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 …
Launch of Alliance Agriculture in Nigeria Adds Private Sector to Irrigation Project
On August 9, in Abuja, Nigeria, ACDI/VOCA launched its newest initiative: Alliance Agriculture, a private-sector-led partnership to pilot an integrated …
Luke Pingel Joins Development Nonprofit ACDI/VOCA as New Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
ACDI/VOCA welcomes Luke Pingel as its new chief legal officer (CLO). Mr. Pingel has provided legal guidance to organizations in …
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 …
US Ambassador Recognizes Critical Role of Agro Horizon’s Private-Sector Partners
On June 14 and 15, 2017, Shelia Gwaltney, the United States ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, visited two private-sector partners of ACDI/VOCA’s …
MinPACT Empowers Philippines Farmers to Win Specialty Coffee Title
For the first time in its history, coffee from the Philippines won specialty coffee status when it was cupped and …
RWANU Empowers Northern Ugandan Villages to Build Latrines
In May, Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment declared three villages in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda open-defecation free. …
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 …