“ELKANA”
has founded the fund “Ziari” - with the aim to help organic farmers or
farmer unions through credits in order to become self-sufficient.
“ELKANA”
is one of the founders of the Agrobiodiversity Protection Society “Dika”
aiming to help the preservation and sustainable use of the local crop diversity.
For today “Dika” works with more than 20 members of “ELKANA” and carries
out in situ (on farm) conservation of
over 100 local crop varieties, which have particular organic farming importance
or could be marketed well.
Besides,
“ELKANA” has founded an experimental-demonstrative organic farm (BIOME 96)
and a greenhouse center for ornamental floriculture (BIMEP). Above-mentioned
organizations and “ELKANA” maintain close cooperation and coordination.