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Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods in Leyte province - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2225

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2225

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Agriculture

category:

Sector

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comments:

Smallholder farmers cultivating land in upland areas in the Visayas region frequented by violent storms.

challenges:

Implementation of SALT suffered from - The message of ‘resilient farming’ was not prominent, and even overlooked by many staff and so then by farmers - The over-development of the sites distracted from the resilient farming aspect, and also suggested high labour needed to replicate. - Various technical errors were noted on 2 of the 3 sites visited, which would undermine the functional aspects of the SALT. - The Farmer Association base for management of the site, while good to inform many HHs is unlikely to continue once project support ends, with the result the sites would be abandoned.

success:

Despite the negative influences noted above, a significant number of HHs applied SALT on their own land. This indicates that farmers see the need for such approaches. It applied in a manner consistent with this, it is likely to become more generally applied by farmers in the region.

context:

Upland farmers suffer from washouts and economic losses following many storms in the Visayas. SALT could reduce these effects. It should be part of a general GoP program within in the region.

description:

The SALT activity does offer an approach to upland agriculture that will be resilient in the face of the violent storms that cross the Visayas. This need for this was evident in that a small group of smallholders began to apply this on their own land. The opportunity for resilient upland agriculture is should be the dominate message to farmers, (rather than CfW and diversified incomes). As part of this, the mechanisms to introduce it to farmers should aim to foster application by individual HH on their land.

administrative_issues:

While FAO was responsible for technical aspects of SALT, the management of the activity through social orientation and CfW was mainly up to ILO. There was confusion between ILO and FAO over whether SALT would use contour bunds to limit erosion or build terraces. However from the start the pressing role for SALT, as described above, was not explicit in the prodoc.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/211001

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location:

country:

Philippines

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods in Leyte province - Final Evaluation