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Smallholder Development Project for Marginal Areas
One of the main objectives of the project was to help smallholders increase their productivity. It also aimed to help improve household food security and increase the incomes of farmers and herders in drought-prone areas affected by soil erosion and land degradation. The project:
- helped reduce poverty
- raised awareness about environmental preservation
- introduced proven technology for soil and water conservation and rehabilitation of degraded land
- improved farming practices
- developed small-scale irrigation
Source: IFAD
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Mr Samuel Eremie
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592079
Fax: +39 0654593079
s.eremie@ifad.org
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| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$18.1 million
IFAD loan: US$15.4 million
Duration: 1990-1997
Geographical area: Dodoma, Singida, Shinyanga, Tabora regions and part of Mwanza Region
Directly benefiting: 26,000 households
Status: closed
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