Farming First » aid http://www.farmingfirst.org Addressing the common need for food, feed, fibre and fuel requires a global action plan to increase agricultural output in an environmentally-sustainable, economically-feasible, socially-responsible manner. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Why is $100 Better than $1000? Farm Support vs. Food Aid http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/03/why-is-100-better-than-1000-farm-support-vs-food-aid/ http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/03/why-is-100-better-than-1000-farm-support-vs-food-aid/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:14:04 +0000 Editor http://www.farmingfirst.org/?p=95 At a recent Farming First conference in New York, Dr. Lindiwe Sibanda explained how supporting small-scale farmers with $100 worth of agricultural inputs and training can help them to improve their livelihoods more than $1000 worth of equivalent food aid.

Dr. Sibanda is CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), a Southern African network organisation with representation in 12 Southern African countries.

Watch her presentation here:

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