Duluth, Ga., United States:
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), a personal basis with the imaginative and prescient to stop and relieve starvation by means of sustainable agricultural improvement, at this time introduced a USD 250,000 grant to Heifer Netherlands (Stichting Heifer Nederland) to enhance the sustainability, productiveness and resilience of smallholder dairy farming households by means of the event of a climate-smart and productive dairy mannequin in Nepal.
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Nepalese dairy farmer collaborating in climate-smart challenge. (Photo Courtesy Heifer Netherlands)
The two-year partnership was chosen from lots of of grant purposes acquired in response to AAF’s local weather marketing campaign. The challenge is an integral a part of the AAF’s strategic sustainability actions to assist local weather motion inside the context of agriculture.
Dairy farming is a crucial supply of livelihood for rural individuals in Nepal, producing earnings, meals and vitamin safety and employment, significantly for susceptible households. However, dairy livestock generate excessive quantities of greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions and contribute to local weather modifications, together with erratic rainfall patterns and flooding that affect dairy farmers in Nepal.
Funded by the AAF, this challenge will assist reduce current GHG emissions from Nepalese smallholder dairy farming practices whereas enhancing productiveness. It may also assist smallholder dairy producers, significantly girls, concentrate on climate-smart options. The challenge method will mix a number of sustainable farming strategies. Producers will study to develop climate-smart feed administration and animal husbandry programs that cut back enteric fermentation, enhance the productiveness of animals and sequester carbon emissions by means of fodder bushes and correct manure administration with clear power manufacturing using biogas and natural fertilizer.
“Nepal remains one of the world’s least-developed nations. The majority of people live in rural areas. We want to prioritize actions for the direct benefit of these farmers’ livelihoods while supporting sustainable agricultural practices that maintain soil fertility, raise healthy livestock, and improve the environment. Across food chains, from livestock to crop production, climate change continues to have a significant impact on food security and livelihoods of farmers and their communities,” mentioned Roger Batkin, Board Chair, AGCO Agriculture Foundation.
Over the subsequent 24 months, the challenge will assist beneficiary farmers (100 households/500 members of the family), dairy worth chain actors, and dairy farmers throughout Nepal in the course of the dissemination part, rural communities, academia, analysis establishments and authorities and non-governmental establishments. In addition, the challenge will contribute straight to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 7 and 13 and not directly to SDGs 8, 10, 12 and 17.
“We are very happy with the trust and financial support that the AGCO Agricultural Foundation is providing to Heifer Netherlands to implement the climate-smart dairy farming project in Nepal. This project will also contribute to the work of a large long-term program called ‘Milky Way Nepal’ that aims to transform the smallholder dairy sector into a fair, profitable and climate-smart value chain by 2030. The granted award is one of the first steps into realizing this ambitious program,” mentioned Goossen Hoenders, Executive Director of Stichting Heifer Nederland.
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) is a world chief in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural equipment and precision ag know-how. AGCO delivers buyer worth by means of its differentiated model portfolio together with core manufacturers like Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson®, Precision Planting® and Valtra®. Powered by Fuse® sensible farming options, AGCO’s full line of kit and providers assist farmers sustainably feed our world. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, AGCO had web gross sales of roughly $11.1 billion in 2021. For extra data, go to www.AGCOcorp.com. For firm information, data and occasions, please comply with us on Twitter: @AGCOCorp. For monetary information on Twitter, please comply with the hashtag #AGCOIR.
About the AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF)
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), initiated by AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) in 2018, is a personal basis with the imaginative and prescient to stop and relieve starvation. The basis initiates impactful packages that assist meals safety, foster sustainable agricultural improvement and construct wanted agricultural infrastructure in marginalized farming communities. AAF is domiciled in Vaduz, Liechtenstein and operations are managed from Duluth, Georgia, USA. For extra data, please go to https://www.agcofoundation.org/
About Heifer Netherlands
Heifer Netherlands is a non-profit group registered in the Netherlands and is a part of the International Heifer community working in greater than 20 nations. Heifer is on a mission to finish starvation and poverty in a sustainable approach by supporting and investing alongside native farmers and their communities. For extra data, go to our web site: www.heifer.nl/en/
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