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Support to Farmers in Huila Province

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Production of Livestock as an Income- Generating Activity

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Assistance to an Orphanage

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Civil Society and Land Tenure

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Environmental Protection and the New Education Program

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The New Role Model of Ganhounmé

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Emergency Obstetrical and Neonatal Care Saves Lives

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Public-Private Partnership Improves Access to Family Health Products

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Supporting Small Business Development

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Fighting Corruption in Benin

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New Partnerships in the Fight against HIV/AIDS

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Sustainable Financing of African Agricultural Institutions

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Internet Communications for Agricultural Researchers

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Expanding Sorghum Processing Technologies

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Raising Farm Income with Specialty Crops

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Increasing Computer Access in Africa

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Internet Connections Aid Participants in the Congo's Peace Efforts

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Leland-Backed Reforms Fuel Dramatic Growth in Nigeria's Communications Sector

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Strengthening Community-Based Natural Resources Management

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African Ownership in Bridging the Knowledge Divide

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Access to NRM Information through the FRAMEwork for the Strategic Analysis of Environmental Issues in Africa (FRAME) Website

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GIS and Development: A Breakthrough in Quantifying Results

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Ensuring Quality Education in Africa

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Moving the HIV/AIDS Dialogue into the Education Sector

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Education Start Up Activities in Nigeria and Sudan

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Working to Control Malaria during Pregnancy

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Reaching High Risk Youth in Africa with Reproductive Health Information

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Innovative Advocacy Strategies: Building Media Networks

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Improving Maternal and Child Health: Safe Motherhood

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Regional Dissemination of Policy-Relevant Data

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African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) HIV/AIDS Forum

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Expanding the Work of Community- and Faith-based Organizations

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USAID and Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAP+) Form Regional Partnership

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Strengthening Flood and Drought Preparedness in Southern Africa

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Incorporating Environmental Considerations in USAID's African Projects

36) 

A Catalyst for Girls Education in Africa

37) 

New Horizon: A Youth Project

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Intergenerational Dialogue

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Polio Eradication Continues

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Inter-Congolese Dialogue

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Improvements in Child Survival

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Art Students Promote Condoms

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Better Living thru Chickens

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Internet Encourages the Spread of Information

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Coffee Cooperatives Help Small-scale Farmers Get a Fair Price through Fair Trade and Other Specialty Coffee Markets

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Conflict Mitigation in Action

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ABTS Ltd.

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Royal Ahold, Ltd. of the Netherlands

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Community Health Insurance

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Government Accountability Improves Trust Program

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Good Governance in Guinean Forest Co-Management Brings Tangible Benefits

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Good Onion Varieties and Accurate Market Information made all the Difference!

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USAID Empowers Villagers to Manage and Protect their Own Forest Resources

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Bagui Centre Village Benefits from USAID's Synergistic Health Interventions

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Local Community Builds School, and Honors School Administrator

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USAID Teacher Training Celebrated in Wonkifong

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Kadebah Camara Learns her Rights and Responsibilities as a Guinean Citizen

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Democratic Organization helps Citizens of Wonkifong Improve Local Health Services

59) 

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Malaria prevention at community level

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Mothers, grandchildren, and AIDS

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Benefits of post-abortion care training

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Empowering Women from Coral Garden Conservation

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Increasing Acceptance of Political Opinion Polling

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Practical, Traditional, Solutions to Reducing Conflict

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Kenya Farmers Increase Production Tenfold

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Crossing Gender Barriers to Earn a Living

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Delivery Homes Increased Access to Improved Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Rural Liberia

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Election Observers Cry Foul

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Child Power

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Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health for Malagasy Youth

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Public Voicing their Opinion about the Environmental Impact of Investment Decisions

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Local Communities Banding Together To Protect Their Primary Transport Link

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From Food Deficit to Self-Sufficiency: A New Cassava Clone for Farmers

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Samison Banda Reverses Soil Erosion and Runoff, and Restores Soil Fertility through Agroforestry

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Village AIDS Committee (VAC) stirs Loveness Chikafa, an HIV/AIDS Victim, to Independent Life

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Continuous Assessment Improves Teachers' Classroom Practices

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The Predicament of a Female Domestic Worker in Malawi: The Ntchayi Jackson Case

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USAID/Malawi Coordination Key to Success in Reaching Most Vulnerable People in Remote Rural Areas

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Rights Education Reaches Remote Rural Community

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Village AIDS Committee (VAC) Provides for Diana Chabwela

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Call for Condoms from an Unusual Source

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Learning to Read Changed Her Life...And the Lives of Her Children

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More Income for a Women's Group

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From Grandmother to Electoral Candidate

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Knowledge is Worth Working For

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The Remarkable People of Toya: The Case of the Community School

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ProAgri-Mozambique's Sectoral Reform Program in Agriculture

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IDA Funds

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Miranda Cashew Processing Plant

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Farmer Associations: Marketing Credit

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National AIDS Council (NAC)

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Ministry of Health Direction of Administration and Management

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"For Us, By Us," Say Mozambican Manufacturers

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Business Joint Ventures Enhance the Success of the CBNRM Program

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Expanding Business Opportunities: Namibian Cotton and Cotton Seed

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PEP Celebrates Educators' Academic Achievements

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LearnLink Project Successfully Concludes

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Nyae Nyae Conservancy: First Million Namibian Dollar Concession

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USAID Partner Named 2002 Woman Conservationist of the Year

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Information/Communication Technology Brings Home Democracy

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Advocacy NGOs: Creating Forums in the Fight against Crime

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Young People Produce Five Video Clips On HIV/AIDS

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Maureen's Dream

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USAID-sponsored Radio Show Gives Women a Voice

106) 

