Asia Regional Program Updates

Speeches Shim

USAID Avansa Agrikultura Project

The land in the hamlet of Seloi Craik in Timor-Leste’s Aileu district has always been good to Filomena Mendonca de Araujo and her family. Even if money was tight, there was always enough to eat from the family farm. Eating well, though, came at a cost.

Smart Infrastructure for the Mekong (SIM) provides partner countries with the U.S. Government’s best expertise in natural resource management to ensure the sustainable development of large infrastructure and land use projects.  Through direct collaboration with national ministries, SIM furthers the Indo-Pacific Strategy’s mission of enhancing environmental security and building strong regional partnerships through its assistance to ministries on water security, biodiversity conservation, and disaster risk reduction.

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