This programme will directly contribute to increasing the incomes and employment of indigenous and rural households in the El Quiché Department. While the main focus will be on women and young people, its benefits will extend to business operators, family farmers, wage labourers, craftspeople and microentrepreneurs in the region.

It will promote wider access to national and external markets, strengthening the effective productive, commercialization and entrepreneurial capacities of organized economic groups. It will work to strengthen the organizational and decision-making capacities of communities and their development councils. It will also aim to improve municipal planning and natural resource management, and to introduce women’s labour-saving devices.
 

Source: IFAD