Description
The targeted region characterized by poor economic and social indicators: poor families, bad state of environment; industrial fruit growing is dominant on the area. The people need local environmental friendly methods to decrease the poverty. The project aimed to build a fruit processing workshop facility for local community. To establish a fruit growing and fruit processing model system which will relieve problems (rural poverty, bad health state of local people, deteriorated environment). To spread the method of adaptive fruticulture. Due to these the project will encourage people to grow fruit; better livelihood; healthier diet; better landscape structure and ecological state; spreading adaptive technology of fruticulture; recultivated landraces.
Summary of project results
The targeted region characterized by poor economic and social indicators: poor families, bad state of environment; industrial fruit growing is dominant on the area. The people needed local environmental friendly methods to decrease the poverty. The project aimed to build a fruit processing workshop facility for local community. Due to this the project promoter established a fruit growing and fruit processing model system which helps to overcome local problems (rural poverty, bad health state of local people, deteriorated environment). As result of the project the fruit processing based on local species strated in 4 villages. Based on this regular fruticultural programs were organized for more than 50 local poor families (half of them Roma, mostly unemployed). Formal and informal partnerships were build with the University of Pécs, with local settlements in the neighborhood, with local NGOs, international fruitbreeding networks.
Summary of bilateral results