About Harvest IRD > Strategy

We believe in the power of education and research, and fully appreciate the importance of helping others and the happiness arises from doing so. We not only make use of the results of scientific research to design and evaluate individual projects, but also actively promote training and mutual help to provide confidence and strength to many impoverished rural peasants, and give them means to improve their own lives and to fully realize their potentials. We believe that, by combining these elements, we can then promote rural development in an efficient and practical way.