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FAO One Country One Priority Product Newsletter, January 2024 – Issue #5

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Synopsis (short abstract) This newsletter collates a variety of activities that have taken place under the One Country One Priority Product Initiative (OCOP) from October to December 2023. This includes the launching event of the OCOP global project under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme; the OCOP global annual meeting and also the national OCOP annual meeting in Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, Uzbekistan, Trinidad and Tobago; and updates on other national meetings and events in Albenia, Belize, Samoa, and Turkey. The newsletter also covers a feature story on the cocoa sector of Trinidad and Tobago.

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