A JICA (Japanese Development) funded program which began in Japan after the second world war, OVOP promotes community entrepreneurship in various parts of the world. In Malawi the program is vast, shown here are two communities who grow their raw materials and process them to make a unique product which they sell at profit. Processing and creating a product allows them to create value on raw materials that would otherwise have sold for very little in a very competitive world market. The...
more »A JICA (Japanese Development) funded program which began in Japan after the second world war, OVOP promotes community entrepreneurship in various parts of the world. In Malawi the program is vast, shown here are two communities who grow their raw materials and process them to make a unique product which they sell at profit. Processing and creating a product allows them to create value on raw materials that would otherwise have sold for very little in a very competitive world market. The first village grows sunflower seeds and groundnuts, and makes high quality cooking oil. The second village harvests cane, and makes furniture from it.
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