Meat Naturally Initiative: Embedding Sustainability in South Africa Emerging Red Meat Sector - South Africa
The project will support 5 farming groups to formalise their efforts towards conservation and restoration of more than 100,000 hectares of critical, communal rangelands restored and under improved livestock management. With secure co-finance from the National Department of Environmental Affairs, CSA will involve at least 450 male and female participating farmers and, employ at least 150 unemployed but motivated individual s in new roles as environmentally trained livestock managers or “eco-rangers”. Throughout the project the ecorangers and local farmers will be supported to understand, implement, and verify good grazing practices to provide the traceability that will lead to better business deals
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Main Author: | United Nations Environment Programme |
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Other Authors: | Africa Office |
Format: | Factsheets biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Subjects: | SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MEAT INDUSTRY, MEAT, SOUTH AFRICA, LIVESTOCK, |
Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32951 |
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