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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetJoint Resilience Building to Manage Climate Shocks 2018
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The "Joint Resilience Building" Project aims at increasing the resilience of vulnerable communities against droughts and floods to improve maternal and child health while enhancing the adaptive capacity to manage climatic shocks and risks in four selected localities (Aroma, Hammashkoreb, North Delta and Telkok) in Kassala State, Sudan. -
ProjectEnhancing the Production Capacity of Smallholder Rice Farmers in Liberia - GCP/LIR/029/JPN 2021
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No results found.Rice is Liberia’s staple food, but over 90 percent of the country’s rice needs is imported at the cost of about USD 80 million a year. Liberia’s population growth has given rise to an increase in the demand for rice. This increase, coupled with low productivity, has led to a deficit in national rice production, as demonstrated by the huge variance between imported rice and local production. In addition, the rice development sector of the country faces multiple threats that challenge the economic and food security of the population. Farmers are constantly experiencing erratic rainfall patterns and unprecedented sweeping winds and floods, resulting in crop failures. Against this background, production patterns in the country are semi rudimentary , and the lack of equipment for agricultural work is one of the main problems faced by rice growers. The project aimed to enhance smallholder rice farmers’ capacity to increase their productivity, through the introduction of modern rice varieties and production techniques, as well as agricultural equipment, in two of the country’s three ‘breadbasket’ counties, Bong and Lofa. -
ProjectDeveloping and Enhancing Small Scale Agro-Processing Capacity in Belize - TCP/BZE/3601 2020
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No results found.The agriculture and food sector in Belize contributes greatly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), rate of employment, and to the macroeconomic growth and development of the country. Food and agricultural products account for more than 80 percent of Belize’s exports. For these reasons, the Government of Belize (GOB) has prioritized the expansion and strengthening of the agriculture and food sector for the country’s economic transformation. A number of emerging market opportunities exist for locally processed foods in Belize, and the GOB has recognized this. The opportunities include: (i) the demand for bulk-processed products by public institutions; (ii) an interest in specialty food products among tourists; and (iii) a growing local preference for convenient agriculture-based products that are minimally processed. While efforts are made being made by small-scale entrepreneurs to meet these market demands, they lack the knowledge and capacity to effectively process and package their products to be compatible with the size, scope and quality required by these markets. This project was designed to address these challenges. It aimed to develop a national strategy on agroprocessing for small-scale entrepreneurs, to support the rehabilitation of the Central Farm Agro-processing Unit (CPU), to provide technical support for the development of the agrifood industry at the national level, and to build the capacities of national technicians and small-scale agroprocessors in food production, processing, safety and quality management, marketing and trade.
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