Cluster Access to Business Services (CABS) Program in Rural Azerbaijan, Semi-Annual No. 9 for the Period of July 1, 2006-December 31, 2006

摘要

In the current quarter, the CABS team continued its successful expansion to the Central and Northern Regions of the country. Here the program concentrated its efforts on empowering recently formed clusters, as well as developing new clusters; introducing new dairy production inputs as well as updating support service providers skills. During the implementation period from July to December 2006, key focal points for the Mercy Corps team were: (1) Monitoring the performance of the farmer clusters; (2) Developing clusters in a new geographical Region in the North: Gusar, and (3) Providing additional guidelines and connections with service providers for the clusters and veterinary networks.