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(Tanzania): .The overall objective of the Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance activity (LTA) is to reduce land tenure-related risks and lay the groundwork for sustainable agriculture investment for both smallholders and commercial investors throughout the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). .The use of FY 2015 funds will benefit communities in the Iringa Rural District and the Local Government Authority to clarify, document and certify land ownership and will increase local understanding of land use and land rights on the part of both parties. These activities will increase individual property rights and land security through completion of Village Land Use Plans and the issuance of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy. Having such formal documentation in place better protects the interests of both private sector investors and local communities that want to attract and benefit from land-based investments....

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This project directly aligns with the MIF's Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) program as it seeks to position Haiti as a supplier of sustainably produced vetiver and scale the introduction of CSA practices and technologies in the vetiver value chain. This intervention will improve the environmental and economic resilience of rural communities in two geographic departments (South and Southeast), integrating 500 small farmers' households - 30% of whom will be women into the vetiver value chain to increase their household income and continue to contribute to sustainable land management.

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The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) seeks to strengthen the operational and institutional capacity of its departments. This strengthened support targets increasing the resilience of small ruminant livestock herders in the Area C of the southern West Bank (Hebron governorate) by boosting the production and productivity of the sheep and goat populations. Targeted interventions are in the fields of breeding, feeding and animal health service provision. The equipment and material listed in this supplies tender were identified with support from the technical assistance services, with strong involvement of the following central and decentralised directorates of MoA: the General Directorate (GD) of Extension and Rural Development, GD Veterinary Services, GD National Agricultural Research Station (NARC) and their departments: Ruminant, Field Crops, Range Land Management, as well as the breeding stations in Beit Qad and As Samua, the central veterinary laboratory, and the Palestinian Centre for Livestock Improvement (PCLI).