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PART 4

第四部分

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I'm going to report on a case study of a programme

我将汇报一个案例研究,

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which has been set up to help rural populations in Mozambique,

是为帮助莫桑比克的农村人口而筹建的一个项目,

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a largely agricultural country in South-East Africa.

莫桑比克是非洲东南部一个以农业为主的国家。

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The programme worked with three communities in Chicualacuala district, near the Limpopo River.

该项目与Limpopo河附近的Chicualacuala区的三个社区合作。

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This is a dry and arid region, with unpredictable rainfall.

这是一个干燥干旱的地区,降雨量难以预测。

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Because of this, people in the area were unable to support themselves through agriculture

正因为如此,该地区的人们无法通过农业养活自己,

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and instead they used the forest as a means of providing themselves with an income,

他们转而利用森林作为一种收入来源,

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mainly by selling charcoal.

主要是通过出售木炭。

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However, this was not a sustainable way of living in the long term,

然而,从长远来看,这不是一种可持续的生活方式,

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as they were rapidly using up this resource.

因为他们正在迅速地将这些资源消耗殆尽。

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To support agriculture in this dry region,

为了帮助这一干旱地区的农业,

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the programme focused primarily on making use of existing water resources

该项目的重点主要是现有的水资源

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from the Limpopo River by setting up systems of irrigation,

通过建立灌溉系统来利用Limpopo河

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which would provide a dependable water supply for crops and animals.

为作物和动物提供可靠的供水。

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The programme worked closely with the district government

该项目工作与区政府密切合作,

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in order to find the best way of implementing this.

以找到实施这一政策的最佳途径。

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The region already had one farmers' association,

这个地区已经有一个农民协会了,

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and it was decided to set up two more of these.

决定再成立两个。

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These associations planned and carried out activities including water management,

这些协会计划和执行了包括水管理、

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livestock breeding and agriculture, and it was notable that in general,

牲畜饲养和农业在内的活动,值得注意的是,

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women formed the majority of the workforce.

妇女是劳动力的主力。

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It was decided that in order to keep the crops safe from animals,

为了保护农作物不受动物的伤害,

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both wild and domestic, special areas should be fenced off where the crops could be grown.

包括野生和家养动物,应该用篱笆把可以种植庄稼的特殊区域隔开。

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The community was responsible for creating these fences,

社区应该负责制作这些栅栏,

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but the programme provided the necessary wire for making them.

这个项目提供了制作栅栏所需的电线。

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Once the area had been fenced off, it could be cultivated.

这块地方一旦用篱笆围起来,就可以耕种了。

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The land was dug, so that vegetables and cereals appropriate to the climate could be grown,

土地被挖后,就可以种植适合当地气候的蔬菜和谷物,

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and the programme provided the necessary seeds for this.

这个项目为它提供了必要的种子。

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The programme also provided pumps

这个项目还提供水泵,

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so that water could be brought from the river in pipes to the fields.

以便可以通过管道从河里将水运到田里。

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However, the labour was all provided by local people,

然而,所有的劳动力都是由当地人民提供的,

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and they also provided and put up the posts that supported the fences around the fields.

他们也提供并在这个区域附近张贴了保护栅栏的海报。

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Once the programme had been set up,

立项成功后,

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its development was monitored carefully.

就要仔细监测它的发展情况。

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The farmers were able to grow enough produce not just for their own needs, but also to sell.

农民们能够种植足够的农产品,不仅满足他们自己的需要,而且还能出售。

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However, getting the produce to places where it could be marketed was sometimes a problem,

然而,将农产品运到可以销售的地方有时是一个问题,

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as the farmers did not have access to transport,

因为农民没有交通工具,

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and this resulted in large amounts of produce, especially vegetables, being spoiled.

这导致大量农产品,特别是蔬菜变质。

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This problem was discussed with the farmers' associations

与农民协会讨论了这个问题,

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and it was decided that in order to prevent food from being spoiled,

并决定为了防止食品变质,

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the farmers needed to learn techniques for its preservation.

农民需要学习保存食品的技术。

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There was also an additional initiative that had not been originally planned,

还有一项原先没有计划的额外倡议,

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but which became a central feature of the programme.

但已成为该项目的一个中心特点。

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This was when farmers started to dig holes for tanks in the fenced-off areas

农民们开始在被栅栏围起来的区域挖洞挖水箱,

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and to fill these with water and use them for breeding fish

然后把水箱装满水用来养鱼

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–an important source of protein.

——这是蛋白质的重要来源。

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After a time, another suggestion was made by local people

过了一段时间,当地人又提出了另一个建议,

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which hadn't been part of the programme's original proposal,

这个建议并不是项目最初提议的一部分,

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but which was also adopted later on.

但后来也被采纳了。

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They decided to try setting up colonies of bees,

他们决定尝试建立蜂群,

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which would provide honey both for their own consumption and to sell.

提供蜂蜜供自己食用同时也销售。

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So what lessons can be learned from this programme?

那么,我们能从这个项目中学到什么呢?

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First of all, it tells us that in dry, arid regions,

首先,它告诉我们在干燥的情况下,

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if there is access to a reliable source of water,

干旱地区,如果有可靠的水源,

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there is great potential for the development of agriculture.

农业的发展就有很大的潜力。

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In Chicualacuala, there was a marked improvement in agricultural production,

在Chicualacuala,农业生产有了显著的改善,

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which improved food security and benefited local people

这一方面改善了粮食安全,

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by providing them with both food and income.

另一方面通过向当地人提供粮食和收入而使他们受益。

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However, it's important to set realistic timelines for each phase of the programme,

然而,为计划的每个阶段设定现实的计划安排表是很重要的,

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especially for its design,

尤其是在设计阶段,

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as mistakes made at this stage may be hard to correct later on.

因为在这个阶段所犯的错误可能很难在以后改正。

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The programme demonstrates that sustainable development is possible in areas where …

该方案表明,可持续发展在……是可行的......