Albanian agriculture and rural areas entered a new stage of development with the country’s application for EU membership in 2010. The project strengthened capacity to implement the EU pre-accession and accession processes and support agriculture and rural development policy measures that help ensure a sustainable and resource-efficient development of rural areas, as well as a better quality of life for rural dwellers.
Tilapia is the most consumed farmed fish in the Philippines, with an average yearly consumption of 4.6 kg per person, yet the tilapia farming sector has declined by 35 percent in the last eight years, due to climate-induced challenges. Thus there is a considerable threat not only to the livelihoods of farmers and fisherfolk, but also to the country’s food security. This project sought to provide innovative knowledge and technical services and products to farmers in order to increase the resilience of the tilapia farming sector to climate or weather risks.
As a net food importing country, Saint Kitts and Nevis is relatively food-insecure and vulnerable to extreme climatic events, as well as to global economic shocks caused by increasing food or energy prices. The Government is seeking to create employment and income-earning opportunities, particularly for women and young people, and is embarking on a path of agricultural renewal to reduce its food import bill. By increasing production and marketing of onions and cole crops (cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower), the present project was designed to contribute to the creation of rural employment opportunities and, by extension the improvement of national food and nutrition security.
Cassava plays an important role in the dietary needs and incomes in many rural communities in the Caribbean. Despite its rich history in the Caribbean region, the development of the cassava industry falls well below its potential, due to poor management and resource constraints. With imports of wheat and corn weighing heavily on the foreign reserves of the region, cassava presents an untapped resource to help alleviate the pressure on high food import bills and improve livelihoods for small-scale farmers, processors and the rural population. This project aimed to address constraints to agro-processing, market development and the promotion of value-added cassava products in Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. By promoting the use and export of value-added cassava products in national, regional and international markets, the project contributed to sustainable food and nutrition security and helped create new employment opportunities in selected Caribbean states.
Agriculture is an important part of the Jordanian national economy. The majority of the rural population in Jordan is involved in agriculture, and many livestock farmers live in areas close to the border with Syria, from where hundreds of thousands of refugees, many with their livestock, have fled since 2011. This livestock has not received regular vaccination and treatment against animal diseases, due to the disruption of services. As a result, transboundary animal diseases (TADs) have been observed among Jordanian livestock. This has led to an overall decline in the quality of services, a decrease of subsidies, lack of economic opportunities, and an increase in prices. This project was designed to support the Jordanian authorities and livestock keepers to contain the risks and prevent TADs outbreaks from spreading, through the establishment of high standards of disease surveillance, early warning capabilities and efficient management of animal health information.
