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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 …

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 …

Q&A with Leland Fellow Championing Food Security in Bangladesh

Jini Kades served as a 2019 to 2021 fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center’s Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship. She …

Engaging the Private Sector Series: Five Building Blocks of Transformational Partnerships

ACDI/VOCA recently hosted a technical exchange focused on transformational partnerships. While the purpose of this exchange was to share examples …

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Q&A with U.S. Volunteer Supporting Laotian Farmers Virtually

Dana Dutcher is an international development specialist based in Washington, D.C., and a first-time volunteer with ACDI/VOCA. She supported USAID …

Pride Month Blog Series: Experts Discuss Opportunities for Expanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Agriculture and Market Systems Development

This Pride Month, we explore why the inclusion of LGBTQ+ populations matters in global development. In previous blogs, we discussed …

Pride Month Q&A: Experts Discuss Challenges and Opportunities for Collecting LGBTQ+ Data

This Pride Month, we explore why the inclusion of LGBTQ+ populations matters in global development from the perspective of international …

Three Ways to Move Toward Regenerative Food Systems

Healthy ecosystems form the bedrock of our survival and well-being. They provide us with essential goods, including food, fodder, fresh …

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Pride Month Blog Series: Why the Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Populations in Agriculture and Market Systems Matters, Part 2

This June marks Pride Month, a celebration of the advancement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) rights and …

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Pride Month Blog Series: Why the Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Populations in Agriculture and Market Systems Matters, Part 1

This June marks Pride Month, a celebration of the advancement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) rights and …

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Making Markets Inclusive: Tips for Advancing Inclusion Through Co-Creation with the Private Sector, Part 2

Many agricultural market systems development (MSD) programs have been turning their attention toward the inclusion of women, youth, and other marginalized groups …