Tajikistan is a country with a young population. Seven out of ten of its people are under the age of 30, and the country views this young and growing generation as an important asset to invest in for the future. In recent years, they have achieved significant progress in reducing unemployment and fighting poverty, and now they are turning their focus on nutrition.

Rural men and women in remote areas of the Chittagong Hill Tracts are now more positive about their future and their ability to resist future shocks to their agriculture-based livelihoods.

The introduction of modern equipment and cooling centres is benefiting over 3,000 farmers, especially women, and has increased their production capacity by some 50 percent.

Smallholder farmers in the flood-prone districts of Phalombe, Mangochi and Nsanje in Malawi are now optimistic to stand on their feet following prospects of good harvest after severe floods washed away their fields last year.

The new ASTF funded project is going to focus on the next mostly affected malnutrition districts in Rwanda, which are Bugesera, Gisagara, Gakenke and Ruhango.