Honduran Farmers See a Window of Opportunity for Growth
Three smallholders from the Central American country share their experiences with AgroMoney, a financial inclusion and technical assistance scheme run by Grupo Cadelga and the IFC, with the support of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's Private Sector Window.
Insight Series: Investing from Farm to Table to Feed the Future
Sr. Don Mariano JimĆ©nez Talavera, former Honduran Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the Rome-based Agencies, gives his insight on working with the ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. He explains why investing in agriculture is more critical now than ever before and how planning in the long-term, together with communities, can help us build resilience to future crises.
Insight Series: More than a Grain of Strength in Maliās Rice
Adama Doumbia from the World Food Programme and Missing Middle Initiative in Mali gives insight into his experiences working with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. Building up producer organizations and their capacity to remain independent has been key, he says.
For Donors, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is Helping Smallholders āBuild Back Betterā
Iris Krebber, chair of the ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Private Sector Window Donor Committee and Head of Agriculture, Food Security, and Land at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, talks about the importance of blended finance for the agribusiness sector, her biggest development fears, and why, despite it all, sheās finally able to sleep at night.
Insight Series: Bouncing Back During Crisis in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē
Rita Bromo, Farmer Business Facilitator for the Missing Middle Initiative, and Obydul Haque, General Secretary of the Sara Bangla Krishak Society, give their insight on working with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. They explain how the support and ownership of the funding allowed the network to bounce back during crises.
Rwandaās Greenhouses Bring Growth
Despite strong economic growth and falling poverty levels, Rwanda faces significant challenges in meeting food demands and food security. Farmer and father, Jean-Paul Kubwimana, defied these challenges, increasing his income by 15 times. Driving past a greenhouse full of healthy tomatoes, he decided to investigate how greenhouse tomatoes could benefit his family. Ā
Three Ways ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is Leveling the Playing Field on Gender Equality
This International Womenās Day, we celebrate women around the world and gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, towards progress and a just, more equal world.Ā
New Seeds for Sustainability
Farmer groups in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē adapt to climate change with new, high-quality seeds. We aimed to open a new window of technology for farmers, but we wanted to adopt a bottom-up approach. Read the full story to learn more.
New Farming āEcosystemā in Uganda Empowers Women Smallholders
For Grainpulse in Uganda, Reaching Women is Critical to Long-Term Growth.
Changing Lives 2022 Edition
Insights into how investments made possible by the ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide. Edition 8 | January 2022
How smallholder farmers bounced back during the health crisis
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē was able to respond quickly and flexibly to the emerging crisis ā providing much needed financing that allowed farmers to design and implement the interventions which worked best for them.
Insight Series: View from Bhutan
Sangay Dorji is a Senior Agriculture Extension Supervisor with Karmaling Gewog, or community block, with the government of Bhutan. He has been working with the ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē-supportedĀ FSAPP project, which aims to increase agricultural productivity and enhance market linkages among a target of 52,000 poor people.