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Finalist Evaluation
Judges'' comments
This is an interesting proposal - one of the challenges will be maintaining the community participation and hence the proposal would benefit from finding a way to ensure communities were paid - perhaps through a 'Waste Fund' - like a 'Water Fund' or some other benefit sharing mechanism for their work that could be used to finance benefits for the community. This could be funded by tourism operators, local business and governments. This would help ensure sustainability.
Semi-Finalist Evaluation
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It would be interesting to see how the work will also support Disaster Risk Reduction efforts, for example where you plan to plant the trees. It is unclear if the project will be introducing new species of trees, if so, how will this be decided and how will you incentivize farmers to plant new varieties? Lastly, will the trash collection system be government-run? Will there be sensitization of communities on waste separation and collection?
The proposal links two very different ideas: production of in vitro saplings for coffee, cocoa and vanilla production and biodigestion to transform organic waste into biogas. There is no real analysis of the advantage of coupling these two approaches (what is the advantage of in vitro compared to conventional saplings for example?). The large time lag between plantation and for coffee, cocoa, vanilla, etc. and economic return has not been considered nor the challenge that represents degraded landscapes restoration with these species. The impact is based on a very optimistic assumption: « In five years, we intend to cover more than 5000 acres of devastated area with trees and produce more than 3000 tons of vanilla beans, coffee, cocoa, and avocado to be delivered on the national and international market”.
The project will need strengthening. Further details on costs and impacts as well as local partners. Is a feasibility study available for such as a project? Does it get any interest in Haiti from local partners?
The challenges of biodigestion and afforestation in the context of Hati and other places could be better articulated. The proposal would be strengthened by discussing how to incentivize the community more and also more on how maintenance costs would be covered.
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