This final report for the Feed the Future Uganda Enabling Environment for Agriculture Activity that summarizes the activity’s outstanding results and key accomplishments achieved.
Resource - Project Report
Climate change is devastating crops and livelihoods in Namibia's Kavango region. Conservation agriculture offers farmers hope and the ability to mitigate the impact of an uncertain, changing environment.
Impact Story
Food security in Zimbabwe depends on an investment in farming households.
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Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
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Garron Hansen
Senior Vice President of the West and Central Africa, and Haiti Business Unit
Garron Hansen brings 20 years of international experience, including 15 years implementing both donor and U.S. Government-funded programs in Africa and Haiti. In his previous role as the senior global practice lead for the agriculture &…
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While Ghana’s agriculture sector has enormous potential, the modernization of farming requires policies and programs that support effective and efficient functioning of production systems and agricultural markets. To address these challenges, USAID launched the Feed the Future Agriculture Policy Support Project.
Resource - Project Report
Heather Joffe Reyes
Director, Latin America and the Caribbean
Currently the director of the Colombia Rural Finance Initiative, Heather Joffe Reyes is an international development practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in agricultural value chains, small business development, and rural development. In addition,…
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Kirk Ramer
Chief of Party, USAID Agribusiness Development Activity (ADA)
Kirk Ramer has over 25 years of experience managing projects to promote agricultural and small-and medium-sized enterprise development in southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He is currently the chief of party of the Agribusiness…
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Agriculture insurance is a critical tool to help farmers mitigate risk, but expanding access to it is no small challenge. Expert Peter Nash shares four best practices from Uganda that are in line with a newly released guide from Feed the Future.
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The Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS II) project launched in April 2012 to promote sustainable agriculture development by increasing private sector participation and investment, raising income, increasing employment, attaining food security, and reducing poverty.
Resource - Project Report
One out of every six people worldwide is a youth. Can we achieve the goal of ending poverty without addressing such a large population’s access to one of the most important productive assets: land?
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Nancy Zlotsky
Senior Advisor, New Business Support
Nancy Zlotsky joined Chemonics in 1988 and has more than 25 years of experience supporting agriculture and other economic growth efforts around the world, especially in Africa. Over 10 years, she served as senior vice president…
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