Community Conflict Mitigated

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Improved Cassava Processing Generates Higher Incomes

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Gum Arabic

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Abubakar Maiwada, Education Secretary Tsanyawa Local Government, Kano

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Youth Skills Development Program

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PLWA Support Groups Score Major Success in Combating Stigma

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Polio Vaccination Teams

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Airport Reforms Boost Private Sector Business

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Increasing Role for Elections Monitoring

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Electricity Pooling Increases Efficiency

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Bean Seed: A Profitable Business for Mama Mavu

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An Opportunity for Gender Equality: The COMESA Gender Policy

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How Peace Builds Democracy

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Training Leads to $1.2 Million in New Grants

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Training Leads to Health Care Improvements for a Nation: Post Abortion Care in Mozambique

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Workshop Catalyzes Community Response to AIDS: Equipping Faith Leaders as Change Agents

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Monitoring Health Financing to Improve Health Performance: National Health Accounts

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Workplace Responses to HIV/AIDS Take Hold

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Outdoor Adventure Therapy Project for Traumatized Youth: "Forgiveness"

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Patient-Oriented Approach to AIDS Treatment

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Food Monetization as a Development Tool

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No More Slipping in the Banana Sub-Sector

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Rural Farmers and Teachers Get Financial Services

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Local Control is Key to Improving Health Services

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Water comes to Ndiagne Kahone

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A Tale of Two Villages

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The Gift of Time

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Peace Education

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Golden Kid Shines At International Conference

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Food Aid

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Reducing Violence and Increasing Justice

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Enabling Charitable Support for South Africa's Disabled

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Lessons in Life through Science and Technology

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Education Improves For Teachers and Students-District Development Support Program

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Ikhwelo and Abet have made Everything Better

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In His Own Words: A Story from one of the Students in the Eastern Cape, By M.S. Paya

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Elderly South Africans Earn Money from their Land

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USAID Scholar becomes South African Ambassador

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Home Sweet Home, At Last: South African Family Moves into Brick Home after Living in Shacks for 50 Years

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Public/Private Partnership Brings Cleaner and Better Power to Johannesburg's Residents

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Saving The Planet Is Child's Play: South African Sixth Graders Tackle Climate Change

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South African Grandmother Adopts AIDS Orphans

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Beauty in the Unsightly Land of TB and HIV

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Where there are no Pharmacists

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Clinical Training: Tools with a Twist

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Black-Driven Economic Empowerment in South Africa's Motor Industry

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Unemployed Mother of Three Promoted to Factory Supervisor

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Rainbow Nation Sows Seeds of Hope and Changes the Face of Farming

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Women's Participation in the Law Review

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Rinderpest Eradication Program

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A Champion in the Private Sector

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Getting Condoms Where They Need to Go!

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Cultivating Dynamic Female Leaders in Tanzania

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Women's Group Saves the Environment and Reaps Benefits

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Manyara Trustlands Partnership Helps a Friend in Need

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USAID Support Helps Tanzania Curb Illegal Gem Trade

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Honey Business Changes the Lives of Women in Kizinga Village in Central Tanzania

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SPEED Activity Boosts Incomes for Rural Growers Cooperative Union

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Management Planning and Implementation at the Uganda Wildlife Authority

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Computer Connectivity Increases Training Opportunities for Rural Teachers

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Uganda Private Health Providers Reach More Clients with Better Quality Services

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SmartNet: The Ultimate Malaria Shield

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Decentralization Capacity Building improves Local Government Tax Collection

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Fighting HIV Transmission in High Risk Populations

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USAID's Support Makes a Difference to Small and Medium Enterprises

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Conservation Farming Helps Withstand Hunger Amidst Drought.

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School Health and Nutrition Interventions Lead to Positive Behavior Change

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Voluntary Counseling and Testing Key to Behavior Change

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Grants Help Vulnerable Families Achieve Food Security and Keep Orphans in School

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Religious Leaders Join in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

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USAID Support Makes Significant Contributions to Media Law Reforms

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Combined Harare Rate Payers Association

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Rural Agricultural Cooperatives Move Into Fish Farming

Mozambique | Agriculture, Economic Growth | 2005


Agriculture extension services play an important role in Mozambique, where four of five people live in rural areas and most survive by subsistence farming. USAID-funded food security programs, which are run by private voluntary organizations like CARE, rely heavily on locally hired extension agents, who work with groups of small-scale farmers to help them grow more food and increase their incomes. USAID also is working to strengthen the government's capacity to deliver quality extension services.

A group of small-scale farmers who operate a fish farm use a net to collect tilapia fingerlings. These will be used to help other farmers start fish raising to diversify their sources of income.  

A group of small-scale farmers who operate a fish farm use a net to collect tilapia fingerlings. These will be used to help other farmers start fish farming and thereby diversify their income sources.

 

Photo Credit: Suzanne Poland/USAID

 

Since 1999, USAID has participated in a multi-donor institutional reform initiative called PROAGRI to help the Ministry of Agriculture reform its central operations, and improve the services it provides to small-scale farmers. Ultimately, the initiative will help farmers increase production and join the shift from subsistence to more commercial farming. A portion of the $30 million in USAID funding for PROAGRI flows to the district level, where local agriculture officials plan how it should be spent with community input.

In 2002, CARE and the district-level Ministry of Agriculture decided to work together to introduce fish farming to agriculture cooperatives in several districts of Nampula Province. USAID and its partners are investing in a project to help small-scale farmers improve their diets and expand their income-generating activities by learning how to farm tilapia, a good source of protein. Farmer groups establish successful operations then help other groups by providing them with tilapia fingerlings to start their own fish ponds. This collaborative effort is strengthening Mozambique's capacity for sustainable development of its agriculture sector.


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