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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...

Project aims to alleviate poverty in Moroccan mountains

27.05.2013

A project by the Moroccan government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to develop agricultural commodities in the mountain areas of Al Haouz, Morocco, is moving into...

Applications open for Rolex Awards for Enterprise

20.05.2013

Applications are open for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, which are given for new or ongoing projects anywhere in the world that deserve support for their capacity to improve lives...

Preregistration open for Central Asian Mountain Program Forum 2013

16.05.2013

Preregistration is now open for the Central Asian Mountain Program (CAMP) Forum, which will take place 27-29 August this year in Kalmak Ashu village, Chuy Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. The topic of...

VIDEO: The Mountain Institute's Director-General discusses mountains and climate change

09.05.2013

The director-general of the Mountain Institute, Andrew Taber, has given a video interview about the work of the Institute and the mountain agenda.

Taber discusses working to alleviate climate...

Scholarship available for online MSc in Sustainable Mountain Development

02.05.2013

A scholarship towards the costs of participating in a part-time online MSc Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is available for one student...

Sustainable tourism strategy for the Carpathian Mountains in development

26.04.2013

The development of a strategy focusing on sustainable tourism development is under way in the countries of the Carpathian Mountains – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia,...