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Impact Investing Report Includes ACDI/VOCA Ethiopia Case Study
ACDI/VOCA AND OTHER INGOS PURSUE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MARKET-DRIVEN MEANS The INGO Impact Investing Network, of which ACDI/VOCA is an …
Monitoring & Evaluation Staff Gather in Ghana for Learning Workshop
EVENT ENCOURAGES CROSS POLLINATION OF IDEAS AND HIGHLIGHTS VALUE OF M&E Thirty-five ACDI/VOCA Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) staffers from 14 …
Supporting Food Security and Ebola Recovery in Liberia
The Liberian Agricultural Upgrading, Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH) project, a Title II, Multi Year Assistance Program (MYAP), concludes this …
Pope Francis Addresses World Food Programme and Encourages Fight Toward Zero Hunger
Pope Francis addressed the 2016 annual meeting of the United Nations’ World Food Programme today in Rome. He urged the …
Kenya REGAL-AG Project Encourages Entrepreneurship and Business Development
The Feed the Future Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands—Accelerated Growth (REGAL-AG) project has been busy of late opening livestock markets …
Tanzania NAFAKA Seed Specialist Wins ACDI/VOCA Photo Contest
After a month of frenzied online voting, we have a winner in ACDI/VOCA’s annual photo contest, organized by the HQ …
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 …
Boosting Food Security and Enhancing Nutrition in Zambia
A quartet of projects and pilots are at work currently in Zambia, striving to boost food security and enhancing nutrition. …
Coffee Builds Community in Colombia
Coffee runs in Solon Arias’s veins. Born into a Kankuamo indigenous family in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, his earliest …
Colombia ACIP Participants Showcase Traditional Songs at International Theater Festival
In March, Afro-Colombian singers from the northwestern Chocó region captivated audiences with their alabaos, or sacred burial songs, at the Ibero-American …
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Increases Food Consumption and Dietary Diversity
The “Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Farmer Training” manual developed for and piloted in Ethiopia by our Agricultural Growth Program-Agribusiness and Market Development …
PROFIT+ Partners with Zambian Commodity Exchange
The USAID Feed the Future Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) project in Zambia has partnered with the Zambian …
