{"id":4015,"date":"2015-12-03T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2016-12-21T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:43:59","slug":"study-shows-improvement-in-family-incomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/study-shows-improvement-in-family-incomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Incomes success in Zambian project"},"content":{"rendered":"
INCOME AND DIETS OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE IMPROVED<\/strong><\/p>\n Household incomes of villagers working with a Self Help Africa project in Northern Zambia have increased by twice as much as those of families not involved in the project, according to a recent review.<\/p>\n The project, which aims to improve the lives of 80,000 people in the country\u2019s Northern Province and is funded by Irish Aid is now two years into its five-year timeframe.<\/p>\n The recent review found that the number of families with an \u2018adequate\u2019 household income increased by 9% in the past two years, from a level of 56% when the project was started to a level of 67% today. Both the quantity and the quality of food available to these families had also improved over this time.<\/p>\n Self Help Africa\u2019s promotion of improved farming methods and provision of better quality seed resulted in an increase of over 70% in groundnut (peanut) yields and an increase of 66% in harvests of soya bean.<\/p>\n The study also reported that 1,800 households – 24% of the target population – are now accessing locally-run savings and credit services. At the start of the project, just 1.7% of target households had any access to financial services.<\/p>\n The project is funded by Irish Aid, and the recent review sampled 422 households in Liwingu and Mbala Districts, where development activities have been focussed.<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7Chy6p_Iko&w=640&h=500]\n Irish Aid backed project in Northern Zambia is improving the living conditions of local families, a mid-term study has shown.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[659,700,637,683,679],"tags":[68,704,196,72],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-nutrition","category-featured","category-news","category-video","category-zambia","tag-agriculture","tag-climate","tag-drought","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n* For the five year duration of IALDP Self Help Africa is undertaking a film project that is seeking to capture the story of 24 people living in two villages in the project area. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"