum and cowpea producer groups at 206
Farmer Field School (FFS) sites, constituting 92.5% of total group target;
8. A signed MOU with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) on mutual
collaboration and support for the farmers training in the field and the annual survey;
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9. Gender awareness seminars conducted with implementing partners and LIPs on female
participation, leadership and their vital role in food security;
10. Completed FY13 annual survey, inclusive of data and analysis;
11. Distribution of 1,186.2 MT of commodities to 113,157 individual beneficiaries;
12. Sale of 2,078 MT of rice, generating XOF 832,529,200 ($1,668,252) in revenues used
to finance ViM activities;
13. Launch of a communication messaging campaign related to seasonal agriculture topics
through radio and TV broadcasting, theater representations and numerous
sensitizations.
Throughout FY13, ViM continued to develop its relationships and interactions with government
Ministry offices and local authorities, local Non-Governmental Organizations and private sector
groups. This interaction has helped shape program the activities in moving forward. As highlighted
throughout the ARR, ViM works directly with a variety of local stakeholders in planning its
activities, and incorporating their technical insights.
Also during FY 13, ViM encountered several personnel, commodity and local partner challenges
that the project has actively sought to address. The project saw the unexpected departure of two
Deputy Chiefs of Party due to personal and professional reasons, as well as on-going capacity
issues with an M&E Director not meeting performance requirements. A recruitment process was
immediately launched for a new Deputy Chief of Party and M&E Director to replace both key
positions. The project’s food distribution moreover experienced several constraints with
prepackaging, transportation and access of distribution sites during the rainy season, which ViM
is addressing through improved and proactive commodity management practices. Additional
concerns voiced by LIPs regarding the lack of “administrative fees” (equivalent of NICRA) in
their budgets have been openly discussed and regulatory constraints prohibiting the project from
paying administrative fees have been explained to the LIPs.
Owing to delays in the start-up and initial studies that saw the program fall behind schedule, the
key priority for ViM at the end of FY13 remains getting back on track in implementing SO1, SO2
and SO3 activities, and fully operationalizing the care groups to have the most meaningful impact.
ACDI/VOCA and its ViM partners are mindful of these delays, and are closely collaborating with
USAID/Food for Peace (FFP) in Burkina Faso to overcome these in order to achieve the stated
results under its SOs. At the end of FY13, ViM prepared an action plan to catch up by July 2014;
ViM orally discussed elements of this plan with local and regional FFP representatives during their
field visit in September 2013. Discussions with the LIPs related to increase implementation of
certain work are planned for early FY14 and FFP/BF has been invited to participate in during the
month of November.
Key activities accomplished in FY13 are detailed below under each Strategic Objective.
Strategic Objective 1 (SO1): Increased and Diversified Agricultural Production
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The implementation of activities under this SO started in March 2013 ViM awarding three sub-
agreements, broken about by commune, to the following LIPs:
1. APIL supporting 127 farmers groups in 50 villages in Pissila;
2. ATAD supporting 147 farmers groups in 70 villages in Kaya;
3. AZND supporting 109 farmers groups in 51 villages in Barsalogho and Namissiguima.
Key achievements under this SO are presented below under each intermediate result (IR).
IR: 1.1: Producer Groups Strengthened
Activity 1.1.1: Identify and organize livelihood producer groups
ViM and LIP staff conducted a rapid participatory assessment of farmer groups and village
volunteer vaccinators (VVV) in the targeted communes. A total of 933 farmer groups were
assessed, comprising 15,081 individual members and 68 identified VVVs. A workshop was
organized to validate and select the producer groups and their members. As selection criteria,
eligible groups are required to be:
Legally recognized in Burkina Faso, under the year-99-014 law of 15 April 1999;
Engaged in activities related to one of the value chains promoted by the ViM project;
Not receiving other outside financial support from another funded program or partner
in the same field of activity;
A functional group (i.e. hold at least 25% of required meetings, have at least 50% of
the following documents: maintain an active members’ register, cash book, activity
book, and inventory book) that is active (i.e. at least 25% of the members paying
membership fees, have planned activities to be implemented in 2013, have carried out
activities in 2012); and
Comprised of members from PM2A eligible households as a priority criterion.
Throughout this process, local government authorities, including MASA and MRAH, participated
in the selection of groups. In total, 383 producer groups were selected, comprising 10,073
members, of which 6,660 are women. Producer groups with PM2A beneficiaries were given
preference in the selection.
