In December 2011, Yueqing Wanle Fruit Cooperative was formally registered with a capital of 2.8 million yuan (USD 408,657). There are 103 members of the Cooperative and a core planting base of 550 mu. The brand is mainly “Wanguoqing (Chinese name: 万果清)” series and the products are seedless Ougan, sweet tangelo, red pomelo, Hongmeiren, and […]
Our partnership with the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) in Lao PDR started in 2014, and since then, the farmers’ organization has achieved a lot of accomplishments with the support of MTCP2-AFOSP. The following are among these achievements: facilitating cross-learning between Lao farmers and farmers’ organizations (FO) in other counties FOs gaining skills on organizational management, […]
One of the main issues of the commercialization of agriculture is the lack of storage capacity for the farmers’ organizations (FOs) especially those that produce fresh vegetables. Without an effective storage system, farmers cannot consolidate their products and manage demand-supply opportunities properly. That is why oftentimes, there is too much supply during peak season and […]