A training session on the manufacture of products from date palm waste started on Monday for 15 women members of the Wifak group in the locality of Nouil delegation Douz-sud.

In a statement to TAP news agency, Abdelkarim Maali, the regional commissioner for handicrafts, said this training was organised within the framework of Tunisian-Swiss cooperation, adding that a similar session had already been organised in the town of Douz.

The aim of the training is to use oasis waste to make boxes for collecting agricultural produce, he added.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse