1. Welcome to Sahel MASTER Sudan Branch Office Director: Elisa Chang

2. What comes to your mind when thinking about “Sudan”?

3. Do you know that…. - 95% of Sudan’s exports are agricultural products -80% of national work force participates in agriculture -1.2~1.7 million km2 of fertile land = 76.7% of its area

4. Only 40% of Sudan’s GDP is contributed by agriculture. most farms remain rain-fed and vulnerable to drought. What is worse, weak world- agricultural prices ensures that much of the population will remain at or below the poverty line for years. drought

5. 2013 countries’ progress in reducing Global Hunger Index

6. Therefore, we, Sahel Master, choose Sudan to be our first stop to cope with problems in the whole semi-arid area.

7. Our Strategies – Field Startup and First Stage Execution (5 year plan)

8. Connection between Communities -Build relationships with local community groups and agriculture co-ops -Neighborhood exploring (Agricultural data collection)

10. Exchange Agricultural Goods (Local Market) -Knowing what your neighborhood is producing -Promoting your own goods -More food options and backup plans in response to unpredictable climate change

11. Exchange Agricultural Knowledge (Youth Program) subsistance agricultural knowledge → agricultural improvement knowledge / awareness of rights → knowledge for responding climate variability and climate change → further research and innovation

12. Financial Independence (Income Diversification) -Income from agricultural product exports -Income from local markets -Income from knowledge publishing (research) -Self-support food crops

13. Technique Research (Farmer-led Innovation)

14. Empowerment & Food Security

16. Sahel MASTER Sudan Branch Office