Storage Centers Improve Crop Shelf Life and Profits for Kyrgyz Business Owners

Farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic are learning just how much more income they can earn by extending the shelf life …

Big Small Businesses Project Supports Young Agricultural Producers in Serbia for More Profitable Farming

Today, fewer young Serbians are willing to stay on their family farms and make a living in agriculture. The agriculture …

Promoting Artificial Insemination for Improved Cattle Production in the Kyrgyz Republic

Livestock remains a significant part of the agricultural economy in the Kyrgyz Republic, especially in the south. Sheep, goats, cattle, …

Kyrgyz Entrepreneur Expands Her Garlic Business with USAID Support 

Janylai Kaparova continues to expand her business by processing wild garlic (Allium ursinum, also known as “bear garlic”) in the …

Upgrading Local Rice Threshing to Support Half a Million Dollars in Rice Production

USAID Laos Microenterprise Provides Grants for Modern Agricultural Equipment Rice is the main food crop in Laos’ Xiengkhouang Province. In …

USAID Project in Serbia Expands New Revolving Fund Model to Benefit SMEs

In Serbia, the Big Small Business Project (Projekat Velika Mala Privreda) operates on the premise that with the right support …

300 Filipino Youth Form 4H Club with USDA And Local Support

In Tagbina, a town located in the Philippines’s Surigao del Sur, 300 young coffee farmers and students organized themselves as …

Q&A with Program Leader in the Philippines on Transforming Cooperatives into Agri-Businesses

Alfred Allaga is country director of the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) in the Philippines, funded by USAID and led by …

Poultry Farmer Scales Up Business and Overcomes Challenges of Living in Remote Northern Kenya

Sora Abayo, a farmer from Moyale Town in Kenya’s Marsabit County, began keeping chickens in 2007 as a source of …

USAID Laos Microenterprise Stimulates Systemic Changes in Maize Sector Through Access to Loans

In the Xiengkhouang Province, maize is the main cash crop in three of the seven districts, due to high demand …

Boosting Tea Profits for Ethnic Farmers in Myanmar

Shwin Chang Lone Co., Ltd. (SCL) has been in the tea business for over 30 years. In 2001, they started …

41 Philippine Co-Ops Team Up with USAID’s Cooperative Development Program

This post is authored by Felipe Cook, a Leland Fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center working with ACDI/VOCA. On September …