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The “Domino Effect” of Disbursing a Single Microloan

Society Development Committee, or SDC, based in Faridpur, Bangladesh, is a microfinance partner of the Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity, funded by USAID and implemented by ACDI/VOCA. Through this partnership, thousands of people working in Bangladesh’s livestock sector have benefited from microfinance products.

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Photo: Het Lg Heng, a smallholder farmer in Battambang, Cambodia, is contented with the prospect of implementing sustainable practices to address plant threats in his fields.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
The Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics aims to develop heat-tolerant, high-yielding, and farmer-accepted varieties for South Asia, while simultaneously increasing the research for development capacity of the global wheat improvement system.
Group of Women in India.

Building Capacity in India

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
This project conducts critical research and learning activities to disseminate and share with the development community to examine how women leaders of small businesses can better engage in the cashew value chain.
Man in market with produce.

Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes in Nepal

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
The USAID Center for Resilience commissioned the Overseas Development Institute, in conjunction with the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN), to conduct research into resilience and poverty escapes in Nepal and other Feed the Future focus countries.

Making Women Count: Kudos to APEC

Author(s):

Whitney Dubinsky
In this post, Whitney Dubinsky of USAID comments on the indisputable need for data on women's economic empowerment.