Quezon City, Philippines, — As part of its evaluation activities, the MTR team doing the review of MTCP2 visited an agricultural cooperative in the Philippines last May 21, 2016. In response to a challenge from government for farmer groups to directly provide marketing services to their members instead of relying solely on government price and […]
By Mia Gomez CHANTABURI, Thailand, Apr 7 (Reporting ASEAN) – In an open space resembling an aircraft hangar, onlookers were busy examining a curious display. They weren’t looking at aeroplane parts, but at pairs of mangosteens on pink plastic plates that were laid out in neat rows. Mangosteens are an important crop in eastern Thai […]
Altantuya Tseden-ish of NAMAC, Mongolia, shares experiences and lessons in empowering producers through agricultural cooperatives during the Sixth Farmers’ Forum on 15-16 February 2016 in IFAD, Rome.