In a Food for Work Program in Nepal, indigenous knowledge has been a more effective agent of development than modern technology. A donor- assisted food distribution program was incurring major losses of food along the distribution line. The project managers turned to the local community for solutions. It was jointly determined that using local equipment (e.g., bullock carts), distributors, and community-based supervision would be the most appropriate way to distribute the food in the local context. Hiring local bullock carts in place of the covered trucks operated by city-based companies provided additional income for rural communities and improved transparency of the distribution process.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:04:20 +0000
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