Decent Work for food security and sustainable rural development in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), INDONESIA

The objective of the project is to promote decent work, food security and poverty reduction in local communities, through increased productivity and enhanced decent employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in key agro-food value chains with high employment and income generation potential. The following outputs will be developed in one selected value chain and district: a) a comprehensive and participatory strategy on decent work for food security developed and implemented by the national and provincial policy makers to address decent work bottlenecks in selected agro-food value chains to enhance their impact on poverty reduction and food security, and to increase access to social protection for target community members. b) members of the targeted communities enhance their entrepreneurial capacity, employability and skills to pursue opportunities or improve existing businesses in selected value chains and related sectors of the local economy.

Project symbol

INS/13/50/LUX

Admin unit

CO-Jakarta

Start date

01/12/2013

End date

31/12/2016

Total allocation

705334

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

705334

Development Partners

Luxembourg, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et européennes

Country/Countries

Indonesia

Outcomes

Decent work in the rural economy