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PUM has served over 40,000 customers since 1978. Over the years therefore, we have collected thousands of stories and best practices. Do you want to be inspired? Please read the stories below.

	Positive future prospects for Vietnamese entrepreneur	Read more
	PUM volunteer advises dairy farmers worldwide Gerrit Nijboer has just returned from India; at the end of last year, he completed a research visit to dairy farmers in Morocco.	Read more
	Clean drinking water for rural regions in Colombia One in four Colombians living in the countryside does not have access to clean drinking water according to WaterAid.	Read more
	Innovation and quality thanks to skilled technicians in Lebanon Lebanon is a country with great contrasts: on the mountains there is snow, and the coast has a Mediterranean climate. The country is characterized by wealth and poverty: expensive cars but also slums.	Read more
	Hospitality training offers Mali’s youth the opportunity to work “Is it safe?” Klaas Frens Luning wondered when PUM asked him to do an advisory mission in Mali.	Read more
	Bees that expel elephants BREDA - Expelling elephants that destroy Sri Lankan agricultural areas with bees. That is the goal of a project involving two people from Breda. A delegation would leave for the Asian country earlier this month.	Read more
	Special collaboration with Nobel Prize winner PUM expert Akkie Okma recently had a very special performance in Manila in the Philippines.	Read more
	Ethiopia works on ‘own’ apple with PUM’s help The Ethiopian apple is on the rise. Kifle, a passionate entrepreneur from Addis Ababa, annually produces around 10,000 seeds from a combination of three apple varieties. He then sells them to farmers in the region.	Read more
	Responding effectively to growth PUM is particularly active in helping entrepreneurs of commercial companies. For example, these are organisations that ask for help with improving their business operations, organisational structure, and sales strategies.	Read more
	Dutch horticulture in the tropics On behalf of PUM, Jos Janssen recently completed an advisory mission to Basic Necessity.	Read more

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