This newsletter provides updates on SCAMPIS projects in Guatemala, Madagascar, India, and at IFAD HQ. It summarizes the annual reports and achievements of each country project, including beneficiaries reached and strategic innovations developed. The country projects have collaborated with various partner organizations and developed linkages within their communities. Videos and other communications materials about SCAMPIS have been created and disseminated. Upcoming evaluation missions and events involving SCAMPIS are also noted.

1. Newsletter Issue n. 8, July, 2011
SCAMPIS Guatemala SCAMPIS Madagascar SCAMPIS India
 Annual Report (January 2012)  Annual Report (January 2012)  Annual Report (January 2012)
Overall Project synthesis: Overall Project synthesis: Overall Project synthesis:
Beneficiaries: 8200 households reached Beneficiaries: 4176 households reached Beneficiaries: 9588 households reached by
by 2011 by 2011, 8397 hh with partner 2011
Strategic innovations: organizations Strategic innovations:
 Develop new school gardens which use Strategic innovations:  Develop previously inexistent equipment
micro-irrigation and natural fertilization  Develop equipment market: from markets in Koraput, Gajapati districts,
 Work through groups of mainly women manufacturing to distribution and Orissa
farmers and cooperatives of coffee promotion at village level  Work with self-help groups (village-based
producers  Differentiate subsidy (according to the micro-finance group of 10-30 women)
 Complement micro-irrigation practice type of “client”)  Use an effective promotion strategy from
with capacity building in nutrition (high  Create new job opportunities: district to village level
nutrition value recipes and diet manufacturers, promoters, profitable  Collaborate with regional programs for
diversification) , health and hygiene farming rural development: OTELP (Orissa Tribal
 Connect local retailers to the national  Work with farmer groups, individual Empowerment & Livelihood Programme)
provider of (low-cost) micro-irrigation farmers and agro-cooperatives and the Integrated Tribal Development
technologies  Bring wide range of stakeholders and Agency to ddevelop equipment markets
Linkages: IFAD Prorural; Cobán clients brought together to ensure previously inexistent in Koraput, Gajapati
municipality; Agrisem; Anacafé sustainability districts
SCAMPIS Video by FUNCAFE’ (June Linkages: Capfida; PPRR; EU; Linkages: OTELP
2011): Historia de Exito 1; Historia de AROPA; FAFAFI; PROSPERER SCAMPIS Video by IDEI (June 2011): EP
Exito 2 SCAMPIS Video by AVSF (June 2011): Laxmidhar
Scaling up micro irrigation systems in
Madagascar

2. IFAD HQ Missions & Events
 IFAD SCAMPIS Headquarter Annual Report  SCAMPIS references at World Water Forum, Marseille
 New SCAMPIS M&E leaflet (12-17 March)
 SCAMPIS Video  M&E mission to Guatemala –19 March – 5 April
 SCAMPIS LP Video
 M&E mission to India –29 April – 15 May
 New SCAMPIS Postcards Guatemala; Madagascar; India
 M&E mission To Madagascar June – To be confirmed
Communication
 Reporting support and external evaluation mission –
 SCAMPIS webpage
TBC
 SCAMPIS Photos  Coopernic meeting TBC
 SCAMPIS Videos  Stockholm World Water Week – August - TBC
Other photos (IFAD)
For additional info or any kind of communication please contact scampis@ifad.org
Visit SCAMPIS website
www.ifad.org/english/water/scampis/