There are 175 projects that match your search.
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2009
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49,902.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/Yr2/CORE/08/05 |
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1 Executive Summary
Rodrigues has a long tradition in the production of basic food commodities of both crop and livestock. Over time we have been observing a change in consumption habits, where consumers find imported products more accessible and a ( ... )
ost which has lead to a reduction in local production – less people involved in agriculture or small flock size. Despite of this fact, agriculture has remained the central economic activity sector in Rodrigues.
It is estimated that around 4000 farmers are involved in backyard family poultry production in Rodrigues. Farmers rear indigenous scavenging chickens, which are known as the
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/Yr2/RAF/08/02 |
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Rodrigues island is situated 660 kms from the north-west coast of Mauritius. This small island of volcanic origin, has a lagoon twice its size, is 18 kms long by 6.5. Its landscapes vary from hilly lands to steep volcanic hills standing up as ( ... )
ic organ pipes. Its coasts are made of wild creeks, beaches lined with filaos, sandy coral islets where seabirds nest. With its 38 000 inhabitants, Rodrigues is still authentic and wild. The island of Rodrigues charms by its calm, its authenticity and the kindness of its inhabitants. More than in Réunion island or Mauritius, the objective of “green tourism” is asserting itself. Even if the
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Mauritius
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Climate Change Mitigation
International Waters
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2008
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1,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/Yr2/CORE/08/02 |
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The operation of a dairy farm will be beneficial for the product of fresh milk for local
supply and hence reduce dependence on importation. However, it will lead to the production
of solid and liquid wastes that requires proper treatment and ( ... )
l. Traditional
practices mainly relied on the agronomic use of dairy wastes which include storage and
spreading in the fields and use of the liquid effluent for irrigation for crop production.
Although these methods are highly effective in nutrients recycling, it has been reported as
being objectionable in terms of odour and to cause N pollution of underground water and
water
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/RAF/07/03 |
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The Force Vive de Roche Bois (FVRB) is a local non-governmental Organisation (NGO) working on community-centred development in the village of Roche-Bois and its surroundings. The village is located on the northern outskirt of the Mauritian capital ( ... )
ouis. The fulfilment of the objectives of the FVRB is primarily achieved by performing proximity information dissemination and through training and counselling.
The Rehabilitation and Development Programme for the Rivulet Terre-Rouge Estuary Bird Sanctuary (RTREBS) project will be carried out in close collaboration with the National Parks and Conservation Service (NPCS) of the Ministry of Agro
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/RAF/07/04 |
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The overall objective of the project is to empower intellectually disabled young adults through skills acquisitions in sustainable agriculture and promote their professional and social integration.
Rehabilitation of men and women with moderate to ( ... )
intellectual disability is a major objective of this project with a view to their economic and social integration through sustainable agriculture.
We want to provide 50 young intellectually impaired adults with a work environment conductive to their training in eco-friendly agriculture techniques. APEIM has currently two sites at Trianon and Bonne Mère respectively where the rehabilitation
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Mauritius
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Multifocal Area
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/04 |
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The project is to set up an environmental multimedia education and information service which will use the Internet as prime vector to reach its target audiences and which will broadcast user-friendly content on key sustainable development issues and ( ... )
ives through a multimedia website.
The aim is to sensitise the public – the young in particular – on the necessity for Mauritians to rapidly adopt a systematic sustainable development approach to national development decisions, and to actively support the work being done locally by individuals, NGOs, private companies and public bodies in the fields of sustainable development and
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Mauritius
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International Waters
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2008
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25,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MAR/08/02 |
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This project looks into safely treating the 2000 to 3000 tons of horse manure produced annually by preventing nutrients and bacteria present to pollute watercourses. The overall objective is to ensure safe disposal of horse manure through composting ( ... )
mote application of composts to growing crops. Secondary objectives will include recycling of organic wastes, produce a safe compost of good quality, train people in compost making, construct large-scale facilities to compost large amounts of waste and apply compost produced on vegetables in view of reducing usage of chemical fertilisers.
