The Walmart Foundation and CARE today launched the Peru Agricultural Economic Development Initiative, which seeks to help 2,300 small-scale farmers in Peru. The program is expected to increase participants’ incomes by 30 percent and create more than 300 new jobs in the region.
Through this initiative, women in Peru will become more involved in their family’s farming operations. In addition, farmers will improve their agricultural operations, expand production, and gain better access to both local and export markets.
The project will focus on developing more productive artichoke, white corn, avocado, and other fresh vegetable value chains. Technical assistance providers will work closely with the growers to implement strong agricultural, environmental, and water resource management practices, strengthen business and negotiating skills, promote access to credit, and develop relationships with local buyers and exporting companies. The project will take place in the Huaylas, Yungay, Carhuaz, Huaraz and Ancash provinces in the north-central highlands of Peru.
$1 million grant to CARE for projects focusing on empowering impoverished women in Peru, Bangladesh and India through education, job-training and entrepreneurial support programs. This project is part of a series of initiatives to elevate women from poverty worldwide. Globally, women make up 70 percent of the one billion people living on less than a dollar a day and work two-thirds of the working hours, produce half of the world’s food, yet earn only 10 percent of the world’s income and own less than 1 percent of the world’s property.
For additional information visit www.walmartfoundation.org
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