| Goal: |
- Protect Madagascars rainforest by developing alternatives to shifting cultivation
- Generate sustainable income-generating opportunities for small farmers and their families
- Implement credit line to purchase ginger seeds (to be paid back in ginger) for 200 families
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| Reason for funding |
- double-win: high income effect and biodiversity protection
- participatory approach: project designed in close interaction with local communities
- Transfer of know-how on sustainable agriculture from University of Antananarivo
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| Current evaluation |
- First round of ginger plantation successfully completed
- Ongoing evaluation of project
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