The Support to Able-bodied Vulnerable Groups to Achieve Food Security Project (SAFE)

The SAFE project aims to enhance food security through groundnut production by improving crop productivity, diversifying income regimes, and strengthening local institutions. The project used a farmer field school approach in where each school had between 20 and 30 members, who were mostly women sin...

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Autor principal: Gonsalves, Julian Francis
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36049
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Sumario:The SAFE project aims to enhance food security through groundnut production by improving crop productivity, diversifying income regimes, and strengthening local institutions. The project used a farmer field school approach in where each school had between 20 and 30 members, who were mostly women since groundnuts are usually the responsibility of women. The project is slowly encouraging farmers to switch production from tobacco to groundnut.