USAID Specialty Coffee Program
Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships To Increase Coffee Growers’ Incomes The USAID Specialty Coffee Program in Colombia assisted over 30,000 farmers to …
Azerbaijan SME Support through Financial Sector Development Project
Improving The Legal And Regulatory Framework Of Azerbaijan’s Financial Sector After the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan faced a …
Azerbaijan Enterprise Development & Training Program
Developing capacity of local supply chain for a private sector client in Azerbaijan In 2007 BP, with its co-venturers in …
Sustainable Cocoa for Farmers
Developing a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable cocoa industry The USAID-supported Vietnam Sustainable Cocoa for Farmers (SCF) project was a …
Colombia ACIP Participants Showcase Traditional Songs at International Theater Festival
In March, Afro-Colombian singers from the northwestern Chocó region captivated audiences with their alabaos, or sacred burial songs, at the Ibero-American …
Sell More For More
Smallholder farmers have difficulty accessing markets due to limited product volume and inconsistent quality. Belonging to a well-managed group can link farmers to these markets. Sell More For More (SMFM) empowers farmer cooperatives and aggregators to develop marketing plans and meet buyer specifications. SMFM develops the capacity of these groups to sell more product for more income.
M4
M4 empowers farmer-based organizations (FBOs) to assess their performance and to identify improvements along the four areas of membership, marketing, money, and management. Many assessments are complicated, expensive, and not directly meaningful to FBO leaders. The M4 assessment provides an open and transparent process for members to quickly reach consensus on their priorities.
Philippines MinPACT Supports Coconut, Cocoa, and Coffee Sectors
The four-year USDA Food for Progress Mindanao Productivity in Agricultural Commerce and Trade (MinPACT) project increases the incomes of smallholder …
World Coffee Conference in Ethiopia Explores Culture and Diversity in Coffee
Some 1,200 coffee stakeholders from around the world attended the International Coffee Organization’s (ICO) World Coffee Conference in Addis Ababa, …
Center for Global Development Hosts Private Sector and Gender Equality Discussion
Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff joined Unilever’s Tom Langan and CGD’s Mayra Buvinic for a lively and …
Agro Horizon Sponsors International Agro Expo in Kyrgyzstan
The three-day Ferghana Valley International Agro Expo brought together over 4,000 attendees from the southern regions of Kyrgyzstan and neighboring …
Ethiopia FEED II Boosts Rural Households’ Resilience to El Niño-Induced Drought
A flash of hope shines amidst the devastating drought and looming food shortages currently afoot in Ethiopia: ACDI/VOCA’s Feed Enhancement …
