Veronica Nalari Lengirnas

Kenya

Veronica Lengirnas is a longtime trader in Oldonyiro Market. Feed the Future partnered with the Government of Kenya to revitalize the market, creating a safe, reliable, and more equitable environment where hundreds of traders like Veronica could thrive as small business owners. With support from Feed the Future, Veronica expanded her business, using profits to purchase a car, enabling her to sell even more goods. She soon became one of the busiest traders at Oldonyiro Market.

Evelio Miranda

Honduras

In 2018, Evelio Miranda’s income declined sharply when coffee prices crashed in Honduras. The Honduran coffee farmer didn’t fret, though—he pivoted and sought partnerships to sustain his farm.

Evelio was one of several farmers who collaborated with a USAID-facilitated, private-sector partnership that established markets for high-value crops in Honduras. The partnership connected Evelio, and farmers like him, to international buyers and Honduran processors. As a result, Evelio was able to grow crops again.

Hadija Jabiri

Tanzania

When Hadija Jabiri launched her company—a fresh fruit and vegetable business in Tanzania called EatFresh—she faced obstacles all too common for women in the developing world: unfavorable financing terms and limited access to markets and technology. But as the 2021 recipient of the Feed the Future Growing Women’s Entrepreneurship (GroWE) award—which helps accelerate the growth of women-owned or operated businesses in emerging markets—Jabiri now has Feed the Future’s support as she breaks down the barriers to growing a successful business.

Resilience in Action

Nepal

Although 70 percent of its population generates income through agriculture, Nepal struggles to produce an adequate, affordable supply of safe, nutritious food, especially for women and other disadvantaged groups. This year, Nepal faced a wave of COVID-19 infections, causing an unprecedented strain on the country’s health system. Subsequent movement restrictions severely disrupted food systems. To protect progress and bolster food security, Feed the Future worked closely with Nepali farmers and business owners.

Ut’z Che’

Guatemala

For many developing nations grappling with climate change, chronic droughts are a familiar problem. In Guatemala, recurrent dry spells are a leading cause of soil degradation and food supply shortages, forcing many to migrate and threatening the livelihoods of local farmers. With the support of the Inter-American Foundation, a Feed the Future partner, an organization called Ut’z Che’ is helping turn the tide. Banding together a network of more than 40 indigenous farmers’ and community associations, Ut’z Che’ works with smallholder farmers throughout the country to foster sustainable farming practices.

Connecting Space to Village

WORLDWIDE

In an instant, climate shocks like floods and storms can devastate communities, damaging farmland and infrastructure and wiping out years of hard-won progress. One of the best tools to confront this global challenge is satellite data. That is why USAID partnered with NASA in 2005 to create SERVIR. The project combines data from Earth-observing satellites, ground-based systems and geospatial technology to provide weather forecasts and analysis to local farmers, enabling them to take action before crisis strikes.

Grace Adegoye

Nigeria

As a champion of environmental health and nutrition, Grace Adegoye leapt at the opportunity to help fish processors in her home country of Nigeria improve the quality and safety of their products. Adegoye, a nutrition scientist at Mississippi State University, contributed to a training program developed by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish to help educate and support this vital Nigerian community.

Monica Rani Ghosh

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, Monica Rani Ghosh and her husband sell cow’s milk as their main source of income. Feed the Future trained Ghosh’s family on improved farm management practices, helping them to double their milk production and increase their income by 75 percent. This success, coupled with Feed the Future-led nutrition education, has enabled Ghosh and her husband to double their daily milk consumption, while using their increased earnings to purchase nutrient-rich food to improve their family’s diet.