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P R O J E C T E V A L U A T I O N Federative Republic of Brazil Sustainable Development Project for Agrarian Reform Settlements in the Semi-Arid North-Eastttt International Fund for Dom Hélder Câmara Project Agricultural Development Via Paolo di Dono, 44 Interim Evaluation 00142 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 54592048 Fax: +39 06 54593048 E-mail: [email protected] March 2011 www.ifad.org/evaluation IFAD Office of Evaluation Bureau de l’évaluation du FIDA Oficina de Evaluación del FIDA Document of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Federative Republic of Brazil Sustainable Development Project for Agrarian Reform Settlements in the Semi-Arid North-East Dom Hélder Câmara Project Interim Evaluation March 2011 Report No. 2321-BR Photos on cover page: 1. The project provided beneficiary farmers and their associations with dedicated capacity building and awareness actions to improve their livelihoods in a semi-arid environment. ©Dom Hélder Câmara Project 2. The "feira agroecologicas" (agroecological fairs) represented an important opportunity for beneficiary farmers to get exposed to market transactions hence contributing to their livelihoods and empowerment. ©Ubirajara Machado/MDA/IFAD Federative Republic of Brazil Sustainable Development Project for Agrarian Reform Settlements in the Semi-Arid North-East (Dom Hélder Câmara Project) Loan No. 494-BR Interim Evaluation Table of Contents Currency Equivalents iii Weights and Measures iii Abbreviations and Acronyms iii Map of the Project Area v Foreword vii Acknowledgements ix Data Summary xi Executive Summary xiii Resumo xxi Acordo de conclusão xxix Agreement at Completion Point xxxv I. EVALUATION OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY AND PROCESSES 1 II. COUNTRY AND SECTOR BACKGROUND 3 III. PROJECT BACKGROUND 7 IV. IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS 10 A. Organization for Social Development 12 B. Development of Production and Commercialization 13 C. Financial Services Development 15 D. Education and Training 16 E. Gender, Age and Ethnicity 17 F. Sertão, cofinanced by the Global Environment Facility 18 G. The Elo Project, cofinanced by the Syngenta Foundation 18 V. PROJECT PERFORMANCE 18 A. Relevance 18 B. Effectiveness 20 C. Efficiency 25 VI. IMPACT ON RURAL POVERTY 27 A. Human and Social Capital and Empowerment 27 B. Food Security and Agricultural Productivity 29 C. Household Income and Net Assets 30 D. Natural Resources and Environment 31 E. Institutions and Policies 32 VII. OTHER PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 33 A. Sustainability 33 B. Innovation, Replication and Scaling Up 35 VIII. PERFORMANCE OF PARTNERS 36 IX. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 39 A. Conclusions 39 B. Recommendations 42 TABLES 1. Number of DHCP Beneficiary Families per Year 11 2. IFAD Loan Use up to End of 2009 12 3. Financial Expenditures by Component, 2001–2008 12 4. Demonstration Units (2004–2009) 14 5. Projects Financed under FISP 2002–2009 15 6. Cost of Technical Assistance in Sertão Central and Apodi (2007–2009) 27 7. Income Data in Selected Territories 30 8. Possession of Household Assets 31 9. Investment in Productive Assets 31 10. DHCP Ratings 39 BOXES 1. Highlights from the Brazil CPE 7 2. Archbishop Dom Hélder Câmara 8 3. Project Performance in Summary 27 4. Rural Poverty Impact in Summary 33 5. Other Performance Criteria in Summary 36 6. Performance of Partners in Summary 39 APPENDIXES 1. Bibliography 43 2. List of Persons Met during the Evaluation Mission 45 3. Definition of the Evaluation Criteria used by the Office of Evaluation 49 4. Evaluation Framework 51 5. Land Reforms in Latin America: Ten Lessons towards a Contemporary Agenda 59 6. Financial Data 61 7. DHCP Publications 65 ANNEXES* 1. Evaluation of the Productive and Economic Features of the DHCP (in Spanish) 2. Evaluation of the Social Features of the DHCP (in Portuguese) * Annexes are available on request from IFAD’s Office of Evaluation ([email protected]) i i Currency Equivalents (July 2010) Monetary Unit = Real (R$) US$1.0 = R$1.79 Monetary Unit = Switzerland Francs (CHF) US$1.0 = CHF1.084 Weights and Measures 1 kilometre (km) = 0.62 miles 1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2 (0.01 km2; 2.47 acres) 1 metric ton (mt) = 1,000 kg Abbreviations and Acronyms ACP Agreement at Completion Point ASA Articulaçao do Semi Arido Brasiliero BNB Banco do Nordeste CONAB Companhía Nacional de Abastecimento (National Food Supply Company) CONTAG Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura (National Confederation of Agricultural Workers) COSOP Country Strategic Opportunities Paper CPE Country Programme Evaluation CPM Country Programme Manager DHCP Dom Hélder Câmara Project ECOSOL Cooperativa de Crédito Rural e Economia Solidária do Pajeú FISP Fundo de Investimento para Projetos Sociais e Produtivos (Investment Fund for Social and Productive Projects) GDP Gross Domestic Product GEEMPA Grupo de Estudos Sobre Educação, Metodologia da Pesquisa e Ação GEF Global Environmental Facility IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development INCRA Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) IOE IFAD Office of Evaluation LAC IFAD Latin America and the Caribbean Division LSU Local Supervision Unit LUMIAR Projeto de Assessoria Técnica para Assentamentos de Reforma Agrária (Technical Assistance Project for Agrarian Reform Settlement) M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MDA Ministerio do Desenvolvimento Agràrio (Ministry of Agrarian Development) MEEPF Ministerio de Estado Extraordinario da Politica Fundiaria (Special Ministry for Land Policies) MST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Movement of Landless Farmers) NGO non-governmental organization P1MC Programa um milhão de cisternas (One Million Tanks Programme) PAA Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos da Agricultura Familiar (Food Acquisition Programme) PCR Project Completion Report PMU project management unit PROCERA Programa para Reforma Agrária (Special Credit Programme for Agrarian Reform) PRONAF Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (National Programme for Strengthening Family Agriculture) RB-COSOP results-based country strategic opportunities programme iii S&L savings and loan SDR Special Drawing Rights (International Monetary Fund) SDT Secretariado de Desenvolvimento Territorial (Territorial Development Secretariat) SEAIN Secretariat of International Affairs (Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management) UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services iv v vi

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