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USAID Project in Serbia Expands New Revolving Fund Model to Benefit SMEs
In Serbia, the Big Small Business Project (Projekat Velika Mala Privreda) operates on the premise that with the right support …
300 Filipino Youth Form 4H Club with USDA And Local Support
In Tagbina, a town located in the Philippines’s Surigao del Sur, 300 young coffee farmers and students organized themselves as …
Q&A with Program Leader in the Philippines on Transforming Cooperatives into Agri-Businesses
Alfred Allaga is country director of the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) in the Philippines, funded by USAID and led by …
Boosting Tea Profits for Ethnic Farmers in Myanmar
Shwin Chang Lone Co., Ltd. (SCL) has been in the tea business for over 30 years. In 2001, they started …
41 Philippine Co-Ops Team Up with USAID’s Cooperative Development Program
This post is authored by Felipe Cook, a Leland Fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center working with ACDI/VOCA. On September …
A Look at USAID’s Indigenous Peoples & Afro-Colombian Empowerment Activity
Ethnic inclusion directly impacts Colombia’s sustainable development. Studies have shown that countries can increase their GDP by US$2.1 trillion every …
Sergio Rivas Named President of Tanager
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2022 — Sergio Rivas was appointed to the role of President of Tanager on …
USAID and Honduran Government Obtain 500 Temporary Jobs for Honduran Agricultural Workers in Spain
Spanish authorities recently notified Honduras’s Secretaria de Trabajo y Seguridad Social of a request for 500 agricultural workers from Honduras to …
How a Women’s Cooperative is Leading the Way for Specialty Coffee in the Philippines
The foothills of Mount Apo are home to the Philippines’s growing specialty coffee industry. Specialty coffee is at the heart …
How a Pair of Eyeglasses Can Improve Incomes for Women in Rural Laos
Eyeglasses were invented roughly 700 years ago, but today an estimated 2.5 billion people lack the corrective lenses they need …
ACDI/VOCA Awarded the Feed the Future Tanzania Kilimo Tija Activity
We are pleased to announce that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has named ACDI/VOCA to lead the Feed …
Colombia’s First Vice President and Ambassador of Afro-Descent Align with USAID and ACDI/VOCA’s Inclusion Efforts
History was made in Colombia this year. After protests riddled the country in 2021, the new president-elect Gustavo Petro, as …
