Challenging Our Assumptions on How Best to Engage Youth
In 2016, I visited northern Uganda to assess the impact on youth of the Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition …
Building Peace Through Colombia’s Program of Alliances for Reconciliation (PAR)
Last fall, the signing of a peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) …
Livestock Activity Gender Impact Assessment in Uganda
The Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition in Karamoja (RWANU) project is a five-year, $50 million USAID Food for Peace …
Growing Mushrooms in Ghana
Over the last two years, I traveled to the towns of Kumasi, in southern Ghana, and Haasto, near the capital …
Luke Pingel Joins Development Nonprofit ACDI/VOCA as New Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
ACDI/VOCA welcomes Luke Pingel as its new chief legal officer (CLO). Mr. Pingel has provided legal guidance to organizations in …
Agro Horizon Helps Kyrgyz Farmers Unite with Private Sector to Revive Milk Production in Harsh Winters
Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a dairy farmer in Gairat village, with her family’s cows Following tradition in Kyrgyzstan, Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a 23-year-old …
Women in Non-Production Roles in Agriculture: A Literature Review of Promising Practices
The USAID Feed the Future Initiative supports the development of agriculture as an engine of economic growth, food security, and …
Can Youth Employment Build Peace in Colombia?
Colombia’s Congress recently signed a peace agreement ending a 50-year conflict with guerillas and paramilitary groups that left 250,000 people …
Jamaican Agricultural Group Gives Back to Community with Support of Ja REEACH II
Two years ago, the Golden Valley Jamaica Agricultural Society (GVJAS), based in Saint Thomas, Jamaica, received training on agroforestry as …
