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USAID ADVANCE Facilitates Farmers’ Access to Finance
The smallholder farmers who participate in the USAID ADVANCE project no longer have to struggle to find credit for their …

ADVANCE Boosts Yields and Smallholders’ Incomes through Agricultural Radio Programming
Through radio programming, USAID ADVANCE is introducing some 25,000 smallholder farmers to innovative technologies and agricultural best practices, including row …

USAID ADVANCE Scales Up Mobile Financial Services for Farmers
USAID ADVANCE is supporting the maize, rice, and soybean value chains in northern Ghana to achieve food security. As part …

ACDI/VOCA Joins Coffee Quality Institute and Allies in Gender Equity Research Initiative
Women in Ethiopia sort through coffee beans at coffee-washing stations. Next time you brew your morning cup of coffee, take …

2015: International Year of Soils
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), soil is responsible for 95 percent of our food production, and yet …

Agrodealer in Kenya Puts Customer First to Serve More Livestock Owners
Lucy Katap Lemantile, a community animal health worker in Oldonyiro, Kenya, opened her agrovet shop in 2011 to serve neighboring …

African Institutions Build Organizational Capacity with Help from AIIM-Assist
When USAID/East Africa announced the first Annual Program Statement (APS) under the African Institutions Innovation Mechanism (AIIM) initiative in 2012, …

Workforce Training Creates Opportunities for Afro-Colombian Women
ACIP Job Placement Activity in Cali Opens Doors Automotive training may not be the first thing that many young women …

Opening Career Opportunities for Youth in Colombia
Workforce Training Links Barranquilla Youth to Health Care Jobs Juana Karina Erazo may not be a doctor yet, but with …