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USAID: "Agriculture Development is Springboard for Economic Development"
Opportunity International is attending today’s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Keynote speaker Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, unveiled the Feed the Future Guide, which details the implementation strategy for the U.S. government’s new global hunger and food security Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Children, Education, Farmers, Feed the Future Guide, Food security, Food Sustainability, Hunger, Loans, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rajiv Shah, Savings, Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, Technology, The MasterCard Foundation, USAID, Women
Ambassador Melanne Verveer Discusses the Global Roles of Women
Welcome to the 21st-century reality: empowering women in the developing world alleviates poverty and grows economies. Gender equality equals smart economic progress. On Tuesday, May 4, Ambassador Melanne Verveer addressed the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the importance of women’s roles in global economic growth. In the discussion entitled “Investing in Women, Enriching the World,” Read more…
Tagged Ambassador, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Empowerment, Ending Poverty, Food security, Gender, Gender equality, Global Women's Issues, Half the Sky, Hillary Clinton, HIV/AIDS, International development, Melanne Verveer, Microfinance, Nutrition, Opportunity International, Poverty, President Obama, Ruth-Anne, State Department, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
We are excited about the news that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States, Canada and other countries have launched the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program to help the world’s poorest farmers grow more food and earn more to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. As part of the worldwide effort Read more…
Tagged Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Farmers, Financial services, Food security, Global Agriculture and Food Policy, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, Microfinance Conference, Roger Thurow, The MasterCard Foundation, Training, Washington D.C.
Equipping Countries to be Agriculturally Self-Sustainable
There is a green revolution occurring in the developing world led by passionate individuals with a heart for change. Within this revolution, Opportunity International is equipping nations to do something radical–to feed themselves. In honor of www.blogactionday.org, I would like to introduce Lucas Chingore. Lucas is a farmer in Mozambique. His desire was to farm Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agriculture, Agrifinance, Blog Action Day, Climate Change, Community, Enough, Farmer, Financial Access, Financial services, Food security, Food Sustainability, Ghana, Green Revolution, Kenya, Loans, Lucas Chingore, Malawi, Mozambique, Roger Thurow, Rwanda, Savings, Scott Kilman, South Africa, Sustainable development, Tanzania and Uganda
