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Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Helps Moroccan Women’s Cooperative Enter Global Markets

For over three decades, the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program has helped farmers and agribusinesses in developing countries raise incomes and adopt new technologies. ACDI/VOCA was the original Farmer-to-Farmer Program implementer. We have mobilized more than …

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NIS Farmer-to-Farmer II

This program supported the development of private farming and agribusiness systems in the NIS by providing technical assistance from U.S. cooperative specialists. The program focused on strengthening member-owned and -controlled service enterprises and im …

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Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer from Ohio Helps Design Free-Stall Barn in Armenia

Many Armenian farmers realize that new technologies and practices are necessary if they want to improve their productivity and compete in local and international markets. The same is true of Armenian dairy farmers, like Armen Ghazaryan. Armen knew he need …

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The Feed the Future, Farmer-to-Farmer Connection

Do you know the important connection that exists between USAID’s global Feed the Future initiative and the volunteer program Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F)? Many don’t. Building food security and ending global hunger requires input, energy, resources, informa …

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Q&A With Volunteer Entomologist from Illinois on His Farmer-to-Farmer Experience

Sen Seong is an entomologist based in Gurnee, Illinois, and a recurring volunteer with ACDI/VOCA’s Farmer-to-Farmer Program, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Read our Q&A with Sen below and learn more about h …

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Kyrgyzstani Orchard Farmer Shares What She Learned From Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer

Fruit production employs more than 35,000 people in the Kyrgyz Republic’s Issyk-Kul Oblast, where more than 1,000 hectares of land is covered by orchards. The export potential of this industry is considerable. But many farmers lack basic knowledge of pru …

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Georgian Cheesemaker Expands His Business with Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Assistance

Entrepreneur Gocha Gagashvili started his milk collecting and cheese production business in 2008 in the small village of Kurdgelauri in Georgia’s Kakheti Region. Almost a decade later, in 2017, he welcomed Steve Morgan, a U.S. volunteer with ACDI/VOCA’ …

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A Family Affair: Father and Son Volunteer for Farmer-to-Farmer

In the past three years, I have completed 17 volunteer assignments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With 20 years of experience as a farmer and 30 years of experience as an agriculture professor in Hawaii, I have a lot of knowledge to share about agricu …

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Former Syngenta Employee Volunteers with Farmer-to-Farmer in Liberia

For 20 years, Julia Moore’s father, Bill Eyman, traveled the world as an ACDI/VOCA volunteer for USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program and assisted local farmers on 29 different assignments in developing countries. When his daughter retired from Synge …

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Woman Expands Poultry Farming Business with USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Technical Assistance

Victorine Bujakera is a farmer and member of a cooperative called the Coopérative des Fermiers de Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She is a nurse by training, but for the last 10 years has raised poultry at home with her husband. She be …

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Chocolove Founder Reflects on Formative Farmer-To-Farmer Volunteer Service

Chocolatier Timothy Moley, founder and owner of sustainably sourced chocolate company Chocolove, completed nine USAID Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignments. His volunteerism took him to Indonesia, Guatemala, India, and the Dominican Republic. Moley credit …

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West Africa Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F)

Offering Technical Assistance in Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, and DRC

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