Agriculture/Food Production Grant

$81.9K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Fundacin para Conservacion y Desarrollo Colinas Verdes
Country	Ecuador
Start Date	Jun 12, 2015
End Date	Sep 01, 2019
Duration	1,542 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`48872-36`

Grant Description

Fundacin para Conservacin y Desarrollo Colinas Verdes (Colinas Verdes) in coordination with Asociacin Agroartesanal de Productores Ecolgicos de Caf Especial del Cantn Loja (APECAEL), Colinas Verdes will work with 720 coffee farmers to undertake an integrated program of pest management; plant trees to diversify food and cash crops; and encourage young people to work on family farms.

An additional 3,000 residents of Vilcabamba, Loja, in southern Ecuador, will also benefit.