Raw horse manure poses a direct threat to the
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/Yr2/RAF/08/01 |
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Forever Blue is a non governmental organisation whose objectives are mainly to promote and sensitize the public at large and more specifically the youth on marine environment through the support of culture and the image culture. This has been mainly ( ... )
d with the Indian Ocean Underwater film festival and the “Ile d’Ambre and Ilôt Bernache Community based Eco-management project” is in the line of the education and sensitization goals and actions of Forever Blue on marine issues.
The long-term objective of this project is the sustainable management of the coastal and marine zones of Mauritius, with a strong involvement of the local
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Mauritius
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Multifocal Area
International Waters
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/05 |
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The Paradise Integrated Farming Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited which has been set up specifically in the context of an integrated farming project is a cooperative society registered in April 2007 with the Registrar of Cooperative ( ... )
ies. Prior to the setting up of this cooperative, Mrs Desiree Bergicourt, the project leader, has been engaged in the Roche Bois Cooperative Society which is a member of Federation of Pig Cooperative Society. In addition, she is a well known breeder who has been involved in pig breeding over the last 20 years and is supplying piglets to many pig breeders in Mauritius. Currently, she is a
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/RAF/07/05 |
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The Pilot Project for Marine Environmental Education & Resource Centres for Beaches in Mauritius funded by principal sponsor Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) of the UNDP and in partnership with the Mauritian Scuba ( ... )
Association, Beach Authority and Rotary Club Port Louis Citadelle, has reached term at the end of April 2008. In general, the pilot project has been a great success despite some delays in the completion of some activities and the next two years will even be more important to consolidate what has been started. Reef Conservation is therefore looking for more funding to build on what has already
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Mauritius
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International Waters
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2008
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6,564.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/RAF/07/07 |
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The St. Martin Pig Farm was set up in 1985 on a portion of State Land to the extent of 10 arpents with a view to alleviating problems of pig breeders in the outskirts of the towns of Beau Bassin/Rose Hill. All the pig breeders at the St. Martin Pig ( ... )
re members of the Plaisance Pig Credit & Marketing Co-operative Society, registered in 1971. Presently some 44 members of the Society are operating on the farm.
A pig waste treatment plant was set up in 2003 at the farm for an amount of Rs 8.2 Million by the Ministry of Environment to treat pig effluents, which were causing environmental problems such as odor, wastewater risk of ground water
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Mauritius
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Climate Change Mitigation
Chemicals
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2008
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45,161.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/Yr2/CORE/08/01 |
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Mission Verte is a NGO which works towards making Mauritius a cleaner island. Mission Verte was registered in August 2007 as a non-governmental organisation when a group of eco-citizens decided that something had to be done for the environment, with ( ... )
change issues as the principal motivation.
