With PIP, households and communities are engaged in sustainable farm development and improved child wellbeing. All family members are included to take part in this plan. Farmer families become actors of change, determined to make their vision a reality: a more resilient farm as the foundation for a more sustainable future.
PIP helps farming families
Farmer families take ownership of their development and become stewards of more resilient farms. All family members are invited to develop a shared vision, to establish a sustainable agricultural livelihood, resulting in sufficient, nutritious, and responsibly produced food for all family members, including children. Within a few year’s time, these households are ready to participate in sustainable value chains, enabling economic development that benefits children and youth, and reduces inequalities.
Creating a PIP plan together, changes mindsets: from short- to long-term visions, from passive to engaged, from seeing problems to seeing opportunities. Farmers families learn sustainable land conservation techniques and climate-smart farming techniques. Farm families are able to produce healthier food and with the revenues from sales, better ensure the wellbeing of their children, as they were able to afford things like school fees and better housing and clothing.
PIP is developed in cooperation with the Wageningen University.
Farm visioning
17 years old Reverien lives in Rwamagana, Rwanda. Together with his parents and brothers and sisters and facilitated by one of the model farmers in his village, he made a farm plan to produce sufficient and nutritious food ánd to create opportunities for economic development and employment.