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IESC’s 2022 Annual Report
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Empowering Aspiring Chefs to Thrive in North Macedonia’s Culinary Industry
Recipe for Success: Cooking Skills, Soft Skills, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset
With aprons on and utensils in hand, ten young aspiring chefs eagerly immersed…
TOMECO, a Champion of Change
Le Quy Kha, Chairman of TOMECO An Khang (right), discusses barcode and traceability application with the company’s Head of Continuous Factory ImprovementPhoto courtesy: Tran Luong Thai, TOMECO An Khang
Small and medium enterprises in Vietnam were hit hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and TOMECO An Khang is no…
read moreFarmer Field Schools Promote Successful Application of Food Safety Knowledge
Luis Peña exhibiting the freshness of his bell pepper crops.
P&T Valley Farms is a newly established family-owned company in the Dominican Republic (DR) located near the border with Haiti. Managed by Luis Peña, the company’s business plan is to switch from traditional crops such as…
read moreF2F volunteers rescue a community bank from financial instability by helping to reduce the bank’s non-performing loan ratio
Mufindi Community Bank PLC (MuCoBa) was established in 1998 to provide financial services to low-income and self-employed people in Tanzania. By providing affordable and favorable loan terms and conditions to the underserved people of the Mufindi and neighboring districts, MuCoBa fills a gap in access to finance for…
IESC and Partner Kansas State University Strengthen Paraguay’s Food Laboratories
Each year, “unsafe food causes 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 420,000 deaths” worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. As Paraguay depends on agricultural goods for more than 72.6 percent of its total exports, quality testing in line with international standards can help identify and control food safety risks.
In 2020 and 2021,…
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