The Pró-Semiárido, a sustainable rural development project in the Semiarid Region of Bahia, was considered the best in the world by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Bahian project ranks first in the ranking of 231 projects financed by IFAD in 98 countries. Pró-Semiárido benefits approximately 60,000 families in the Semiarid Region.
The project was implemented by the Regional Development and Action Company (CAR), part of the Bahia State Department of Rural Development (SDR), with the aim of continuously reducing rural poverty through sustainable production. “The investments are based on this local productive vocation. The ongoing interaction between young people, women and families living in the countryside was what resulted in this unique action, leading this international organization, which finances us, to recognize this project as being of the greatest importance among all others,” said CAR CEO Wilson Dias.
Photo credits: Agência Brasil/Wilson Dias
