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Ensuring food security, agricultural development, and sustainable natural resources management

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1622736292369{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”bkgd top”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1622735358142{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://akfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/40007687933_d3d7b45ca3_k.jpg?id=9150) !important;}” el_class=”bkgd top”][vc_empty_space height=”50vh” el_class=”bkgd top”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1500519496397{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Poverty and conflict are multidimensional. Having a long-term impact requires a multi-sector approach and community ownership in both defining the problems they face and creating the solutions.

Local Impact was created as a joint initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The innovative framework puts local communities at the center of development for meaningful, sustained impact.

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][pullquote citation=”HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN” citation2=””]“On the basis of my experience with development as an observer and a practitioner […] I have come to the conclusion that there is no greater form of preparation for change than education. I also think that there is no better investment that the individual, parents, and the nation can make than an investment in education of the highest possible quality.”[/pullquote][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” el_class=”numbers” css=”.vc_custom_1616616601692{margin-top: -32px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Our impact” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][bythenumbers number=”500″ label=”thousand”]people benefitted from AKF’s farm livelihoods and natural resource management programs worldwide [/bythenumbers][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][bythenumbers number=”100″ label=”thousand”]people in highly vulnerable communities benefit from AKF’s innovative approaches to local nutrition and food security [/bythenumbers][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][bythenumbers number=”112″ label=”thousand”]farmers benefitted from AKF-supported climate-smart innovations worldwide [/bythenumbers][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1595512138460{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1595366189402{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://akfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/49516507796_f9a3cb4422_o.jpg?id=8958) !important;}” el_class=”bkgd focushead”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1500519496397{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Program spotlight” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Accelerate Prosperity” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:2.4rem|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”intro”][vc_custom_heading text=”Inspiring rising entrepreneurs
in emerging regions.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|line_height:1.3rem” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]A new global initiative that is a result of a partnership between AKF and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), Accelerate Prosperity provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses, and in so doing creates sustainable employment, and strengthens communities.
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