REAP-Canada Funding
REAP-Canada receives financial support from a variety of public and private entities. We would like to extend our gratitude to the following agencies who support us in our programming:
Canadian Farm Business Management Council (CFBMC)
REAP-Canada participated in the writing and compilation of the second edition of the Introduction to Certified Organic Farming. This edition explains the basic elements of certified organic farming and the organic food system in Canada. This edition and/or accompanying video can be obtained from the Canadian Farm Business Management Council (CFBMC) through their website at http://www.farmcentre.com/.
Beijing Laowan Bio-energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Beijing Laowan Bio-energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Laowan) is the largest domestic boiler manufacturer in China owning an estimated 16% of the market share. Since 2003, Laowan and REAP-Canada have worked together in partnership to develop biomass feedstocks and biomass pellet/briquette heating systems in China. This project is currently being considered as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
Canadian Environmental Network
REAP-Canada is a member of the Canadian Environmental Network (CEN) which provides support to environmental NGOs in Canada. CEN also provides a number of consulting services to over 800 Canadian environmental groups through their networks. In 1999, REAP-Canada was awarded, by the Canadian Environmental Network, The International Environment Award for excellence in programming under the theme of Climate Change mitigation.
Canadian International Development Agency
The Environment and Sustainable Development Program under the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has financially supported REAP-Canada since 1997 in our agrarian community development programs in rural villages in the Philippines and the Gambia. CIDA's long-term support has been integral to the development of the Agro-Ecological Village Model and the Mayon Turbo Stove and their implementation in the Philippines and the Gambia.
The David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation is a non-profit organization which addresses environmental problems through research, application, and education programs and activities. REAP-Canada helped the David Suzuki Foundation produce a report which assessed the opportunities of using biomass as heating fuel in Ontario to promote the use of diversified renewable energy sources. The report entitled "Smart Generation: Powering Ontario with Renewable Energy" can be found in our on-line library or at the David Suzuki Foundation website.
The Gaia Project, Sierra Club of BC
The Gaia Project, under the Sierra Club of BC, is a non-profit environmental NGO that works internationally to promote sustainable solutions through partnerships and educational activities. The Sierra Club of BC has handled the administration of REAP-Canada's CIDA Youth Internships since 1999.
The NA Taylor Foundation
generously supports REAP-Canada 's development and distribution of the Mayon Turbo Stove in developing countries through an annual donation.
Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada greatly assisted REAP-Canada by being our lead support agency for the development of switchgrass and grass biofuel pellets.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the
United States Agency for International Development
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded REAP-Canada in their analysis of utilizing biomass energy for household applications, co-generation, and sugarcane production in the Philippines. This has lead to the publication of the report on "Strategies for Enhancing Biomass Energy Utilization in the Philippines".
Ontario Agricultural Adaptation Council
REAP-Canada has collaborated with the Ontario Agricultural Adaptation Council in their assessment of sustainable farming systems for over the past ten years. This has lead to the publication of the report on "Switchgrass Fuel Pellet Production in Eastern Ontario: A Market Study".
The Shell Foundation
The Shell Foundation has facilitated REAP-Canada in implementing the Agro-Ecological Village Model in Western China (in two communities in Gansu province and Inner Mongolia). Through their support, REAP-Canada is helping at least 900 local farmers understand and utilize ecological farming methods as a means to combat some of the worst soil erosion in the world.
