Increasing Food Production - Strategy 1 Flashcards
Where is the sample?
In Rwanda - land husbandry and water harvesting/irrigation project
After 30 months what had the project reached?
More than 92,000 people and yields of maize, beans, and potatoes
What did it improve access to?
Nutrition rich vegetables like iron fortified beans
What did they train?
Communities in the construction and management of kitchen gardens
What did they partner with?
Local institutions to create innovative financial products for smallholder farmers, mainly woman
How many people does the project aim to help?
8,661 people
What have the farmers been organised into?
87 self help groups in order to move from individual small holdings to a more co-operative system
What has there been further investment in?
Crop drying and storage facilities to reduce losses after the harvest and to increase quality of produce
By the middle fo 2015 what were maize and bean yields?
Rose from 0.8 tonnes to 3.6 tones
What percentage of land is now productive land?
70%
What have farmers been able to do?
Buy new cows and goats and send their children to school
