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For nearly a decade and a half, the Sasakawa Africa Association has
collaborated with Global 2000 programme of the Carter Center
in finding ways to raise the productivity of African farmers. The Carter
Center's mission is to encourage sustainable development and equitable
and responsible use of resources by promoting food self-reliance, improving
health and the environment, and encouraging sound population policies.
SAA spearheads efforts to modernize the techniques small farmers use
to produce food and helps farmers organize to get credit, acquire inputs,
and market their harvests more successfully. Global 2000 focuses on overcoming
misguided policies that repress farming and smother economic activity.
PhotoSasakawa-Global 2000 established its first food crop technology
transfer projects in Ghana and Sudan in 1986, with Global 2000 providing
administrative support. In 1991, SAA assumed management responsibility
for the projects.
SG 2000's mission is to assist sub-Saharan African governments reduce
poverty, enhance food security, and protect the natural resource base
through the accelerated adoption of productivity-enhancing agricultural
technology.
At present, programme activities are under way in Benin, Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania,
and Uganda. Participating governments provide most of the project staff
needed to carry out field demonstration programmes.
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