Melissa Cook

Melissa Cook formerly led Chemonics’ Digital Transformation team to create and implement a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.

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Sri Lanka Supporting Opportunities for Livelihoods Development Activity

Sri Lankan farmers are getting linked with buyers, financing, training, and inputs to sustainably increase incomes and improve nutrition in an effort to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable populations.
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Zrda Activity

From armed conflict to civil unrest to transport obstructions, Georgia has faced numerous obstacles to economic growth and now aims to create a stronger business environment.
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Final Report: Tajikistan Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project

The Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project helped farmers in Tajikistan and local participants improve their livelihoods through a host of governmental reforms, technical advice, and capacity-building policies. As a result, farmers, civil society actors, and policymakers enhanced their homeland.
Resource - Project Report

A Facilitation Approach to Youth Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship

The Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture Activity bridged the gap between youth and the private sector by using a facilitation approach.
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Nana Pipia: Head of the Strawberry Association

New Economic Opportunities grant funds helped a Georgian strawberry farming association adopt modern production practices and expand their operations.
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Maximizing Business Value from Sustainability Investments Table

In Nigeria’s agricultural sector, USAID’s Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites project improved productivity, incomes, resilience, and access to diverse quality foods. The project played a key role in scaling up agricultural technology interventions to meet market demand and alleviate rural poverty.
Resource - Fact Sheet

MARKETS II Mid-Term Update (2015)

USAID’s Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS II) project used proven private sector demand-driven market interventions, focusing on constraints in the agricultural value chain. MARKETS II worked in five value chains: cocoa, cassava, rice, sorghum and aquaculture.
Resource - Project Report

The Story Behind the Story

Becaues most farms in Bosnia and Herzegovina are relatively small, limiting production and the amount of money farmers can earn, USAID Fostering Agricultural Market Development Activity encouraged the planting of more high value crops.
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Berry Production in Bosnia

With assistance from the USAID and Sida joint Fostering Agriculture Markets Activity project, Amra Ugarak was able to start a berry production business and provide a better life for her family in Bosnia.
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Final Report: El Salvador Productive Development Project

The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Productive Development Project aimed to boost the production of goods and services and employment opportunities in El Salvador.
Resource - Project Report