In 2003, the Afghanistan National Solidarity Project (NSP) was created to improve the lives of the rural poor through post-conflict, community-driven reconstruction. NSP operated through community development...
One job per poor rural family. This is the goal of the Employment Generation & Marketing Mission (EGMM), which was established in 2005 by the Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Program (APRPRP). Andhra...
Despite the government's best efforts, forests in India diminished for decades due to illegal harvesting, uncontrolled cutting of minor (or non-timber) forest products by the poor, excessive grazing, and...
Unlike income generated from crop production, which is seasonal in Rajasthan, dairying is a source of a stable income bringing in cash on a daily basis and providing livelihoods security. This gives small...