Norges Vel has developed the value chain of fish farming as a sustainable local industry in Madagascar. The objective is to reduce poverty, create more jobs and improve nutrition.
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Along with the German development organisation GIZ, Norges Vel is in the process of establishing a new cooperative that already organises 50 fish farmers on the east coast of Madagascar.
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More than one million households in Mozambique grow and sell cashew nuts. But the country's cashew trees have low productivity due to mould on the cashew flowers. Now, efforts are going to be made to develop a new bio-spray against mould to boost cashew production and the farmers' incomes.
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Norges Vel has carried out a pilot project for tilapia farming in Mozambique based on the model from our project on Madagascar, and adapted to local conditions. The pilot project has laid the foundation for a larger programme that is currently in progress to improve food safety and reduce poverty through economic development in the field of aquaculture.
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The residue from sugar production that used to add to environmentally harmful methane emissions, will now be turned into environment-friendly energy and jobs. Through the project Biofuel4Kenya, local enterprises will be established to make biomass briquettes from the waste.
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Organising smallholder farmers of rice in Tanzania has given good results. Two companies owned by farmers have been established. Productivity has increased, incomes have risen, and production has become more environmentally friendly than previously. More and more smallholder farmers appreciate that collaboration is sensible, and yields results.
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CEPAQ (Centro de Pesquisa em Aquacultura) is an important player in the development of the aquaculture sector in Mozambique. CEPAQ will contribute to profitable farming of the species Tilapia.
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Together with the English environmental organization Blue Ventures, Norges Vel has contributed to providing the local population with a sustainable additional income from algae cultivation and sea-cucumber farming.
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The genetic and biological diversity of vegetables in Transylvania is threatened by modern, standardised agricultural production. Norges Vel was commissioned by Civitas in Romania to help preserve the biodiversity.
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Green entrepreneurship helps create jobs, increase income and promote more environment-friendly solutions. These were the goals when Norges Vel took the initiative to start an incubator for economic development in the field of renewable energy in Uganda in 2011. The incubator established 14 green enterprises and supported 24 green entrepreneurs over a six-year period.
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