Blog

CIAT supports the development of seed systems uniting actors along the value chain to create sustainable seed systems and spur links with formal seed producers.

Feed the Future, a USAID program that invests in private-sector partnerships to commercialize agricultural innovations in smallholder markets, conducted a study in 2016 that distilled lessons learned on commercializing seed in smallholder markets in sub-Saharan Africa

At the 2019 SEEP Annual Conference, five finalists delivered seven-minute pitches sharing new approaches to solve a problem and build resilience. The audience voted and selected one winner. Find out which project was selected to win a hypothetical million dollars.

Using a decentralized water treatment and distribution system, Jim Chu, the founder and CEO of dloHaiti, is bringing safe, affordable water to thousands on the island. Chu recently participated in diaspora engagement roadshows hosted by USAID INVEST, which encouraged members of the Haitian diaspora to invest in the country’s private sector. Jim Chu loves flying. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor began paragliding in 1993. Over the last two decades, he’s participated in the sport all around the world.

Most developing countries need more 'fiscal space' to finance the investments required to develop and become self-reliant. In this blog post, USAID's Steve Rozner argues that when it comes to creating fiscal space, it's the size of the pie, not the slice that matters.

USAID is accepting submissions to the annual Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition until Friday, April 12.

Watch a new video from The SEEP Network to learn more about their collaborative learning network.

Learn how sequencing interventions and a defined exit strategy can create a sustainable pathway to increase household resilience.

Digital services — with their geographic reach, ease of use, and transparency — are driving financial inclusion and alleviating poverty. But are rural women being left behind?

Read up on approaches to financial inclusion for women facing intimate partner violence.

Check out this post-event Q&A with presenters from June's Microlinks webinar, Supporting Resilient Livelihoods in Challenging Environments.

Learn how demand-side interventions can be powerful tools to increase women’s economic participation.

Learn more about the MERS 3rd Edition and how thinking around market systems and livelihoods has advanced.

A few small changes in the market system—collection points closer to home, machines that provide more transparency, and aligning the needs of buyers and producers—can provide all of these benefits because together they solve the market failure.

Practitioners discuss findings around the diffusion of innovations within market systems in the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program, the Senegal Nataal Mbay program, the Zambia PROFIT PLUS program and the Ghana ADVANCE II program.

Learn how the Government of Ethiopia moved away from annual emergency responses and took decisive action to tackle food insecurity in a systematic manner by launching the Productive Safety Net Program.

What drives youth involvement in agribusiness? A practitioner reflects.

The LEO project is speeding towards the finish line! LEO’s broad goals of increasing the capacity of donors and implementers to design, implement and evaluate market systems projects have led to some landmark publications.

Explore the implications of agricultural economists’ theories of change for the design of market systems projects.

Check out the eight installment of our "More than Micro" series and how we deepened our partnership with Agrilinks.

When a market system isn’t humming along as it should, something must be missing. Read on for examples from Cambodia and Guinea.

Read these meaty takeaways from our online discussion about failure in entrepreneurship.

Underdevelopment and missed market opportunities come with real costs, especially for women.

Youth Savings Groups can be a powerful tool for youth economic empowerment. We’ve got some tips on how to make the most of them.

Sonia Jordan of Adam Smith International dives into challenges associated with measuring the integration of women's economic empowerment in market systems programming.