Obama Visits ACDI/VOCA Project Participant on July State Visit
During his recent two-day visit to Ethiopia late last month, the first by a sitting U.S. president, President Obama met …
Portable Shallow-Bed Dryer: Demo and Fabricators (Formal and Informal) Training Report
This report summarizes the key findings and take-aways from a two-day workshop with informal, artisan “jua kali” fabricators on the …
Preliminary Go-to-Market Market Options for Portable Shallow Bed Batch Dryer
This document highlights key insights into factors that could influence AflaSTOP’s portable shallow-bed batch dryer’s go-to-market strategy, including target customers, …
Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Helps Ghanaian Cashew Cooperative
Located in central Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region, the Busunya Cashew Farmers’ Cooperative (BCFC) is a perfect example of how the …
Ethiopian Coffee Cooperative to Double Exports
Over the last several years, the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union (YCFCU) had to turn away buyers due to an …
Portable Shallow Bed Batch Dryer Construction Video
This video shows the process of constructing a portable shallow bed batch dryer and discusses some of the obstacles overcome …
Photo Contest 2015
And the 2015 Annual Photo Contest grand prize winner is … Lauren Bell! Our 2015 contest has been a tremendous …
New Technology Turns Mobile Phone into Mobile Wallet in Ghana
When you ask farming entrepreneur John Nante Muyo if he’d rather carry a wallet full of Ghanaian cedi or his …
Portable Shallow-Bed Dryer (Beta Design): User Experience Evaluation and Qualitative Demand Analysis
This report provides an analytical summary of field testing of the beta prototype version of the portable shallow bed batch …