āto help ensure that a greater proportion of the worldās underserved communities grow what they need to support a humane existenceā
The Trust in Agriculture and Sustenance
Introduction
The Trust in Agriculture and Sustenance was established to help ensure that a greater proportion of the worldās underserved communities grow what they need to support a humane existence.
Inequalities in Sustenance
The Trust arose from a concern over long-term inequalities in the ability of communities and countries to sustainably produce and trade in agricultural commodities, at a level permitting basic sustenance and the enjoyment of other fundamental public and private goods.
A Geographic Focus that Extends
The geographic and economic focus here is on Africa and its global diasporas, but it is also on the most underserved, disenfranchised, and marginalized of the worldās communities.
Reducing Global Differences
In this way, the work and support of the Trust shall continue to function as direct attempts to reduce perennial differences in world-wide capacities to provide for adequate food, nutrition, long-term sustenance, and their bases for self-actualization.
The Trustās Finances
Introduction
The Trust in Agriculture and Sustenance was established as part of the Declaration of Trust of the Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts. It is therefore subject to the general fiduciary responsibilities outlined in the founding Declaration.
Annual Spending
These responsibilities include stipulations that limit appropriated spending in any given year to no more than 5% of the three-year average market value of the Trustās current principal.
Appropriated Spending I
The Declaration also stipulates that no less than half of such annual spending be dedicated to work on continental Africa.
Appropriated Spending II
It is also expected that such annual spending be overwhelmingly dedicated (greater than 75%) to being of direct benefit to low-income communities and individuals.
To Fund in Perpetuity
Such stipulations are in line with best practices to ensure that the Trust continues to exist in perpetuity and that it continues to have assets to carry out its charitable purposes during that time.
Reports: In Charts and Numbers
Reports: In Charts and Numbers
The Trustās Works
Introduction
Provided below is access to further information regarding good works conceived and funded under the rubric of this Trust. Note that the operations of said projects are typically the purview of The Ikoku Foundations, and so the links will often guide you to their sites.
The Database in Agriculture and Food
The Distribution in Agriculture and Food
The Report on Agriculture and Sustenance
The Report on Agriculture and Sustenance
The Fellowship in Agriculture and Sustenance
The Fellowship in Agriculture and Sustenance
The Grant in Agriculture and Sustenance
The Grant in Agriculture and Sustenance
The Newsletter on Agriculture and Sustenance
The Newsletter on Agriculture and Sustenance
Also at The Trusts
As stated earlier, The Ikoku Charitable Trusts is dedicated to fostering philanthropy and good works concerning Africa, its global diasporas and a range of shared societies ā toward the betterment of lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, The Trusts provides the following:
A Nonprofit Dedicated to Africa
An independent, private, non-profit organization that serves the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas ā by advancing education and research and by also supporting creative ideas, civic endeavors and emerging communities, organizations and societies.
Support for a Global and Just Future
A founding mission and ongoing emphases of support for good works that help the public understand Africaās essential place in a global future, one that is to be more knowledgeable, environmentally sustainable, equitable and of benefit across communities in just societies.
A Vision of the Public Good
A vision of the public good that accounts for the past while ensuring a just and shared future. That draws inspiration from peoples who, despite a history of systemic difficulties, maintain an unyielding belief that the betterment of their human condition will foster the betterment of those living around them and will enhance the present and futures of the regularly disenfranchised, marginalized and underserved.