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Feb 06
Supplying Spices and Participatory Value Chain Training

Most farmers around the world feel that their buyers are giving them a pretty bad deal. In Vanuatu, the smallholder, organic pepper farmers of the island of Malo were no exception. They worked hard to grow their crop and support their families, but never seemed to get paid what they felt was right. This feeling […]

Feb 06
A Tale of Two Training Centres

The Society of Mary (Marists) established the Tutu Rural Training Centre (Tutu) on the island of Taveuni (Fiji) in 1969. In 1983 they started running a Young Farmer Training Course “to help form and train young single men from the province of Cakaudrove”. Running now for 35 years and training more than 200 men, the […]