| ID: | 86067 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Solomon Islands |
| Title: | Solomon Islands - Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) - November 2022 |
| Description: |
Patricia Ben feeds chickens she received from the PIRAS project. She also received vegetable seeds and seedlings, gardening tools, a wheelbarrow and shade cloth to protect the tender seedlings from the harsh sun. Patricia learned about food processing and preservation techniques, composting and mulching, and other techniques to help her increase production and improve her family’s diet and food security. Patricia is one of 40 women members of the Tirokoqu Association in Tirokoqu Village on Gizo Island, Western Province. The group, established in March 2022 with PIRAS support, started with two days of training under the guidance of the local implementing partner, Kastom Garden Association. Since then, they meet with an extension officer once a week at the association’s nursery and garden plot to learn more skills and talk about the successes and challenges they are experiencing in their own gardens. Extension officers also provide training to Patricia and the other women on how to care for the livestock they received, including chickens and pigs. PIRAS targets women and young farmers who were impacted by COVID-19-related lockdowns and trade disruptions. Kastom Garden worked with the community to improve their food security by supporting family nutrition and encouraging self-reliance and sustainable, organic food production. To do so, extension workers have helped the women return to the basics of growing local food crops and raising livestock, and to understand how these can be used to provide nutritious foods for their families that help combat non-communicable disease. PIRAS is a collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Australian Government that supports food system and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Pacific. Working through local implementing partner, Kastom Garden Association, the programme prioritizes strengthening food self-reliance, improving local nutrition and developing sustainable, equitable agricultural livelihood opportunities for 30 island communities in Solomon Islands’ Western, Choiseul and Central provinces. |
| Size: | 12.50 MB; 5472 x 3648 pixels; 463 x 309 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1448 x 965 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Barbara Gravelli |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Barbara Gravelli |
| Categories: | New from Asia and the Pacific |
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