Agriculture/Food Production Grant

Comunidade Organizada para Preservao e Recuperao do Meio Ambiente will develop a network of community gardens on uncultivated public- and privately- owned land on the southwest periphery of Granja Portugal, a district in Fortaleza, Brazil, with the immediate goals of assuring a more reliable food supply and improving nutrition and health.

The gardens are also expected to generate jobs and additional income, especially for unemployed women, and to improve the urban environment. Some 240 residents should benefit directly and another 1,000 indirectly.