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USDA-Ghana Poultry Project Ends, Critical Activities Continue

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), which began in 2015, closed in December 2021, but …

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Feed the Future Ghana Trade and Investment Activity

The aim of the USAID/Ghana Feed the Future Ghana Trade and Investment (GTI) Activity is to integrate the principles of …

Feed the Future Ethiopia Alliance to Accelerate Agricultural Growth

Ethiopian grain farmers are locked into a vicious poverty cycle driven by low productivity due to low-quality seed, manual cultivation, …

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Q&A with Bangladesh-Based Volunteer Supporting Entrepreneurs in Zambia

Ahmed Towsif is an entrepreneur based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a first-time volunteer with ACDI/VOCA. We talked to Ahmed about …

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Are We Too Focused on Access to Credit? Agent Banks Boost Resiliency during COVID-19 Pandemic

In early 2020, the Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops Activity began an assessment to understand how the …

Q&A With U.S.-Based, Remote Volunteer Supporting Zambian Business Owners

Zhuoting Xie is a recent graduate of the Brandeis University International Business School, where she earned a master’s degree in …

Cooperative Development Program

The activity advances cooperative development knowledge in different contexts, while aligning with CDP’s IRs and the missions’ Country Development Cooperation …

Q&A with U.S.-Based Volunteer Supporting Impact Investing in West Africa

Camille Accad is a financial expert who works with several subsidiaries and assists with capital markets transactions. Read about Camille’s …

Feed the Future Honduras Sustainable Agribusiness Activity

The Feed the Future Honduras Sustainable Agribusiness Activity will strengthen targeted value chains and create sustainable economic opportunities in Honduras …

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Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity

The Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition (LAN) Activity is a five-year, $20.5M activity and a follow-on to the …

USAID Zambia EDGE Activity Brings Asset-Based Financing to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Building linkages and business relationships between asset leasing companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one area of focus …

Kyrgyzstan’s Kupuev Academy Raises $700,000 from ACDI/VOCA Impact Investing Subsidiaries AV Ventures & AV Frontiers

Kupuev Academy, a private, progressive school located in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, announced that it has raised $700,000 in financing. The investment …