The USAID-funded Strengthening Sustainable Ecotourism in and around Nyungwe National Park Project, otherwise known as Nyungwe Nziza or beautiful Nyungwe, is working to transform Nyungwe National Park into a viable ecotourism destination, capable of generating employment and sustainable and equitable income for local communities and other stakeholders, thus providing economic incentives to conserve the rich biodiversity of the Park.
Nyungwe Nziza engaged a professional soil scientist, Dr. Naramabuye Francois, with the objective of strengthening farming activities carried out by Duhuze Imbaraga Cooperative members in Bushekeri Sector, Nyamasheke Districti, and Koperative Twiyubake Kitabi in Nyamagabe, by establishing a strategic environment enabling for both cooperatives to adopt a professional farming system for the production of high quality fruits and vegetables to supply hotels, restaurants and guest houses operating around Nyungwe National Park, as well as the local community. Ultimately, increased agricultural production will translate into improved household incomes among communities adjacent to Nyungwe National Park, hence contributing to the reduction of induced threats to wildlife conservation. This report summarizes activities related to training, preparation and execution for two cooperatives.
The food security research project (FSRP) aims to contribute to effective policy dialogue, capacity building, and ultimately an improved agricultural policy environment in Zambia, through collaboration with government and the private sector. It achieves these objectives through in-service capacity building,...
Africa Lead—Feed the Future’s Building Capacity for African Agricultural Transformation Program—supports the advancement of agricultural transformation in Africa as proposed by the African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). Simultaneously, Africa Lead contributes to the Feed the Future goals...
The Agriculture Technology Program for Turkmenistan (AgTech), funded by USAID and implemented by Weidemann Associates, Inc., aims to increase and develop private enterprises, and improve productivity of private, small and household farms. The project has two key components: the improvement of genetics,...
The Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance (CCBA) aims to increase the availability, access, and use of domestically‐produced and nutritious foods in an effort to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger.
An assessment team visited Bangladesh during May 15‐June 3, 2016 to review and evaluate...
USAID’s Bureau for Food Security (BFS) commissioned this literature review to identify evidence or evidence gaps on innovation diffusion and the related field of market strategy for scaling up new technologies, particularly in the context of agriculture markets in...