Agreement Number:
7457413 P013602001
Agreement Value:
$5,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 31, 2028
Description:
This project aims to enhance the gender-responsive resilience of farming households, especially women-headed, and their agri-food livelihoods to the impacts of climate change in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Project activities include: (1) developing gender-responsive and sustainable land use and watershed management plans; (2) disseminating findings from a gender and poverty related barriers study, at local and national levels; and (3) connecting vulnerable women and men to service providers, to access resources to develop sustainable agribusinesses.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened sustainable land and watershed management mechanisms for climate adaptive farming used by climate vulnerable farmers, especially women, in the Welikanda and Rideemaliyadda divisions of Sri Lanka; (2) increased adoption of climate adaptive farming practices by vulnerable farmers, especially women, to climate adaptive farming risks in the Welikanda and Rideemaliyadda divisions of Sri Lanka; and (3) enhanced women’s agency in leadership, decision making and collective action in reducing gender and poverty related barriers for climate adaptive farming practices in the Welikanda and Rideemaliyadda divisions of Sri Lanka.
Location:
Mississauga, Ontario, CA L5T 2Y4
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00276
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2023-2024 4th Quarter report.
Recipient's Operating Name:
WORLD VISION CANADA
Recipient's Legal Name:
WORLD VISION CANADA
Federal Riding Name:
Mississauga--Malton
Federal Riding Number:
35062
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.