El Salvador
Proj
ect ES-188

Agricultural-Based Local Development in El Salvador

The very nature of the grantee´s activities, CODECOSTA, which “has operated as multi-purpose development agency acting in close collaboration with local government in different areas of interest”, set the tone for this wide-scope project of local development.

Within this general proposal, however, two main strands of work could be identified, as follows: capacity building, which covered a wide array of topics, such as community organization techniques, co-operativism, environmental awareness, administrative skills, agricultural capacity building and technical assistance; and, micro-credit for small-scale farmers.