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Cocoa production improves livelihoods of vulnerable populations.

On July 12th, we marked 45 years of empowering people in 145 countries around the world.

HIV/AIDS nearly destroyed an entire family in Uganda until ACDI/VOCA’s food distribution program brought them back from the brink.

ACDI/VOCA musters response to world food crisis. President Leonard says our proficiency in agricultural development and food aid gives us insight into the crisis and also opportunities to alleviate it. Ongoing projects report on the local effects of the food crisis

This video showcases ACDI/VOCA’s 16 years of food security work in Cape Verde.

After a lifetime of hardship, a Vietnamese woman has found hope and financial security in a cocoa bean fermenting business.

ACDI/VOCA and Infosys have partnered to develop an information and communication technology-enabled application that will improve efficiencies in the agricultural supply chain and maximize profits for smallholders.

In 2007 ACDI/VOCA-assisted microfinance institutions (MFIs) were featured prominently on the Mix Market and Forbes lists.

Support from ACDI/VOCA has led to new products, packaging, certifications, and ultimately higher sales, for one women’s specialty food co-op in Lebanon.

ACDI/VOCA is linking vegetable farmers in the West Bank with marketing companies.

In 2007 ACDI/VOCA celebrated 35 years of Friendship and Cooperation with Bolivia

New application process, tools take effect.

ACDI/VOCA renovates and equips dilapidated kindergarten in Bolivia.

ACDI/VOCA has compiled a list of items produced by our beneficiaries to help you complete your holiday shopping this year.

An independent Iraqi radio station ACDI/VOCA helped launch encourages public discourse.

ACDI/VOCA is working to increase the use of movable property in Azerbaijan as an efficient form of collateral for small business loans.

Coffee from ACDI/VOCA client awarded a score of 96 by Coffee Review.

ACDI/VOCA is teaching smallholder cocoa farmers in Ecuador how to make sound business decisions, how to organize with one another in order to increase their market options and negotiating power, and how to receive higher prices by selling directly to cocoa exporters.

MicroInvest, a microfinance institution established by ACDI/VOCA in Tajikistan, has teamed up with Kiva to provide its clients with the opportunity to receive person-to-person loans.

ACDI/VOCA and its Indian corporate and NGO partners are successfully integrating Indian smallholder farmers into fresh produce supply chains serving India’s rapidly growing organized retail sector.

During a debate in the House of Representatives on June 21st Congressman Christopher Shays said the following of the reconstruction program ACDI/VOCA is helping to implement: “This is the one program that is in fact working in Iraq. No one disputes it. We can dispute everything else, but not this.”

For a USAID study, ACDI/VOCA interviewed over 50 market actors in metal and papier-mâché crafts as well as global handicraft experts to better understand how to enable Haitian handicraft stakeholders.

A recent survey examining ACDI/VOCA's Community Revitalization through Democratic Action project found significant impact on small enterprise development in Serbia.

International Finance Corporation will provide advisory services to Bai Tushum, which was founded by ACDI/VOCA and is now a leading Kyrgyz microlending institution.

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) commended several microfinance institutions launched and strengthened by ACDI/VOCA for their transparent practices.

ACDI/VOCA connected John Deere International with a local Georgian company to create high-tech machinery leasing opportunities for Georgian farmers to improve farm efficiency and add value to agricultural production.

Three members of ACDI/VOCA’s Board of Directors ventured to Cape Verde to review project impact and represent the organization in its enduring relationship with the small island nation.

ACDI/VOCA has opened a West Africa regional office in Accra, Ghana. Although ACDI/VOCA has periodically provided assistance to agricultural co-ops in Ghana since 1974, this is the first office established in the country.

At ACDI/VOCA headquarters, World Bank Development Report co-directors spoke with NGOs about the upcoming report's focus on the role of agriculture in fighting poverty.

ACDI/VOCA’s GMED Program in India is partnering with the Nandani Cooperative in Maharashtra to increase farmer incomes by enhancing industry value chains.

Angolan widow and mother of six, Palmira Lando has seen her income level jump dramatically through the Cabinda Agribusiness Development Alliance project.

ACDI/VOCA's roots are in the U.S. farmer cooperative movement, and co-ops still make up a large part of its membership. In 1963 the organization was founded to bring the efficiencies and civil society benefits of cooperation to the developing world. It is no wonder that organizing producers for self-help is still central to its identity today.

ACDI/VOCA's longtime partner, the Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE), was featured on National Public Radio's Marketplace program for its work in connecting farmers to global markets through technology.

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke on the top concerns for her nation as moves along the road to rehabilitation.

Under the Millennium Challenge Account - Armenia Program, ACDI/VOCA, in partnership with ARCADIS Euroconsult, of the Netherlands, and VISTAA, signed an $18.5 million contract to implement a Water-to-Market activity.

'Agriculture in a World of Conflict and Violence: Investing in Our Future Security' organized by ACDI/VOCA's Dr. Sue Schram

The five-year $74,345,850 USAID P.L. 480 Title II program in Uganda seeks to reduce food insecurity and increase nutrition status in vulnerable populations through a smallholder agriculture component and targeted food distributions.

Welcome to our newly redesigned and updated website. Besides offering a fresh look, the site offers more—and more dynamic—content. It also enables users to cross-reference information in exciting new ways.

The AMAP BDS task order, Knowledge and Practice II, aims to increase the adoption of value chain approaches and associated best practices in a range of USAID-funded programs.

ACDI/VOCA helps coffee producers improve quality, win new markets and dramatically boost incomes. (PDF, 419 KB)