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Sustainable Agriculture Projects

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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), National Office, USDA-CSREES, Stop 2223, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-2223, (202) 720-5384, FAX: (202) 720-6071. The SARE program has helped advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program. The program, part of USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds projects and conducts outreach designed to improve agricultural systems. Grants are offered through four regions: North Central, Northeast, South and West.
cite: sare.org

Centre for Environment and Society: SAFE-World Research: 47 Portraits of Sustainable Agriculture Projects and Initiatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
cite: from Pretty and Hine, 2001, essex.ac.uk

Ecological Agriculture Projects, McGill University (Macdonald Campus), Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, CANADA, H9X 3V9, (514)-398-7771, Fax: (514)-398-7621, eapinfo@macdonald.mcgill.ca. Links and information on ecological projects in areas: Organic Agriculture and Biological Pest Control. Useful FAQ.
cite: eap.mcgill.ca

American Jewish World Service Projects

Increased food security, crop diversification and the protection of natural resources are the guiding principles of AJWS' sustainable agriculture projects. These sustainable agriculture projects provide families and entire communities with vital technical and material resources for improving nutrition and increasing income generation. These projects also enable rural farming communities to adapt and survive in the face of challenges to their livelihoods, including globalization, commercialization of food production and climate change. (See list below)
cite: American Jewish World Service, ajws.org

• El Salvador: La Coordinadora del Bajo Lempa/Asociacin Mangle: Agricultural Microcredit Fund Project
• El Salvador: AsociaciComitón Agropecuaria Salvadorena (AGROSAL): Strengthening the Family Economies of Woman-Headed Households in Rural El Salvador - Year 1
• Ethiopia: Sike Women Development Association (SWDA): Gender Sensitization/Women's Economic Support in Alemgena Woreda
• Haiti: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): Integrated Community Development Program in Haiti - Year 2
• Haiti: SEED: Haiti Community Development Loan Fund : Strengthening Cooperatives in the Northeast of Haiti
• Haiti: World Neighbors/Vwazen Mondyal Ayiti: Haiti: Training and Development Unit for Building the Capacity of Peasant Organizations - Year 5
• Honduras: Comité de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras (Comité): Strengthening Garifuna Culture through Agriculture - Year 5
• India: Vana Niketan: Financial assistance to the flood-affected tribal cultivators for repair of damaged lands
• India: Disha Kendra: Organizing Tribal Cultivators Affected by Floods to Avail Employment Guarantee Program for Embankment Repairs
• India: Rural Organization for Social Education (ROSE): Promotion of Herbal Nurseries for Traditional Healthcare and Income Support for Landless Peasant Women - Year 3
• Kenya: Kilili Self Help Project (KSHP): Sponsoring Small-Scale Farmer Training for Women - Year 3
• Mexico: Capacitacion, Asesoria, Medio Ambiente y Defensa del Derecho a la Salud A.C. (CAMADDS): Strengthening the Community System of Micro Credit
• Nicaragua: FundaciComitón Red Nicaraguense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC): Stregthening of the Community Commercialization Network of Small Agricultural Producers
• Nicaragua: Unión de Cooperativas de ProducciComitón Agrícola Las Brumas (Las Brumas): Working to Run a Capacity Building Project
• Rwanda: Rwandan Women Community Development Network (RWN): Advocating for Grassroots Women's Rights
• South Africa: African Solutions to African Problems (ASAP): Empowering the Women of South Africa
• Uganda: Federationof Communites Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS in Koboko (FECHA-K): Supporting People Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS
• Uganda: National Community of Women Living with HIV/AID - Arua (NACWOLA): NACWOLA-Arua ART Project
• Uganda: Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organizations (UNASO): Capacity-Building for NGOs and CBOs through Grants Management Scheme
• Vietnam: Viet Nam Plus: Hàm Thuan Nam Community Development Program - Year 3