Florence, October 31, 2007 - is entering its operational phase of the project and will be an agronomist Florentine Tanzania to coordinate and carry out field work and initiatives in support of the Village of Hope in Dodoma. Lorenzo Vita, 30, tropical agronomist graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Florence, will start on November 2 with a mission sponsored by the Agricultural Cooperative Woodshed, and will remain for a year in the African village, at the expense of the Cooperative, to coordinate work, thesis structure to ensure the autonomy food (especially for the production of milk for the children) and the ability to finance the sale of their products. "Will I be able to apply in practice what I learned during many years of study - said Lorenzo Vita - an opportunity not to be missed to grapple with the problems and needs of Africa and also an opportunity for professional growth for me. I'm not worried, even if the stay of one year and long, I know. The main difficulty is that of not knowing what problems I will face is learning to relate to a reality totally different from ours, but fortunately I have a lot of support behind by the Cooperative and many institutions. At year end, join me for a time my girlfriend to live with me a part of this experience. " Tanzania will participate in the mission, as well as Lorenzo Vita, Simon Tofani, an agronomist in charge of the technical field of Cooperative and head of delegation, Frank Turchi, agronomist project coordinator, Professor Alex Young, dean of the course of Agronomy, Faculty of Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural University of Florence, Anna Belli, Overseas Agricultural Institute, and Don Sebastian of the Benedictine Congregation of the Precious Blood. The initiative, sponsored by the Agricultural Cooperative Woodshed, the historical reality of the panorama of Florence, in fact, sees the collaboration of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Florence, the non-profit organization Pangea Scandicci and Friends of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, and the participation of the Overseas Agricultural and Tanzania is part of the Project, launched by the Cooperative in December 2006 to support the work done by the missionaries for the welcome and recovery of health and human HIV-positive orphans in the African country. A commitment that began in 2001, which over time has been extended to pregnant women and mothers with AIDS, the guests of the village school education and that of healthy children from the exterior of the structure.
The delegation will assess the possibility, as envisaged in the project, to create an intervention that allows the Village of Hope to begin a series of crops, fruit plants also recovered already, and to achieve a stable for the daily requirements of milk. The assumptions of the project, which will include the construction of an irrigation system, are linked to plant a vineyard, citrus groves, a small dairy, the property already purchased, which will come to the Village with the first official mission, and cultivation of shrub species for the production of biodiesel. "We have reached the operational phase - Simone says Tofani of the Agricultural Cooperative Woodshed - with an agronomist that will work for a year on the project. A small step to help those who for years is doing a great job for these people. " "The technical group that will come to the Village of Hope in Dodoma - Franco explains Turks -, will outline guidelines for project implementation and improvement of agricultural production, then given the operational part agronomist who will work for a year on the field . Among the main points is the creation of a stable, to ensure the food to children, who otherwise risk of getting sick if breastfed by HIV positive mothers, and a small dairy, for the subsequent sale of the cheese to Dodoma, a city in predicate become the capital of Tanzania. Adding to this are the planting of a vineyard for the sale of grapes in order to maintain financial autonomy to the structure of horticultural crops, an orchard and the restoration of the existing orchard. " "We have highly evaluated the project - acknowledges Professor Alessandro Ragazzi - which is the ideal continuation of our degree course, with the possibility of creating a true post-graduate training for our students, and has a high human value. " "We join this initiative - said Annamaria Belli Overseas Agricultural Institute, technical-scientific organ of the Ministry Foreign Affairs - to learn more about the project and see how we can help, activating forms of cooperation or support in a developing country. "
The Tanzania Project, the Agricultural Cooperative's Woodshed is also committed to allocate one per thousand of its revenue, about 30 000 euro per year, the Village of Hope in Dodoma and all ' Itigi hospital, and this figure may be increased by those members and 'Friends of Woodshed' that will take the initiative to make available a portion of loyalty points and discounts obtained by purchasing in the shops of the Cooperative.
Mission agricultural
The delegation will assess the possibility, as envisaged in the project, to create an intervention that allows the Village of Hope to begin a series of crops, fruit plants also recovered already, and to achieve a stable for the daily requirements of milk. The assumptions of the project, which will include the construction of an irrigation system, are linked to plant a vineyard, citrus groves, a small dairy, the property already purchased, which will come to the Village with the first official mission, and cultivation of shrub species for the production of biodiesel. "We have reached the operational phase - Simone says Tofani of the Agricultural Cooperative Woodshed - with an agronomist that will work for a year on the project. A small step to help those who for years is doing a great job for these people. " "The technical group that will come to the Village of Hope in Dodoma - Franco explains Turks -, will outline guidelines for project implementation and improvement of agricultural production, then given the operational part agronomist who will work for a year on the field . Among the main points is the creation of a stable, to ensure the food to children, who otherwise risk of getting sick if breastfed by HIV positive mothers, and a small dairy, for the subsequent sale of the cheese to Dodoma, a city in predicate become the capital of Tanzania. Adding to this are the planting of a vineyard for the sale of grapes in order to maintain financial autonomy to the structure of horticultural crops, an orchard and the restoration of the existing orchard. " "We have highly evaluated the project - acknowledges Professor Alessandro Ragazzi - which is the ideal continuation of our degree course, with the possibility of creating a true post-graduate training for our students, and has a high human value. " "We join this initiative - said Annamaria Belli Overseas Agricultural Institute, technical-scientific organ of the Ministry Foreign Affairs - to learn more about the project and see how we can help, activating forms of cooperation or support in a developing country. "
Project Tanzania
The Tanzania Project, the Agricultural Cooperative's Woodshed is also committed to allocate one per thousand of its revenue, about 30 000 euro per year, the Village of Hope in Dodoma and all ' Itigi hospital, and this figure may be increased by those members and 'Friends of Woodshed' that will take the initiative to make available a portion of loyalty points and discounts obtained by purchasing in the shops of the Cooperative.
