Like many farmers in Nepal, Deepa had a small plot of land where she grew vegetables, mostly for her family. Through iDE, she learned about small investments that made her farm more productive and profitable. She signed up for training to become a Community Business Facilitator, so that she could help farmers in her community …
My name is Corey O’Hara, and I am iDE’s Country Director in Nepal. I am writing to you from lockdown in my Kathmandu home to give you an idea of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting farmers in Nepal and what we can do about it. Here in Nepal, we work with small farmers because …
iDE’s toilet business Sama Sama has kicked off the “Sama Sama Cares” campaign, combating the threat of COVID-19 in rural Ghanaian towns with handwashing and public health marketing. Sama Sama Managing Director Osei Agyeman-Buahin says that, as in other parts of the world, the pandemic is generating a lot of fear. However, he says, “We …
This basic iDE insight is gaining traction across the globe. Research shows inclusive business cultures outperform others in financial results and innovation. As journalist Sally Armstrong says in her new book, Power Shift: The Longest Revolution, “If women farmers had the same quality seed, fertilizer, and tools as men farmers, they could feed 150 million …
As the daughter of iDE co-founder Gerry Dyck, few would be surprised to see the number of stamps in Rebeccca Dyck’s passport. What IS surprising, is that – until recently – only one of those stamps was connected with her father’s iDE work. An English tutor for online students and new Canadians who also sketches, …
These doctors make house calls Imagine being a farmer in Nepal. It’s a subsistence living at best, one you share with the majority of the country’s “working poor.” Your life depends on a good harvest, but you can’t count on it to feed your family when you’re constantly battling crop disease, invasive insects and erratic …
“At first, I had my doubts, but now that we see the harvest, we are excited!” Fati Adam, a grandmother and small farmer in the community of Sunsong, in Ghana’s Northern Region, is describing her experience growing chili peppers through a new iDE venture. We are standing in a 10-acre field, full of knee-high chili …
”What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” –Jane Goodall It’s said that each generation stands on the shoulders of those who came before them. So for future generations to grow up in a world less hungry and impoverished means it’s up to today’s …
In Nicaragua, we are unlocking the potential of innovators like Carlos by delivering solutions inagriculture. Through your support, farmers are seeing their own efforts rewarded through increased crop yields and by bringing food security and prosperity to families. Together we are changing the lives of people every day. Carlos ‘Charlie’ Avendaño is an innovator and …
The Jimma region of Ethiopia is the birthplace of Arabica coffee, a rich African coffee which provides a primary income for more than 100,000 small-scale farmers and their families. Your support of coffee growers like Safiko Abamecha creates sustainable solutions for farmers who live in a region that frequently experiences devastating drought. Through donor support, …
