Tools & Services

Our expertise and ability to operate at scale is both founded upon and features an array of specialized tools and services. Three, in particular, set us apart from our competition.

Applying Value Chain Approaches to Economic Growth with Poverty Reduction

ACDI/VOCA has developed a selection of tools for applying emerging best practices in value chain approaches to economic growth with poverty reduction. ACDI/VOCA offers a broad range of services in this area at all stages of the project cycle from strategic planning to impact assessment. We offer participatory training courses on value chain analysis to donors, project implementers and private sector business owners. Learn more about the value chain approach. Learn more about ACDI/VOCA’s value chain training.

Commodity Management

ACDI/VOCA is a global leader in the management of donated U.S. agricultural commodities for food aid programs of both the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Learn more about ACDI/VOCA’s commodity management services.

Volunteer Services

A valuable and cost-effective tool that ACDI/VOCA employs in some of its programs is the use of highly skilled, short-term volunteer advisors. Since 1971 ACDI/VOCA has managed over 10,000 volunteer assignments in more than 130 countries as a complement to ongoing, larger-scale initiatives. Learn more about ACDI/VOCA volunteers.