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Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

19.07.2024

On 12 July 2024, industry leaders, agriculture experts and farmers gathered from around the world for an event focused on leveraging partnerships to enhance local food systems. The event featured a series of roundtable discussions aimed at identifying and forging new alliances.

The first roundtable discussion explored the challenges and opportunities...

Fundación Agreste joins forces with Kimberly-Clark for water project

25.07.2013

Fundación Agreste is working with Kimberly-Clark Argentina to revitalize the town of Paso Grande in Argentina’s Conlara Valley by providing access to safe drinking water and improving livelihoods.

In addition to...

ICIMOD enters partnership for medicinal plants

23.07.2013

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has entered into a five-year partnership with a leading Indian consumer goods company to promote herbal medicinal and aromatic plants from...

Agency of Development Initiatives launches mountain nutrition materials

16.07.2013

The Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI) is launching educational materials on nutrition and food processing for women in vulnerable households in the Kyrgyz Republic, with support from the University...

Eastern Highlands Initiative launched in southern Africa

11.07.2013

Possibly the largest multi-disciplinary montane research effort to date in southern Africa has been launched.

The Eastern Highlands Initiative (EHI) came into being earlier this year through a series of meetings...

Final call for Mountain Research Initiative Key Contact Workshop

08.07.2013

The Mountain Research Initiative has launched a final call for registration for its Key Contact Workshop, which will be held in Minneapolis, USA, on 3 August 2013.

Held ahead of the...