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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.
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.
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
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Announces New Round of Grants to Fight Hunger and Poverty
Seven Countries to Receive $160 Million to Improve Food Security and Increase Incomes
Helping Farmers Combat Coffee Rust in Central America
IFC, working in partnership with GAFSP, Atlantic, Starbucks Corporation, and the Inter-American Development Bank, has developed an innovative way to provide farmers with the long-term financing and technical assistance they need to fight coffee rust.
Interview with Founders of Mountain Hazelnuts
Founders of Mountain Hazelnuts discuss hazelnuts, development needs in Bhutan, and the largest motorcycle gang in the Himalayas.
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Announces $107 Million in Grants to Fight Hunger and Poverty
Partners in the GAFSP announced $107 million in grants to five countries−Benin, Bhutan, Kenya, Laos PDR, and Timor Leste−for country-led initiatives to increase agriculture productivity, reduce poverty, and improve food and nutrition security.
Boosting Poultry Productivity and Farmer Incomes in Nepal
Thanks to funding from the GAFSP Private Sector Window, and the UK and Norwegian governments, IFC was able to team up with local feed producers and hatcheries to help poultry farmers become more efficient and earn more.
IFC, GAFSP Invest $6 million to Fund Expansion of Ethiopia-based africaJUICE
IFC and the private sector window will each invest $3 million to support growth and expansion of africaJUICE, sub-Saharan Africa’s first Fairtrade certified company that both grows and processes tropical fruit.
GAFSP Set To Reach More Than 10 Million Farmers across 25 Countries
Partners in the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a multi-donor trust fund established in 2010 to improve food security in the world’s poorest countries, today announced the allocation of $254.5 million in grants to eight countries.