According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are more than 820 million people who suffer from hunger around the world. Global food security is a challenge that will become more complex as populations grow, with food demand expected to increase by 50 to 60 percent over the next century.
Empowering smallholder farmers
Project Highlights
Through collaborations with key stakeholders such as USAID, AusAID, CGIAR, local governments, banks and NGOs, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscience is improving the productivity and enriching the lives of millions of smallholder farmers globally.
Tanzania
In Tanzania, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscience collaborated with USAID and ACDI/VOCA on the USAID Feed theÌýFutureÌýÌýtoIn to improve the productivity and enrich the lives of 400,000 smallholder farmers by increasing access to high-quality inputs, promoting good agricultural practices, facilitating market linkages and increasing farmers’ access to credit.
Indonesia
In Indonesia, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscience collaborated with theÌý to improve productivity and enrich the lives of 75,000 smallholder farmers across Madura, East Java. The collaboration improved the corn cultivation through the adoption of better farming practices and improved inputs. The initiative increased corn yield in this region by 50% and was expanded to farming communities in East Java and East Nusa Tenggara.
Mexico
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscience improved the productivity and enriched the lives of 3,000 smallholder farmers in the Chiapas region of Mexico. Through a collaboration with CIMMYT and a broad consortium of public and private partners called VIDA, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ trained farmers on improved agricultural practices and increasing their access to technologies.
Food by Prescription: How AMPATH and ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscienceâ„¢ Help Food Security in Kenya
Something new is happening in Kakamega,ÌýKenya. Farmers, such as Edith Adembesa, are no longer farming to feed themselves, but to support themselves. Keep Growing with ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Agriscienceâ„¢
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ is working with organisations from across the globe on a range of projects and programs, designed to empower farmers, sustain communities and help end global hunger. These are some examples of where we’re contributing.
Photo credit: Photos generously supplied by ACDI/VOCA from the The Feed the Future Tanzania Nafaka Activity.
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