This capital map report provides an overview of the landscape of investors in the DRC, a high-level analysis of key investment trends in the DRC and examines potential risks investors face and subsequent mitigation strategies.
Resource - Capital Map Report
Chemonics’ Whole-Farm approach is a household-centric methodology that addresses multi-sectoral development objectives by treating smallholder farming as a family business and promoting an enabling market environment for the business to succeed.
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New Senior Vice President Garron Hansen brings his diverse experience to develop and expand the business strategy, management, and technical programming of Chemonics’ portfolio in West and Central Africa and Haiti.
News Story
When economically empowered, women reinvest in their communities — leading to greater self-reliance, prosperity, and food security. To support these outcomes, the development community should adopt high-impact initiatives for female entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.
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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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An ex-post study of project impact can inform future programming and validate development approaches. But, what factors should implementors consider when planning such studies? Ilisa Gertner and Caryl Merten share their recent ex-post experience.
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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 &…
Person - Specialist
This paper presents the findings of an ex-post study of USAID’s Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites II (MARKETS II) project in Nigeria.
Resource - Paper
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,…
Person - Specialist
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…
Person - Specialist
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
