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Rural
Development
Sustainable approaches to rural development
Ecosystems believes that by integrating rural development
activities, the effectiveness and sustainability of community
development projects will be enhanced.
The current rural development landscape consists of a
diversity of isolated community projects such as poultry,
sewing, gardening, tourism, craft and feeding schemes. There
is currently very little integration between these projects
even though they are often situated in close proximity to each
other.
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Collecting firewood.
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Integrated development clusters
Ecosystems promotes the clustering of projects and
activities to maximise the benefits and reduce the operating
costs.
For example a poultry project should always be integrated
with a gardening project. This would allow for the chicken
manure to be easily composted and efficiently used to grow
crops. A camp system can be used to allow the farming of free
range poultry products that will also benefit the garden through
removal of pests.
Sewing and craft projects can be clustered and integrated
with waste management systems. Marketing, administration,
transport and often operating costs can be reduced as these
are now shared with other projects.
Community job creation project collecting
waste |
Community compost project |
Pottery Production
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Furniture from Alien Weed |
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