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Harnessing Innovative Technologies and Business Linkages to Increase Food Security in Niger

Agriculture technologies, farmer-to-farmer connections and access to markets are important determinants in ensuring that families and communities have access to a reliable source of quality food that is affordable. Business-to-business...

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Happy Cows Make Happy Milk and Happy Milk Makes Happy People

This season’s hay harvest is stacked high and fodder is tied in bales at Mathias Chuma’s homestead in Binga District, Zimbabwe. For the first time, Chuma and his family are...

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Nigerien Producers and Businesses Participate in Technology and Innovation Market

On a hot sunny day in early June, 2023, hundreds of local producers, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, a local university and government officials gathered in Maradi, Niger, to participate in the...

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Adaptive Management in Practice: Glola Natural Disaster

The devastating landslide that struck the Shovi Resort on August 3, 2023, had an acute impact on the ABL (Administrative Boundary Line) community of Glola. Nearly all 110 households in...

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USAID Launches Economic Foundations for a Resilient Armenia Activity

YEREVAN , Armenia –The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially launched the Economic Foundations for a Resilient Armenia Activity with a $24.5 million budget. The primary objective...

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Southern Africa and Moldova Farmer-to-Farmer Expands Ambassador Program

The USAID-funded Southern Africa and Moldova Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F) is building on its successful Ambassador Program to increase F2F’s visibility in communities around the U.S. and draw new volunteers to...

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USAID Yalwa

Enhancing Markets and Nutrition in Niger Overview: The five-year USAID Yalwa activity strengthens the capacities of farmers, producer organizations, agribusinesses and rural households in the Maradi, Tillabéri and Zinder regions...

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West Africa Seed Alliance

Overview: Access to inputs, such as improved seed varieties, fertilizer and crop protection products are imperative to the transformation the agricultural sector. The Seeds Project (2007-2012), part of the West...

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Providing Access to Finance in Nigeria: The Babban Gona Story

Photo Courtesy of Babban Gona Although agriculture is the mainstay of Nigeria’s rural economy—and an important contributor to Nigerian economic growth and food security—most of the nation’s “agro- preneurs” still...

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