Job vacancies: 2 drivers needed

On February 5, 2014, in English, Jobs, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) Seeds of Life seek candidates for the position of DRIVERS who will be responsible for safely driving Seeds of Life advisors and staff within Dili and to other districts of East Timor. (more…)

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Farmer’s story: Olandina da Costa, Chief of Women CSPG in Liquica district

On January 30, 2014, in Farmer case study, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Olandina da Costa is the chief of Community Seed Production Group (CSPG) Bilbeu in Guico village, Maubara sub-district, Liquiça. The group was established in 2011 and has the unique feature that all 10 members are women.

The group receives assistance from the Suco Extension Officer (SEO) in their village, Bartolomeu da Silva.

“When I visited this group in 2011 they were planting vegetables. I asked them to form a CSPG and eventually they decided to form a group of all women members. The head of the group is also a woman” (more…)

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150,000 sweet potato cuttings available now

On January 27, 2014, in English, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Seeds of Life has 150,000 sweet potato cuttings of Hohrae 1, 2 and 3 released varieties available for distribution to farmers and institutions this January and February.

Any farmers or institutions interested in getting some sweet potato cuttings should contact the MAF Seed Department in Comoro, Dili, (Lucio Nuno – 7723 6690) or Seeds of Life (Simao Margono Belo – 7700 6185). (more…)

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Sweet potato cuttings distribution to farmers

On January 16, 2014, in Crop identification & development, English, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Ministry of Agriculture – Seeds of Life has been distributing more than 100,000 sweet potato cuttings to farmers and Community Seed Production Groups (CSPGs) across Timor leste, as well as local and international NGOs.

MAF-SoL will continue to distribute around 250,000 cuttings of Hohrae 1, 2, and 3 officially-released sweet potato varieties by the end of January 2014. (more…)

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