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22 February 2017 - Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes.
Albania ...
08 February 2017 - Improving agriculture regulations in low and middle income countries could go a long way toward feeding the world’s growing population and improving farmers’ livelihoods around the world, says the latest edition of the World Bank Group’s Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) 2017 report, released today.
The report argues that, while many countries ...
27 January 2017 - Over 110,000 people in five of Tunisia’s districts in the Governorate of Siliana, home to some of the country's most disadvantaged people, will benefit from a financial agreement signed today between the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Tunisia. The agreement for the Siliana Territorial Development Value ...
21 January 2017 - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced an important agreement which is the next step towards unlocking opportunities for smallholder farmers in the developing world.Together with a consortium of leading public and private sector organizations, the Patient Procurement Platform (PPP) will make it possible for farmers to plant, harvest ...
17 January 2017 - The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Egypt office today organised an inception workshop on a technical cooperation project to develop the value chain of dates in Egypt.
The workshop is part of the country’s Date Palm Strategy, launched in October during the 2nd Egyptian Date Palm Festival ...
