Sustainable and resilient livelihoods
Improving and diversifying livelihood opportunities is an effective way to fight poverty. Vi Agroforestry strengthens farmer organisations’ capacity to help members improve their livelihoods through sustainable agriculture (including agroforestry) and green enterprises. Improvements to livelihoods can include learning how to enhance the quality of a crop, refine and add value to a product, extend shelf life of a food item, or how to access competitive markets and negotiate better prices when selling. Other options can be starting a side-business or taking a part-time job besides farming.
Enhancing value chains
Making a living from farming entails being part of food systems and value chains. With greater harvests, better storing options, up-to-date information about market prices, ways to refine and add value to your produce, and other means, the farmers and farmer organisations we work with benefit greatly.
Increased food and nutrition security
Many farmer families are unable to eat a healthy diet, even though they grow food. The broader variety of crops the farm can produce, the better the chances that the family will eat a healthy diet. Vi Agroforestry’s projects strengthens farmers’ food and nutrition security.
Economic security and financial services
Vi Agroforestry facilitates for farmer families to access to financial services through initiatives like Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs), enabling farmers to save, invest in their activities, and mitigate vulnerabilities related to unexpected expenses.