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The Namibian Compact aims to increase the competence of the Namibian workforce through knowledge and skills, as well as to increase the productivity of agricultural and nonagricultural enterprises in rural areas.
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Displaying 41 - 44 of 44Land Registration in the Merged Areas Activity
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(Pakistan): The Land Registration in Merged Areas (LRMA) activity aims to establish a land registration system in seven districts of the Merged Areas. LRMA will provide technical assistance and capacity development to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP) to promote a transparent legal system that allows for the registration, transfer, and utilization of land titles. Given the complexity of the task and the advancement in technology used for land mapping and digitization, the GoKP requested USAID for technical assistance to implement land registration using satellite imagery, digitization, and digital mapping.. .The activity will improve the accessibility of land records; effectuate land transactions; allow the use of land as collateral; generate revenue for the provincial government; and permit economic, land, and mineral development and investments in the seven districts of the Merged Areas (MA) of the province. This work contributes to the USG's objective to expand the writ of government. .......
Strengthening Livelihoods and Resilience Activity (SLR)
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(Democratic Republic of the Congo): The Strengthening Livelihoods and Resilience (SLR) activity will support inclusive agricultural growth, improve the nutritional status of women and children, and increase resilience in targeted communities in Ituri Province in eastern DRC. It will build resilience by promoting expanded and diversified market-oriented livelihood opportunities, increasing private sector activity and investments in the sector, improving access to finance for smallholder farmers, improving land tenure, and integrating with other USAID-supported activities to promote nutrition-sensitive approaches to market-systems development. As SLR develops and tests models and provides technical assistance, the activity will contribute to a better understanding of the needs of vulnerable populations and how they can better adapt to re-occurring shocks such as emerging plant diseases, increased conflict, and climatic events. Given the prevalence of women in the agriculture sector and the critical role in improving their families' nutritional status, health, and livelihoods, SLR will also promote improved nutrition practices with women's groups. The activity will focus on developing interventions to empower and increase women's participation in agricultural markets, such as improving access to credit, inputs, and agricultural training..The activity will contribute to the Mission's Integrated Country Strategy via Mission Goal 2 (Improved quality of life for Congolese through delivery of core services and expanded economic growth) and USAID's Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) via Development Objective 3 (Inclusive, broad-based, and sustainable economic growth increased). SLR will be aligned with the Agency's Resilience Policy and the Administration's Global Food Security Strategy..
Philippines Sustainable Interventions in Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL)
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(Philippines): .The SIBOL activity will address biodiversity threats by improving environmental governance, reducing environmental crimes, and enhancing sustainable development of natural resources. It will improve conservation incentives and science-based conservation and enforcement. SIBOL will enhance protected area (PA) management planning process, and expand PA connection to the national PA system. SIBOL will also update the national forest asset account, support national physical accounts development for fisheries, coral reefs, and carbon, and improve capacity for natural capital accounting. Locally, SIBOL will set up ecosystem service accounts for forests, mangroves, coral reefs, and fisheries, to demonstrate how ecosystem services can inform local policies. SIBOL will also support the economic valuation of damages resulting from Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea. ..SIBOL aims to reduce or avoid 1 million tons of CO2e over five years, 10% of this in FY 2022, through low emission zoning and land use planning; mangrove and beach forest development; and small grants that focus on community-based natural climate solutions. SIBOL will also conduct targeted REDD+ roadshows, train PA and DenR staff on forest carbon accounting, and develop a fuelwood certification scheme. ..SIBOL will strengthen the natural resource policy framework and advance environmental, social, and biodiversity safeguards to ensure industry practices promote sustainability, including Department of Trade and Industry certification for local biodiversity-friendly enterprises and its products. SIBOL will also heighten environmental law enforcement by training community and government personnel; promote interagency cooperation through law enforcement summits; and support implementation of medium-term enforcement action plans. Of the earmarked biodiversity and SL funding, $500,000 contributes to the total Adaptation-Indirect control, and $1 million contributes to and surpasses the CWT co
Feed the Future Tajikistan Agriculture and Land Governance (ALG)
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(Tajikistan): The activity supports the U.S. Global Hunger and Food Security strategy to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty of smallholder farmers and families through more productive and efficient agriculture systems, builds resilience of rural communities, and improves the enabling environment to facilitate sustainable nutrition-sensitive agriculture-led growth. The activity will enhance inclusive market driven value chains and support the sustainable development of agriculture extension service systems and service provider networks. It will introduce new technologies to extend crop production through the lean season to increase household income and the availability of nutritious foods before the next harvest. The activity will engage village committees and community agriculture volunteers to strengthen knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to nutrition in all 775 communities in the Feed the Future (FtF) zone of influence. By leveraging public/private resources and partnering with local organizations it will achieve maximum buy-in from communities to increase the production and consumption of nutritious foods to sustainably reduce stunting and undernutrition. It will strengthen existing local institutions to provide diversified services to farmers and households and improve the enabling environment at national and local levels, particularly in land governance. These interventions will strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers and rural communities by improving adaptation to and recovery from shocks and stresses through the diversification of livelihoods, advancing Tajikistan's self-reliance. This activity contributes to $9 million of the Mission's $11 million Agriculture earmark. .The program supports ICS goal 3.1, and the CAS by strengthening the sovereignty and independence of the Central Asian states, individually and as a group..