Center for Family Farming

$44.8K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Comunidade Organizada para Preservao e Recuperao do Meio Ambiente
Country	Brazil
Start Date	Mar 11, 2016
End Date	Jul 05, 2020
Duration	1,577 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`49233-36`

Grant Description

Comunidade Organizada para Preservao e Recuperao do Meio Ambiente (COPEMA) 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, 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.