Citation
(2009), "Generous helpings", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 58 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2009.07958gab.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Generous helpings
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 58, Issue 7
Small-scale farmers in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sierra Leone are soon to receive a productivity boost, thanks to innovative projects of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) funded with a 39 million donation from the European Union.
“Thanks to this generosity from the European Union, millions of people will have access to food and nutrition who otherwise would not have” said WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, citing the importance of the Food Facility launched by the EU to help people in developing countries overcome growing food insecurity.
The projects are aimed at helping poor farmers – most of them women – more efficiently produce food through programs such as group farming, crop diversification and kitchen gardens. In some communities, WFP will provide food in exchange for work on projects aimed at improving irrigation and flood resistance, or planting trees.