Aquaponics/ Hydroponics
Greenhouse farming
Mushroom farming
Agricultural Technology
Modern Farming Practices
Support local solutions to help refugees become food-secure and generate additional income by providing financial, material and technical aid to organized efforts. The initiative by the Green Tunaydbah Foundation is selected as the agriculture project of choice.
Mobilize agricultural experts to identify alternative food sources, research potential use in the effort to ensure food-security of the Tigrayan population, study innovative means of food production, preservation and storage and recommend plans of action.
Utilize Haben Tigray’s Education Program to provide theoretical and practical courses on agriculture for refugees in the Tunaydbah camp.
Utilize the agriculture project to integrate the Education and Agriculture Programs by conducting pilots on alternative means of food production.
Strengthen project to ensure that the flow of water is sufficiently and fully utilized.
Sponsor resident farmers and supply them with the required tools.
Find water supply solutions for those residents who do not have adequate water or provide plants that can grow with minimal water.
Work with the agricultural professionals within GTF members who can consult resident farmers on types of plants which grow faster for use as a food source and can be sold for extra income.
Establish a center to study and prepare seedlings by working with supporting organizations.
Utilize the manpower and human capital at the refugee camp by engaging them in the weaving of fencing for the plots, applying pesticides to the farms, sowing seeds, etc. which will foster financial independence and entrepreneurship.