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CDF Canada and Nature Kenya to collaborate on biodiversity, conservation by building sustainable communities

8 October 2021

CDF Canada is pleased to announce a new partnership with Nature Kenya to support cooperative and community-based development mutually, preserve biodiversity, and conserve important sites and habitats. CDF Canada and Nature Kenya share a mission to build self-reliant, sustainable cooperative communities across the globe. Climate change has had a significant impact on the livelihoods of […]

CDF Canada and UPA DI to collaborate to strengthen farmers cooperatives

23 September 2021

Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic development of a country, especially in developing countries. Agriculture is the primary source of food, income, and employment for the rural population. However, farmers face climate change, poverty, depleting natural resources, lack of tools, markets, technology, etc. In the light of these challenges, CDF Canada is pleased […]

Virtual Closing Workshop :Improving Rural Financial Inclusion through Financial Cooperatives (IRFITCO)

15 September 2021

Monday, 20 September 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM (EST) Background and Event Brief Improving Rural Financial Inclusion through Financial Cooperatives (IRFITCO) was started in March 2017 to enhance Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania’s rural poor financial inclusion by strengthening financial cooperatives networks. To enable this, the primary target group for the project activities was the National […]

CDF Canada and Rooftops Canada – Abri International to collaborate on climate change mitigation, promoting food security, and building sustainable communities

13 September 2021

CDF Canada is pleased to announce the collaboration with Rooftops Canada – Abri International to mutually support cooperative and community-based development, capacity building, social and cooperative housing, agriculture, and climate change mitigation. CDF Canada and Rooftops Canada – Abri International share a mission to reduce poverty and build self-reliant, sustainable cooperative communities across the globe. Climate change […]

Tipindule SACCO a Route to Financial Independence

8 September 2021

For the last 75 years, CDF Canada has been working to build sustainable and self-reliant communities. We connect and educate low-income communities to enhance their production, provide market access, and train and connect with financial co-operatives. Read the story of the progress made after the closing of the INVEST project and how Tipindule Savings and Credit Cooperative […]

The Future of Farming from Adoja and her Family

25 August 2021

Danakpe Adjoa, a 37-year-old smallholder farmer and community volunteer agriculture extension agent (CVAEA) from Upando, Ghana, has been farming groundnuts for the past five years. She never had a good harvest, but things have been different this year, and she is expecting a good crop year. Groundnut farming is the main farming activity for most […]

CDF Canada and Africa Skills Hub to Collaborate

24 August 2021

CDF Canada is pleased to announce the collaboration with Africa Skills Hub to mutually support and advocate climate change efforts in adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural and co-operative sector. CDF Canada and Africa Skills Hub share a mission to build self-reliant communities around Africa. Together, we aim to work on projects that reduce the negative impact […]

Women’s Participation is vital to Achieving Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security

26 July 2021

Women, especially in rural areas, play a significant role in making food systems more productive and sustainable. They help in production, provide food for family consumption, reduce food losses, and market produce along the agriculture value chain. Yet, women have limited access to essential resources and services and are not part of the vital decision-making […]

Food Security Response during COVID-19

13 July 2021

I have a vegetable garden that I tend for my family and sell the extra in the nearby market. If it were not for the ACCESS projects, I would have been looking for firewood in the forest to sell for money, said Selmata, Wechiau Community, Ghana. I don’t worry about what I am going to […]

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