Project name: Evaluation of women's food security program for impoverished Maasai households (Trias)
Institutions: Savannahs Forever and University of Minnesota
Country: Tanzania
Description: The objective of this project is to improve food security among semi-pastoralist communities through more diversified and secured income from improvements in livestock.
Source: Bart Casier/Trias
The components of the project include:
- Formation of savings and credit groups
- Entrepreneurship training
- Marketing of livestock and livestock products
- Gender awareness training
- Increased women’s asset ownership through female-only bomas (farms)
- Capacity building of pastoralist, member-based organizations
- Improvement of the business environment
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