The objective of this project is to install selective waste sorting bins in strategic places all over Mauritius. We aim to place large bins in the north, south west, south east and east of the island as well as on the central plateau and in Port Louis and to sensitise the Mauritian population on the need to reduce, re-use and recycle our wastes. We
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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11,544.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/07 |
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The proposed action is concerned with a semi-industrialised outer lagoon fishing project. 20 dedicated and committed artisanal fishermen grouped under the Innovative Fishermen Association (IFA), a registered association from Grand Riviere Sud Est ( ... )
village, have decided to embark on this challenging project as beneficiaries. This project is in line with government policy to encourage artisanal fishermen to explore offshore capture fisheries, which should provide them major economic benefits. Relocating fishing efforts to offshore areas should be translated through financial assistance and capacity building to artisanal fishermen as
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2008
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2,918.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/RAF/07/06 |
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The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation is dedicated to the conservation of the native wildlife of Mauritius and Rodrigues and their habitats. It has a specialisation in the restoration of small islands and has a long term involvement in the restoration ( ... )
ands around Mauritius and Rodrigues. MWF recognises that islands are important tourist resources and are important for wildlife and has developed an ecotourism project on Ile aux Aigrettes that integrates tourism with conservation. The objectives of MWF closely mirror those of the GEF/SGP Country Programme Strategy, since we are dedicated to training, developing local capacity and establishing
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
International Waters
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2008
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/06 |
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Our organization, which is a new one, is a community organization that consists of members residing on the west coast of the island and who derive their income from sea activities in the region, namely dolphin watching activities. The main reason ( ... )
eating this organization is that over the past years, there have been major developments in the tourist sector and more and more people are using the sea as their major source of income. However, the big problem that came about, namely with dolphin watching and reefs conservation as well as correct information to be transmitted to clients, is that there has been very little control and training
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Mauritius
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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48,065.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP3/16 |
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The project seeks to revive and revitalise Pandanus weaving activities in the South East of Mauritius to improve the livelihoods of marginalised weavers of the region. The coordination Centre and the Plant Propagation unit are part of Association ( ... )
tisans et Planteurs de Pandanus du Sud Est (AAPPSE) strategy in its quest to give more vitality to weaving activities in the South East. The Pandanus Coordination Centre would enable the association to closely monitor weaving activities of its members to guarantee the production and marketing of quality and innovated products from the South East. The Pandanus Utilis propagation unit at the
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Mauritius
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Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP3/20 |
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The Livestock Keepers Association was set up in 2001 and comprises members engaged in the breeding activity. The members are mostly cow breeders and on average own around 7milch cows. The cowsheds have been set up near their own residence. At ( ... )
t, the cow dung is left inside the shed, piled up on the ground and left to rot, attracting flies, cockroaches and other vermin and fouling the floor. In some cases the cow dung is washed out and left dry in the backyard creating a most unhealthy situation.
The project comprises the installation of infrastructure for a pollution-free environment as well as an economical system of milk production
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Mauritius
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Biodiversity
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2007
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25,397.49
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP3/22 |
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This project involves the cultivation and propagation of medicinal plants. One of the main aims of this project is to allow the parents of needy children and in particular the mothers, to earn an income through the commercialisation of medicinal ( ... )
. The members of APEDED and the parents involved in the project will help in the cultivation of the medicinal plants that will then be sold in the form of seedlings and plants as well as dried leaves that have been packed. Through this project many women will moreover be able to become partly self-sufficient and will also benefit from training that will enhance their capabilities.
The sale of
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Mauritius
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International Waters
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP3/18 |
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Liriomyza spp.(leafminer) is a serious pest problem in vegetable and flower production in Mauritius. Almost all crops are susceptible to leaf miner attack.
Leafminer adults are small, black and yellow flies whose lifespan is between 15 to 30 ( ... )
Female Liriomyza spp. lay 200-400 eggs during an interval of 2 to 4 days. The eggs take 2 days to hatch. Liriomyza spp. stays in larvae form for 4 to 8 days, and feeds on leaves.
Lead miner damage the leaves of plants and the fruits by the mining activity of the larvae of pest that can eventually reduce the photosynthetic capacity of plants, and the feeding punctures of female adults that
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Mauritius
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International Waters
Land Degradation
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2007
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33,493.03
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MAR/SGP/OP3/26 |
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The main economic activities of Rodrigues are agriculture and fishing. Rodrigues, since its autonomy in 2002, plans to further promote itself as an Organic Production island. The island has a rich heritage of traditional food items, which can be ( ... )
ed and marketed with an organic label. Giving a boost to Rodriguan agriculture is one of the main activities defined in the five-year Plan for the Non-Sugar Agricultural Sector. “Training of farmers and planters in Rodrigues, the adoption of new technology with a view to enhancing their agricultural productivity has been well emphasized in the plan. Furthermore, it is reported that tourists in
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