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An Entrepreneur Helps Transform African Commodities, One Nut at a Time
When Nadeem Ahmed buys a cup of coffee on the streets of London, it’s not the anticipatory caffeine rush that occupies his thoughts in the moments before he takes his first sip. Rather, Ahmed is thinking of the steep price he just paid—particularly compared to the rock-bottom fee the coffee farmer thousands of miles away likely received. Nadeem Ahmed’s close work with the GAFSP's Private Sector Window is creating a “win-win” for smallholder farmers in Malawi and Global Tea alike.
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Helping Producer Organizations Boost Agriculture in Senegal
With support from GAFSP, smallholder family farmers will have the resources they need to improve their livelihoods. This includes access to funds, capacity building, technology, and public-private partnerships.
Technology Helps African Farmers Sell What They Sow
Traditionally, lack of reliable market access for smallholder farmers has impeded the economic development of rural areas because farmers often live far from the wholesale markets, and it is not feasible for them to deliver their produce directly. Highly fragmented systems encourage farmers to navigate through farmer groups or brokers to get their produce to markets. Fluctuating, non-transparent prices are often the result.
Protecting an ancient way of life in the Sahara
Nomadic Pastoralists get new opportunities for income. Explore the interactive story.
Putting an end to stunting in Rwanda
A healthy productive life requires adequate nutrition. Yet around the world, millions of people are undernourished and hungry.
Blended finance in a Bhutanese nutshell
Promoting hazelnut production by smallholders across Bhutan
A recipe for success: Kenya's tea farmers taste the benefits of hydropower
Investments in new technology can help boost tea production and farmers' earnings
Better farming means better lives for cotton farmers in Burkina Faso
Many lives depend on cotton yields in Burkina Faso—one of the World's poorest countries
Investing in nutrition gains a lifetime of returns on human capital for children in war-torn Yemen
A family business helps millions suffering from acute malnutrition.
A family business helps millions suffering from acute malnutrition
Insta Products CEO, Dhiren Chandaria, talks about his mission—with GAFSP’s help—to save lives.