The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) program is designed to boost the milk yields and incomes of small-scale farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania so they can lift their communities out of hunger and poverty. The second phase of EADD will work with more than 200,000 farmers to improve dairy production and access to markets over the next four years.
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This project will apply an integrated approach to the pervasive problem of illness, food insecurity and dependency, which stretches the resources of impoverished communities in the Copperbelt province of Zambia. Project participants will receive Heifer value-based training in animal husbandry and health, gender equality issues, group organizational capacity, and basic record keeping before placement of food-and-income-producing livestock and other support.
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Through this project 2000 families will achieve sustainable livelihoods through joining together in cooperatives and participating in the dairy and goat value chains. 500 original families will receive livestock inputs while 1500 families will benefit from the Passing on of gifts of livestock.
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This project will assist 8,900 impoverished families in Nepal increase family income, improve nutrition, and adopt environmentally friendly farming and animal management practices.
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Project will assist over 1000 families (400 with an initial gift of livestock, 608 through Heifer's Pass on the Gift model) in Weichang County, China. Area is characterized by barren land, a cold climate, and a short growing period. Farmers suffer from severe malnutrition largely due to lack of meat and fresh vegetables in their diet. Within five years the project communities will have improved nutrition, an environmentally sustainable beef-cattle industry, and improved farming techniques.
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