February 2023

Collaborative Innovation Brings Mung Beans to Senegal

For thousands of years, mung beans have been a staple in Asian diets across the continent, from India, to China to Thailand. Mung beans are …

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December 2022

Innovative Technique Produces High-Yield Seedlings Boosting Revenue Of Guatemalan Farmers

Counterpart’s activity through the USDA-funded Food for Progress program led to farmers’ enhanced knowledge and their use of innovative techniques that increased productivity tenfold.   The …

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November 2022

Tripling Production Through Greenhouse Technology in Guatemala

To increase agricultural productivity and support farmers in western Guatemala, the Food for Progress project PROCAMPO awarded a cash grant to the Nueva Vision Cooperative …

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November 2022

Integrated Marine Ecosystem Management in Northern Hispaniola: Sustainable Rice Success

In Montecristi, near Mangroves of Estero Balsa National Park in the Dominican Republic, the Integrated Marine Ecosystems Management in Northern Hispaniola (IMEM) program worked with …

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August 2022

Marine Management Program Closing Ceremony Highlights Achievements in Governance and Biodiversity Conservation

After three years of implementation, the Integrated Marine Ecosystem Management in Northern Hispaniola project concludes with presentations on its impact in the northern region of …

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April 2020

Tinamit Tolimán Integral: Creating Local Supply Chains of Specialty Coffee in Guatemala

Tinamit Tolimán Integral is one of many agricultural cooperatives participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food for Progress (FFP) 2016 program, implemented …

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2018 — 2021

Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Project in Senegal

CHALLENGE In Senegal, the agricultural sector employs approximately 70% of the working population, yet in 2017 its contribution to total GDP was just over 16%. …

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2018 — 2022

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Project in Senegal

   CHALLENGE A large portion of Senegalese citizens rely on agriculture and pastoralism for their livelihood. Unfortunately, a persistent drought in 2017 severely impacted crop …

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Helping Morocco’s mountain residents find their voice

Although Morocco’s Atlas and Rif mountains are home to almost a quarter of the country’s population, the mountain communities have the country’s highest rates of …

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Public Health Partnerships Improve Lives in Malawi

In the Traditional Authority of Masula in Lilongwe district – the capital city of Malawi, a small landlocked country in southern Africa – diarrhea and …

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