Today, LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF and its local partner organization, Sumbakil Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SMPC) are working with a partner-cooperative of 400 indigenous farm families. By introducing goats, fruit trees, ducks, and worms to the farmlands, SMPC significantly reduces toxic chemical use and increases farm productivity. Their work strengthens the local economy and conserves the ecology with several innovative techniques: 1) Vermi-composting reduces the need for chemical fertilizer by ‘breeding’ earthworms; 2) Rice-duck farming increases rice yield with the organic fertilizer supplied by ducks; 3) A goat to graze among trees & shrubs increases soil quality, decreases damage from natural disasters and provides new farm income sources.