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Good practices of initiative:
Integrating sorghum cultivation into agricultural systems in the Central American Dry Corridor
Relevance
It measures the alignment of the initiative with existing policy frameworks in the country. In addition, the scalability of the initiative to other realities and geographies is valued.
| Marco | Description | Ambit | Country | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN: Sustainable Development Goals | It contributes to SDG 1 (No Poverty) by improving the productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers; SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) by increasing food availability; SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) by increasing the incomes of producers living in poverty; SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) by incorporating sorghum into rotations that improve water efficiency and carbon sequestration; SDG 13 (Climate Action) by developing production systems with a smaller carbon footprint and greater resilience; SDG 15 (Life on Land) by intensifying production in already established areas and preventing agricultural expansion into tropical forests; and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Sustainable Development) by consolidating a regional alliance between national agricultural research institutions, international organizations, and universities in seven countries | Global | World (aggregate) | Link |
Eficacy
This measures how well the objectives and goals set out in the initiative were fulfilled, as well as the extent to which the results achieved are attributable to the actions implemented by the initiative.
| Indicator | Description | Indicator Type | Measure Unit | Base date | Base | Goal | Measure Date | Measure | Compliance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small and medium-sized producers who receive direct technical assistance | Number of small and medium-sized producers in the Central American Dry Corridor (and other regions of Latin America, including Colombia and Peru) who receive technical assistance through the project's channels: technicians from experimental stations, demonstration plots, leading producers, advisors, and online dissemination | Effectiveness | Number of producers | 01-01-2025 | 0 | 2000 | 01-01-1970 | 0 | Link | |
| Total beneficiaries reached by the project | Total number of people benefiting from the project activities, actors in the agri-food system who access the results, digital platform and knowledge products generated | Effectiveness | Number of people | 01-01-2025 | 0 | 3000 | 01-01-1970 | 0 | Link | |
| People trained in genotype evaluation and use of the digital platform | Number of students, technicians and professionals in agronomy trained through field experiments, experience exchange workshops and online platform dissemination workshops | Effectiveness | Number of people trained | 01-01-2025 | 0 | 200 | 01-01-1970 | 0 | Link | |
| Technical components completed: baseline and characterization of target environments (TPE) | Number of knowledge products delivered and validated, including technical notes on diagnosis and baseline by country, technical notes with characterization of biophysical variables, monograph on characterization of environments, and technical notes with representative locations selected for genotype evaluation | Effectiveness | Number of products delivered | 01-01-2025 | 0 | 4 | 01-01-1970 | 0 | Link | |
| Technical components completed: evaluation of genotypes, environments and GxE interaction | Number of knowledge products delivered and validated, including a technical note with selected genotypes; technical notes quantifying genotypic, environmental, and GxE interaction effects (one per campaign); a technical note on genotype behavior by location and planting date; a technical note redefining locations; and a scientific publication on genotypic adaptation. | Effectiveness | Number of products delivered | 01-01-2025 | 0 | 5 | 01-01-1970 | 0 | Link |
Sustentaibility
It measures the installed capacities or actions identified to maintain or improve the results of the policy initiative.
| Indicator | Description | Indicator Type | Measure Unit | Base date | Base | Goal | Measure Date | Measure | Compliance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital platform for genotype recommendation, operational, updated and freely accessible after the project's closure | The platform will remain freely and permanently available to producers, consultants, technicians, and students through a publicly accessible website, with the capacity to iteratively incorporate new locations, genotypes, and environmental data. The predictive machine learning models will be stored in an open-access digital repository (GitHub), ensuring the reproducibility and scalability of the methodology to other regions not covered by the project | Sustainability | Number of operational platforms | 2025-01-01 | 0 | 1 | Link | |||
| Regional public goods generated and available permanently and free of charge | All knowledge and dissemination products generated by the project (manuals, information booklets, technical notes, brochures, digital guides, audiovisual material, photographic records) are made available as regional public goods, for non-commercial purposes, on the websites of each participating institution. Scientific publications will be freely accessible to academic use. Member countries, beneficiaries, and co-funders have the right to unrestricted, unlimited use for non-commercial purposes | Sustainability | Number of publicly available knowledge products | 2025-01-01 | 0 | 20 | Link |