Agriculture
Taking a comprehensive approach to increasing efficiencies along entire value chains from crop production through strengthening market linkages, building input supply networks, promoting enterprise growth and development, enabling agribusiness financing, and improving processing and post-harvest handling. We also strive towards quickly improving the productivity and profit margins of large numbers of smallholder farmers.
Program Highlights
Afghanistan Capacity Building and Change Management Program
In 2010, the US Department of Agriculture awarded VEGA the $36 million, four-year Afghanistan Capacity Building and Change Management Program 
(CBCMP) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL). The International Executive Service Corps (IESC), as the lead implementer, and five other VEGA members are working in partnership with Afghan leadership to develop MAIL's evidence-based decision making, process improvement, and human resource capacity, which in turn will allow MAIL to provide greater and more meaningful support to Afghanistan's agricultural sector. Read more...
Farmer to Farmer
Seven VEGA Members (ACDI/VOCA, CNFA, FAVACA, IESC, NCBA/CLUSA, Partners of the Americas, and Winrock) are active implementers of this program, 
which enlists U.S. farmers, extension service personnel and agribusiness experts to share their expertise with counterparts overseas. Funded through the Farm Bill and managed by USAID, FtF has sponsored 10,000 volunteer assignments over the years. Read more…
Working with Women Farmers
OIC International does more than give women-farmers new tools; we provide better seeds, improved livestock, and most importantly, train women farmers in the skills they need to start their own small businesses. A significant part 
of our strategic plan includes helping 25,000 poor woman-farmers gain access to knowledge, tools and capital in order to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Read more...
An Improved Staple Crop for Senegal
Through USDA’s Food for Progress funding, CLUSA is implementing a four-year, $5 million program that will work with 9,000 millet farmers to 
increase food security and address production barriers in rural Senegal by developing the millet value chain. CLUSA will establish or reorganize 260 producer organizations and 60 inter-producer group associations to provide training and services to rural farmers. Read more...
Dairy Development in Mindanao
By intensely working to revitalize the dairy industry, Land O’Lakes and USDA can help break a cycle of poverty, violence, and isolation that is synonymous with this part of the Philippines. The main objectives of this private sector initiative are to expand dairy development activities into six dairy zones across Mindanao, increase the affordability and availability of improved dairy cattle to grow herd sizes, train farmers in better dairy cattle management practices to increase the production of high-quality raw milk, and expand dairy processing capacity and market linkages to produce and sell dairy products locally that meet consumer demands. Read more...
Pakistan Agribusiness Project
CNFA has begun implementation of a five-year, $5.3 million program entitled the Agribusiness Project, which is funded by USAID-Pakistan. The Agribusiness Project is the first USAID award led by a Pakistani organization. This approach aligns with CNFA's core belief that empowering local leaders and entrepreneurs drives sustainable development. The program will increase economic growth, create employment opportunities and amplify the competitiveness of horticulture and livestock value chains in Pakistan. Read more...
Jamaica – Marketing and Agriculture for Jamaican Improved Competitiveness (MAJIC)
ACDI/VOCA received a four-year, $14 million associate award to implement the Marketing and Agriculture for Jamaican Improved Competitiveness (MAJIC) project. The goal of the USAID-funded program is to transform Jamaica’s agriculture sector into a market-driven, competitive industry, with increased volume and value of Jamaican agricultural commodities leading to improved farm income, strengthened food security and expanded small-scale rural enterprises. Volunteer experts recruited by ACDI/VOCA will assist in achieving these objectives. Read more...
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