Our objective is to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods for the community through improved agriculture methods and securing the future for local farmers struggling with the impact of climate change.
Our Work
Village-to-Village-Tanzania already owns a piece of land which will be used to experiment with:
Sustainable agricultural techniques including permaculture
The transformation of subsistence into commercial farming
Crop diversification
Irrigation and rainwater harvesting methods
Productivity improvement using low cost technologies.
A start has been made on developing the site, and investigations into potential crops and technologies have been undertaken. A system of ‘drip-irrigation’ is already running and planting has started.
These new facilities will enable V2V-Tanzania to begin sharing knowledge with farmers from the local community and beyond. We will disseminate the results of various crop trials and provide advice and guidance on production methods. Free educational workshops will be provided.
Why Sustainable Agriculture?
From the mid-1960s through the 1980s, the Green Revolution enabled millions of people in Asia and Latin America to escape famine and poverty, by increasing agricultural productivity through the use of modern sustainable agricultural technologies. In contrast, a majority of African countries did not adopt those technologies – and agricultural yields in most African countries stagnated or even declined in the same period. Today, millions of Africans suffer from malnutrition and continue to lead lives of penury, engaged in toilsome subsistence agriculture. While 75 percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas in developing countries, a mere 4 percent of official development assistance goes to agriculture. Agriculture employs 65 percent of Africa’s labour force and accounts for 32 percent of gross domestic product. The crop model a tool for predicting future outputs indicates that in 2050 in Sub-Saharan Africa, average rice, wheat, and maize yields will decline by up to 14 percent, 22 percent, and 5 percent, respectively, as a result of climate change. This year a poor harvest due to drought has prompted Tanzania to stop issuing food export permits. There are 240,000 people in need of relief food.
Support Us In:
Raising the funds:
To pay for staff to research the needs of the local area.
Clear large boulders from the demonstration site.
Build a gazebo to provide shade from the scorching sun for sampling plants.
Plant trees and vegetation to promote beneficial insects.
Invest in crop trials and technologies to demonstrate alternatives for local farmers struggling with an ever changing climate.
Developing information to increase nutritional awareness for HIV/AIDS patients.
Volunteer in Tanzania and directly support the sustainable agriculture project with research, setting up the demonstration area and planting.
