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Chefs drive demand for local food
Chefs are working to promote healthy food and widen the market for local produce in an attempt to reduce rising cases of non-communicable disease in the Pacific. Chef Colin Chung is targeting young people with his new cookbook, seeking to encourage students to switch from fast food to nutritious meals, using locally available ingredients.
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St. Lucian youth cooperative mushrooms into success
Using temperature-controlled technology and sustainable farming techniques, Marquis River Farm has replaced St. Lucia’s imports of foreign mushrooms with domestic production, while growing local demand by 400%.
Read MoreBottling the flavours of Botswana
To reduce fruit waste in Botswana and capitalise on indigenous crops, local enterprise Maungo Craft is producing a range of unique ‘super food’ preserves.
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Cotonou capitalises on convenience foods
Whilst addressing the problem of post-harvest losses, entrepreneur Aldred Dogue discovered the ready-to-cook vegetable market and established Africa Food Mill to meet growing demand.
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Vegetable gardens crop up in Trinidad and Tobago
Student entrepreneur, Jameel Phillip is creating adaptable food production systems in the Caribbean by setting up small urban gardens that maximise production using space-saving designs.
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Farmers eyes in the sky in Cote d’Ivoire
Joseph-Oliver Biley founded drone start up WeFly Agri in January 2017 to help farm and plantation owners regain control of their land.
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