ADRA International

Best Practice Award for Agroforestry, Extension Services/Farmer Training and Horticulture Production
In response to chronic food insecurity in rural Ghana, ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) implemented a USAID-funded food security integrated program, “Sustainable Rural Livelihood Enhancement & Poverty Reduction Through the Establishment of Perennial Tree Crops,” using an agroforestry approach that enabled smallholder farmers to establish citrus and mango trees, intercropped with staple crops such as maize, beans, plantains and vegetables.

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Jozimo Santos

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Africare

Best Practice Award for Access to Markets, Nutrition and Value Chain Development
Africare’s “Zimbabwe Soybean Market Linkage Project” significantly improved food security and incomes of over 2000 smallholder farmers through the promotion of soybean production, marketing and processing.

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Paul Pascal Chimedza

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Freedom from Hunger

Innovation Award for Access to Financial Services, Gender Integration and Food Security
Freedom from Hunger’s Microfinance and Health Protection (MAHP) initiative tested the feasibility and sustainability of adding health protection options for microfinance clients.

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Marcia Metcalfe

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Heifer International

Best Practice Award for Livestock Production, Producer Associations & Cooperatives and Value Chain Development
Through the “Integrated Dairy Development Project in Albania,” Heifer International has empowered 630 families in rural areas to increase their food and income by transforming subsistence farms into a sustainable resource while increasing cooperation between farmers.

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Fejzo Begal
Shae Simoneau

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Winrock International

Innovation Award for Natural Resources Management and Productivity
Multiple-use water services (MUS) is a consumer-oriented approach to water service delivery that takes people’s multiple domestic and productive water needs as the starting point to plan, finance and manage integrated water services. In the Zinder region of Niger, Winrock International’s innovative “Water for Health and Wealth” MUS Project, funded by USAID and Coca Cola, is helping poor households gain access to water for drinking, food production and income generation using locally manufactured pumps.

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Mary Renwick, PhD

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About the Best Practices and Innovations Initiative

The BPI Initiative was launched in September 2009 with the support of IFAD to promote information sharing on effective program approaches and improve practice standards. All submissions were reviewed by a selection committee of experts and evaluated according to six criteria: evidence of effectiveness/success, efficiency/cost-effectiveness, equitable outcomes for women and men, sustainability and replicability/adaptability.