Explore stories of project success and global impact, of lives changed, communities transformed, and resilience strengthened.
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Engaging Women Makes Business Sense: Stories from Southern Bangladesh
Bangladeshi women face disadvantages in many aspects of their lives, including economic opportunities that could generate more income and food …
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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 …
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Producer Organizations Unleash Productivity with NAFAKA II Project
Moses Msafiri, 35, is a farmer and father of two from the village of Chisano in the Kilombero District of …
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Egyptian Onion Farmer Triples Earnings with AMAL Project Support
After graduating from an agricultural technical school in Egypt, Sedki spent 10 years struggling with his small, reclaimed, mountain-side plot …
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Trail Mix Is Having a Moment Thanks to Kyrgyz Youth-owned Business
The market research was clear. So far, no one in Kyrgyzstan was packaging dried fruit and nuts as trail mix, …
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Tanzania NAFAKA II Project Helps Farmers Combat Fall Armyworm
Amos Ndaso, a 30-year-old agriculture advisor from the village of Mkombilenga, had the opportunity to receive training in how to …
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Sunflower Oil Now Grown and Made in Bangladesh
Farmers living in coastal Bangladesh have always found it difficult to grow oil seed crops because of the soil’s high …
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From Housewife to Farmer: Egypt AMAL Project Trains Women
Zeinab Mohamed El-Adly is an ordinary woman from Upper Egypt who knew how to take care of her household, but …
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Women Drive Change in Burkina Faso
In the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso, senior male household members make most of the family decisions about income, land, …
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Mother Leaders Strengthen Village Health in Burkina Faso
Messages of health are spreading in Koulogho village, found in the Center-North region of Burkina Faso. Abibou Ouedraogo, 26, is …
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Access to Credit Empowers Women in Burkina Faso
Traditional agricultural practices in the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso have often led to low yields of millet, cowpea, sorghum, …
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Expanding Incomes for Small-scale Poultry Producers in Burkina Faso
Passingbamba Zoré was still in his twenties a couple years ago when he started a poultry raising business. A hardworking …