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Current Farmer-to-Farmer (FTF) Program, FY 2009 – FY 2013

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Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer Teena Hyden assists host in El Salvador with soil testing (Photo: Ricardo Hernandez)..

USAID has awarded cooperative agreements to four institutions for implementation of the core FTF volunteer programs for international agricultural development for fiscal years 2009 – 2013. The program will provide services to 20 core countries, providing nearly 3,000 volunteer technical assistance assignments averaging three and a half weeks each. An additional Special Program Support project funds volunteer activities with new implementing organizations and special activities in about 10 countries. The four FTF Program implementing organizations will work closely with overseas USAID Missions and local partner organizations, supporting a variety of development programs aimed at reducing poverty and stimulating sustainable and broad-based economic growth. The core FTF program agreements allow USAID country programs to provide additional funding for agricultural development projects using FTF volunteers.

FTF places increased emphasis on economic impact and measurable results by concentrating volunteer assignments in specific geographical areas, commodities programs, and service sectors. New programs go beyond simply placing volunteers on an individual basis and focus on developing specific market chains for which over-all impact can be evaluated. Programs build institutions and transfer technology and management expertise to link small farmers with markets that make use of comparative advantages in production, processing, and marketing. Volunteers typically work with medium and small agro-enterprises, cooperatives, individual producers, agricultural extension and research agencies, and financial institutions.

Major areas of program focus are: horticulture, dairy and livestock, staple food crops, producer organization development, financial services, marketing and processing, and natural resources management. Current Farmer-to-Farmer Program implementing agencies and country activities are listed below:

Active Farmer-To-Farmer Programs

Region Contacts Countries Country Projects
Middle East and
North Africa Region
ACDI/VOCA
Thelonious Trimmell
Phone: 202-383-4973
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Egypt Dairy
Horticulture
Lebanon Ruminants
Horticulture
Western Africa ACDI/VOCA
Thelonious Trimmell
Phone: 202-383-4973
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Ghana Horticulture
Staple Foods
Mali Staple Foods
Small Ruminant
Nigeria Staple Foods
Apiculture
Aquaculture
Eastern Africa CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Kenya Oil Seed
Grain Crops
Tanzania Legumes
Horticulture
Grain Crops
Uganda Oil Seed
Grain Crops
Europe, Caucasus, and
Central Asia
CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Georgia Dairy
Fruit and Vegetable
Hazelnuts
Moldova Dairy
Fruit and Vegetable
Uzbekistan TBD
Tajikistan Dairy/Livestock
Southern Africa CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Angola Horticulture
Legumes
Malawi Groundnuts
Horticulture
Soya Beans
Mozambique Oilseeds
Horticulture
Caribbean Basin Partners of the Americas
Peggy Carlson
Phone: 202-637-6230
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Dominican Republic Tree Crops
Horticulture
Guyana Non-Traditional Horticulture
Aquaculture
Haiti Horticulture
Small Livestock
Apiculture
Nicaragua Dairy
Caribbean Basin Winrock International
Nona Fisher
Phone: 808-348-5729
www.winrock.org/volunteer
El Salvador Horticulture
Dairy
Special Program Support Project Weidemann Associates
Veronica Letelier
Phone: 703-522-3075
   
Kenya: Partnership for Safe Poultry in Kenya Winrock International
DeAnn McGrew
Phone: 501-280-3020
Kenya Avian Influenza (Partnership for Safe Poultry in Kenya)
South Africa: Institutional Strengthening Florida A&M University
Harriett Paul
Phone: 850-599-8825
South Africa Grapes, Fish and Agricultural Education
Global: Coffee Livelihood Development Cooperative Coffees, Inc. Monika Firl
Phone: 229-924-3035
Latin America, Africa, Asia Fair Trade Coffee
Eastern Caribbean: Food Security FAVACA
Rebecca Reichert
Phone: 305-470-5070
Dominic, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis Food Security
Associate Awards USAID Country Mission Funded    
Angola CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Angola Enterprise Development
Lebanon ACDI/VOCA
Thelonious Trimmell
Phone: 202-383-4973
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Lebanon Laboratory Development
Ghana ACDI/VOCA
Thelonious Trimmell
Phone: 202-383-4973
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Ghana Food Security
Georgia CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Georgia Mechanization
Belarus CNFA
Gideon Donoho
Phone: 202-296-3920
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Belarus Agricultural Development

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