Events

Mountain High! Festival of Peoples and Products

From: 17.12.2015 to: 28.12.2015

Over 20 producers from all over the world will showcase textiles, crafts, mountain beverages and foods such as tea, coffee and quinoa at an exhibition organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and Mountain Partnership member Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation.

The exhibition will also be a chance to celebrate International Mountain Day, whose focus this year is on promoting mountain products as a strategy to boost mountain economies.

Among the members participating are REDAR of Peru, Fundación Comunidad of Panama, the Bolivian Institute of Bolivia, Solandy of Madagascar and the Pan Himalayan Grassroots Foundation of India as well as several MP members from Central Asia. During the exhibition, a workshop on sharing experiences and lessons learned will be held.

The exhibition will be held on 17-28 December at the Nature Bazaar space in New Delhi India, a venue managed by Dastkar, an NGO that traditionally promotes traditional crafts, organic and small scale farming enterprises as well as women cooperatives. The FAO Office in India is also supporting the event and Dastkar is providing logistical support.

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Photo: Agency of Development Initiatives &The Federation of Organic Development "Bio-KG"