One Year of Increasing Enterprise Competitiveness in the Kyrgyz Republic
This August, the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project celebrated its first-year anniversary since launching in 2018 in a high-profile event that …
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 …
Kyrgyz Tourism, A Woman’s Entrepreneurial Journey
“Being a woman entrepreneur is hard,” said Aisha Mambetalieva, a 36-year-old mother of two, who lives in the small village …
Inspiring Youth in Tanzania to Transform Farming Practices for Themselves & Their Communities
The agriculture sector in Tanzania faces several challenges, including a lack of high-quality inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, and …
Feed the Future Activity in Tanzania Engages Youth in Fight Against Fall Armyworm
Despite Tanzanian youth making up most of the country’s labor force, they are burdened with unemployment and struggle to access …
Bangladesh Cooking Competition to Spur Nutritional Awareness Continues
The first regional round of NutriChamps was held on 27 July 2019 in Jashore, Bangladesh. Twenty students from ten local …
Female Sunflower Farmer Increases Earnings Thanks to New Market Linkages
Lipika Mondol, 36, lives in Dacope, a small upazila, or subdistrict, in the Khulna Division of southern Bangladesh. Her family …
Remarkable Progress, But 820 Million Still Hungry
In the last four decades, the world has gotten incredibly better at addressing food insecurity. Roughly 40 years ago, my …
Feed Enhancement for Ethiopian Development (FEED) III
Background Narrative Ninety percent of crop production is dependent on draft animals. Despite the scale of the livestock industry in …
Unleashing the Potential of Female Agri-Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
Business Accelerator Model Ignites Market Connections and Breaks Social Barriers for Women Few female entrepreneurs in southern Bangladesh take their …
Beacons of Hope Demonstrate Impact of U.S. Investment in Central America
Published by USGLC, July 9, 2019
Private-Sector Partnerships Make Time-Saving Machinery Accessible in Rural Bangladesh
Rice is the most dominant food crop in Bangladesh. It thrives in the country’s coastal southern regions, but it can …