REAP-Canada Partners
REAP-Canada works with progressive farmers organizations, non-profit organizations, corporations, and government agencies in China, the Philippines, and the Gambia to carry out bioenergy and rural development programs. We are pleased to be working with a number of partners committed to excellence in bioenergy and sustainable rural development:
Chinese Partners:
Beijing Laowan Bio-energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Beijing Laowan Bio-energy Technology Co., Ltd.(Laowan) and REAP-Canada are developing a strategy to introduce biomass feedstocks and briquettes and advanced biomass heating systems into the Chinese market. The biomass heating systems are to be used for space heating and process-heat applications and marketed to compete with coal-fired boilers to enhance China's energy security and reduce pollution. The project will create job opportunities for rural farmers by enabling them to market low value crop residues, perennial grasses and shrubs as energy feedstocks. This project is being considered as a GHG mitigation strategy under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
Chinese Administration Center for SeaBuckthorn Development (CACSD): Department of Soil and Water Conservation, under the Division of the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China
www.swcc.org.cn
www.icrts.org
The Department of Soil and Water Conservation has been working for many years to develop sustainable initiatives to improve the severe environmental conditions facing China. The Department also accesses local, government resource people to provide assistance on localized economic development options, household energy systems and increasing farm production. The Western China Development Strategy (WCDS), designed and currently being implemented by the Chinese Bureau of Soil and Water Conservation is designed to reduce environmental degradation by developing environmental infrastructure with checkdams, contoured farming, and re-establishing vegetation such as seabuckthorn on degraded and vulnerable lands. Under the WCDS, the Chinese government has committed $5.5 Million CAD to be used for the development of 11 selected sites in western China, covering an area of 127 km².
Gambian Partners:
Njawara Agricultural Training Centre
Established in 1990, the Njawara Agricultural Training Centre (NATC) is a community initiated and owned organization established by the Njawara community in the Gambia for the purpose of training youth and adult farmers in sustainable agro-forestry techniques so as to improve farm production and profitability while promoting sustainable natural resource management. They have a mandate to alleviate poverty in the North Bank Division of the Gambia; increase agricultural production and income in a sustainable way; and improve the balance of participation in agricultural to ensure a greater degree of gender equity.
Village AiD - The Gambia
Village AiD (VATG) began working in the Gambia in 1991. Initially, Village AiD's work mainly focused on supporting practical initiatives and micro-projects with rural communities including water wells, bridges/culverts to rice fields, vegetable gardens, community run primary schools, and providing labour and time serving devices (like grinding or milling machines). Through a continued partnership with rural communities in Lower Saloum, Village AiD has now expanded their program support to literacy, institutional and capacity skills development, food security, micro-credit, para-legal extension and human rights and advocacy.
National Agricultural Research Institute
The Gambia National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is the Gambia's principal agricultural research and development institute focusing on the advancement of livestock, horticulture, agronomy and agro-forestry systems. NARI recognizes the high cost of the traditional extension systems for agricultural research and development existing in the Gambia and is interested in continuing to develop its experience with participatory approaches for plant material improvement as a strategy to increase its impact in the country. It is also supporting the Participatory Learning and Action Research (PLAR) approach for rice improvement in the Gambia.
Philippine Partners:
Pambansang Inisyatibo sa Binhi at Likas Kayang Pagsasaka sa Pilipinas (PABINHI-Pilipinas)
PABINHI is a farmer-led/scientist assisted network involved in strengthening local initiatives on local management and control of agricultural production systems. It comprises the strongest technical support base of farmers and scientists in the Philippines on sustainable agriculture. It is an alliance consisting of representatives and leaders of Farmer/People's Organizations from 11 provinces, a technical resource pool comprised of natural and social scientists, NGOs and like-minded individuals who had been involved in the implementation of sustainable agriculture projects for many years.
Sustainable Rural Enterprise (SRE)
Sustainable Rural Enterprise (SRE), an Aklan, Philippines-based non-government organization (NGO), is pioneering renewable energy-based rural enterprise development projects. SRE's mission is to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, growth, and profitability of rural farming and fishing enterprises through the increased application of productive uses of renewable energy. SRE accomplishes its mission through innovative uses of locally available renewable energy resources such as biomass, photovoltaic, water and wind, and the application of appropriate production equipment to dramatically increase the productivity and product quality of rural enterprises. SRE is the Philippine leader in developing the Mayon Turbo Stove.
Thank you!!!
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