 West Bank & Gaza | | Olive Mill Solid Waste, Source of Clean Energy |
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Aysar Yasin of The Palestinian Energy and Environmental Research Center speaks of his project to improve the conditions of oil producing farmers by exploiting the opportunity to use Olive Mill Solid Waste as a source of fuel
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| Ecuador | | Use of Ancient Legume in Novel Food Products |
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Claire Nicklin of Fundacion IDEA speaks this project to increase rural incomes and soil health for a network of over 6,000 women-headed rural households in Central Ecuador using a native legume, the lupin
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| Senegal | | Locally Produced Biofuel Outboard Motor |
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Saidou Ba of Mission Goorgoorlu speaks of his project aimed at improving living standards of 40 agricultural and fishing communities in Senegal by introducing affordable transportation to deliver their produce, using traditional vessels powered by locally produced biofuel.
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| Ghana | | Turning Prisoners into Farmers |
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Moses Kanduri of West African Development Objective explains his project to turn a prison into a productive agriculture venture by giving 200 inmates the input needed to start and sustain their own agriculture businesses.
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| India | | Farmers’ Commodity Exchange: Info-Community Initiative |
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Sunil Agrawal of i4 Infotech speaks of this project to increase incomes of 5,000 tribal families using mobile text messaging, the internet and radio technology to enable farmers to track market prices.
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| Cambodia | | Agricultural Cooperatives for Biodiversity Conservation |
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Karen Nielsen of Wildlife Conservation Society talks about her society’s project to engage local communities in wildlife conservation by establishing cooperative centers in 10 villages that will market new “Wildlife-friendly” products grown in protected areas.
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| Philippines | | Treasure in Waste: Fuel from Discarded Duck Beddings |
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Virgilio Bulatao of the National Power Cooperation discusses this project to train at least 100 commercial and backyard duck raisers in technology that converts wasted duck beddings into fuel blocks.
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| Peru | | Conservation of Andean Crop Diversity through Cultural Toursim |
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Elizabeth Blair of The Mountain Institute discusses this project to develop products that cater to tourism market niches along two sections of the Great Inca Road, that would result in two local seed conservation programs preserving at least 80 percent of all root and tuber cultivars.
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| Haiti | | Off-Farm Marketing |
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Pierre Brunache, Jr of Vyalex Global talks about this project to create new markets for rural farmers associated with 50 farmer associations working in Western Haiti in order to increase returns on investment for agro-industry entrepreneurs, decrease waste from unsold products and increase national production.
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| Jury Chariman | | Interview with Juergen Voegele |
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