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| Funder | U.S. Agency for International Development |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Agriculture Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance |
| Country | World |
| Start Date | Jul 17, 2010 |
| End Date | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Duration | 978 days |
| Number of Grantees | 243 |
| Roles | Recipient |
| Data Source | US Foreign Aid |
| Grant ID | 191567-76 |
ACDI/VOCA's CDP activity includes a series of activities that pursue the E3/LS Division's critical cooperative challenges, including :-establishing principles of sound cooperative law and strategies to improve the legislative and regulatory environments;-strengthening cooperative participation and governance;-developing planning and information systems; and-establishing the characteristics of replication, scale and salience.ACDI/VOCA works with primary cooperatives, federal cooperatives and cooperative support organizations to contribute to greater food security and improved foundations for economic growth.
To achieve this ACDI/VOCA works with cooperatives to strengthen their financial and service delivery management while assisting with expanded trade and investment.
Over the life of the award, ACDI/VOCA's work with 147 farmer organizations will contribute to an estimated increase of 25 percent in new membership while extending ACDI/VOCA's project outreach to 25,000 small holder households.In support of distance learning efforts, ACDI/VOCA will establish four in-country Cooperative Learning Information Centers (CLICs) with the strong support of various host country institutions, including the Kenyan Ministry of Cooperatives and Marketing, the Cooperative College of Kenya, the Federal Agency for Cooperatives in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Paraguay.
Agriculture Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
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