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Sri Lanka's Army To Cultivate On Barren Land To Supplement Country’s Food Security Amid Crisis
18 June 2022
Main photo: Sri Lanka facing worst economic crisis (file photo-representational photo). Photo by AP/PTI. Sri Lanka’s army established its Green Agriculture Steering Committee (GASC) to supplement and promote the food security programme in the country facing worst economic crisis. The Sri Lanka Army…
The Changing Face of Kisii as Smallholder Agriculture Wanes
17 June 2022
Sub-division of ancestral land has all but wiped out farming in Kisii, driving poverty and malnutrition and pushing the population into migration in search of greener pastures. When my father died in the early 1990s, my mother and my two siblings moved to Kisii in Southwest Kenya. Widowed in her…
Traditional farming methods shouldn’t be disregarded
6 June 2022
New agricultural methods to build climate change resilience for small-scale farmers will fall flat unless they are deeply respectful of indigenous knowledge systems, research has found. Farmer and Tshwane University of Technology lecturer Brian Mandipaza researched the practice of conservation…
Projects
AgroInvest: Ukraine
Duration: January 2011 - January 2016
Value: $20,600,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The AgroInvest project aims to accelerate and broaden economic recovery in Ukraine and contribute to global food security efforts by creating a more inclusive and competitive agricultural industry. In particular, AgroInvest is expected to increase awareness among rural landholders and producers of t
Arziki Project: Niger
Duration: January 2009 - January 2013
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The main objective of the Niger Food Security Program (NFSP) is to increase food production and incomes, and ensure livelihood protection and health for food insecure farming households through the use of improved agricultural and livestock production technologies, increased market participation, in
Agriculture and Rural Development Support: Ukraine
Duration: January 2016 - January 2020
Value: 20,600,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The Agriculture and Rural Development Support (ARDS) project will support broad-based, resilient economic growth through a more inclusive, competitive, and better governed agriculture sector that provides attractive livelihoods to rural Ukrainians. The project consists of three components: Improve e
Food Security Research Program: Zambia
Duration: January 2010 - January 2015
Value: $11,500,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
Agricultural productivity of most staple crops has been stagnant, in part due to Government of the Republic of Zambia’s (GRZ) agriculture policies that exacerbate the challenges and focus on maize-centric subsides to the exclusion and detriment of other crops. The Food Security Research Project (FSR
Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance Activity
Duration: January 2015 - January 2019
Value: $5,900,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The objectives of the Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance activity (LTA), are to reduce land tenure-related risks and lay the groundwork for sustainable agricultural investment for both small holders and commercial investors throughout the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzani
Indonesia Marine and Climate Support
Duration: January 2010 - January 2014
Value: $17,600,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The Indonesia Marine and Climate Support (IMACS) is a four-year project that is aimed to improve marine resources management in Indonesia. IMACS is working to strengthen the management capacity of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and local government, enhance local communities and
Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about
16 May 2022
This article by Wandile Sihlobo was first published in The Conversation Land ownership in South Africa remains skewed towards white farmers. David Silverman/via Getty Images Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of…
Whose Land? - Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance
26 April 2022
How can civil society actors ensure inclusivity in their land governance work with communities? Tuesday, 26 April, 2022 10:00-11:30 AM CEST | 15:00-16:30 PM JAKARTA Both ENDS and the Land Portal Foundation held the first webinar in the Whose Land? - Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance…
