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Village One Product Programme (OVOP) is
a community-centered and demand-driven
regional economic development approach
initiated by Oita Prefecture in Japan
in the 1970s. The uniqueness of the approach
is that they intended to achieve their
regional economic development through
adding value to products using locally
available resources through
Processing, quality control and marketing.
At the time other regions in Japan relied
on external resources, such as budgetary
support from central government and huge
investment by private companies for their
economic growth. Following symbolic slogans
of OVOP in Oita namely 'Think Globally
Act Locally', 'Self-Reliance with creative
spirit' and 'human resource centered Development'
Oita prefecture has been showing fairly
stable development and progress for the
last few decades
Further
detail
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Baobab
Jam, a Product from Khumbo Oil Refinery,
Michiru Blantyre . The Group was
awarded a Hiramatsu Internation
OVOP Promotion Award in November
2008 at an OVOP Seminar in China.
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Cassava
Flour, a product from Nankhaka Cassava
Association in Lilongwe and Rumphi
Cassava Association. |
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