Promoting collaborative, pro-poor agricultural innovation
Our vision is to support the harmonious living of people in their natural, social and economic environments in a way that supports and strengthens both the people and their environment.
Work
SODI-BMZ: Upscaling CbCCA in rural communities in South Africa 2022-2025
WRC - Social Ecological Systems
Water Research Commission: Climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in South Africa
iSimangaliso MPA Ecosystem Based Adaptation Project
MAIZE TRUST: Conservation Agriculture Smallholder Farmer Innovation Programme
Mission
We aim to design and implement innovative projects and programmes which promote collaborative, pro-poor agricultural innovation, working in partnership with other organizations and communities.
We aim further to work at the cutting edge of development methodology and process - integrating learning (training), research and implementation into new models and processes emphasizing synergy and integration.
We Do
We are a small public benefit non profit organization consisting of rural development practitioners who specialize in participatory learning and action processes, sustainable natural resource management and low external input farming systems.
We focus on rain water harvesting, conservation agriculture, intensive homestead food production, food security, micro finance and enterprise development.
We design and implement rural development programmes and training processes providing learning processes for adults all the way from semi- literate farmers to post graduate university level.
We work in partnership with government and non-government organisations alike. We are sensitive to and mainstream where possible gender, disability and living with HIV/AIDs.