Seas of Change Initiative

Asia

  • April 10, 2012Case study Vietnam, cassava

    Case study Vietnam, cassava

    – Ethnic minority farmers located on the hillsides of North-Central Vietnam are being offered opportunities to improve their livelihoods and incomes in a sustainable way, by working together with cassava processing enterprises who..

  • April 10, 2012Case study Nepal, apples

    Case study Nepal, apples

    – The case study presents a relatively small but meaningful pilot project that is presently scaling up from 400 to 3,000 farmers (with an ultimate goal of 10,000 participants) in Nepal’s most important apple growing district. The..

  • March 7, 2012Case study Bangladesh, micro-finance

    Case study Bangladesh, micro-finance

     - IFAD case. The project – funded by IFAD and implemented by the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) – is working to improve technical service provision to rural poor people, by contracting input supply and service..

  • March 7, 2012Case study India, livelihoods

    Case study India, livelihoods

     - IFAD case. Orissa is the second poorest state in India. Nearly 22% of its population is made up of ethnic tribal peoples. Ecological degradation, erratic rainfall and a high risk of drought have resulted in food insecurity,..

  • March 7, 2012Case study India, micro businesses

    Case study India, micro businesses

    - IFAD case. Established in 1992, Udyogini translates from Hindi to ‘Woman Entrepreneur’. To empower women with the skills and resources needed to contribute to building and managing microenterprises, the NGO offers business..

  • March 7, 2012Case study India, livelihoods programme

    Case study India, livelihoods programme

    - IFAD case. Pradan, an NGO, works predominantly in remote tribal communities across the States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and West Bengal. A majority of these districts are among the 150..

  • March 7, 2012Case study Bangladesh, integrating smallholders

    Case study Bangladesh, integrating smallholders

    - IFAD case. IDE believes that the smallholder is a capable, proactive and rational entrepreneur who, under the right conditions, is able to take advantage of market opportunities and invest his/her way out of poverty. Integrating..

  • March 7, 2012Case study Bangladesh, milk marketing

    Case study Bangladesh, milk marketing

    - IFAD case. The Charlands Livelihoods Programme (CLP) is a seven year programme (2004-2011) funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and sponsored by the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division of the..

  • March 7, 2012Case study India, economic security & gender

    Case study India, economic security & gender

    - IFAD case. This women’s non-profit association (SEWA) is a trade union that was established in 1972, to help poor women achieve economic security. The annual membership fee is INR 5 (about USD 0.10) and the union is open to women..

  • March 7, 2012Case study Bangladesh, dairy and livestock

    Case study Bangladesh, dairy and livestock

    - IFAD case. This programme was launched in 1999 with the help of a UNDP grant of USD 3.0 million, to provide additional income to the beneficiaries of an existing project that had not succeeded in boosting incomes above the poverty..

    Case study Vietnam, cassava

    Case study Vietnam, cassava

    – Ethnic minority farmers located on the hillsides of North-Central Vietnam are being offered opportunities to improve their livelihoods and incomes in a sustainable way, by working together with cassava processing enterprises who want to develop..

    Case study Nepal, apples

    Case study Nepal, apples

    – The case study presents a relatively small but meaningful pilot project that is presently scaling up from 400 to 3,000 farmers (with an ultimate goal of 10,000 participants) in Nepal’s most important apple growing district. The project focuses on..

    Case study Bangladesh, micro-finance

    Case study Bangladesh, micro-finance

     - IFAD case. The project – funded by IFAD and implemented by the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) – is working to improve technical service provision to rural poor people, by contracting input supply and service provision through NGOs..

    Case study India, livelihoods

    Case study India, livelihoods

     - IFAD case. Orissa is the second poorest state in India. Nearly 22% of its population is made up of ethnic tribal peoples. Ecological degradation, erratic rainfall and a high risk of drought have resulted in food insecurity, increasing out-migration and..

    Case study India, micro businesses

    Case study India, micro businesses

    - IFAD case. Established in 1992, Udyogini translates from Hindi to ‘Woman Entrepreneur’. To empower women with the skills and resources needed to contribute to building and managing microenterprises, the NGO offers business development services (BDS)..

    Case study India, livelihoods programme

    Case study India, livelihoods programme

    - IFAD case. Pradan, an NGO, works predominantly in remote tribal communities across the States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and West Bengal. A majority of these districts are among the 150 poorest in the country...

    Case study Bangladesh, integrating smallholders

    Case study Bangladesh, integrating smallholders

    - IFAD case. IDE believes that the smallholder is a capable, proactive and rational entrepreneur who, under the right conditions, is able to take advantage of market opportunities and invest his/her way out of poverty. Integrating Smallholders into..

    Case study Bangladesh, milk marketing

    Case study Bangladesh, milk marketing

    - IFAD case. The Charlands Livelihoods Programme (CLP) is a seven year programme (2004-2011) funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and sponsored by the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division of the Ministry of Local..

    Case study India, economic security & gender

    Case study India, economic security & gender

    - IFAD case. This women’s non-profit association (SEWA) is a trade union that was established in 1972, to help poor women achieve economic security. The annual membership fee is INR 5 (about USD 0.10) and the union is open to women without a stable job..

    Case study Bangladesh, dairy and livestock

    Case study Bangladesh, dairy and livestock

    - IFAD case. This programme was launched in 1999 with the help of a UNDP grant of USD 3.0 million, to provide additional income to the beneficiaries of an existing project that had not succeeded in boosting incomes above the poverty line of USD 318 per..