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More fruit for the labour
South-South Cooperation turns simple solutions into greater income for tropical fruit farmers in Sri Lanka.
Categories: Agrifood Systems , Agribusiness , Value chain
Digitalizing Panama’s mountain villages
In the western part of Panama, in a mountainous region called Ngäbe Buglé, unpredictable weather is a constant. The tropical climate’s abrupt changes...
Categories: Capacity Development
Out of its cocoon - FAO-China-Uganda South-South project creates new farming opportunities in sericulture
Nestled in the lush hills above the northern shores of Lake Victoria, a new industry is emerging from its cocoon. Waiswa Aggrey Mubeerwa, its young...
Categories: South-South Cooperation (SSC)
Taking the chance out of agriculture in Cabo Verde - FAO-China South-South Cooperation offers agricultural solutions to changes and challenges
The beans pop out of their sheathing as Elisabeth Da Conceiçao lays them out to dry. It’s the end of the harvesting season. This year there was enough...
Categories: South-South Cooperation (SSC) , Climate Change
Drought within an ocean - Cabo Verde, a Small Island Developing State, hits back against climate change with skills passed on through South-South Cooperation
Willy Gonçalves clicks his tongue to get the goats to run a little faster up the tall dirt hill in front of his farm. The goats are in search of grass...
Categories: South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) , Climate Change
South-South Cooperation boosts expertise to protect plant health and livelihoods in Cambodia and Sri Lanka
Smallholder farmers are important food producers globally. However, they often struggle to meet international standards on trade and related plant...
Broadening diets and growing opportunities in Mongolia
Located in Central Asia, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated fully sovereign country in the world. Landlocked and far from the sea, the vast...
Happy cows make for a happy farm in Uganda
“Everything is based on the well-being of our cows,” declares Loyda Twinomujuni, the Ugandan owner of a 150-acre farm with 80 cows and staffed with...
A higher-yield rice variety moves Madagascar further on the path to self-sufficiency
Madagascar has a rich history of rice cultivation. Outside of Asia, Madagascar has the longest tradition of rice production, and this staple is...
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