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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Veld Products Research and Development
PO Box 2020
Gaborone
Botswana
Email: enquiries@veldproducts.org
Website: www.veldproducts.org
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
Veld Products Research & Development [VPR&D], is a Botswana-based Non-Governmental Organisation
[NGO], established in 1981 to research and develop a wide range of veld products and
to investigate suitable management systems for natural resources in order to ensure sustainable utilisation.
Veld products include foods, medicines, craft materials, tannins, gums, resins, dyes, essential oils,
florist materials, ornamental plants, insects, horns, hides, skins and many other renewable natural
resources.
MISSION STATEMENT
To undertake research and development projects in partnership with rural communities and households
to improve their quality of life through the sustainable utilisation and managementof veld
resources.
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