Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada

$10,467,856.00 CAD

≈ $0.25 for every person in Canada ≈ 136 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Nicaragua
Fiscal year
2016-2017
Agreement period
August 2, 2016 – November 30, 2022
Project status
Closed
Reference
CA-3-D002478001

Published purpose

The Technolinks+ Project aims to improve the livelihoods of women and men living in impoverished, rural areas of northern Nicaragua. The project facilitates the access, promotion and adoption of environmentally-sustainable agricultural technologies with the objective of increasing agricultural productivity, quality, and profitability for approximately 35,000 smallholder farmers and 85 agribusinesses, cooperatives and producers' associations, and creating 850 jobs in the agri-food sector. The project has a special focus on supporting women smallholder farmers, women cooperatives and women producer associations.

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This project supports smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in rural northern Nicaragua by promoting sustainable agricultural technologies to increase productivity and create jobs, with a focus on women.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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