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Feed the Future Helps Cambodian Fish Farmers Achieve Better Harvests
February 28, 2013 | From the Field
In Cambodia, nearly one third of Feed the Future’s aquaculture clients are raising climbing perch. Those who have harvested their ponds are seeing an average sales increase of 75 percent and sizable improvements in family incomes.
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Improving Nutrition with Fortified Flour in Senegal
February 28, 2013 | From the Field
Feed the Future is working with community nutrition volunteers in Ndendory to train women’s groups how to create fortified flour, a product that can be extremely effective in reducing severe and chronic undernutrition, but which is expensive and difficult to find in rural parts of Senegal.
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New Warehouses Will Improve Grain Storage in Ghana
February 28, 2013 | From the Field
The new warehouses have attracted the investment of local farmers and aggregators, who are sharing the cost of construction by contributing labor and land.
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Insuring the Most Vulnerable Against a World of Risk
February 13, 2013 | USAID FrontLines
Better risk management requires interventions at the household, community and national levels. People, communities and governments need to be able to better assess the risk they face. They need to be able to access and use information that will allow them to better prepare for coming shocks.
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East Africa’s Dryland Herders Take Out a Policy for Survival
February 13, 2013 | USAID FrontLines
In 2008, USAID began supporting new programs to insure East African pastoralists against the loss of livestock in case of serious drought, thereby building the resilience of these vulnerable communities. A new product—index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)—is being developed and tested in the Marsabit district of northern Kenya and the adjacent Borana region of southern Ethiopia. In these areas, pastoralists are raising over 18 million cows, goats and sheep.
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Surplus in Senegal, Even Without the Rains
February 13, 2013 | USAID FrontLines
Hamidou Ly looked up at the sky and shook his head. For weeks, the year’s anticipated rain hadn’t arrived. Finally, one day he felt a drop, then several more, and raised his arms to the heavens. The rainy season had come, albeit late and ultimately infrequent, but Ly wasn’t worried.
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New Loan Products Help Dairy Farmers Scale Up
February 12, 2013 | USAID Mission Kenya
With technical assistance provided by USAID, Kenya’s financial institutions are gradually starting to lend into the sector, supporting the needs of farmers and entrepreneurs who were once excluded from commercial finance.
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Promotion of Fodder Production and Storage Benefits Farmers and Pastoralists
February 9, 2013 | USAID Mission Kenya
In Kenya's Tana River District, both pastoralists and farmers suffer when there is drought. Many of the indigenous communities grow maize, beans, mangoes, and various traditional vegetables. Lacking an irrigation scheme, the farmers often find their crops succumbing to the harsh climate.
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Peace Corps Staff Receive Training on Food Security in Tanzania
January 29, 2013 | From the Field
The workshop was an opportunity for Peace Corps staff to learn from their peers and connect with key Washington staff for support on how to integrate and implement food security issues into their programs.
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Feed the Future Groundnut Grants Improve Local Value Chains at the Grassroots Level
January 29, 2013 | From the Field
With grants provided by Feed the Future through the United States African Development Foundation, 1,800 smallholder farmers in Zambia’s Eastern Province are strengthening their capacity to supply groundnuts to oil and nut butter processors, translating into improved food security, nutrition and economic opportunities.
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Innovative Loan Program Increases Financial Access for Kenya’s Poorest Farmers
January 29, 2013 | From the Field
Today, Nyongesa is a beneficiary of a Feed the Future project that addresses risk aversion among smallholder farmers by providing inputs like seeds and fertilizer on loan, training in new farming methods, and market linkages.
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Feed the Future Provides Tanzania Horticulture Association with $4 Million Grant
January 29, 2013 | From the Field
In December 2012, Feed the Future awarded a four-year, $4 million grant to the Tanzania Horticultural Association to help develop the country’s horticulture sector. This commitment is part of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition launched at the G-8 Summit in May 2012.
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Cambodian Minister of Women’s Affairs Visits Feed the Future Projects
January 29, 2013 | From the Field
In December, the Cambodian Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha Phavi saw firsthand how Feed the Future is helping Cambodian women become better farmers, successful entrepreneurs, and forces for positive change in their communities.
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Smallholder Farmers in Kenya Feed the Present and the Future
January 18, 2013 | USAID Mission Kenya
By partnering with Canken International Ltd., a cargo handling export company at the Eldoret International Airport, USAID’s Kenya Horticultural Competitiveness Program (USAID-KHCP) has enabled the horticultural industry in the Rift to build its reputation and commercial success by exporting a variety of fruits and vegetables to the European and Middle East countries.
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136 Smallholder Farmers in Ghana Claim Drought-Index Insurance for the First Time
December 14, 2012 | From the Field
In collaboration with the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool, Feed the Future is introducing these insurance products in Northern Ghana, helping to protect farmers, agro-processors, rural and financial institutions, input dealers and others from the effects of drought.

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