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Status: Closed

PASOLAC (Programa para la Agricultura Sostenible en Laderas de America Central)

Key message: Contributes to the socio-economic development at the local, national and regional level by promoting sustainable agriculture in the hills of Central America.

Description

PASOLAC is a network of more than 50 institutions - including farmer associations, NGOs, municipalities, research centres and national government institutions - collaborating to promote sustainable agriculture in the hill areas of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras. Its principal clients are smallholder farmers. Through a competitive fund -managed by network members - activities related to technology innovation and transfer, institutional development, capacity building and policy dialogue are financed in a complementary way. In its fifth phase (2004 -2007), the emphasis of the programme lies in the massive scaling up of its results and the handing over of functions and responsibilities to its partners.

Local partner: More than 50 institutions (public and private sector) in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador organized in a regional network to promote sustainable agriculture in hill areas

Fact sheet

Type: Trust fund project
Start: 1992 End: 2007 Status: Closed

Region: Central America and Caribbean

Country: El Salvador | Honduras | Nicaragua

Working domain: Natural Resource Management | Rural Economy | Local Governance and Civil Society

Key topic: Municipal management | Agro marketing | Sustainable agricultural and livestock production | Agricultural advisory/extension methods and strategies | Soil and water conservation | (Micro-) irrigation | Soil fertility management | Payment of environmental services | Participatory technology development | Participatory programme monitoring and evaluation | Gender awareness building

Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Staff

Project responsible: Manuel A. Martínez

Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Manuel A. Martínez

Responsible at Head Office: Chris Morger

Associated staff:

Contact

Address:
PASOLAC Apartado Postal 6024
Centro INVERCASA
Frente a Colegio La Salle
Managua, Nicaragua

Phone: (505) 277-0451, 277-1175, 277-0850 Fax: (505) 277-0451, 277-1175, 277-0850

E-Mail: pasolac@cablenet.com.ni

Website: www.pasolac.org.ni

Resp. for this entry: mamartinez

Achieving more together

Helvetas and Intercooperation entered a strategic partnership in 2008. Within the next 12 months, they will become one organisation under the name of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.