In Georgia, sustainable access to markets is one of the main challenges holding back growth in the country’s food processing industry. Agribusinesses looking to scale up production often require costly modernizations and certifications before they can access finance and negotiate lucrative deals with buyers, preventing them from competing in more…

On Wednesday, August 16, Dr. Marjatta Eilitta, CNFA’s USAID-funded John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program director, presented the results of research she helped conduct on the invasive Australian red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in Zambia to an audience consisting of Zambia’s Department of Fisheries officials, researchers and development personnel…

The USAID-funded Amalima Loko activity, implemented in Zimbabwe by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), presented its Community Visioning strategy at the Strategic Learning and Adaptative Management (SLAM) meeting hosted virtually by the Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis and Learning (IDEAL) activity earlier this month. Amalima Loko and IDEAL are funded…

In early May 2023, the USAID Agriculture Program helped facilitate an initial shipment of Georgian apples to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), paving the way for increased trade for Georgian apple growers in a new, promising and accessible export market. The trial shipment included 22.4 …

By promoting women’s entrepreneurship, removing the identified barriers, and implementing the recommendations by the Women’s National Business Agenda (WNBA), women in Azerbaijan are seizing an opportunity to grow the country’s economy while building their businesses and increasing their financial independence. In Azerbaijan, women represent close to half of all employed…

The Ngwenyama Garden, located in Zimbabwe’s Gwanda District — a drought-prone region that relies on seasonal rains, was formed by 27 residents in 2015 to increase incomes, improve food security and enhance access to healthy, locally grown foods. …

When the global price of oil started to decline in 2014, Azerbaijan’s need to diversify its economy and expand into other sectors, like agriculture, became apparent. The Government of Azerbaijan implemented a reform agenda to address this, but with the sector lacking development and facing administrative barriers, this was no…

In 2013, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigerian Bankers’ Committee, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) was launched with the aim of stimulating the flow of affordable finance and investments into the agricultural sector by de-risking the…

The USAID Agriculture Program, implemented in Georgia by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), aims to enhance the competitiveness of key domestic sectors with potential to create jobs and increase the revenues of micro, small and medium enterprises. Georgia’s food processing industry is an example of a sector with immense…