Sentences with phrase «training smallholder»

I work as a Field Officer with an NGO based in Kenya which aims at training the smallholder farmers to help them improve their crop yields and maximize profit and still reduce hunger and poverty.

The Rainforest Alliance is training smallholder cocoa farmers to manage droughts, floods, and soaring temperatures.

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Smallholders can apply for a maximum of $ 100,000 per year for agricultural training, conservation activities, social development, market access and organisational growth, as well as to cover the cost for auditing.

It strives to reduce poverty and bolster climate adaptation efforts amongst 8,000 cocoa smallholders in the North Kolaka and North Luwu districts in Southeast and Southern Sulawesi, respectively, through training and incentives that will apply on - farm techniques.

Project Drawdown defines women smallholders as: providing resources, financing, and training to women smallholder farmers around the world.

Those same managers now co-host Giri's trainings for the smallholder farmers who supply tea to the estates, taking special measures (serving tea with Sri Lankan sweets, for example) to convey to the farmers that they are valued partners.

For smallholder trainings, he then presents a plethora of positive impact data supporting our sustainability methods — emphasizing the financial benefits of long - term soil health.

Yet tea - industry veteran Giri Kadurugamuwa, who heads the Rainforest Alliance's ground operations in Sri Lanka, has already trained more than 30,000 tea farmers since 2012; he is quite unfazed by the additional 60,000 smallholder farmers slated for training in the near future.

«My weed - management cost has been cut down drastically, and I have noticed my soil becoming black in the entire estate,» said smallholder farmer Saman Udayakumara, who has applied climate - smart methods from Giri's training for two years.

The Rainforest Alliance has been working to strengthen the position of smallholder cocoa farmers since 2006 — both on the land and in the marketplace — by training them to conserve natural resources, increase productivity and secure decent living and working conditions.

On behalf of the Rainforest Alliance, they are training tea estate workers and smallholder farmers to adopt simple, time - tested methods that safeguard soil health and water quality and protect workers from dangerous chemical exposure.

Tea plantations and smallholders in the target countries (about 30,000) were trained in SLM and INRM practices with a view to reverse land degradation.

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Prof. Abberton who spoke on behalf of IITA, said the partnership was important as it reflects the role the farm will play not only in terms of research addressing the needs of smallholder farmers but also in terms of training and capacity building.

«This is important as it reflects the role that this farm will play not only in terms of research addressing the needs of smallholder farmers but also in terms of training and capacity building.

Located on a smallholding, surrounded by strawberry and raspberry fields which are in walking distance and open to the public for strawberry picking, and children's entertainment includes a small train, pony rides, and playground.

The Rainforest Alliance's latest video showcases our efforts to train Sri Lankan smallholder tea farmers in innovative weed - control methods, which is an important aspect of sustainable agriculture.

In addition to supporting the development of national forest certification systems in several countries, we are working with a variety of partners to pilot test new approaches to group certification for smallholders, support value chain development and provide training to build the required capacity for forest certification to succeed.

Often the opportunity to improve yield exists, but smallholders need financing for better seeds or other inputs, and additional support and training to attain conservation objectives.

The Rainforest Alliance has been working to strengthen the position of smallholder cocoa farmers since 2006 — both on the land and in the marketplace — by training them to conserve natural resources, increase productivity and secure decent living and working conditions.