Citation
(2010), "EU helps poor farmers", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 59 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2010.07959aab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
EU helps poor farmers
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 59, Issue 1
Poor farmers in the Philippines and four other countries are set to receive a productivity boost through new United Nations-led agricultural projects funded by a €34 million donation from the European Union (EU), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said.
WFP schemes, helping mostly female small-scale farmers grow food more efficiently in Bolivia, Guatemala, Senegal, Nepal and the Philippines, will get additional spending from the EU's €1 billion Food Facility fund to further increase food production.
“The European Union has recognized that one of the best ways to make sure people have access to food is to help small farmers increase production,” said Gemmo Lodesani, Director of the WFP liaison office in Brussels. “That way, they can feed their families and increase availability of food in their local markets.”
He added that more than 2 million people, many of them children and vulnerable adults, would benefit from the food generated by five WFP programs.