Under the 2030 development agenda, the United Nations (UN) defined 17 global goals in 2015. In an understanding of our global needs, it vows to “leave no one behind.” Following the SDGs, SAPP conducted inclusive programs in Sri Lankan rural communities through the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Gender equality is a key component of SAPP’s women’s empowerment programs. It provides technology, know-how, financing, and decision-making leadership abilities to women and men in rural areas. By deconstructing traditional ideas regarding women, SAPP was able to assist young women in improving their livelihood options. She now runs her own business with the help of a youth funding program. “Hello, my name is Shanika, and I’m 30 years old. I wasn’t always a farmer. I started out working from home, but now I’m a thriving greenhouse bell pepper entrepreneur. I can simply work with labor-saving solutions thanks to the greenhouse technology and watering system. Watering the plants takes 30 minutes. Only one switch is required to water a green house. I’m leaving my children off at school and returning in 30 minutes. I am proud of myself as a woman. Currently, I am not reliant on my partner’s earnings. He also pushed me to create this company. I make a good living while also caring for my children and family members.” As a result of SAPP’s women’s empowerment training, many women, like Shanika, have been able to confront traditional gender norms. SAPP contributes to the SDGs through developing gender-equal and gender-sensitive projects in the community by giving empowering opportunities, know-how, and technology. Many women now work for themselves and provide a stable income for their families and communities. More than 300 youths currently participate in the SAPP greenhouse youth program, which has a vital market chain in Sri Lanka. People’s lives are made more sustainable by sustainable revenue sources. SAPP’s purpose is to make a tangible difference in the lives of rural women. Investing in women benefits their children, families, and communities as well. SAPP helps to achieve SDG 05 by empowering women in rural regions. It addresses patriarchal and systemic concerns of gender equality in order to ensure that rural women have access to profitable market possibilities. SAPP is also important in bridging decision-makers for policy execution. As a result, SAPP has a worldwide influence through contributing to SDG 5.

APP helps to SDGs 1 and 2 by encouraging economies to participate in a more comprehensive, enlarged, and inclusive way, allowing rural people to get market access. The major goal of SAPP is to alleviate poverty among smallholder agribusiness communities in Sri Lanka. SAPP invests in a value chain development process that gives farmers in rural areas new economic prospects. By providing access to the market, SAPP helps to alleviate poverty among rural farming communities. Farmers require technical assistance, as well as credit. According to statistics published by the World Bank (WB) in its Spring Update on the South Asian area, Sri Lanka’s poverty rate would rise to 11.7 percent in 2022, up from 10% in 2019. Poverty rates are likely to rise due to import compression and investor concern caused by high debt levels. SAPP was able to identify rural community groups that are poor, as well as marginalized farming communities that lack access to market possibilities and financial resources.
We working with most needy people in Sri Lanka to eradicate poverty & hunger, For instance,
• Communities of backyard poultry farmers in Anuradhapura’s Rambewa area, who are struggling to make ends meet and lack basic infrastructure.
• The Turmeric farmers’ community faced 30 years of civil war in Ampara district.
• Due to the government’s unequal power contributions, as well as terrorist attacks and civil strife, dairy farmers in the Wawuniya and Kilinochchi regions lost market access.
• Climate change, global warming, and environmental challenges are affecting Kithul farmers in Rathnapura district.
• Mushroom women who operate their own operations at home, defying preconceptions and obtaining crucial market access, technology, and know-how
• Many traditional rice-growing villages are facing financial difficulties as a result of economic pressures and limited market access.
• Farmers who couldn’t afford to erect green houses and sell their produce at a good price.
We have a long track record of success. It demonstrates how SAPP helps to alleviate poverty in rural communities. Many farmers began banking, investing, and receiving direct profits from their products thanks to IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) loans and grant facilities. It allows people to live more economically self-sufficient lives. Vulnerable rural women claimed to have their own green homes or mushroom farms under their roofs. It gives people authority in the system. It helps to alleviate poverty in the home and community. Similarly, SAPP helps to achieve SDGs 1 and 2 by reducing poverty and hunger in Sri Lanka’s rural communities.

We are all aware that we are confronted with significant challenges in today’s society: global warming and climate change are only two of the pressing issues we must solve. We are all accountable for making the world a greener, fairer, and better place by 2030, and we all play a part in making that happen. SAPP programs aim to eliminate and prevent harmful environmental behaviors by implementing more environmentally friendly, long-term solutions. Every project should be aware of the GAP certification procedure and the environmental division’s awareness activities aimed at preventing environmentally friendly sustainable farming practices. Grip irrigation systems, a novel technique for water management in agricultural projects, are introduced by SAPP. It also conserves time, energy, and water resources. “My farm is in the district of Anuradhapura. Water is a serious issue for us. We used more water in the past since we employed manual farming technologies, but today we use a grip irrigation system for our chili and bell paper production. It’s more environmentally friendly, and we save a lot of water for other crops.” – Sarath, a chilli grower, participates in the SAPP, Keels initiative. Chemical fertilizers and waste management are also key concerns in today’s agriculture. For various projects, SAPP took climate action by teaching people how to generate organic fertilizer and compost. For their projects, many project recipients study and practice organic fertilizer producing procedures. SAPP taught waste management techniques and strategies to families and farmer organizations by conducting environmental awareness workshops in the communities. It teaches people how to avoid burning plastic, polythene, and rice fields using old methods and new technologies. To promote healthy climate actions, SAPP acknowledged local organic environmental-friendly items such as kithul, parabowa, mushrooms, and traditional rice. We partnered with waste management businesses to collect and recycle plastic trash from green houses and other projects, reducing environmental impact. As SAPP, we took climate action by reducing harmful farming practices and promoting healthy agricultural ways to save land, water, and the environment. It is difficult to develop agriculture without causing harm to the environment. However, as IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) project partners, we are attempting to reduce risks related to climate change and global warming.