Reset

The Dirty Secret of Volunteering: You Get More than You Give 

Thank you, Peace Corps. In 1975, serendipity led me to you via an anonymous want ad touting “Teaching Positions Overseas.” An application and …

Boosting Incomes through Farmer Field Schools in Jamaica

Learning Farming as a Business in Jamaica

Cassava Farmers Join in Red Stripe Beer’s Jamaican Pride and Profits

Volunteering through Generations: How a Wisconsin Family Supports Armenian Farmers

After first hearing about the Farmer-to-Farmer Program in 1994, John Bobbe eagerly signed up to volunteer in Poland. The program, …

AV Ventures Partners Locally to Bring Impact Investing to the Kyrgyz Republic’s Missing Middle

In the Kyrgyz Republic, as in many emerging or developing countries, large firms attract investors with deep pockets, while smaller …

Cassava Farmers Join in Red Stripe Beer’s Jamaican Pride & Profits

Charmaine Blair-Stewart has been managing her 11.5-acre farm in the St. Thomas Parish of Jamaica since her husband died suddenly …

Engaging Jamaican Youth in Agriculture through Farming as a Business

Oliver Creightney, 29, arrived at a church in Morant Bay in Jamaica’s St. Thomas Parish to mark his graduation from …

|

Laos Microenterprise Supported by USAID

Background Narrative Laos Microenterprise, a five-year activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will strengthen the …

Healthy, Happy Goats: A Volunteer’s Story from Ghana

Following an extremely rewarding career with the United States Agency for International Development, I decided to focus my time on …

Amazonian Seed Stars in Reconciliation Efforts in Colombia

Sacha inchi, known as the Inca peanut, was first cultivated by the Incas more than 3,000 years ago in the …

Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise (PhilCAFE)

ACDI/VOCA implemented the $17 million USDA Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise (PhilCAFE) project from September 2018 through December 2023. …