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, …
ACDI/VOCA Returns to Cooperative Roots to Usher in Professional Farmer Organization Guidelines
Global hunger is on the rise for the third year in a row due to extreme climate events, an ever-expanding …
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 …
Women Farmers Increase Onion Production & Family Income in Burkina Faso
Small-scale market gardening, especially onion production, has become an important income-generating activity for women in Zorkoum, a village central Burkina …
Helping Women Forge Their Own Paths Out of Extreme Poverty in Kenya
In traditionally patriarchal societies like those in Northern Kenya, women continue to face entrenched gender biases and inequalities that limit …
ACDI/VOCA and Corteva Sign Global Partnership to Empower Smallholder Farmers Worldwide
ACDI/VOCA has signed a global memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Corteva Agriscience, the Agriculture Division of DowDupont, a global producer …
Lessons from Eight Years of the Cooperative Development Program
A few years ago, I was looking over a bank statement and discovered that my bank had taken to charging …
One Female Farmer’s Journey to Resilience Through the Bangladeshi Sunflower Sector
Mossammat Amena Khatun’s daily routine is like most women’s in the South Dalchara village of southwestern Bangladesh. She eats breakfast …
This 27-Year-Old Ghanaian Is Changing Perceptions Around Youth and Agriculture
Despite the many strategies adopted by the Government of Ghana and other stakeholders to attract youth to the agriculture sector, …
NAFAKA Project Brings New Fertilizer Technology to Zanzibar Rice Farmers
Using fertilizer continues to be one of the best ways to improve crop yields for smallholder farmers. Higher yields mean …
ACDI/VOCA Turns 55 on July 12, 2018
Since 1963, ACDI/VOCA has expanded economic opportunities by tackling intractable development problems. The Humphrey Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act …
