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“This workshop came along at the right time”

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Flight practice during Let’s Fly at regional training in El Salvador. After Madagascar, Mozambique, Colombia, Bolivia, Ethiopia and Haiti, this is the first regional workshop for Central America and the Caribbean, and a much-anticipated opportunity for many of the participants.

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Philippines: From fighters to forest rangers and farmers

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The agreement was forged between WFP, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA).

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Resources for Women in the Skilled Trades

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A lack of representation of women occurs in industries such as construction, manufacturing, utilities, other industrial types of employment such as agriculture and mining, or services such as repair and maintenance, automotive repair, and commercial and industrial machinery repair. Women’s participation in the U.S. Construction: 9.9%

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Cultivating seeds and dreams in Lebanon

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How sustainable agriculture courses in the Bekaa Valley are boosting livelihoods and benefiting entire communities Nestled amid green fields in the centre of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is a seemingly unremarkable farm. In fact, there’s a bumper crop of farmers graduating from the sustainable agriculture courses being run on this farm.

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Alternative Bean Cultivation Boosts Smallholder Farmer Earnings in Rwanda

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Photo: WFP/JohnPaul Sesonga Story by Daniel Kibsgaard For COTU, a cooperative consisting of 300 smallholder farmers in Ruhango District in Rwanda, maize is their primary source of income grown during the country’s main agriculture Season A. The single variety beans workshop opened my eyes. 0.56) on the local market.