The project served as a bridge between communities, government services and NGOs to promote the development of the selected communities. National teams worked with their communities to develop proposals and get funding for priority actions. The linkages with new partners provided an important social capital that facilitated the implementation of the negotiated action plans and the elaboration of community development plans.
A substantial amount of knowledge has been accumulated from the different communities in the region that will assist in guiding future research and development efforts. The coordinated regional approach of the project has facilitated the exchange of knowledge and experiences between the national teams. Individual countries have taken the lead in the development of specific methodologies, technologies or institutional options that have then been rapidly transferred to the other national teams in the project. |
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| Discussions with the populations of both communities revealed that, in addition to improving infrastructure, ways need to be found to overcome feed shortages, alleviate the high cost of livestock feed, and identify appropriate strategies for disease control. |
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