Vegetable Farming for a Brighter Tomorrow
April 15, 2024
Alphonse, the head of one of the approximately 400 farming households in the program, says growing vegetables had been a new concept for him. Before receiving training, he and his […]
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Fresh Local Vegetables for the Tourism Trade
April 3, 2024
Indigenous Bunong people living in Mondulkiri province are growing fresh organic vegetables to enhance their income from visitors at their popular ecotourism site. Mondulkiri, located in Eastern Cambodia, along the […]
Intervention and Healing from Domestic Violence
A woman who survived severe domestic violence has begun to heal and move past the trauma now that her husband has been jailed and she’s getting community support. Let’s call […]
Small Business, Huge Impact
February 16, 2024
Hard work hasn’t always paid off for Suman and her husband, but now things are starting to turn around for them as participants in the program by local partner Group […]
Farmer Group Membership Leads to a Better Life
For Elizabeth, things started to look up when she and 10 other women formed a farmers group under the auspices of local partner North East India Committee on Relief and […]
Coffee and Rabbits Improve Income
“To be honest, this rabbit project is a godsend,” says young coffee farmer Benjamin. Local partner and coffee buyer Mountain Harvest and participating coffee farmers have certainly revolutionized expectations for […]
Farming…For Profit, For A Change
January 25, 2024
This year, U Aye Min Win didn’t need to take out a high-interest loan as he usually does in order to pay for seed and inputs to begin planting. By […]
Paying it Forward by Mentoring
January 22, 2024
Witnessing the important interaction between experienced farmer and leader Rath and inexperienced but enthusiastic young Ratanak, and helps us to see why farmers teaching farmers is such a winning strategy. […]
Working Smarter, Not Harder
As Felipe gets on in years, he’s learning the value of working smarter, not harder, and getting better results than ever before. “I inherited this little plot of land from […]
Same Farm, Different Farming
Whereas Juan Alberto once grew only corn and “beans if we could get them,” he now has a diversified farm that enables him to cope with unpredictable swings between drought […]