DHAKA, BANGLADESH: TFNet CEO Yacob Ahmad and Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) Director General Dr. Cecep Effendi began talks on future joint programmes and projects on 19 November 2012. Activities such as capacity strengthening workshops are set to be implemented on member States by 2013.
CIRDAP is an intergovernmental centre established in 1979 under the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and countries of the Asia Pacific, with the mandate of improving rural livelihood and alleviating poverty. The centre’s objectives are to assist national action and promote regional co-operation relating to integrated rural development in the region, act as a servicing institution for its member states, encourage joint activities to benefit member countries, and poverty alleviation through people’s participation.
CIRDAP and TFNet share similar objectives with respect to serving country members. As tropical fruits are part of the landscape in any rural setting in Asia and the Pacific, TFNet plans to have joint activities with CIRDAP, especially those related to production of fresh or processed products on tropical fruits.