Each group was assigned a value chain category supported by the program, depending on its
members’ interest and potential for agricultural growth. The final allotment of groups includes 32
sorghum, 197 cowpea, 70 onion and tomato, 74 small ruminant and 10 poultry for a total of 383.
Activity 1.1.2: Build technical, organization and management capacity of producer groups
In FY13, ViM began technical capacity building of the selected 383 farmers groups through FFS
training. Prior to organizing and implementing this training, ViM developed technical field
training manuals to guide ViM and LIP trainers in training methods and topics, along with their
specific application and accompanied use of field demonstration sites for agriculture and animal
husbandry activities detailed below under activity 1.1.4. These manuals were developed in tandem
with the LIPs and MASA field officers to incorporate relevant field information and experience.
The manuals were then used to strengthen trainers and LIP field officers’ technical knowledge,
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preparation and training skills, using a participatory approach, to effectively train the targeted
producer groups throughout the FFS training cycle.
Activity 1.1.3: Provide leadership training for women
In FY13, ViM actively worked on a number of gender awareness initiatives as part of its gender
strategy and action plan. Several examples include ViM’s active role during International
Woman’s Day and its participation in animation events and hosting a local radio show in
collaboration with the Regional Directorate for the Promotion of Women and Gender. These
events promoted economic autonomy for women and also encouraged more participation of
women in leadership roles.
Additionally, ViM worked throughout FY13 to reinforce the important roles and contributions
women make to overall food security. With women comprising approximately 70% of all the
beneficiaries receiving agricultural production inputs under the project, ViM particularly
sponsored a series of awareness events to coincide with the implementation of the agricultural
inputs fairs. These events at fair sites disseminated key awareness messages to both men and
women revolving around "healthy and constructive communication in the household regarding
agricultural activities.” Using theatrical performances, oral messaging, and billboards translated
into the local language “Moore,” the project began sensitizing small groups of male and female
beneficiaries about gender dynamics in food production and the important roles each play in
ensuring household food security. These messages particularly focused on five key aspects:
sharing, respect, confidence, planning and empowerment. The training sessions in the FFS were
also used as an opportunity to provide sensitization to 230 of these beneficiaries on the same topic
based on their leadership role in the groups. It is too soon to measure or evaluate the impact of this
sensitization but the increased number of women participating in the project activities on the field
is an encouraging indication of how men and women are engaging more throughout the
agricultural planning and production process.
Events like these highlight several outcomes intended by the gender assessment and gender
strategy completed in FY13. However, achieving more participation and engagement of various
project actors to strengthen the role of women in food production, ViM has enlisted the support of
the “Coalition Burkinabè pour les Droits de la Femme” (CBDF). Through several planning
meetings, ViM and CBDF explored opportunities for more formal collaboration with CBDF to
intensify the promotion of women’s rights in the project's area of intervention. ViM solicited
technical and training ideas from CBDF through a proposal process to deliver complementary
training services to ViM and its partners starting in FY14. Upon finalizing an agreement, CBDF
will support ViM’s actions to promote women’s rights. Starting in in December 2013, CBDF will
coordinate with the project’s Gender Specialist and the Ministry for the Promotion of Women’s
Rights Regional Directorate in Kaya on the planning of its work. This collaborative effort will
result in developed training modules and materials in line with ViM’s gender strategy. It will be
further used to train both LIPs and project staff in the specific training needed for advancing
female leadership within the project. . In turn, LIP and ViM staff will use their training to conduct
similar exercises in the targeted communities to assist local leaders at that level help integrate and
strengthen women’s leadership roles and participation in agriculture activities supported by the
project. In FY14, ViM expects to continue with these trainings in order to bridge the different roles
and responsibilities played by both men and women toward improving household food security.
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Activity 1.1.4: Provide hands-on training and demonstrations of sustainable agricultural
technologies through FFS
An important development for ViM during the implementation year was the launch of FFS
training, at 206 FFS sites in the four targeted communes involving the beneficiaries from the 32
sorghum and 197 cowpea value chain farmers’ groups. These 206 FFS sites, comprising 177 for
cowpea production and 29 for sorghum production, served as actual venues for training farmer
groups on improved agricultural production methods. It should be noted that one FFS site can host
two farmer groups in several cases, which is the reason for the resulting variance between FFS
sites and farmer groups. These FFS trainings introduced new technologies and demonstrated
improved agricultural practices such as use of improved seeds, applying fertilizer, plowing
techniques and suitable cultivation methods for increasing crop yields, improved soil fertility
management and pest safe control techniques to ensure, environmentally safe cultivation. They
were also accompanied by demonstration plots to facilitate practical understanding of the topics
and illustrate practical application of each techniques in a field setting. FFS demonstration sites
and their groups were furnished with improved seeds and fertilizers and agricultural tools under
in-kind agreements with LIPs to support group the training process. By the end of FY13, LIPs had
trained through the FFS, a total of 5,971 producers, including 3,960 women for sorghum and
cowpea, resulting in the increased adoption of the recommended agriculture techniques and
production. ; the annual survey results showed production increase particularly for sorghum.
