Rldp

The Rural Livelihood Development Program (RLDP) is an initiative of the Government of Switzerland and supported through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The main concern is the high rural poverty in the Central Corridor of Tanzania, which is manifested by very low incomes and frequent food shortages including lack of reliable... /sustainable markets and employment. The programme aims at making market systems work better for the welfare of rural producers. In its final phase which started in April, 2012 and end in March 2016, RLDP is addressing constraints in three crops subsectors namely Cotton; Sunflower; and Rice, along with these subsectors RLDP is addressing cross sector themes namely Gender and Livelihood (Poultry), Rural Advisory Services, and Rural Women Radio. Two Swiss International NGOs, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (HSI)and Swisscontact (SC)jointly manage RLDP. It is implemented through the Rural Livelihood Development Company (RLDC), a non-profit organisation that was established in 2005.Read More