agriculture
Sorghum Raises Health and Income in Indonesia
A hardy crop that resists damage from harsh weather, helps yield better harvests and tastes great in cookies.
New Gardening Techniques Buoy Indonesian Families
Demonstration plots and kitchen gardens offer a sustainable food source for home use and income through sales of surplus produce.
Increasing School Enrollment in Mali
A food program helps keep children energized so they are better equipped to improve learning and development.
Savings Groups Improve Nutrition for Schoolchildren in Mali
Community contributions help keep school meal programs operational and help secure improved education.
Innovative Farming Practices Increase Crop Yields in Nigeria
As farmers learn new techniques and use higher quality seed, they’re seeing more crops per acre and passing on new methods to others.
Returning Displaced Sudanese Restart Livelihoods
A CRS savings group helped participants grow funds and stimulate livelihoods to improve family resilience and self-reliance.
Darfur Farmers Learn to Grow Despite Climate
Following years of conflict and disruption, Sudanese farmers found new skills and knowledge help them restore devastated lands and livelihoods.
Chad Families Recover From Violent Upheavals
A CRS project enables migrants and returnees to improve their farms, businesses and children’s health.
Local Leaders Emerge in Benin Cashew Sector
Farmers in remote areas develop the expertise they need to improve crops, yields and their value in the market.
Desert Locust Swarms Devastate East Africa
Farmers and pastoralists both suffer catastrophic losses after fields are stripped of crops by the voracious insects.