| ID: | 83716 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Kiribati |
| Title: | Kiribati – Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) – December 2023 |
| Description: |
Jaré Katokauea brings edible long bottle gourds harvested from the garden of the Live & Learn- IFAD (PIRAS)-supported Tungaru Youth Agriculture Association to the street market in Temwaiku, Tarawa. Jaré Katokauea is one of the association’s six members. The group mainly focuses on agriculture-related activities, such as growing vegetables and making compost. Buyers come to their garden to buy cucumbers, cabbage, papaya, eggplant and watermelons on the spot. On the rare occasion that produce is left over, they take it to be sold at the local market. In an average week, the group harvests about 10 watermelons, 40 cucumbers and 400 cabbages and earn about AU$ 500. Launched in 2022 in collaboration between IFAD and the Australian Government, the Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus (PIRAS) Facility is a regional initiative that aims to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural island households. The programme supports food system and economic recovery by prioritizing food self-reliance, improving local nutrition and developing sustainable, equitable agricultural livelihood opportunities for rural communities in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. In Kiribati, PIRAS works in collaboration with the Atolls Food Future Project, implemented by Live & Learn Environmental Education, and focuses on increasing farm production, nutrition and climate resilience by providing farmers and gardeners with nutrition-sensitive seedlings and planting materials, labour-saving tools, and equipment. It trains them in the safe use and maintenance of water tanks, composting production and soil preparation, and liquid fertilizer production and application. |
| Size: | 14.06 MB; 5616 x 3744 pixels; 475 x 317 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1486 x 991 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Marco Salustro |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/ Marco Salustro |
| Categories: | New from Asia and the Pacific |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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