FREEDOM
FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN (FFHC) GAMBIA
With
a rapidly growing population and the growth in technology that is expected to
improve life expectancy there is need to account for how this population will
be fed. Sustainable Development Goal number 2 aims at ending hunger, achieving
food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. Food,
without a doubt will play a major role in the next development agenda.
Therefore more organizations and people working on improving the quality and
quantity of food will be needed. One such organization is Freedom From Hunger
Campaign in The Gambia.
Established
in 1969, Freedom from Hunger Campaign (FFHC) envisions sustainable agriculture where
farmers and rural communities in the Lower River Region of The Gambia have
access to productive inputs leading to improved food security, income and
welfare. It seeks to do this by improving farmers’ access to investment
resources through rural financial intermediation and strengthening rural
grassroots farmers’ institutions. Targeting women, children, men and the youth
FFHC works through women associations and village institutions affiliated with
the organization such as Village Development Committees, Women Kafoos and youth
groups.
Projects
To
arrive at food security in the community Freedom From Hunger Campaign runs
various projects some of which include:
·
Rice
Production ~enhances a safe and reliable access to rice fields by women
farmers, construction of causeways and bridges.
·
Environmental
Conservation ~strengthens the capacities of farmers and forest dwellers in the
conservation and restoration of the natural forest cover through the promotion
of community forest concepts and agro-forestry.
·
Income
Enhancement Strategies ~includes the development of vegetable gardens through
the use of low cost irrigation technologies, horticulture training and the
creation of marketing linkages and the promotion of the production and
marketing of honey.
·
Disaster
Risk Reduction Initiatives ~capacity building for communities on disaster
preparedness and response techniques, supports disaster victims, literacy
programs and trainings, infrastructural support in disaster affected or prone
communities.
·
Low
Cost Irrigation ~provides technical information, education, training and
sensitization to farmers and the general public on the availability of a low
cost, effective and efficient irrigation which includes drilling of tube wells,
manufacturing and installing irrigation pumps and installing drip irrigation
pumps.
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