Overview
This project aims to facilitate opportunities for equitable and effective agricultural development for Solomon Islands female smallholder farmers and their families.
Female smallholder farmers in rural Solomon Islands face barriers to access to agricultural training, community decision-making and economic development. This project will adapt the Family Farm Teams (FFT) approach (ASEM 2010/052 and ASEM 2014/095), to another Melanesian context, the Solomon Islands to assess its applicability for scale out in the Solomon Islands and other Pacific Island Countries, and will examine opportunities to improve agricultural livelihoods for female smallholders and their families.
The FFT approach has successfully assisted female smallholders and their families in Papua New Guinea to improve their family livelihoods by developing an equitable and effective ‘family business’ approach to their farming activities.