Agricultural Development & Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Project
Transforming the Agricultural Sector Through Increased Competitiveness The Ghana Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) II project supports the …
Tech Company Grant Boosts Ghanaian Agricultural Radio Broadcasting
The USAID-funded Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement II (ADVANCE II) project works with radio stations to disseminate relevant and …
Agribusiness Systems International Awarded Grant to Expand Mobile Money Technology in Ghana
An affiliate of ACDI/VOCA, Agribusiness Systems International, is partnering with Tigo Cash, a mobile money provider, and OpenRevolution, an international …
USAID Learning Event Marks Farmer-to-Farmer 30th Anniversary
Former and current Farmer-to-Farmer volunteers, implementing partners, and F2F’s “father,” former 13-term Nebraska Congressman Mr. Douglas Bereuter, gathered in Washington, …
ACDI/VOCA F2F Volunteer Helps Ghana Farmers’ Group Build Capacity to Increase Incomes
In central Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region, the Busunya Cashew Farmers’ Group exemplifies how capacity development can positively impact farming communities. …
Feed the Future Helps World Feed Itself
Since 1990, the number of hungry people in the world has been cut in half. Since 2009, Feed the Future …
Scaling Up Private-Sector Investment in Value Chains in Ghana
The USAID ADVANCE project, implemented by ACDI/VOCA, supports the scaling up of private-sector investment and involvement in the maize, rice, …
Liberian Women’s Co-op Increases Income and Food Security
The Gbehlay Geh Rural Women Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society (GRWFMCS) is a women-managed cooperative in east-central Liberia. The cooperative has …
Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Helps Ghanaian Cashew Cooperative
Located in central Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region, the Busunya Cashew Farmers’ Cooperative (BCFC) is a perfect example of how the …
New Technology Turns Mobile Phone into Mobile Wallet in Ghana
When you ask farming entrepreneur John Nante Muyo if he’d rather carry a wallet full of Ghanaian cedi or his …
Women Farmers in Ghana Gain Greater Access to Land
Although women do most of the agricultural work worldwide, they own very little of the land they farm. In Africa, …
2015: International Year of Soils
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), soil is responsible for 95 percent of our food production, and yet …
