
Including Wage Labor in Value Chain Analyses: A Guide
Overview Labor is both an input to the value chain and a source of income for individuals, making it doubly …

LEO Report No. 46: Youth Engagement in Agricultural Value Chains across Feed the Future
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As global youth populations and unemployment swell to unprecedented levels, it is comforting to imagine the development of …

37th World Food Day on October 16 Focuses on Climate Change
The United Nations established World Food Day in 1979 to celebrate the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) …

Theory of Change Adaptive Learning and Validation Program (TALV)
RELATED NEWS See More Summary Many international development projects develop a Theory of Change (TOC) to identify how activities, outputs, …

LEO Summary of Activities
Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) was a three-year contract to support programming that fosters inclusive growth through markets. Building on USAID’s …

Pope Francis Addresses World Food Programme and Encourages Fight Toward Zero Hunger
Pope Francis addressed the 2016 annual meeting of the United Nations’ World Food Programme today in Rome. He urged the …

Global Cooperative Development Program II (CDP II)
Increasing Farmer Linkages to LOCAL, REGIONAL, GLOBAL Markets RELATED NEWS See More Summary ACDI/VOCA was awarded the Cooperative Development Program …

Profit Planner Featured in IFC Lending Guide
Profit Planner, a Signature Tool from ACDI/VOCA, was highlighted as part of a “robust lending methodology” within the recently published …