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Sharing Our Progress in Agricultural Development

Our Agricultural Development initiative works to provide poor farming families in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with opportunities to overcome hunger and poverty.

As part of our effort to find new ways to share our progress, setbacks, and lessons with the public, in 2008 we started tracking the yearly progress of six grants that represent work across the initiative. Find out what we're learning in the 2010 progress reports, available below*.

 

Featured Work in Agricultural Development

1 farm household = approximately 5 people
Grant Target Population Desired Outcomes
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Soil Health Program for Farm Households in Africa
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 4.1 million farm households 4.1 Million Farm Households Increase yields by 50 to 100 percent by 2012
     
    CARE
    Dairy Productivity for Farm Households in Bangladesh
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 35,000 farm households Double dairy-related incomes by 2011
     
    Heifer International
    Dairy Development for Farm Households in East Africa
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 179,000 dairy farm households Double dairy-related incomes by 2010
     
    International Development Enterprises (IDE)
    Microirrigation for Farm Households in India
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 250,000 farm households 4.1 Million Farm Households Increase earnings by an additional 50 to 100 percent by 2011
     
    International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
    Stress-Tolerant Rice for Farm Households in Africa and South Asia
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 400,000 farm households 400,000 Farm Households Increase yields by 50 percent by 2010
     
    TechnoServe, Inc.
    Business Training for Coffee Farm Households in East Africa
  • About the Grant
  • 2010 Progress Report
  • 182,000 coffee farm households 182,000 Coffee Farm Households Increase yields by 50 percent by 2011
     

    *These progress reports are only a short summary of the grantwork and do not reflect every detail of the grants or the foundation's agricultural development strategy. The objectives listed in each progress report were selected to give readers a basic understanding of the work being done.
     
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