![By partnering with local companies in Senegal’s rice value chain, USAID is working to increase food security and decrease poverty. / USAID/Senegal.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170124213429im_/https://blog.usaid.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Senegal-3-lady-with-rice-300x199.jpg)
“Localize it” is a phrase that increasingly resonates in the world of development. It echoes the growing voice from the field calling for greater local involvement, locally based solutions, and empowerment of local communities. This is all the more true in the context of building partnerships with the private sector to address development objectives. As […]