Leather expert to share sheep strategy

05/11/2008

Anpovinos, a sheep farmers' association in the northwest region of Brazil's São Paulo state, will host an open day on November 22, with leather at the top of the agenda.

The main address on the day will be delivered by economist and leather expert Creusa Marlene Batista. The founder and coordinator of Brazil's leather quality programme, and the former head of a quality improvement project for leather at the country's external trade agency, Apex, Ms Batista has given her talk the title, 'How to make money from sheep leather'.