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District Livelihoods Support Programme
This programme builds on the achievements of the previous District Development Support Programme and expands its area of coverage to a further 13 districts. The programme’s main objective is to improve livelihoods and food security for poor rural households in the target area. It will help increase productivity and household incomes from farm, livestock, fishing and non-farm enterprises, and will address some of the difficulties faced by poor people relating to land tenure and land management. Those targeted are poor rural farmers and fishers with limited assets, women, young people and others who belong to socially marginalized groups, as well as communities based in remote parts of poorer subcounties. A major objective of the programme is to empower these rural people and communities to become self-reliant by setting up grass-roots organizations and encouraging community members, including the poorest households, to take on active roles in community planning and in farmers’ groups. Other goals of the programme are to:
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