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Gansu Poverty-Reduction Programme
Villages in remote mountainous areas of the middle-southern part
of Gansu Province are home to the poorest of the poor. People face
harsh living conditions, regular droughts and a dramatic lack of water
for irrigation and domestic use. They have inadequate health care
and education. The arable land is low-yielding and they do not have
the funds or education to use improved technology.
The programme’s objectives
are to increase food security and incomes by helping to increase production
and both on- and off-farm activities, and to improve rural poor people’s
access to financial services and to education, health and social networks.
Investments will support rural infrastructure, access to financial
services and to education, and grass-roots organizations, particularly
for women. Protection of common resources is also a priority.
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr Thomas Rath
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592069
Fax: +39 0654593069
t.rath@ifad.org |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$80.6 million
IFAD loan: US$29.3 million
Duration: 2006-2013
Directly benefiting: 300,000 households
Cofinancing: World Food Programme
Status: ongoing
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