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Our Impact
More than 34,000 farmers in Uganda planted a new hybrid variety of sunflower seed, which yielded double the oil content per acre, increased the farmers’ household incomes by nearly 30 percent, and resulted in a collective net earning of more than $3.7 million over three years.
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Our Reach
Chemonics has projects on five continents. This
interactive feature allows you to navigate between regions and countries and read about the projects we are implementing.
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Our Work
Chemonics is an international development consulting firm
that promotes meaningful change to help people live
healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Around the world, we design and implement projects in financial services, private sector development, health, environmental management, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, democracy and governance, and agriculture.
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Successes
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» Peruvian farmers go from local markets to international buyers
With the assistance from the Poverty Reduction and Alleviation project, small producers have moved from selling at low prices at local markets to selling at higher prices to food processers. Several have even signed deals to supply potatoes to Frito Lay, which now marks every bag of chips sold in the country with the slogan “Made in Peru with Pride.”
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» Malagasy gem miners move from black market to a sparkling future
An initiative to modernize the gemstone sector in Madagascar helps small-scale miners realize more of the benefits of their labor. With training in cutting and processing gems, as well as the establishment of a legal market to sell precious and semi-precious stones, miners are increasing their incomes and foreseeing a more secure future.
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» Animated public service announcements promote peace in Nepal
A series of public service announcements uses the same technology as blockbuster Hollywood films to promote messages about peace-building and community development in the politically turbulent country.
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News
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» Nokia magazine features Philippine microfinance project
The Microenterprise Access to Banking Services program was featured in the January issue of Expanding Horizons, mobile-phone maker Nokia’s quarterly publication on new-growth markets. The article is about the Philippine Central Bank’s "exemplary" approach to mobile-phone banking regulation and the doors that regulation opened for the project.
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