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fertility technologies could also be due to Fadama II’s emphasis on providing postproduction advisory services. In its third phase, the program will sup- port agricultural advisory services and input support, and it has mainstreamed sustainable land management. These and other interventions will address the potential land degradation that could result from increased agricultural productivity.


Overall, Fadama II has achieved its goal of increasing the incomes of its beneficiaries in the first year of its operation. The project has also succeeded in targeting the poor and vulnerable in its group-owned productive-asset component, even though that did not appear to significantly increase short- term household incomes and private productive assets among the poorest asset tercile and female-headed households.


The unique feature of Fadama II that may have contributed to the signifi- cant impact of the project in a short time is its broad-based approach, which addresses the major constraints limiting the success of CDD projects that address only one or two constraints. This finding has implications on planning poverty-reduction efforts in low-income countries. Given that the poor face numerous constraints, a CDD project that simultaneously addresses many of them will likely build synergies that lead to larger impacts than is possible for a project that addresses only one or two of these constraints. Thus gov- ernments and donors need to pool resources and initiate multipronged CDD projects rather than rely on a scattershot approach of instituting numerous isolated projects.


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