Agriculture

Akwasi Finds Business Inspiration While Working with Self-Help

By Zakaria Adams – Training Center Manager Many countries in Africa are being faced with a high unemployment rate and...

Omar Learns How to Increase His Yields While Using Less Land

By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas – Agriculture Program Officer Across Nicaragua, farmers are greatly challenged by irregular crop sales prices....

Leaders Have a Community Vision – 2019 Impact Report – La Venada, Nicaragua

These stories were originally featured in the 2019 Impact Report. Antolín and Silvio are two leaders with a vision for La...

Creating a Demand and Developing a Taste for Oyster Mushrooms

This report was originally written by Richmond Kalai and Vida Nti, members of the 2019-2020 Graduate Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) cohort. In oyster...

Leaders Feed Their Communities – 2019 Impact Report – Kukuboso, Ghana

These stories were originally featured in the 2019 Impact Report. Kasim and Dora are two community members in Kukuboso pushing...

Combating COVID-19 with better nutrition: What an Iowa organization is doing in Central America

This article was originally published by the Des Moines Register online on Jul.16, 2020 and in print on Jul. 19,...

Ayishetu Promotes Good Nutrition in Her Family and Community

Ayishetu Promotes Good Nutrition in Her Family and Community

By Patience Obour – Promoting Good Nutrition Program Officer According to the World Health Organization (WHO), proper infant nutrition is...

Juan’s Experiments Lead to Better Yields

By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas – Agriculture Program Officer More than 70% of Nicaragua’s agricultural land is held by small...

Using Local Resources and a Little Ingenuity to Tackle a Big Problem – Fall Armyworm

Written by Emmanuel Obiri Laryea, Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Program Officer. Edited by Jessica Crawford, Program Specialist for Africa, and Megan...

The Graduate Entrepreneurship Program has Given Me the Skills to Help Other Farmers

This report was written by Eva Azuure, a member of the 2019/2020 Graduate Entrepreneurship Program (GEP). Read the original story about...

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