Dehradun, Nov. 6 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 1 Nov: Members of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) visited the IFAD-supported Rural Enterprise Acceleration Project (REAP) in Dehradun on Sunday as part of the Board's annual country visit. The visit focused on how rural communities move from production to market: processing, adding value, building brands and finding buyers, with access to finance running through all of it.

They witnessed IFAD-financed work on the ground, especially the initiatives with the Centre for Aromatic Plants (CAP) and the Directorate of Sericulture (DOS), and heard directly from the farmers, entrepreneurs and community institutions involved. The delegation, was we...