In addition to sorghum and cowpea FFS training, ViM began pre-planning for market gardening
activities, in particular, organizing producer groups for upcoming FFS training in onion and tomato
production, scheduled to coincide with the seasonal planting calendar. Additionally, training
modules for the FFS were finalized through a series of workshops with LIP, local government
extension personnel and other ViM partners to address the critical and practical nature of the
training. Having validated the materials, FFS trainings for market gardening will start in October
FY14.
By the end of FY 13, a total of 10,073 producers received some level of technical training and
follow up through extension support from program trainers, staff and other individuals trained
under them. These producers comprise those members of sorghum and cowpea groups, as well as
those for onion, tomato and livestock producers being formed or commencing sensitization to
improved production practices.
IR: 1.2: Smallholder Access to Agricultural Inputs Improved
Activity 1.2.1 Link producers to government and private sector input suppliers through a
voucher program
In building farmer access to agricultural inputs, ViM organized 20 agricultural fairs that linked its
producers with agro-dealers through a voucher program. ViM partnered the Association des
Grossistes et Distributeurs d’Intrants Agricole (AGRODIA) to mobilize the participation of
wholesalers and agro-dealers members to supply high quality agricultural inputs at these fairs in
exchange for vouchers for sorghum and cowpea production. These inputs consisted of improved
seeds and fertilizers (NPK and Urea for sorghum and NPK for cowpea) in quantities equivalent to
their voucher to cultivate an area of 0.25 ha to 0.50 ha, depending on the total contribution and
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capacity need of the beneficiary. By distributing improved agricultural inputs in kind via local
suppliers, ViM began the first steps of developing market links between beneficiaries and local
agro-dealers. Farmers have also experienced a new opportunity to meet with the agro dealers and
learn how they can access quality inputs as well as they have the vendors contact numbers. These
dealer relationships may eventually serve as a conduit through which the supported producers will
have more established links to the market. Farmers also receive information and additional
instruction during these exchanges with vendors who give additional information on the proper
use of their inputs and best formulated amounts applied for different crops. As the use of higher
quality inputs enhances producer productivity and incomes, their purchasing power rises and
creates more incentives for producers to progressively purchase inputs from local agro-dealers
under their own initiative. This stimulated demand and strengthened tie between the targeted
producers and dealers is not without benefits and challenges. ViM will strengthen these contacts
during the next planned voucher exchanges, while reinforcing and stabilizing the linkages between
small holder producers and agro-dealers as part of an exit strategy.
In total, the voucher program did leverage beneficiary investment and commitment by requiring
all beneficiaries to contribute a cash amount for the agricultural input cost not covered by the
voucher subsidy. Male farmers paid 20% of the input costs whereas female farmers paid 10%. The
contribution amount was reduced from its original level of 40% for both men and women due to
the vulnerable state of the targeted producers and particularly among women producers
underscored in ViM’s baseline survey. The total monetary value of the inputs provided to the
farmers was XOF 110,649,500 ($221,210), of which ViM subsidized XOF 96,060,950 ($192,045)
and the farmers themselves contributed XOF 14,588,550 ($29,165). For FY 14, these percentages
will increase upwards to 30% for men and 20% for women for small garden marketing of onions
and tomatoes and incrementally higher for sorghum and cowpea.
In total, 5,111 direct beneficiaries consisting of 70% women received subsidized agricultural
inputs in FY13. This number, while below the original target of 8,542 due to a programmatic
decision to delay market gardening and voucher input distribution until after farmers harvested
their sorghum, is viewed as a success by the program. However, ViM did fall short on collecting
contributions from 40% of its beneficiaries. These farmers simply could not provide the cash
contribution required due to their vulnerable state. Table 1 provides the total beneficiaries
benefiting from the voucher program, broken out by value chain and surface area of cultivation.
Table 1: Breakdown of beneficiaries for rainy season agricultural inputs fairs