Agriculture

Food Production in Developing Nations
One of the biggest problems facing many developing countries is a prolonged lack of food security which is compounded by poverty from widespread unemployment. 

Transformational Health Care through Agricultural Programmes
For change to be sustainable, it must be grounded in a change in community thinking. As an extension of our medical health care work, Mercy Ships conducts development activities that encourage good health and improved quality of life in whole communities. Mercy Ships aim is to increase food security and agricultural production by providing small scale agriculture training/mentoring in selected communities

Agricultural programmes help families and communities learn practical food-producing skills, thereby directly reducing malnutrition. Improved crops and income bring better health to the farmer, his family and his community. Teams address agricultural topics such as crop and garden planning, seed sowing and saving, natural disease and pest controls, and water conservation and irrigation practices. These principles are fundamental for sustainable community development.