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Working Paper 14: Food Safety and Quality Standard

Formulation and Operationalization of National Action Plan for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development through Agriculture (NAPA)

Year of publication 2016

Pages 34 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In May 2011, the Government of Myanmar organized the first national-level workshop on rural development and poverty alleviation, and articulated a National Strategy on Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (NSPARD). This strategy called for focusing efforts on eight strategic priority areas: i) agricultural production; ii) livestock and fisheries; iii) rural productivity and cottage industries; iv) micro-savings and credit enterprises; v) rural cooperatives; vi) rural socio-economy; vii) rur al renewable energy; and viii) environmental conservation.

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