Agro-Tourism Association (ATA) has developed the CALI programme proposal for consideration by Vi Agroforestry for funding through collaboration. The programme is aligned to Vi Agroforestry´s programme on ´´Agroforestry for Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity (ASILI-B),´´ whose overall objective is to, ´´improve smallholder farmer family’s food and nutrition security, sustainable livelihoods, gender equality, and resilience while enhancing biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation´´
The overall goal of the proposed CALI Programme to, ´´contribute to poverty reduction through increased sustainable agriculture, resilient livelihoods and adoption of agroforestry approaches and mitigation strategies.´´
Therefore, the implementation of the CALI programme directly contributes towards achievement of the aspirations of the Vi Agroforestry’s ASILI-B programme
Goal
The overall goal of CALI – Programme is to contribute to poverty reduction through increased sustainable agriculture, resilient livelihoods and adoption of agroforestry approaches and mitigation strategies
Objectives
- To improve livelihoods of smallholder farmer families through enterprise diversification and equitable access to business development services by December 2025..
- To promote agro ecosystems functioning, resilience to climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and environmental and adoption of water conservation technologies by December 2025.
Outcomes
- Outcome 1: Smallholder farmer’s families with diversified livelihood enterprises and increased incomes.
- Outcome 2: Reported increase in adoption of climate smart agriculture (including agroforestry) approaches by smallholder farmer families
Target
The CALI programme targets to directly reach 6,000 smallholder farmer families including the youth (young people) i.e. boys and girls, who will be targeted for direct benefit from the CALI programme activities.
