In this animation we introduce our program STARS: Strengthening African Rural Smallholders. STARS improves value chains and give smallholders better access to financial instruments in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Ethiopia. It is a collaboration of ICCO Cooperation with ICCO TerrafinaMicrofinance, supported by the MasterCard Foundation.

Act2Aid, EU Aid Volunteers East Africa

Act2Aid is an initiative to promote cooperation among European citizens, working together with ...

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General Fund management

The RESET Plus Innovation Fund is financed by EU- Horn of Africa trust fund and managed by ICCO ...

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Aid to drought affected communities in Somali/Ethiopia

Ethiopia is facing a complex humanitarian crisis as a result of an ongoing drought combined with an ethno-political ...

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STARS

Strengthening African Rural Smallholders, in short STARS, is a project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation and ICCO ...

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RESET Plus: Innovation Fund for Resilience in Ethiopia

The RESET Plus Innovation Fund is a four-year initiative (2019-2022) of the European Union to foster social ...

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Providing better access to inputs and finance through warehouse rehabilitation in Ethiopia

In the first two years of its implementation, ICCO Cooperation’s STARS program in Ethiopia has learned ...

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Using Behavioural Science to Develop attractive Savings Products in Ethiopia

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Ethiopia generally lack the financial resources to develop more loan products for their ...

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Changing clients’ savings behaviours helps MFIs in Ethiopia to become financially healthy

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Ethiopia generally lack the financial resources to develop more loan products for their ...

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Cattle Fattening Fair in Dembecha

The holiday Gena (Ethiopian Christmas) is only two weeks ahead. And, as in many of Ethiopian holidays, ...

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Malt Barley Farmers Access Inputs Through the Farm Service Center

Ethiopia is one of the major producers of barley in Sub-Saharan Africa. But farmers have low yields ...

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Linking Potato Farmers in Ethiopia to Senselet

The potato value chain is valuable as it plays a great role in food security in Ethiopia. ...

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A-CAT - A Tool for Risk Assessment in Agriculture Financing

Both farmers and MFIs have an interest to know how much it costs to produce a certain ...

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Measuring Income of Smallholder Farmers: Some Insights from Practitioners

Life is complex. And so is the measurement of income and economic empowerment. Here are four take-away ...

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Making the Market Work for the Poor: Case of STARS Program

Making the market work for the poor (M4P) is an approach that aims to improve the ...

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Effectively Assessing Household Food Security Status

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Empowering Rural Women in Ethiopia

In rural Ethiopia, women are responsible for household chores such as cooking, cleaning, raising kids, caring for ...

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A New Instrument to Measure Food (In)Security: MAHFP

To increase food security is an important objective for ICCO Cooperation, in facts it is a separate ...

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STARS Program: Characterizing Smallholder Farmers Households

The STARS Program aims to have an impact on smallholder farmers by giving them access to credit ...

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​Navigating with Data to Increase Income and Food Security

How to stay in control of your results? In the Strengthening African Rural Smallholders program (STARS) ICCO ...

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Strong Women, Strong Farms: Empowering Female Smallholders through Access to Finance

Many women in Africa struggle to scale their farms and build their businesses. This blog explains how ...

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