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CCF ANALYSIS OF FOODINSECURITY TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS IN
EASTERN GUATEMALA
Victoria LeBeaux
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Outline
Background: Copanchorti Guatemala
Food Insecurity in Copanchorti
Technical Assistance Providers
Research Questions
Methodology
Data Preliminary Findings and CCF analysis
Discussion
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Food Insecurity
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Technical Assistance
Provider An entity (either governmental or non-
governmental) working on a not-for-profitbasis (i.e. does not receive payment fromclients for services provided) in the region ofCopanchorti, Guatemala (in themunicipalities of Jocotan, Camotan, Olopa,
and/or San Juan Ermita) to improve thelivelihoods of families in the region.
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Technical Assistance
Providers Lack of information about these actors as a
group
Individual Projects Individual Organizations
Donors
But not across organizations
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Technical Assistance
Providers The development industry has become an
important component of both life and of thelocal economy. Most educated people are, orhave been, working for the developmentprograms and institutions and development
jargon has become part of peoples everyday
language (Warren 2005).
Warren, Patrizio. "Between the Household and the Market:A Livelihoods Analysis of
SPFS-Promoted Seed Multiplication in Eastern Guatemala." 2005.http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/j5566e/j5566e00.htm#Contents
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Research Questions
What contributions to communitydevelopment do TAPs see themselvesproviding?
Are any capitals lacking support from theactors at this level in the agrofood system?
Are there any common challenges faced by
TAPs working in this region, and what are theimplications for the TAPs and the communitiesin which they work?
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Methods/Data
Consulted with Key Informants to get sample Sample = 26 organizations
Qualitative Research:
Semi-structured Interviews Site visits to communities where projects are taking
place
Observation of project activities (ex. Farmer field
days, capacity building classes, etc) Commentaries from clients (families on the receiving
end of development project outreach services).
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Methods/Data
February June 2011
18 organizations (70% of sample)
25 hours of taped interviews
12 item questionnaire In which villages do they work
Number of families involved
Source and amount of financing
Number and type of staff
Documentation from TAPs
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Analysis (so-far)
Lack of bridging social capital
Social capital building between TAPs COMUSAN (COMISION MUNICIPAL DE SEGURIDAD
ALIMENTARIA Y NUTRICIONAL )
Monthly meetings are ill attended
Send different people each time
Why?
Competition
Lack of time/pressure to perform (project evaluations)
Hindering:
Knowledge/resource sharing and building
Build and utilize political capital
Major employers, handle millions of dollars, individual politicalcontacts
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Analysis (so-far)
Human capital
Within individual organizations
Understaffed
Little (if any) training in gender aspects of
development Across organizations (viewed as a group)
Lack of leadership skills Example: Mancommunidad office Intent is to help municipalities get started and
handoff to them, so they can continue theprojects in the long run, but generally this fails
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Analysis (so-far)
Natural Capital has a defining influence on the
way TAPs work/on the work that they do Geography
Part of a major watershed Upper Lempa RiverWastershed (contamination, water shortages)
Soil Quality (rocky, highly eroded, little organicmatter)
Climate (erratic weather, severe weather)
How to account for this in my analysis, withoutdiminishing the importance of the othercapitals?
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Closing Thought
CCF useful in this analysis because these TAPsare in themselves a type of communitycommunity of organizations
Potential to combine the CCF with other tools(Ex. Theory of organizations; geopoliticalanalysis)
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Discussion
Ch'ahp'ei'x ta'p'a
(Thank you)Questions/Comments?