New Seeds for Sustainability
Farmer groups in Bangladesh 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 “Ecosystem” 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 Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide. Edition 8 | January 2022
: Pourquoi le développement agricole doit commencer par les les petits producteurs
Le Programme Mondial pour l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire (): Une recette pour atteindre l’objectif faim zéro.
How smallholder farmers bounced back during the health crisis
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, was able to respond quickly and flexibly to the emerging crisis – providing much needed financing that allowed farmers to design and implement the interventions which worked best for them.
Niraj H. Shah Visits the Macademia Nuts Field in Malawi
Niraj H. Shah Visits the macadamia nuts field in Malawi, supported through 's private sector window advisory project.
Le Maillon Manquant
Le Programme Mondial pour l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire () : une recette pour atteindre l’objectif faim zéro.
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 -supported FSAPP project, which aims to increase agricultural productivity and enhance market linkages among a target of 52,000 poor people.
Empowering Ethiopian Smallholders: IFC and Collaboration
Mr. Niraj Shah, Private Sector Window Program Manager, visits the Soufflet Malt Ethiopia factory at the Bole Lemi Industrial Park on the outskirts of Addis Abba.
Cultivating a Small-Scale Farming Approach to Improve Food Security
When provided with the right tools and resources, small-scale food producers can respond with remarkable speed and flexibility in times of crisis – a spike in conflict worldwide and the COVID-19 crisis have shown that. Five years after successfully testing the MMI, is now funding small-scale food producers directly through the producer organizations that represent them.
Puts Farmers First in New Funding for Producer Organizations & Countries
announced $121 million in new grants for nine national governments and, for the first time, an additional $30 million for producer organizations based in 12 countries worldwide. This funding aims to strengthen sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems in the world’s poorest countries, in response to rising food insecurity linked to COVID-19 and climate change.
Mali's Young Entrepreneurs Get a Fresh Start
The -funded Inclusion of Rural Youth in Poultry and Aquaculture Value Chains in Mali project works with CNOP in Mali to support rural youth in creating income-generating activities that foster food and nutrition security. The young entrepreneurs have been provided with technical training, including how to set up an organization, and how to manage the finances for poultry and fish farming value-chains.