| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, newspaper cuttings, reports, project proposal and funding requests relating to the Farm Diversification Initiative (FDI). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: In 1989 the Rural Action Project (RAP) requested and was granted assistance from the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) to allow it to undertake an action research programme on farm diversification for small farms in West Fermanagh and South Armagh. The project aims to find alternatives to the employment problems facing rural Ireland. Nature of support: In 1989 the Trust approved two annual grants of £11,000 per annum. Minutes: B&GSCT 7071, B&GSCT 7417. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'JM/F/3'. |