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Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas Grant
Organization - Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas
Grant Amount - $120,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of a project aiming to strengthen agricultural and veterinary extension services in upland communities that border Vietnam, the Lao PDR and the Yunnan Province of China, in order to improve agricultural practices and enhance control of animal epidemics, especially Avian Flu
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Centre for Research and Development of Ethnomedicinal Plants - $99,660 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of a project to introduce experimental models for marketing local products thereby increasing the income level of selected upland communities in border areas of Vietnam, Lao PDR and Yunnan Province, China
Yunnan Provincial Museum - $32,825 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for use by its Yunnan Cultural Heritage Research Centre in support of a cross-border capacity-building and networking initiative - with a focus on ethnic handmade papermaking - among museums and research institutions in Yunnan Province of China,...
International Community Foundation - $312,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant continues support to the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership, formed in 2002, in order to expand philanthropy and improve the quality of life in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Currently, 19 community foundations are members of...
World Agroforestry Centre - $310,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for the costs of its research project on upland sustainable productivity in the Greater Mekong Sub-region through analysis of the physical, social, economic and policy environments prevailing in Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan Province, China
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