Archive for2016
GANASOL – Livestock and Sustainable Agriculture on Latin American Hillsides program – – HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
This document presents a carefully designed rural livelihoods program rooted in field-based evidence, experience and analysis to generate lasting positive development across select countries in Latin America. With ambitious goals and clear outcomes, the Livestock and Sustainable Agriculture on Latin American Hillsides program, or GANASOL, will, over its ten-year trajectory, offer important support for smallscale farmers, particularly […]
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PACHA- THE ANDEAN PLATEAU, PARAMO, CAMELIDS AND YARN PROGRAM 2014 – 2024 HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
This brief presents a livelihoods program targeting vulnerable and excluded families living in the rural highlands of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.Through extensive field experience, Heifer International has designed The Andean Plateau, Paramo, Camelids and Yarn (PACHA) program to “increase the sustainability of camelid production and improved production and interaction with markets and food security.”1 Working with […]
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PROCOSTA – SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL AND MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS PROGRAM 2014 – 2024- HEIFER
Along certain pacific coastal shores in Latin America, dramatic changes are underway. Mangroves, with their twisting roots and tangled foliage are increasingly under threat from deforestation and climate change. The degradation of marine-coastal systems depletes the rich productivity of these ecosystems, resulting in significant drops in fish and shellfish supply, decreasing agricultural harvests and a […]
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PROMESA – Economic Improvement and Food Security in Coffee, Cocoa and other Crop Commodities PROGRAM – HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
This briefing note presents an integrated rural livelihoods program that will help poor smallholder growers in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve their livelihoods while caring for the ecosystems on which they depend. Heifer International, with deep expertise in integrating sustainable rural livelihood programming with ecosystem restoration and conservation, has designed a broad regional program, […]
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FONTAGRO 2014-2015 Annual Report
Content available in Spanish. English version coming soon.
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SANSECO – FOOD & NUTRITIONAL SECURITY IN THE CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA DRY CORRIDOR program – HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
Due to human actions and climate change, these areas are very vulnerable to more damage and decline as communities struggle to obtain minimal livelihoods amid ongoing poverty. Heifer International, committed to ending hunger and poverty while caring for the earth, focuses on empowering vulnerable, smallscale agricultural producers to achieve sustainable livelihoods. The Heifer Americas Area […]