Poor Rural Communities Support Services Project (PRCSSP)
Project Manager
Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, Guyana, South America
tel: (592) 268-2393
fax: (592) 268-2393
email: prcssp@sdnp.org.gy
or: Ministry of Agriculture
Guyana, Regent & Vlissengen Rds
Georgetown, Guyana
South America
P.O.Box: 1001
e-mail: guyagri@hotmail.com
The Poor Rural Communities Support Services Project (PRCSSP) is a community initiated agricultural/rural and community development project, which seeks to alleviate poverty in two coastal regions of Guyana, namely Regions 2 & 3, by increasing rural household incomes.
This US$16.4 Mn. Project is jointly funded by the Government of Guyana (GOG), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Objectives
The general project objective is to provide efficient and sustainable support services to rural communities in Regions 2 and 3 with a particular focus on poor rural households, Amerindian communities and households headed by women.
The specific objectives of the project are to:
° foster small farmers' organisations and production based rural community groups to enhance their self reliance;
° facilitate the provision of efficient and sustainable technical support services, including training, extension and applied research;
° rehabilitate basic drainage and irrigation in eligible communities;
° provide credit facilities to small farmers and small rural entrepreneurs;
° provide financial resources, in the form of grant funds, for the promotion and execution of community development initiatives; and,
° strengthen both public sector and private suppliers of rural support services in order to enhance their capacity for providing such services.
Project Manager
Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, Guyana, South America
tel: (592) 268-2393
fax: (592) 268-2393
email: prcssp@sdnp.org.gy
or: Ministry of Agriculture
Guyana, Regent & Vlissengen Rds
Georgetown, Guyana
South America
P.O.Box: 1001
e-mail: guyagri@hotmail.com
The Poor Rural Communities Support Services Project (PRCSSP) is a community initiated agricultural/rural and community development project, which seeks to alleviate poverty in two coastal regions of Guyana, namely Regions 2 & 3, by increasing rural household incomes.
This US$16.4 Mn. Project is jointly funded by the Government of Guyana (GOG), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Objectives
The general project objective is to provide efficient and sustainable support services to rural communities in Regions 2 and 3 with a particular focus on poor rural households, Amerindian communities and households headed by women.
The specific objectives of the project are to:
° foster small farmers' organisations and production based rural community groups to enhance their self reliance;
° facilitate the provision of efficient and sustainable technical support services, including training, extension and applied research;
° rehabilitate basic drainage and irrigation in eligible communities;
° provide credit facilities to small farmers and small rural entrepreneurs;
° provide financial resources, in the form of grant funds, for the promotion and execution of community development initiatives; and,
° strengthen both public sector and private suppliers of rural support services in order to enhance their capacity for providing such services.
