Projects: Rural Development
A shortage of water in the area has led to low agricultural yields and has greatly hindered the development of the villages.
One initiative on the part of the government is to mobilize social forces in order to meet social challenges. The government is now trying to delegate detailed administrative responsibilities to more social groups and grassroots voluntary community organizations in order to enable people themselves to make independent decisions on community affairs
Since 1991, Amity has cooperated with EED (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, Germany) in carrying out Small-scale Project Fund (SPF) projects in China through four separate phases. Although these are all small-scale projects, they have made a large impact in terms of improving the living standard of poverty-stricken people in China.
Grassland degradation, increasing land desertification and erosion, everglade shrinking, frequently occurring disasters, soil degradation and preservation of the eco-environment are the problems facing these areas.
The problems in these project areas include poor agricultural production conditions and low crop yields, uncontrolled forest felling and a deterioration of the eco-environment, low education levels, and poor medical and health conditions.
A summary of current rural development projects
