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The Rural Infrastructure and Agro Industries Division advocates and supports the development of entrepreneurship in agricultural support services.
FAO members are assisted with appropriate policies, strategies and methodologies for strengthening agricultural support systems and the delivery of services as well as technologies for production and post-production activities. The Division aims to assist farms and agribusinesses in developing managerial and technical skills for supporting production, post-harvest, infrastructural, marketing and financial operations related to developing and improving efficiency, effectiveness, competitiveness, and profitability of agricultural and food enterprises.

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Event: International Conference on Rural Finance Research; Moving Results into Policies and Practice, Rome, Italy, 19-21 March 2007

New publication: Agro-industrial Utilization of Nopal (Cactus, Opuntia spp.), AGS Bulletin 162, 2006 (only in Spanish)

New Publication: Quality and safety in food marketing chains in Latin America, AGSF Occasional paper, 2006 (only in Spanish)

 

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