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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPromoting Mountain Products for better livelihoods 2015Since markets are often distant and transportation is costly, interventions should focus on high-value and low-volume products, better organization in cooperatives or farmers organizations, support in all the steps of the value chain, including production, processing, packaging and marketing. Mountain specific policies and laws should be put in place to provide an enabling environment to unlock the potential of mountain people. For services such as tourism, mountain communities with their tradi tional and diverse lifestyles may represent a major attraction, in the form of uniquely preserved ecosystems or traditional way of life. If sustainably managed and if benefits reach the local communities, tourism -related services such as skiing, climbing, cultural heritage or nature trails can provide an opportunity for development in mountain regions.
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Book (stand-alone)Non-wood forest products of Central Africa: current research issues and prospects for conservation and development 1999
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ProjectEnhancing Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture Productivity through Agroforestry Development in Mauritius - TCP/MAR/3705 2022
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No results found.The contribution of agriculture to the economy of Mauritius has decreased over the years and was estimated at 3 7 percent of gross domestic product in 2011 Agriculture in Mauritius comprises a sugar sector and a non sugar sector The sugar sector in Mauritius was hit by European Union reforms that led to a reduction in the price obtained for exports of sugar to the European Union The non sugar sector of Mauritius consists of the food crop and livestock sectors In 2011 it was reported that some 4 300 ha of land were under food crop cultivation, compared to around 59 724 ha under sugarcane Faced by increases in global food prices, rising food import bills and high price volatility, MAIFS developed a Strategic Plan for the Non sugar Sector 2016 2020 This emphasized the production of a number of priority crops, sustainable agricultural development and the provision of more land for food production Mauritius’s forested areas account for approximately 2 000 km 2 of which about 25 percent is under plantation forestry, with the remaining area under secondary alien vegetation or native forest remnants The extent of reasonable quality native forest (i e with more than 50 percent native plant canopy cover) is currently estimated at around 2 600 ha, representing less than 2 percent of the total area of the island Around 47 percent of the forested land in Mauritius is state owned.
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