Rural Development and Livelihoods
Capacity Building of the public sector in formulating and implementing policies to enhance inclusiveness and efficiency in agri-business chains;
Strengthening the livelihood systems of the most food insecure and consolidate their path to more sustainable economic development, through upgrading skills, increasing farmers’ knowledge and access to productive assets such as: improved seeds, fertilizer, tools, machinery, feed, veterinary services;
Training to improve resilience of targeted rural livelihoods and strengthen individual and collective coping mechanisms for vulnerable households, providing the knowledge and training to enable people to become more self-sufficient through more productive agriculture practices (international standards), and training for national and provincial level officials in rural development, land management services and community–based adaptation in disaster risk reduction processes;
Reducing rural poverty through increasing market access and linkages between value chain actors promoting vocational training on business development leading to community-based enterprise creation, linking sustainable small farmer enterprises to each other, to markets, financial institutions, to service providers and to policy processes, to enhance the profitability of smallholder farmers and their capacity to add value to locally produced raw materials;
Strengthening capacity of local training institutions (Training of Trainers).
Design, Implementation and Monitoring & Evaluation
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