Food Insecurity and Ultra-Poverty: Breaking the Cycle

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) launched a five-year program of agricultural development and nutrition support in the remote mountains of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan entitled Mountain Food and Nutrition Security (MFNS). The program aims to improve the food and nutrition security of marginalized pastoral communities in high mountain villages with fragile farming systems. This story illustrates […]

Women’s Gardening Groups Build Resilience in Côte d’Ivoire

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Portio is a village in northern Côte d’Ivoire. Located roughly 30 miles from the border of Mali, Portio is nested in a remote region with a very hot and dry climate. Like the majority of the world’s rural population, people in this region are heavily dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. Many farmers there rely […]

Incubating Youth-led Rural Poultry Enterprises in Mozambique

For several years the Aga Khan Foundation, in partnership with Cargill, has helped to grow the Agrarian Institute of Bilibiza and its career development center, a vital hub for growing farming expertise in northern Mozambique. The project equips the Institute’s graduates with in-demand job skills and strengthens overall business capacity in northern Mozambique. Graduates in […]

MozaCajú Pays off in Cashews for Farmers in Mozambique

The Project In late 2013, the Aga Khan Foundation partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technoserve, the U.S. Embassy in Mozambique and the Mozambique government to launch MozaCajú, an initiative to support the development of the country’s emerging cashew industry in a way that allows producers and processors to meet the requirements and preferences for […]

Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Mali

Two programs focused on helping farmers in Mali improve their production and cope with climate change will provide more than $1 million to support improved and environmentally sustainable agricultural techniques. As part of a larger program funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), complemented by funds from the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., the programs for Aga Khan Foundation –Mali (AKF […]

Facilitating Farmers’ Access to Markets in Mali

Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food for Progress Program, supports the Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program, now in its third phase. The program aims to improve the quality of life for people living in Mali’s central Mopti region, a remote area near the […]

Building Green in Pakistan

Green Building Solutions to Health and Economic Problems Internationally recognized by the World Bank and the World Habitat Award, the Building and Construction Improvement Program (BACIP) tackles social economic problems in Pakistan with environmentally friendly solutions. With a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, BACIP has introduced 60 different household improvements and technologies to […]

Upgrading the Bilibiza Agricultural Institute in Mozambique

Over the years the Aga Khan Foundation has worked with several partners to grow the capacity of the Bilibiza Agricultural Institute, which boosts the ability of the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique to improve food security and enterprise. Hub for Innovation in Northern Mozambique The Ford Foundation has supported Bilibiza since 2009, with over $1 million in grants providing training, […]