Sustainable Livelihood for Rural Youth Project (SLRYP) report
The Sustainable Livelihoods for Rural Youth Project (SLRYP) was a two-year project, from 2000 to 2002, funded by AusAID and implemented by Kastom Gaden Association (KGA – a non-government organization registered as a charitable trust in Solomon Islands)
The SLRYP report 2003 can be found at:
Russ Grayson reports on the information collection to produce farmer handbooks for SLRYP at:
The Weather Coast Assessments
THE TERRACIRCLE TEAM has partnered with Kastom Gaden Association, Solomon Islands, in conducting AusAID-funded assessments of remote communities on the weather coasts of Guadalcanal and Makira islands. The assessments cover the food security, village energy and livelihoods potentials.
People on the Edge
Kastom Gaden Association report on foods security, agriculture, energy option and other conditions on the weather coast of Guadalcanal.
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Extreme Living, Extreme Need
Kastom Gaden Association report on foods security, agriculture, energy option and other conditions on the weather coast of Makira.
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Unheard Voices of the Bush
Currently in editing and layout, this third and final assessment of the isolated regions of the Solomon Islands visits the central highlands of Malaita island.
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The Gwaunifiu Report – learning from experience
Report of the Gwaunifiu meeting of the Melanesian Farmer First Network 2004.
This is an assessment of what has worked and what has not. Compiled by Tony Jansen, TerraCircle program manager, and Grahame Jackson, TerraCircle crop pathologist. Editing and design by Russ Grayson.
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KGA Evaluation Report
Evaluation report of APACE’s Kastom Garden Project, Solomon Islands entitled Blue Seas and Bush Gardens: the story of an innovative NGO in the Solomon Islands. Published in 2002 and updated 2006.
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