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Field handbook • Scientific and Technical Department • Study of the possibilities of developing new activities, analysis of comparative advantages (activities that generate added value, those of primary production, etc) • Study of specific markets • Selection process of beneficiaries (point II gives essential details for the definition of level of intervention) • Assessment of the training and education needs • Elaboration of a training plan: — Technical — Management — Business — Group work • Elaboration of business plans (this is an activity that the beneficiaries can carry out during the training process) • In the case of group work, internal regulations should be defined (again, this is an activity that the beneficiaries can carry out during the training process) • Introduction of improved techniques for quality and quantity of production, or conservation and processing • Improvements in access to productive goods and inputs: — Free distribution of productive goods and inputs i. Direct distribution ii. Vouchers — Creation of shops selling inputs. • Support for access to financial capital: — Creation of revolving funds — Creation of rural savings banks — Support for access to micro credit: iii. Strengthening of micro finance institutions iv. Technical support to beneficiaries in applying for and managing micro credit • Support in the management of activities • Improvements in the sales processes: — Construction of processing infrastructure for products which need treatment or processing in order to improve sales — Construction or rehabilitation of markets INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY 39
➔ — Establishment of regular channels of information about markets — Contacts with intermediaries — Promotion of meetings and commercial fairs • Monitoring and evaluation of the programme: — Monitoring of the activities — Monitoring of the functioning of the groups and households — Intermediate evaluation and impact evaluation • Systematization of experiences It is important to take into account that not all the programmes meant to increase economic output or create new IGA follow all of these steps. The factors that are identified as obstacles for the operation of IGA, the access to markets, or the existence of possibilities to develop new IGA, will serve as the base upon which to design the intervention. Experience in the field has shown that a minimum period of two to four years is necessary to create a sustainable base for these types of programmes, a time period for which some donors do not have funding available. A good alternative is to try to establish stable partnerships with donors over the long term, with well-defined strategies. The specific characteristics of the context, the capacities of the beneficiary population, the process of forming associations and the influence of external factors can create obstacles in the progress of the intervention, prolonging the need for support. II. WORKING WITH GROUPS OR FAMILY UNITS One of the essential variables that must be examined when defining the programmes is the level of intervention: Are we going to work with individual households or is it more appropriate to work with groups The answer to this question will have important implications for the programme implementation. Interventions on an individual level allow us to work with a determined sector of the population who share common characteristics, and to direct the intervention at a clearly limited group of vulnerable people. However, it makes it difficult to offer daily support and development of the technical and management aspects of the activities carried out by the beneficiaries. Example 10: Rehabilitation of IGA in Sri Lanka In the district of Ampara, Sri Lanka, one of the lines of work for recovery after the tsunami of December 2004 consisted of the distribution of packages of productive goods so that 1200 families could reinitiate their income generating activities. 40 INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY
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