A MESSA
OUR PA
J. Scott Angle
IFDC President and CEO
In 2015, IFDC achieved significant progress in its mission to
increase global food security and agricultural sustainability.
With a budget of $74 million, we implemented more than 25
development projects and research initiatives.
2015 represented a momentous year for the development
community at large. With the adoption of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and the successes resulting from
the United Nations Climate Change Conference, we have
challenged ourselves to effect lasting and meaningful change
in the world in the next 15 years.
SDG 2, “End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture,” speaks to
our core activities. In 30 countries, our projects are tapping
into the transformative power of agriculture to better the
lives of millions of people, from agribusiness dealers to
smallholder farmers.
For example, our Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture
Technology Transfer project helps farmers boost agricultural
productivity and incomes through increasing the availability
and use of new agricultural technologies. By partnering
with nearly 100 private enterprises, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and other agriculture sector actors,
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more than 30,000 farmers applied improved technologies or
management practices. Farmers, agro-dealers and others
across the value chain in Northern Ghana are reaping the
rewards of these efforts, experiencing significant sales of
seed, fertilizer and other inputs.
We see inclusive development as a key to the long-term
success of global development. Ensuring that our projects
provide men, women and youth with the right tools,
knowledge and opportunities, we put the odds in their favor,
helping them sustainably achieve better livelihoods.
Our USAID C-4 Cotton Partnership (C4CP) project worked
with lead women farmers to establish 22 women-owned
and -focused demonstration farms in Benin, Burkina Faso,
Chad and Mali. The project is coaching women from each
of these countries to be senior trainers and is producing
gender-inclusive guides and modules for them to use in
training others.
The Toward Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness through
Learning in Entrepreneurship (2SCALE) project is helping
265,000 smallholder farmers improve crop yields – 30 percent
of these producers are women. More than 1,000 small and
medium enterprises are involved, injecting millions of