The Proposal

The Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Initiative in Guatemala has now been incorporated into the public investment system and, as such, focuses on two presidential priorities: the National Irrigation Plan (Investment Note for the 2024 Investment Forum) and support for the Presidential Planning Secretariat (SEGEPLAN) in designing one of the most important programs launched by the current new government, "Avenues for Good Living Program."

Additionally, HiH has been included as a tool to prioritize public investments within the Strategic Guidelines of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food (MAGA) for the period 2024-2028.

Another key aspect of Guatemala's proposal is the consolidation and strengthening of the Investment Program for Agricultural Economic Development in the Adjacency Zone and Polochic Valley (2022-2026), which was developed during the first years of HiH implementation in the country. This program focuses on prioritizing investments for the value chains of cocoa, cardamom, and coffee, and an updated version will also be presented at this year's Investment Forum.

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Irrigation Investment Plan

The Government of Guatemala presented the National Irrigation Policy 2024-2033 to gradually and sustainably reduce dependence on the seasonal rainfall cycle and to increase productivity levels and incomes of rural households. The policy includes the Investment Plan 2024-2027 to promote strategic public and private investments. 
The 2024-2027 Investment Plan prioritizes productive infrastructure in 67 municipalities of the Dry Corridor. These actions will benefit small producers and their organizations, and micro and small enterprises to use water resources more efficiently and achieve two or three production cycles per year, which will improve their economic incomes and living conditions. 

The 2024-2027 Plan estimates an investment of 60 million dollars to irrigate 8,600 hectares in the Dry Corridor. The economic return of incorporating irrigation in vegetable and fruit production in these prioritized areas has been estimated, resulting in an increase in annual net income per hectare from $1,800 to $11,654 depending on the crop.


Investment Program for the Polochic Valley and Adjacent Zone

The program promotes an inclusive approach through growth driven by small-scale agriculture and increased participation of the rural population in agricultural value chains. The program focuses on the value chains of coffee, cocoa, and cardamom. It aims to benefit 17,500 rural households, with a total of 91,000 indirect beneficiaries, of whom 39,000 would be women and 23,400 youth. The potential agricultural area is estimated at 15,420 hectares. 
The program seeks to ensure that producers in poverty can benefit from the intervention, thus improving their productivity, incomes, associative culture, and ecosystem vision, diversifying their economic activities, and including groups with higher vulnerability such as women, youth, and indigenous people. 
The program comprises four components: inclusive and resilient productive promotion; agro-industrial development and commercialization; infrastructure and related services; and green transformation. The overall cost of the set of investments programmed for broad agro-productive development is estimated at USD 92.67 million, presenting an overall IRR of 20%, and an overall NPV of USD 28,165,310.

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