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- Guatemala has the highest national levels of chronic malnutrition (43.4%) in the Western Hemisphere. Half of the children in Guatemala have chronic malnutrition. In some areas the rate is as high as 90%. (USAID 2010, Loewenberg 2009)
- Guatemala is one of the ten countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change. (IDB 2010)
- 76% of Guatemala’s poor depend on the agricultural sector for their livelihoods. Many raise subsistence crops on marginal lands (USAID 2010)
- 79% of Guatemala’s cropland is severely degraded (FAO 2008)
- Dollar for dollar, investing in smallholder farmers is the most effective way to boost the economies of developing countries, increase food and livelihood security for the most vulnerable, and combat climate change. (Farming First 2010)
Semilla Nueva is a sustainable agriculture development organization that fosters environmental and social stewardship in rural farming communities of Guatemala.
Working with community volunteers (referred to as promotores), we collaborate with members of the community and engineer a consensus-based sustainable development plan.
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Semilla Nueva has dedicated over three years to addressing the root causes of poverty in rural Guatemala.
This year YOU can help us introduce a new variety of an old crop—with a potential to help thousands of families rejuvenate their soils, increase their incomes, and provide nutritious food to their families. This campaign will provide 100 families in ten communities with pigeonpea seed.
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