LSM Rural Reconstruction Center

Promoting new rural construction experiments based on farmers’ cooperative organizations, promoting practical education for university youths, exploring sustainable agricultural development and new fair trade models, and promoting advocacy and theoretical research work on rural development.

Goals

To enable farmers to achieve happy, respected lives. To enable rural areas to become harmonious, beautiful new countryside. To enable agriculture to become healthy, sustainable ecological agriculture.

Major Projects

• 2000 – Present, National University Students Supporting Agricultural Research Project
• 2003 – Present, Farmers’ Backbone Capacity Building Project
• 2005 – Present, Rural Development Youth Talent Training Plan
• 2006 – Present, Ecological Agriculture and Fair Trade Project
• 2007 – Present, NGO Leadership Capacity Building Project

Major Achievements

National University Students Supporting Agricultural Research Project received “China Best Action Capacity 3 Rural Leaders”

Major Funders

Partnerships for Community Development (香港社区伙伴), Shih Wing Ching Foundation (施永青基金会)

Major Partners

Civil Affairs Bureau, Jiangxi Poverty Alleviation and Development Office, Sichuan Guzhou Municipal Committee, Jiangsu Changzhou Jiaze Village Government, Partnerships for Community Development, Shih Wing Ching Foundation, Plan-International, World Vision, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Oxfam HK (香港乐施会), Renmin University School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University Advanced Institute of Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Rural Development Institute

Distinctions

We support long-term grassroots development, and we have an immense network of rural project spots and more than 10,000 volunteers, so our mobilization capacity and our public credibility are very strong.