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    Impact of agricultural service cooperatives on subsistence farmer livelihoods in Ukraine
    (Southern New Hampshire University, 2010) McNeal, Rebecca A.; Rielly, Catherine
    Heifer Project International Ukraine (Heifer) projects are designed to educate and improve production output through provision of livestock to needy farmers with the offspring "passed-on" to other families. Seeking ways to improve program goals and income/livelihood levels of project families, Heifer requested analysis of the objectives and results of five of its agricultural service cooperatives (ASC). Its goal was to validate income/livelihood increase, nutritional consumption increase, improved social capital and increased skills and education of its project holders, through analysis of milk production, sales and consumption and skills training. Five Heifer ASCs were compared. In theory, agricultural skills and education provided by the cooperative will allow diversification of outputs; increased milk production and collection; increased income and nutritional farm consumption; and social capital which will improve sustainability, job production, and participation, allowing the village to strengthen and grow. (Author abstract)
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    Jeter community garden and farmer’s market project
    (Southern New Hampshire University, 2013-12) Osinuga, Brandon F.; Iyer, Balasubramanian
    The Jeter Community Garden and Farmer’s Market Project is a program designed for the Opelika’s Jeter Community for residents of all ages living in Opelika Alabama. The purpose of this project is to provide residents with gardening-related skills, financial resources and entrepreneurship development that will enable them to advance closer to self-employment and personal goals to give them an opportunity to become active participants in the social, political and economic richness of American life. The main purpose is to empower the Jeter community with knowledge; skills and development that they need to gain self employment and better economic opportunities in order to tackle poverty. This project is implemented in partnership with the Greater Peace Community Development Corporation of Opelika AL, for an initial period of one year. The Greater Peace Community Development Corporation (GPCDC) was setup as a public nonprofit 501(c) (3) that was created in 2000 to provide services and programs to promote financial and economic stability and improve the quality of citizens. The mission of Greater Peace CDC is to provide effective programs in community economic development that will facilitate community members with empowerment thus leading to revitalized neighborhoods in the east Alabama region. Over the years, Greater Peace CDC has shown great leadership and has demonstrated a steadfast and unyielding history of providing their professional experience to develop vital services that promote change, and our partnership to develop the Jeter Community Garden and Framer’s market will yield an abundance of fruit. (Author abstract)
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    South Sudan community garden project : Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
    (Southern New Hampshire University, 2011) Gob, Makuac Gabriel; Clamp, Christina
    The South Sudan Community garden project is a program designed for the South Sudanese refugees between ages 24 to 44 years old living in New Hampshire. The purpose of this project is to provide Sudanese refugees with gardening-related skills and resources ownership that will enable them to advance closer to self-employment and personal goals to give them an opportunity to become active participants in the social, political and economic richness of American life. The main purpose is to empower south Sudanese refugees with the ownership that they need to gain self employment and better economic opportunities in order to tackle poverty by increasing their household income. This project is implemented in partnership with the International Institute of New Hampshire (IINH) and South Sudanese Community Center (SSCC) at Manchester, NH, for an initial period of seven months. The mission of both (IINH) and (SSCC) is to provide the resources, land, and tools, access to trades in order to become economically self-sufficient. The International Institute NH's Agriculture has long history of helping refugees in farming. Based on their broad experiences in this field, the project benefitted from their partnership and support to the participants. (Author abstract)