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09 December 2016 - China’s poorest province, Guizhou, stands land-locked in the southwest of the country with a population of 40 million. Roughly 40% of residents belong to ethnic minorities and 28% live below the national poverty line. To help reduce poverty, a World Bank-funded project established 38 new farmer cooperatives that connect them ...
10 November 2016 - Despite political and economic turbulence and global milk prices dropping to an all-time low, Ukraine’s commercial dairy industry has made impressive strides in recent years, producing higher-quality milk and tapping into new markets abroad.
Thanks to an active Ukrainian Dairy Sector Working Group, created in 2013 by the country’s dairy industry ...
04 November 2016 - ruit and vegetables are a major source of income for rural households in mountainous Tajikistan – and essential for healthy diets. Fresh produce such as sweet cherries, onions and table grapes make up an important share of the country’s agricultural exports.
The potential to supply domestic retail and export markets remains ...
29 October 2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in conjunction with the Ministry of Science and Technology ofLao PDR, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Embassy in Vientiane has launched a regional symposium promoting the Geographical Indications (GI) initiative which aims to help smallholder farmers reach ...
26 October 2016 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting olive oil producers in Tunisia with a €5 million loan to Sovena MENA and Tiba Foods, local subsidiaries of Sovena Group, the leading Portuguese producer and distributor of olive oil products.
Tunisia is one of the five largest olive oil producers in the world. ...
