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Detail of GEF Project #979
| GEF Project ID | 979 |
| IBRD PO ID | 61315 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Biodiversity Conservation in Cacao Agro-forestry |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 3; 4 |
| PDF-A Approval Date | 1998-12-17 |
| Approval Date | 2001-02-01 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2001-02-15 |
| Project Completion Date | 2004-02-28 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) |
| Description | The rationale of the project is to improve the management of cacao-based poor indigenous small-farms according to both ecological and organic productive principles so as to ensure conservation and sustainable use of plant and animal diversity and provide a sustainable source of family income. The overall objective of the project is to promote and maintain on-farm biodiversity while improving livelihoods of organic cacao producers (indigenou, Latin mestizos and Afrocaribbean groups) in the Talamanca-Caribbean corridor in Costa Rica. |
| Implementation Status | The project closed with a satisfactory rating on February 28,2004. ICR was completed in 2004. |
| PDF A Amount | 25,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 725,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 750,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 2,293,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 3,043,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 146,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 725,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 2,293,000 USD |
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