Building new and better business is the ultimate step to independence and strengthening resilience to external shocks. Income-generating activities that add value to agricultural or sustainably-harvested forest products help provide people with alternatives to environmentally-destructive activities and creates a lasting incentive for conservation.
We work with communities to add value to traditional products, improve market access and find and train people in alternative livelihoods that align with rather than exploit the environment. We focus on the most vulnerable groups. We have had our greatest successes with silk making and weaving, basket-making, ecotourism, essential oil production and vanilla.
We work with communities to add value to traditional products, improve market access and find and train people in alternative livelihoods that align with rather than exploit the environment. We focus on the most vulnerable groups. We have had our greatest successes with silk making and weaving, basket-making, ecotourism, essential oil production and vanilla.
"Initiatives like this silk project bring hope for the future of Madagascar "- Sir David Attenborough