Project Overview
This Project had 60 participants; these limited-resource farmers will expand production and apply Risk Management for food safety and financial advancement. Evaluation of Colonia Chaparral collective achievements through surveys, evaluation forms, interviews, focus groups, observations and conversations demonstrated how family-scale farming can overcome structural inequities to improve food access, health, and economic outcomes.
RME Workshops, topics include:
Understanding risk management Benchmarking, recordkeeping, analysis
Leadership, capacity development, group communications Crop diversification
Egg production, value-added products Marketing plans, strategies, analysis Food safety, liability, contracts
Resource conservation, understanding climate variability
NIFI adapts and presents culturally relevant Spanish-language materials for 2 Participatory Self- review and Planning sessions; 13 educational and hands-on modules and 45 technical assistance site visits. Results are documented by pre/post-testing, interviews, observations, and regular staff/participant/partner assessment meetings.
Audience: Sustainable Organic Local Agriculture and Resources community-based group, founded by low-income, Spanish-speaking farmers in 2010. 60 members operate a 2.25-acre farm in Chaparral, NM. 8 families have backyard gardens; 10 raise chickens for eggs.
Of 60 participants, 60% diversify crops, expand production; 70% market locally; 60% understand risk management for better decision-making; 40% implement financial literacy, recordkeeping; 40% implement planning, legal strategies, food safety, product diversity.
Average economic return increases by net 15%.
Number of Participants: 60
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REPORTS & EVALUATIONS
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