Gumboot donation makes for happy feet

On August 6, 2013, in English, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) It’s been a very rainy ‘dry season’, but many feet have stayed dry thanks to Hunter Boots’ donation of around 3,000 pairs of gumboots to farmers and extension staff.

Seeds of Life (SoL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) distributed the Wellington boots in late 2012 to farmers in community seed producing groups, and MAF Extension Officers who work in the field with farmers. (more…)

Nutrition is an issue that encompasses agriculture, health, infrastructure and education, and effort is required in all these sectors to solve the problem of malnutrition in Timor-Leste. (more…)

Workshop held to combat malnutrition in TL

On March 21, 2013, in English, Uncategorized, by Yessy Betty
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MAF-SoL hosted a national consultation workshop on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture to discuss what the agricultural sector can do to help tackle malnutrition in Timor-Leste, at the MAF Conference Room, Comoro, last Monday.

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MAF-SoL holds Program Management Team meeting

On March 13, 2013, in English, Uncategorized, by Yessy Betty
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Seeds of Life (SoL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries held the quarterly Program Management Team (PMT) meeting at the MAF conference room, last Thursday.

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