Effectiveness Review: Capacity Building for Rural Enterprise Development for Small Producers, Nicaragua

The "PRODER" project supports approximately 450 producers in three value chains – dairy products, cocoa, and wooden furniture – in three municipalities of the Atlantic North Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. It focuses on building capacity among producers to improve the quality of their production, facilitate their access to markets, and increase their negotiating power. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in January 2012 among producers in the dairy and cocoa value chains in the Municipality of Siuna.