Congress Mandates USAID to Broaden Gender Approach
On January 9, 2019, the President signed into law the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (S. 3247). The act …
What Adaptive Management Means to Me—in Market Systems & Beyond
Q&A with Sergio E. Rivas (right), chief of party of the USAID Transforming Market Systems activity in Honduras Q: Tell …
Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity: Expanding and Diversifying Economic Opportunities
This Landscape Assessment and Analysis: Capital Supply and Demand in Northern Kenya was originally published in November 2018.
Women Farmers Increase Onion Production & Family Income in Burkina Faso
Small-scale market gardening, especially onion production, has become an important income-generating activity for women in Zorkoum, a village central Burkina …
Boosting Food Self-Sufficiency and Household Income in Paraguay
In 2017, a severe storm damaged the home and livelihood of Sonia Hortigosa, 35, who lives in Caracarai, in southeastern …
Helping Women Forge Their Own Paths Out of Extreme Poverty in Kenya
In traditionally patriarchal societies like those in Northern Kenya, women continue to face entrenched gender biases and inequalities that limit …
Volunteer Firefighters in Paraguay Protect and Prepare Communities
Alcides Aguilera is a teacher of physical education and the Guarani language in the city of Caazapá, but he is …
Mozambican Entrepreneur Opens Nursery to Cultivate Seeds and Customers
Roughly 80 kilometers outside of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city, smallholder farmers like Jaime Alberto Tila are looking for ways to …
Integrating the 5Rs Framework into the Transforming Market System (TMS) Activity Design, Implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in Honduras
This publication was originally published by USAID Learning Lab. It was produced in collaboration with Dexis Consulting Group and USAID/Honduras. This case story …
Celebrating a Renewed Commitment to U.S. Leadership in Global Food Security
We sincerely applaud bipartisan congressional leaders for the recent enactment of the Global Food Security Act (GFSA). At the height …
Market Connections Signal a Brighter Future for Farmers in Bangladesh
Tahmina, who lives in the village of Galachipa in the Barguna District of southwestern Bangladesh, first started farming after one …
