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| Roberts, Tim. |
| Farmers the world over face many common problems in the early part of the 21st century. However there are none so dependant on farming for their very survival than many smallholders in Africa, who often rely entirely on production from their limited land area to provide both staple foodstuffs and an income to purchase the bare necessities of life for themselves and their families. Over the last fifteen years on the initiative of a group of farmers in South West England, an organization has developed from humble beginnings to a main stream body, providing much needed assistance to vulnerable farming families in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The original concept of providing one animal on loan to farmers has been transformed to the provision of a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24315 |
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| Juma, Alfred; Roberts, Tim. |
| Many of the Groups supported had humble origins. Some were originally formed by women who got together because of their desperate situation and started 'merry go rounds' by which they each contributed a small amount of money each month and then supported members in turn either in a crisis situation or for a particular need - eg school fees. As they developed self confidence and improved their well being in a small way, so ngos such as SACHKWR have been able to build on their strengths and support them in the next step towards self sustainability. The challenge now is to ensure that as SACHKWR move on and support other communities that they are able to continue on their own with the minimum of outside support. To this end it is hoped that one of the SACHKWR... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Smallholders; Womens groups; Livestock; Pass on; Micro-credit; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24233 |
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