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Strengthening of fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo
27 January, 2012/FAO -- The FAO/NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) underlines, among others, that small farmers can play a major role in both increasing food availability close to where it is most in need and raising rural incomes. The Government of Ethiopia is promoting crop diversification and supporting the cultivation of horticulture crops.
Fruit trees are currently getting special attention by the farmers, as income-generating commodities. Since 2007, FAO has assisted a local project aimed at 'strengthening fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo', Ethiopia. The project is strongly supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) as well as the Regional Bureaus of Agriculture which are directly involved in the exercise. Recently, we met FAO project leader, Giuseppe De Bac; he told us about the story:
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