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November 2009 – AKF and team meeting

hannah-admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:02:12 +0000

On 5 November, the Karnataka AKF will be held in Hubli. It will be followed by the CoDI team’s annual learning and planning meeting 6-8 November.

October 2009 – International visitors come to CoDI

hannah-admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:59:07 +0000

During September and October, a series of international visitors from Bangladesh, Chile, France and Spain have paid visits to CASRAD’s Hai Duong processing site and learned about CoDI’s approach of linking farmers to markets.

September 2009 – Bo khai seedlings sold

hannah-admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:57:37 +0000

After only 5 months, 80% of the Bo Khai cuttings set in the Bang Lung nursery in March have now developed into healthy plants. These are now being sold for VND8-10,000 a piece, depending on whether they are of the ‘white’ or ‘red’ variety.

August 2009 – Course certificates for farmers

hannah-admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:55:26 +0000

Trainees at the Thua Thien Hue and the Ha Tay sites in Vietnam proudly received their certificates after successfully completing a course in Integrated Pest Management.

July 2009 – Farmers’ visits and awareness creation

hannah-admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:54:16 +0000

Indian farmers from Karnataka visit a jackfruit fair and return making their own jackfruit chips which are being sold at the BIRD-K campus. In Gujarat, the opportunity of the general meeting of the BAIF-promoted cooperatives in the area was taken to organize a side-event to create awareness of underused crops.