Send a Cow highligted in ASFG report

Send a Cow is showcased as part of a new report launched today, Wednesday 7th July 2010, by the African Smallholder Farmers Group. The report highlights Send a Cow’s development approach as successfully improving the livelihoods for African families.

Africa’s Smallholder Farmers: Approaches that work for viable livelihoods, presents nine case studies from across Africa by different charities, which have successfully increased decision making, food security, markets, assets and business for smallholder farmers.

The report recommends the need for the UK Government to make a commitment to increase the amount of aid for African smallholders, and to focus agricultural aid allocations on areas with the greatest potential to support small-scale farming systems. These areas include soil and water conservation, climate and disaster risk reduction, strengthening extension systems, and research that can address the needs of vulnerable farmers.

Martin Geake, CEO, Send a Cow said, “This report makes a timely and unequivocal case for the importance of agriculture in poverty and hunger reduction. With the right help and support, we know that poor rural farmers in Africa can be empowered to grow food, protect their land against a challenging climate and develop viable livelihoods. The time is right for the new coalition government to change the face of agricultural aid and enable successful programmes to be scaled up.”

Download the report here