SUMAK AYLLU
DAIRY CATTLE PRODUCTION AND PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT.
SUMAK AYLLU ORGANIZATION (LARGE FAMILY)
1.- LOCATION
Province: Imbabura
Canton: Otavalo
Parish: Gonzalez Suarez
Organization: Sumak Ayllu (Great Family)
2. TYPE OF PROJECT:
DAIRY CATTLE PRODUCTION AND PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT
3. PROJECT VALUE
The Project has a value of $11,472.00 dollars
4. BENEFICIARIES: 16 families: 15 women and 1 man
5. TERM:
The project has a useful life of one year and may be renewed subject to evaluation of the results obtained and compliance with the commitments assumed.
6. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION:
The implementation of this project is justified for the following reasons:
a) The organization shows solidarity among its members.
b) Beneficiaries attend training responsibly.
c) The 16 families manage their production responsibly.
7. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sumak Ayllu (Great Family) is an organization made up of 13 families that belongs to the González Suárez parish of the Otavalo canton in the province of Imbabura. The group has been working with FEDICE since 2021 on a savings and credit project.
The 13 families have been working on projects to raise domestic animals and crops. For this new project, the group included 3 people who have been participating in the group, so there are currently 16 families that will work with FEDICE on the new project.
The Sumak Ayllu organization has complied with the institutional policies, regarding presence and participation in training, the timely payment of the reimbursable fund to FEDICE and the recovery of the organization's internal funds. Today they have $2,400, the same ones that are in the hands of the families as we re-lend, which allows us to continue working on a new project.
The organization of 16 families and FEDICE held a meeting in which they analyzed a new proposal, for which they requested a new reimbursable fund of $8,000 dollars, which will be distributed at $500 per family.
8. PROBLEM:
Inclement weather (droughts or prolonged winters), constant fluctuations in the prices of agricultural products, lack of financial resources and lack of knowledge about the proper management of animals and pastures cause a delay in livestock production and put their productivity at risk.
10. OBJECTIVES
General Objective
To improve the organizational, economic, nutritional and technical standard of living of the families of the Sumak Ayllu Organization through cattle production.
Specific Objectives
Strengthen the organizational part around the productive project.
Introduce dairy cattle into family farms.
Implement a training and technology transfer program.
11. GOALS
a) 16 families are strengthened in the organization, trusting in the same board of directors to continue supporting in this new year.
b) 16 families produce dairy cattle within the technical parameters.
c) 16 beneficiary families trained in livestock, administrative and accounting issues, theoretical and practical, to guarantee livestock products.
12- SOCIAL IMPACTS
With the execution of this project, the following impacts will be achieved at a social level:
Families improve their nutrition due to daily milk consumption and increased income.
Local sources of employment are preserved as a result of family projects.
Women participate in family decisions due to increased economic contributions.
Beneficiary families acquire knowledge to efficiently manage their projects.
13. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The installation of this project will not have a negative impact on the environment, as animal waste and food waste will be used as organic fertilizer to fertilize the plots of land of each family, to improve their crops without the use of chemical fertilizers and therefore to have a diet with healthy products, improving the health of all families.
14. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Activities will be monitored through: home visits to see the productions, meetings to analyze difficulties and solve existing problems, recommendations and planning of activities.
Financial management will also be monitored.
Families and management involved in the project will participate.
The activities carried out will be compiled through reports, records and photographs, which will be used for analysis in the evaluation.
