Agriculture/Food Production Grant

$91.6K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Ya'axch Conservation Trust
Country	Belize
Start Date	Jun 26, 2015
End Date	Dec 28, 2020
Duration	2,012 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`48914-36`

Grant Description

YCT will work with 72 farmers from six communities in the Toledo district to develop their leadership and organizational skills as well as their agroforestry practices.

The farmers will learn techniques to apply to their cultivation of staple foods for consumption as well as cacao as a cash crop.

The grant will directly benefit the 72 farmers involved and their families and will indirectly benefit another 350 farmers and their families.