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acdi/voca 2017 photo contest

Voting Now Open in Annual ACDI/VOCA Photo Contest

  ACDI/VOCA’s Communications & Outreach (C&O) division is excited to announce voting has begun in its annual photo contest. C&O …

ACDI/VOCA Ethiopia FEED II dairy cows

FEED II Helps Ethiopian Smallholder Dairy Farmers Thrive

In 2012, Wegayehu Zenebe was one of 10 smallholder dairy farmers who made up the Selam Dairy Cooperative in Wondo …

Ethiopia Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (AMSAP)

Improving the Maize Value Chain Through Public-Private Partnerships Background ACDI/VOCA implemented USAID’s three-year Feed the Future Ethiopia Advanced Maize Seed …

ACDI/VOCA Senegal

Development Works

I recently passed my 40th anniversary of joining the Peace Corps and going off to discover Africa. Ever since, I’ve …

Youth trolley salesman

Kenya REGAL-AG Boosts Employment Among Youth

Eliud Muchai serving a customer camel meat sausages in Isiolo town.    Not even the high temperatures, or the wind …

ACDI/VOCA Ghana USAID ADVANCE Brochure Image

Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement II (ADVANCE II) Brochure

The Feed the Future USAID Ghana Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) II Activity is committed to optimizing business …

Ghanian farmer, advance, mobile money

Helping Ghanaian Farmers Grow Businesses Using Digital Financial Services

Ghana ADVANCE II Techiman Maize tradersTechiman Maize traders

Field Notes from Ghana: Part II

It’s so hard to believe that I have only been working with the farmers of the Techiman Maize Traders Association …

Kenya Regal-Ag ACDI/VOCA Samuel

Upgraded Market Becomes Hub of Activity in Kenya’s Arid Lands

Samuel Lekorima, an LMA member In the past, markets in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties were simple affairs: an open space …

ACDI/VOCA volunteer visits group of Ghanaian wommen

Field Notes from Ghana

Volunteering has been a way of life since my early childhood. I grew up watching my parents volunteer within the …

uganda rwanu ambassador visit

U.S. Ambassador Visits RWANU Project Participants in Southern Karamoja

On January 31, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac and USAID/Uganda Mission Director Mark Meassick visited southern Karamoja to meet …

Rwanda trio with maize

Rwanda Maize Supply Chain Project

Background Narrative International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Heineken created the Rwanda Maize Supply Chain (RMSC) project to improve the quality …