REGAL-AG Elevates Investments in Kenya’s Neglected Zones
Pastoral communities in northern Kenya’s Isiolo and Marsabit counties suffer from frequent droughts and the effects of climate change. On …
Former Syngenta Employee Volunteers with Farmer-to-Farmer in Liberia
For 20 years, Julia Moore’s father, Bill Eyman, traveled the world as an ACDI/VOCA volunteer for USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program …
Agro Horizon Partners with Banks to Support Kyrgyz Farmers
Farmers in rural regions of Kyrgyzstan often lack access to the banking system because of the remote areas in which …
Agro Horizon Helps Kyrgyz Farmers Unite with Private Sector to Revive Milk Production in Harsh Winters
Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a dairy farmer in Gairat village, with her family’s cows Following tradition in Kyrgyzstan, Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a 23-year-old …
Ja REEACH II Farmers to Cultivate Cassava for Red Stripe in Jamaica
Red Stripe, the world-famous beer maker, will engage 200 more farmers in cultivating cassava under its Project Grow initiative in …
Woman Expands Poultry Farming Business with USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Technical Assistance
Victorine Bujakera is a farmer and member of a cooperative called the Coopérative des Fermiers de Kinshasa in the Democratic …
RWANU Brings Financial Inclusion to Karamoja, Uganda
For men and women in southern Karamoja in northeastern Uganda, accessing financial services is a challenge. Few financial institutions exist …
Ghanaian Women Thrive Under Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA)
In 2015, the women of Kpanashe in northern Ghana first learned about the concept of Village Savings and Loan Associations …
ACDI/VOCA Volunteer Evaluates Assets for Ghana Poultry Company
In April, I arrived home from Ghana after completing an ACDI/VOCA volunteer assignment with the USAID-funded West Africa Farmer-to-Farmer Program …
MinPACT Workshop Trains Filipino Chocolate Makers
Raymond Major, a forty-year veteran of the chocolate confectionery industry, arrived in Davao City, in the Philippines, to find nearly …
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 …
